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A canna bud emerges in our garden.
This handheld shot was taken with a Sigma 105mm macro lens coupled with a Nikon D70.
Similar to this shot taken last year:
Larger is better
Daylight version: www.flickr.com/photos/kayodeok/133554123/
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Vauxhall Bridge is a steel arched bridge for road and foot traffic, crossing the River Thames in a north-west south-east orientation, between Lambeth Bridge and Grosvenor Bridge, in central London.
On the north bank is Westminster, with Tate Britain and the Millbank Tower to the north-east, and Pimlico and its tube station to the north and east.
On the south bank, Vauxhall Cross, site of Vauxhall station and the headquarters of MI6, lies immediately to the south-east; Kennington is to the east, Vauxhall to the south-east and Nine Elms to the south west.
The River Effra, one of the Thames's many underground tributaries, empties into the main river just to the east of the bridge on the south bank.
The current bridge was designed by Sir Alexander Binnie, with modifications by Maurice Fitzmaurice, to replace a previous cast-iron structure.
It was completed in 1906, and opened on the May 26 by the Prince of Wales, and was the first bridge to carry trams across the Thames. It measures 80ft wide by 809ft long, has five steel arches mounted on granite piers, and its most striking feature is a series of bronze female figures on the bridge abutments, both upstream and downstream, commemorating the arts and sciences.
This old beat up VW bus is left to die in the far corner of a field yet it still finds a way to keep smiling! I try to keep this in mind as I am search for a new job! Things could always be worse at least i have my family to support me! And my Great flickr friends to reassure me!
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The month has just started So check out my new June 2006set
The Home of Thomas Jefferrson at Charlottesville, Virginia
This photo has been to flickr interestingness TOP 1 on June 2, 2006
A grasshopper on a blue towel in our backyard.
Taken with a Sigma 105mm macro lens coupled with a Nikon D70.
I personally think this is much better when viewed at the larger sizes...
A young visitor to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, studies "The Houses of Parliament, Sunset" by Claude Monet (1903).
This image was one of Flickr's most interesting photos for 10 April 2006
Posted this because the other I took was really well received, thanks all., plus greenschool3 wanted to know what it looked like landscape
21s @ f22
The little yellow one was trying as hard as he could to stay in front of the line. He even got in front of one of his parents at one point.
This photo was #44 in interestingness.
I've been trying to put into practise the tips I'm picking up in "Masterclass in Photography" and this is one of my better efforts.
This is the Hammersmith Bridge captured at dusk just as the light begins to fail.
I am not too thrilled about the horizon but as usual, I didn't have my tripod with me so I rested the camera on the embankment.
A macro shot of the leaves of an amaryllis plant with the solarized filter of Photoshop Elements 5.0 applied....
The textured background is a window screen in our kitchen.
This handheld shot was taken with a Nikon D80 coupled with a 18-200 VR lens. The vibration reduction lens does a nice job of reducing the blurring that is normally associated with the slight movement that occurs when I press the shutter button.
Yes, this is a high dynamic range image - and yes, I know some who view this have a real distaste for the process.
However I took several single frames of this scene and none could capture the nuances of light and color present at the moment....only when I blended three images with Photomatix sofware was I able to bring out the actual colors that my naked eye saw when I was holding the camera.
Like all HDR imagery, this is better when viewed at the larger sizes....
"The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be? — it is the same the angels breathe."
— Mark Twain, ‘Roughing It,’ 1886.
This little puppy found it more fun to play with us and other beach strollers than to go eat the nice meal his human had fixed him.
Xpu Ha Beach, Mexico
April, 2006
The shoreline vista at Lake Ray Roberts in North Texas during a recent visit.
This is a handheld multiple exposure high dynamic range image. Three photos were taken in quick succession using auto bracketing and then blended together with Photomatix software.
You can get a free trial of Photomatix at www.hdrsoft.com
As with all HDR images, this is much better when viewed at the larger sizes...
I noticed this view point while searching for a view point for the Golden Hinde.
The patch at the bottom right of the frame is part of the river bank revealed at low tide.
From a plaque near the bridge:
First built by the Romans, this was the only bridge over the Thames in London until 1750. Until 1830, London Bridge stood a short distance downstream from where the existing bridge is now. The north side extended under the tower of St Magnus the Martyr Church, whiles the south end was on the site of No 1 London Bridge.
Stones from this bridge can still be seen in St Magnus Churchyard. An alcove from the bridge, added in the 18th Century, now stands in the grounds of Guy's Hospital. The bridge was rebuilt in 1973, the south end of its Victorian predecessor still survives in situ. The rest now stands in Lake Havasu, USA
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From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge
A bridge has existed at or near the present site for nearly 2000 years. The first bridge across the Thames in the London area was built by the Romans on the present site around 46 CE and was made of wood. The location was most likely chosen as a bridgeable spot which still had deepwater access to the sea. The bridge fell into disrepair after the Romans left, but at some point either it was repaired or a new timber replacement constructed, probably more than once. In 1013, the bridge was burned down by King Ethelred in a bid to divide the invading forces of the Dane Svein Haraldsson. This episode reputedly inspired the well-known nursery rhyme London Bridge is Falling Down. The rebuilt London Bridge was destroyed by a storm in 1091 and yet again, this time by fire, in 1136.
Following the 1136 destruction of London bridge, its maintainer Peter de Colechurch proposed to replace the timber bridge with a permanent stone construction. A tax was levied to fund the new stone bridge, and construction of a new stone bridge was begun in the reign of Henry II, under de Colechurch's direction, in 1176. The new bridge took 33 years to complete and was not finished until 1209, four years after de Colechurch died, in the reign of King John.
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By the end of the 18th century, it was apparent that the old London Bridge — by now over 600 years old — needed to be replaced. It was narrow, decrepit and a hazard to river traffic. In 1799, a competition for designs to replace the old bridge was held, prompting the engineer Thomas Telford to propose a bridge with a single iron arch spanning 600 ft (180 m). The revolutionary nature of this design won praise but it was never used, due to uncertainty about its feasibility and the amount of land needed for its construction.
The bridge was eventually replaced by an elegant structure of five stone arches, designed by engineer John Rennie. The new bridge was built 100 feet (30 m) west (upstream) of the original site at a cost of £2,000,000 and was completed by Rennie's son (of the same name) over a seven-year period from 1824 to 1831. The old bridge continued in use as the new bridge was being built, and was demolished after the new bridge opened in 1831.
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By 1924, the east side of the bridge was some three to four inches lower than the west side; it soon became apparent that the old bridge would have to be removed and replaced with a more modern one.
On April 18, 1968, Rennie's bridge was sold to the American entrepreneur Robert P. McCulloch of McCulloch Oil for the sum of $2,460,000 (it has been claimed that he was under the mistaken belief that he was buying Tower Bridge, though McCulloch himself strongly denied this). The bridge was reconstructed at Lake Havasu City, Arizona, and dedicated on October 10, 1971. Not all of the bridge was transported to America, as some was kept behind in lieu of tax duties.
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The current London Bridge was constructed by contractors John Mowlem from 1967 to 1972, and opened by Queen Elizabeth II on March 17, 1973. It is a fairly dull edifice comprising three spans of pre-stressed concrete cantilevers, paid for in part by the sale of the earlier Rennie bridge. It is 928 feet (283 metres) long. The cost of £4M was met entirely by the City of London's Bridge House Estates. The current bridge was built in the same location as Rennie's bridge, which was carefully demolished piece by piece as the new bridge was built, so the bridge would remain in use throughout.
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On Remembrance Day 2004, various London bridges were furnished with red lighting as part of a night-time flight along the river by wartime aircraft. The red lighting on London Bridge considerably improved its drab appearance, so it has been left on the bridge (but not the other bridges) and lights it at night.
It must be a Maine thing to keep this kind of stuff just sitting around. (see if you can spot me)
I think of all my HDR photos this is my fav. I'll have to make another one if the truck is still around.
90s f/22.0 @ 18mm - ND filter(s) used.
This is a favourite subject for me - and countless others! A little history:
This little lighthouse was built in 1882 to complement a larger, more traditional lighthouse built inland called The Pillar Lighthouse. This was necessary when it was found that too low a vantage point had been selected to take into account the massive rise and fall of the tides.
Reactivated (inactive 1969-1996), it has a focal plane of 7m and provides a white flash every 7.5s plus a directional light (white, red, or green depending on direction) at a focal plane of 4m. The light is shown through a window.
The lighthouse is painted white with a single vertical red stripe on its front face and is 9m tall with a conical roof and mounted on 9 timber pilings.
It remains an active aid to navigation and is visited by many thousands of walkers every year.
My Sister Fernanda again... =^^=
Esta foi uma das fotos q tirei na hípica semana passada. Uma dakelas q o foco naum saiu bom... Lógico q arrumei com Sharp no Photoshop. Mas essa naum foi das piores, na original o foco naum está taum nítido, mas também naum tah akela coisa péssima, descartável.
Agora, oq me deixa de queixo caido, é a cor dos olhos dessa menina quando ela está no sol... Ficam lindos, super brilhantes, translúcidos e com um tom vermelho q destaca na pele morena dela. É algo q com certeza irei explorar mais nas futuras fotos da minha maninha !!! =D
.... . .. . . . Se pelomenos ela desse um tempinho dessas festas raves q deixa ela com uma baita olheira, rs...
Ah... E será q alguém aki pode falar pra ela parar de fazer esse bico quando vai fotografar ??? !!! Fica taum forçado, nada natural, mas ela insiste em fazer esse bico, hahahahaha !!!!!!! ;D
Um Bom Dia A Todos...
Bjoks.
A rare find in Bangor. These creatures are often found at gift shops and book stores rarely do you see one in the wild.
My 15 year old son on Galveston Island's East Beach sand dunes on a blue sky day.
If you look at this at the larger sizes, you'll see his expression - which is worth the look.....
Taken from the same position where I photographed the Kew Railway Bridge but looking in the opposite direction.
I was packing up for the day when I noticed the color of the sky behind me; I wasn't wearing shoes suitable for walking on the Thames bed so I took this from where I was standing.
The tall buildings are high rise flats in Brentford; the bridge in the foreground is the Kew Bridge.
I am not sure what the pillar to the right is but I shall update this caption when I find out.
Update: Many thanks to Barbara Rich and Crouching Badger for identifying the structure to the right; it is the Kew Bridge Pumping Station which belongs to the Kew Bridge Steam Museum and was used to pump water to London.