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Suicidal Tendencies - Persistence Tour
Bataclan - Paris - 30.01.2012
Nicolas Gaire
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There's a reason for that title.
This was a 16 minute exposure - and Canon's subtractive noise reduction kicked in (for the first time ever), resulting in 16 additional minutes waiting for that to finish.
Only to find that the final image was ruined by heavy lens flare from a nearby street lamp (yes, I should have seen that before shooting, but the tripod was positioned so low that getting a clear view of anything but the basic composition was quite impossible).
Although such lens flare usually means the photo would end on the garbage pile, I couldn't let it go. So, some heavy duty Photoshop and RAW work later, it's workable - if not exactly perfect.
Anyway, as for the photo itself:
St. Petri Church in Copenhagen's Inner City. This is one of those churches that aren't lit up at night, so what you see is moon light and ambient lighting (and someone - other photographer? - flickering a flashlight on the tower a few times). Some light painting done on the pillar and fence by myself.
This building always begs to be photographed against a blue sky. It has a funky name too - 'Persistence Works'.
Persistence and the good fortune to be able to travel widely in the UK and abroad will ensure that I remain a major contributor to CRWDP and similar sites. Today, I am posting five pictures from the Brighton area.
Famous Sichuan Chinese Restaurant in Queens Road, Brighton is within a couple of doors of Sichuan Garden and appeared to be out of business at the time of this photograph.
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A quick snap of my dad during the snowstorm in the Northeast. I'd like to let everyone know that I did help out with the shoveling after taking this shot! I hope next week will be a bit less crazy weather-wise. Remember to always hope for the best. I love you all!
xx Fiona
This is a great game.
The green wall is photosensitive. A flash goes off at intervals.
You stand in front of the wall and it captures and image.
That tree is there out of sheer force of will or something. Also, notice the nice orange no trespassing sign... =D
Walls of Jericho - Persistence Tour
Bataclan - Paris - 30.01.2012
Nicolas Gaire
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Walls of Jericho - Persistence Tour
Bataclan - Paris - 30.01.2012
Nicolas Gaire
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The goldfinch's preferred food is small seeds such as those from thistles (the Latin name is from Carduus, a genus of thistles) and teasels, but insects are also taken when feeding young. It also regularly visits bird feeders in winter. They nest in the outer twigs of tall leafy trees, or even in bamboo, laying four to six eggs which hatch in 11–14 days.
In the winter goldfinches group together to form flocks of up to forty birds, occasionally more.
The song is a pleasant silvery twittering. The call is a melodic tickeLIT, and the song is a pleasant tinkling medley of trills and twitters, but always including the trisyllabic call phrase or a teLLIT-teLLIT-teLLIT.
In earlier times, the Goldfinch was kept as a cagebird for its song. Escapes from captivity and deliberate releases have colonised southeastern Australia and New Zealand.
Two on a garden birdfeeder in the UK
Goldfinches are attracted to back gardens in Europe and North America by birdfeeders containing niger (commercially described as nyjer) seed. This seed of an annual from South Asia is small, and high in oils. Special polycarbonate feeders with small oval slits at which the Goldfinches feed are sometimes used.
Relationships with humans
Captive Carduelis carduelis caniceps
Goldfinches are commonly kept and bred in captivity around the world because of their distinctive appearance and pleasant song. The Goldfinch males are sometimes crossed with Canary females with the intention to produce male mules with beautiful singing voices, that often capture the best singing attributes of both breeds.
Madonna of the Goldfinch by Raphael, (c. 1505-1506)
Because of the thistle seeds it eats, in Christian symbolism the Goldfinch is associated with the Passion and Christ's Crown of Thorns. The Goldfinch, appearing in pictures of the Madonna and the Christ Child, represents the foreknowledge Jesus and Mary had of the Crucifixion. Examples include the Madonna del cardellino or Madonna of the Goldfinch, painted (c. 1505-1506) by the Italian renaissance artist Raphael, in which John the Baptist offers the goldfinch to Christ in warning of his future. In Barocci's Holy Family a goldfinch is held in the hand of John the Baptist who holds it high out of reach of an interested cat. In Cima da Conegliano's Madonna and Child, a goldfinch flutters in the hand of the Christ Child. It is also an emblem of endurance, fruitfulness, and persistence. Because it symbolizes the Passion, the goldfinch is considered a "saviour" bird and may be pictured with the common fly (which represents sin and disease).[6] The Goldfinch is also associated with Saint Jerome and appears in some of his depictions.[6]
Antonio Vivaldi composed a Concerto in D major for Flute "Il Gardellino" (RV 428, Op. 10 No. 3), where the singing of the Goldfinch is imitated by a flute.
Sempre que vejo plantas surgindo de rochas, penso na dificuldade que elas tiveram para brotar e se desenvolver em um suporte tão duro e aparentemente impenetrável. Morro da Conceição, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Whenever I see plants emerging from rocks, I think of the difficulty they faced to grow and develop on such a hard and apparently impenetrable support. Morro da Conceição (Conceição Hill), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
I finally have some time to work on some of my China photos!! This gentleman was unbelievable....I was mesmerized by the beauty of his work. I thought it was interesting that he was using a bicycle peddle to hold down his work.
Looks better on Black press "l" on your keypad.
In confrontation between stream and the rock the stream always wins but not with strength, with persistence !!!
My Dali Collection prints "Persistence of Time" Harmon embossed signature & 2 edges
New edition to my Salvador Dali collection.
This ones an "after" Dali lithograph.
I bought it because I wanted to get any of his prints that had this one graphic editors markings , especially the finger print shown.
It was one of three prints that came up on ebay a while ago (from the same seller) -
All of them had the finger print.
I actually was surprised to get this as cheap as I did as seller contacted me and sold it to me as a "second chance" offer.
I lost the auction but he sold it at my 2nd highest bid price.
The graphic editor ( Harmon) got Dali's finger print after Dali could no longer sign prints due to his illness , before death and used them to allegedly authenticate the lithographs.
Actually this shouldn't be considered an "original" Dali litho as I am sure he didn't do anything as far as the production of it ,
including allowing the size changes or additional images added to the original "Persistence of Memory"
This was erected by the family of Phyllis Wallbye. She was the Arts editor of the Loveland Reporter-Herald newspaper. This sculpture stands in front of the Rialto Theater Center.
Lionheart - Persistence Tour
Bataclan - Paris - 30.01.2012
Nicolas Gaire
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