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First climbed by Henry Russell in 1865. Not a great shot - and I wonder if the manual lens setting was wrong, as the peripheral quality of the image is really poor - but, the clouds had a specific quality over the Marboré, which in turn was delivering waterfalls of fresh water from melt and rain...
An interesting Wiki text:
"Le fait qu'il soit le plus haut massif calcaire d'Europe possède également une flore très unique. Sur les quelque 3500 espèces de plantes vasculaires que l'on trouve dans les Pyrénées , seules 150 sont capables de dépasser 3000 m d'altitude, et parmi celles-ci, 95 ont été localisées dans les 34 "intrusions" du massif du Monte Perdido et à proximité. Seuls les trois points des Gabietos en rassemblent une demi-centaine."
The Gabietos of the text are after the Brèche de Roland, so a little way from the Cylindre, and closer to the Tailllon, but they are from the same sedimentary massif, and the data remains stunning. Even quite late in the season - June, July - snow is melting at high altitude, and blooms of flowers can be seen on the wet mats of new green. By August the landscape on the Spanish side can seem dry, brown and, but for the occasional spring, very mineral.
AJ
Parque nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido, Sobrarbe, Huesca, Aragón, España.
El parque nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido (en aragonés Parque nacional d'Ordesa y d'as Tres Serols) está ubicado en el Pirineo oscense, íntegramente en la comarca del Sobrarbe, Aragón (España). Se reparte entre los términos municipales de Broto, Bielsa, Fanlo, Puértolas, Tella-Sin y Torla-Ordesa. Recibe una media de más de 600 000 visitantes al año.
Su superficie ocupa 15 608 ha y la zona de protección periférica cuenta con 19 679 ha. Su altitud oscila entre los 700 m s. n. m. en el río Bellós y los 3348 m s. n. m. del Monte Perdido.5
Es el segundo parque nacional más antiguo de España tras ser declarado el 16 de agosto de 1918 mediante el Real Decreto 16-08-1918 con el nombre de «Valle de Ordesa». Con 598 950 visitantes anualmente (2015), el parque nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido es el séptimo parque nacional de España en número de visitantes. El 13 de julio de 1982 se amplió y se reclasificó bajo el nombre actual.
Actualmente goza de diferentes figuras de protección aparte de la de parque nacional, en 1977 se declaró Reserva de la Biosfera, en 1988 Zona de Especial Protección para las Aves y en 1997 Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco. Es también Lugar de Importancia Comunitaria.
The Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (in Aragonese Ordesa National Park and d'as Tres Serols) is located in the Pyrenees of Huesca, entirely in the Sobrarbe region, Aragon (Spain). It is distributed among the municipalities of Broto, Bielsa, Fanlo, Puértolas, Tella-Sin and Torla-Ordesa. It receives an average of more than 600,000 visitors a year.
Its surface occupies 15 608 ha and the peripheral protection zone has 19 679 ha. Its altitude ranges between 700 m s. n. m. in the Bellós river and the 3348 m s. n. m. of Monte Perdido. 5
It is the second oldest national park in Spain after being declared on August 16, 1918 by Royal Decree 16-08-1918 with the name of "Valle de Ordesa." With 598,950 visitors annually (2015), the national park Ordesa y Monte Perdido is the seventh national park in Spain in number of visitors. On July 13, 1982 it was expanded and reclassified under the current name.
It currently enjoys different protection figures apart from the national park, in 1977 it was declared a Biosphere Reserve, in 1988 a Special Protection Area for Birds and in 1997 a World Heritage Site by Unesco. It is also a Site of Community Importance. .
Zamosc. Eastern Poland.
Picture No: 2021-10-24-3401_P_FS
Edited in Canon DPP 4:
brightness: +0.17
contrast: +1.5
shadow: +1
highlight: -1
color saturation: 0
peripheral illumination: 100
white balance not changed
bit cropped.
No photomontage.
Framed in Photoshop 6
Parque nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido, Sobrarbe, Huesca, Aragón, España.
El parque nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido (en aragonés Parque nacional d'Ordesa y d'as Tres Serols) está ubicado en el Pirineo oscense, íntegramente en la comarca del Sobrarbe, Aragón (España). Se reparte entre los términos municipales de Broto, Bielsa, Fanlo, Puértolas, Tella-Sin y Torla-Ordesa. Recibe una media de más de 600 000 visitantes al año.
Su superficie ocupa 15 608 ha y la zona de protección periférica cuenta con 19 679 ha. Su altitud oscila entre los 700 m s. n. m. en el río Bellós y los 3348 m s. n. m. del Monte Perdido.5
Es el segundo parque nacional más antiguo de España tras ser declarado el 16 de agosto de 1918 mediante el Real Decreto 16-08-1918 con el nombre de «Valle de Ordesa». Con 598 950 visitantes anualmente (2015), el parque nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido es el séptimo parque nacional de España en número de visitantes. El 13 de julio de 1982 se amplió y se reclasificó bajo el nombre actual.
Actualmente goza de diferentes figuras de protección aparte de la de parque nacional, en 1977 se declaró Reserva de la Biosfera, en 1988 Zona de Especial Protección para las Aves y en 1997 Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco. Es también Lugar de Importancia Comunitaria.
The Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (in Aragonese Ordesa National Park and d'as Tres Serols) is located in the Pyrenees of Huesca, entirely in the Sobrarbe region, Aragon (Spain). It is distributed among the municipalities of Broto, Bielsa, Fanlo, Puértolas, Tella-Sin and Torla-Ordesa. It receives an average of more than 600,000 visitors a year.
Its surface occupies 15 608 ha and the peripheral protection zone has 19 679 ha. Its altitude ranges between 700 m s. n. m. in the Bellós river and the 3348 m s. n. m. of Monte Perdido. 5
It is the second oldest national park in Spain after being declared on August 16, 1918 by Royal Decree 16-08-1918 with the name of "Valle de Ordesa." With 598,950 visitors annually (2015), the national park Ordesa y Monte Perdido is the seventh national park in Spain in number of visitors. On July 13, 1982 it was expanded and reclassified under the current name.
It currently enjoys different protection figures apart from the national park, in 1977 it was declared a Biosphere Reserve, in 1988 a Special Protection Area for Birds and in 1997 a World Heritage Site by Unesco. It is also a Site of Community Importance. .
Peripheral vision can be a cruel mistress at times. I spotted this backlit rascal (class of 2023) and for a split second I thought it was an owl observing my steps.
Hummingbird and Apple Blossoms
Martin Johnson Heade American
1875
A peripheral member of the Hudson River School, Heade was unique in giving equal attention to landscape and still life throughout his career. He was devoted to natural history and first painted apple blossoms around 1865, when he included them in his extensive series of works featuring hummingbirds in a variety of habitats. In this example, the hummingbird is perched on a lower branch and silhouetted against the sky, as recommended by the English critic John Ruskin. The blossoms appear freshly studied from nature and have a light and airy mien, especially against the thick shroud of storm clouds.
Bear Creek last night.
No storms in the area, but this ominous cloud moved slowly from the west.
Large view: www.flickr.com/photos/becca3k/5099372996/sizes/l/
Whilst wandering around Burnham Beeches, just on the edge of your peripheral vision, you can often catch a fleeting glimpse of Little Red Riding Hood skipping happily through the woods singing to herself - next time I'll shout a warning, I promise.
And just beyond the next glade is a view through the tangled undergrowth to Sleeping Beauty's Castle. You know it's there...somewhere.
And so it probably is, in the cinema at least, Burnham's beauty's appearing in many films, large and small.
Burnham is close to Pinewood Studios - at the moment dominated by Disney - and many of the traditional, smaller film studios (now mostly absorbed like Denham, London and Bray) were nearby.
Recently, new studios have arrived near Pinewood to take advantage of the pool of freelance talent, and with CGI and every other technical marvel now available to them, the traditional sprawling 'back lots' are now no longer needed.
Filming in the woods however is strictly controlled; the natural environment, wildlife and delicate root systems of the trees taking precedence over the great thumping, myopic demands of a film production unit.
©Jane Brown2016 All Rights Reserved. This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without explicit written permission
for the robin to find the meal worms . . .
I haven't taken photos today as I've been finishing putting the garden to bed for the winter and mulching. And then I put up my new bird feeders. I have one that is made from fat balls on the clematis obelisk - this is meant for small birds such as bluetits and the sweet wren that I've seen several times . . . just the size of a walnut with wings. And then I've put one near the shed, near the ground for meal worms to feed the robin who comes to visit me when I'm gardening. Robins are ground feeders, so this is placed an inch from the ground. Robins have marvellous peripheral vision. He was particular to look round the other side of the shed to make sure there was no lurking cat before tucking in. And then minutes later he found the fat ball too!
Just returned from Venice, such a wonderful city to have the camera. Over the next few weeks I will post my shots. I hope they show a "Slice of Venetian Life" away from classic tourism.
Thanks for your comments and continuing support....Robbie
Raiford Heavy Bomber
The Raiford was a Modec stratobomber on contract from the Peripheral States. A staple of the Periphery Nuclear Air Command, it played a vital role in patrolling the Goznian frontier.
In an era of outlandish experimental aircraft with primitive Tri-Fibulators and foccils, the Raiford’s crabwheels and skin undulations did not prevent it from being a relatively ordinary bomber.
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The aircraft’s 4500 parts make it just barely larger than my battlecruiser, which previously was my biggest digital model. The wings were the most difficult section to build, having both anhedral and a high angle of incidence with the fuselage.
(obviously just a B-52, made legally distinct for wargaming purposes)
The Church of the Holy Apostles, right on the Greek-Albanian border, in the village of Molyvdoskepasto in the Municipality of Konitsa in the peripheral unit of Ioannina in Epirus is a very important and admirable post-Byzantine monument built in 1537 according to an lintel inscription
Καὶ περὶ ἐνδύματος τί μεριμνᾶτε; καταμάθετε τὰ κρίνα τοῦ ἀγροῦ πῶς αὐξάνει· οὐ κοπιᾷ οὐδὲ νήθει· λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐδὲ Σολομὼν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ περιεβάλετο ὡς ἓν τούτων.
Κατά Ματθαίον (στ΄ 22-33)
And why do you care about clothes? You have seen the lilies of the field grow, neither toil nor toil, but I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
According to Matthew (pp. 22-33)
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AAW Aug 4 - 11: Curls
WIT: I'm on vacation at the moment, so am a little limited in regards to peripherals, but on a walk around our bed and breakfast, I saw this leaf in the garden about to uncurl, but still in a curled form.
What determines a memorable photoshoot is not always the subject and the number images cluttering up my SD card. Sometimes it’s the peripheral events. In this case is it was (in order):
- Being part of a multi-car police chase as the rozzers take down a well-known ageing drug lord, Mrs Marple, for running County Lines
- Discovering my blind-when-not-wearing-his-glasses photo-buddy what steering the boat to Belgium while I was engaged in a deep conversation the Captain and 1st Mate that my buddy really was a responsible and highly trained eminent NHS professional and therefore allowed to take control of the vessel.
- Meeting a septuplet of Timothy Taylors in a Rodney, along with Alan Carr
- Using all my Bear Grills survival skill to forage for nuts and crisps on discovering the Panda was closed
- Meeting Mr Taylor again in a Hussar, along with Alan Carr, and then getting into a few rounds of “home concoction” shots with a barman.
- Missing the planned next-morning dawn shoot by four hours and then spending the next four trying to piece together the fragmented snatches of memories to work out what happened the previous evening
- The obligatory stopping at every motorway service station on the way home to replenish the lifesaving jumbo carton of vanilla milkshake and expunge our bodies of the cumulated toxins from the night before.
And to quote the brilliant song by The Lancaster Hotpots, “It were a brilliant night.”
Janow Lubelski, eastern Poland.
Picture No: 2021-12-04-4919_P2_FS
Edited in Canon DPP 4:
Digital lens optimizer: Yes (50)
Diffraction correction: Yes
Chromatic aberration: Yes (100)
Color blur: Yes
Peripheral illumination: Yes (increased to 120)
Distortion: Yes (100)
Brightness: +0.50
White balance: Auto (White priority)
Fine tune: Not changed (0.0 / 0.0)
Picture style: Neutral
Gamma: Auto (Not changed)
Contrast: -4
Shadow: +5
Highlight: -5
Color saturation: 0
Sharpness: Yes (Unsharp mask)
Strength: 3
Fineness: 1
Thresholt: 3
Cropping: Not cropped
Angle: 0.00.
No photomontage.
Colors not changed
Framed in Photoshop 6
A peripheral bull drooling from testosterone build up. One of the most photogenic bulls with interesting behavior I saw this past fall, but could not get together with him often enough for long enough! All rights reserved.