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What is pretty is beautiful in a delicate or graceful way.
So many beauties in this appealing world
The true beauty lies in the beholder's eyes
There is beauty in the child's innocence and in mother's love
There is beauty in a friend's affection and in a tender heart
There is beauty in a pretty smile and caring eyes
There is beauty in the morning sun and a rainy day
There is beauty in the flaky slow and a pleasant spring
There is beauty in the milky moon and the graceful rivers
There is beauty in a hard earned victory and a hopeful soul
There is beauty in me and beauty in you
So many beauties in this spectacular world and its dazzling life
And the true beauty lies in the beholder's eyes
-Kavitha Krishnamurthy
Taken at the Boardwalk in Myrtel Beach, South Carolina summer of July 2007.
End of the demonstration, reaching the Place de la Nation.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Part of Régimes Spéciaux (Recommended as a slideshow)
no postproduzione
Torre panoramica di Petrin (Petrínská rozhledna)
Petrínské sady - Praha 1 - Malá Strana
È una torre di metallo alta sessanta metri ed è la copia della Torre Eiffel di Parigi. Venne costruita da F. Prásil nell’ambito dell’Esposizione Giubilare del 1891. Nel suo interno ci sono 299 scalini che conducono alla cima. Nel marzo del 2002, dopo una grande ristrutturazione, la torre panoramica è stata riaperta al pubblico.
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Novelda (Alacant).
CAT:
El Santuari de Santa Maria Magdalena.
Aquest edifici religiós va estar construït a partir d'un projecte que va traçar l'enginyer novelder Josep Sala Sala que impregnant així el seu projecte de l'estil modernista català. Aquest santuari recorda al Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família. La seua construcció, començada en 1918, va necessitar de tres fases, per donar per acabada l'obra en 1946. A la façana principal destaquen dues torres laterals de 25 m. d'alçada culminades per una creu pètria que també es troba en la cúpula i sobre els arcs superiors de la façana. Té forma de pitxer, simbolitzant el pitxer que la Santa portà de bàlsam a Jesús. Esta forma original és també única en el món. Els motius decoratius deuen tenir antecedents en els estils medievals, barrocs i en la pròpia naturalesa. Influències aquestes que van dur l'autor a combinar cudols del riu Vinalopó, taulells policromats, rajoles rogenques, maçoneria, etc..., es troba Santa Maria Magdalena, patrona de Novelda, i al darrere de l'altar podem admirar un bell quatre atribuït a Gaston Castelló.
ESP:
El Santuario de Santa María Magdalena es un edificio religioso que se encuentra en Novelda (Alacant) y fue construido a partir de un proyecto trazado por el ingeniero noveldense José Sala Sala, que realizó sus estudios en Cataluña. La edificación es de estilo modernista catalán, y guarda un enorme parecido con el Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia de Antonio Gaudí. Tiene forma de jarro, simbolizando el jarro que la Santa llevó de bálsamo a Jesús. Esta forma original es también única en el mundo.
Su construcción, comenzada en 1918, necesitó de tres fases (una de ellas de paralización), para dar por terminada la obra en 1946. Para la financiación de las obras se emplearon diferentes recursos, como las galas líricas de zarzuela en donde intervino el barítono noveldense Eduardo Mateo-Quirant y su mujer, la tiple Josefina Landete (padres ambos de Paloma Mairant), entre otros.
En la fachada principal destacan dos torres laterales de 25 m. de altura culminadas por una cruz pétrea, que también se halla en la cúpula y sobre los arcos superiores de la fachada. Los motivos decorativos tienen antecedentes en los estilos medievales, barrocos y en la propia naturaleza. Estas influencias llevaron al autor a combinar guijarros del río Vinalopó, azulejos policromados, ladrillos rojizos, mampostería, etc., que se reflejan por todo el exterior del edificio.
El interior del santuario está compuesto por una nave central rectangular con dos espacios laterales adosados; al fondo, en el ábside, se encuentra el camarín de Santa María Magdalena, patrona de Novelda, y detrás del altar se puede admirar un hermoso cuadro atribuido a Gastón Castelló. Para el año 2010 está prevista la incorporación de un órgano construído enteramente en marmol, obra del innovador organero Iván Larrea, que se convertirá en el único en el mundo con estas características.
Dawn yesterday morning at Mt Clear in the Namadgi NP. My helpful assistant was up with me watching the sunrise. This is a three frame HDR ... I took another couple of series of the sunrise (as you do...) but I really liked this one with my assistant in frame ... it lends a sense of scale to the place ...that's him in the colourful beanie in lower left ;-) ... it was a superb day too :-)
En la Banyoles medieval, bien pronto se vio la necesidad de construir una nueva iglesia en un lugar fuera del monasterio benedictino de San Esteban. Desde antes de la colonización benedictina, ya hay noticia de la existencia de una capilla dedicada a San Benito y que estaría cerca de la actual iglesia y de la actual calle de Sant Benet.
Seguramente, el primer templo de Santa María de los Turers se habría edificado durante la segunda mitad del siglo X. Este hecho también se vería confirmado por el hallazgo de la planta del ábside en la década de los cuarenta del siglo XX. Fue edificada en tiempo del abad Benito y nació como iglesia filial de la de San Esteban del monasterio benedictino. Ya se encuentra documentada en el año 1017 y se trataba de una pequeña iglesia de estilo románico.
La iglesia se situó en un lugar elevado, en un cerro, y de aquí deriva probablemente el nombre de Turers (turario). Antes, pero, ya había existido una antigua pequeña iglesia edificada entre los siglos IX-X.
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Pararge aegeria
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Genus: Pararge
Subgenus:
Species: aegeria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies: tircis (Godart, 1821)
oblita (Harrison, 1949)
insula (Howarth, 1971)
The Speckled Wood is a common butterfly and familiar to many observers, especially in woodland where, as its name suggests, it is most often found. The appearance of this butterfly changes from north to south, forming a "cline", where individuals in the north are dark brown with white spots, with those in more southerly locations being dark brown with orange spots. This has given rise to a number of subspecies. In addition to the named subspecies, Thompson (1952) identified a race that formed an altitudinal cline in Snowdonia, south-west of the river Conway, giving it the name drumensis. The single-brooded adults flew in June at high altitude above the tree line, and were large with pale prominent markings.
In England this butterfly is found south of a line between Westmorland in the west and South-east Yorkshire in the east, with a few scattered colonies further north. It is also found in the west and north of Scotland, but is absent from the south, the Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland. It is widespread in both Wales and Ireland, but is absent from exposed high ground. This species is expanding its range and it is anticipated that it will eventually fill the gaps in its distribution.
Subspecies: Pararge aegeria aegeria
The nominate subspecies was first defined in Linnaeus (1758) as shown here (type locality: Southern Europe and Mauritania). It is not found in the British Isles.
Subspecies: Pararge aegeria tircis
This subspecies was first defined in Godart (1821) as shown here and as shown in this plate (type locality: Germany). This subspecies occurs through the range of this species, with the exception of Scotland and the Isles of Scilly. The spring brood has larger cream spots than those of the summer brood.
Subspecies: Pararge aegeria oblita
This subspecies was first defined in Harrison (1949) (type locality: Loch Scresort, Isle of Rhum, Scotland). This subspecies represents the population found in Scotland. Like the subspecies tircis, the spring brood has larger cream spots than those of the summer brood. It differs from the subspecies tircis as follows:
1. The overall appearance is much whiter.
2. There is a much great contrast overall, with the dark markings appearing blacker and the pale spots appearing whiter.
Pararge aegeria oblita
Male and female. Ground colour above and below much whiter than in the form aegerides Stgr., and the blackish markings above and below definitely blacker in the more intensively marked areas and greyer elsewhere.
Male holotype – Loch Scresort., Isle of Rhum, August 8th, 1948.
Female allotype – same data.
Subspecies: Pararge aegeria insula
This subspecies was first defined in Howarth (1971) (type locality: Isles of Scilly, England). This subspecies represents the population found on the Isles of Scilly. Like the subspecies tircis, the spring brood has larger spots than those of the summer brood. It differs from the subspecies tircis as follows:
1. The upperside has better-developed orange markings, especially those surrounding the spots on the hindwing.
2. The underside of the forewing has orange, rather than cream, markings toward the centre.
3. The underside of the hindwing has a darker purplish-grey area at the margin, providing more contrast.
Pararge aegeria insula
The following description is a comparison with the first generation of ssp.tircis (form aestivalis Fruhstorfer).
Male. Upperside. The orange markings are better developed, particularly those surrounding the post-discal series of ocelli on the hindwing and the spot is space 5. Underside. The forewing has the base of space 2 filled with a broad, almost clear orange marking which is immediately above and adjacent to a similar marking in space 1. In aestivalis the latter is broadly darkened basad and the marking above suffused. The hindwing has the purplish grey marginal area slightly darker and in more contrast to the discal markings so that the wing appears slightly more variegated in coloration.
Female. Upperside. Similar to the male but the tawny markings are better developed, particularly the marking at the base of space 2 and that immediately below it, which, in this area of the male is partially obscured by the androconial brand. Underside. Similar to that of the male.
Holotype. Male, Scilly Isles, St.Mary’s, ix.1970, Austin Richardson, B.M. 1970-712.
Allotype female, same data as holotype.
Paratypes: 11 male, 1 female, same data as holotype.
Phenology
This species is unique among the butterflies of the British Isles in that it can overwinter in 2 stages, as both a larva and pupa. As a result, there is a mixed emergence with adult butterflies on the wing from April through to September, with a few adults being seen as early as March or as late as October, especially at southern sites. There are 2 or 3 generations, depending on location and weather conditions and adults of later generations are generally darker than those emerging earlier in the year.
Habitat
As its names suggests, this butterfly is primarily found in woodland, but can be found anywhere there is sufficient scrub to provide the shaded conditions that this butterfly favours which includes gardens and hedgerows.
Larval Foodplants
The primary larval foodplants are Cock's-foot (Dactylis glomerata), Common Couch (Elytrigia repens), False Brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum) and Yorkshire-fog (Holcus lanatus).
Nectar Sources
Adults feed primarily on Honeydew / Sap (). Bramble (Rubus fruticosus), Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis), Dandelion (Taraxacum agg.), Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica), Privet (Ligustrum vulgare) and Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) are also used.
Imago
This butterfly is often seen in more-sheltered conditions than other species and is often the only species seen in dappled shade, or in overcast conditions.
The male is territorial and will inhabit a particular clearing or hedgerow, where he will rest on a prominent sunlit perch waiting for a passing female. Other males are soon seen off before the defending male returns to a favourite perch. If no suitable territory can be found, or when there is a large number of males, the male will patrol in search of a mate instead. When a male encounters a receptive female, which has a more laboured flight than the male, she will fall to the ground or a nearby leaf where, after a brief courtship, the pair mate.
Both sexes feed from honeydew, but also take nectar from a variety of plants when honeydew is scarce, such as Ragwort.
Aberrations
ab. kulczynskii (Pruffer.Rozpr.Wydz.Polsk.Ak.Umiez(1920).1921.60.Ser.B.p.124.pl.2.f.8.)
Male. On the forewings the outer costal spot, the spot immediately below it, and a third one touching the eye-spot on its lower side, remain normal. The other spots are visible but so much obscured that they are hardly lighter than the dark ground colour. Hindwings with the costal and postdiscal spots present but the ocellated marginal band strongly reduced. Transitional to saturatior Crom. but differs chiefly on the hindwings which still show the marginal band of ocellated spots, these are absent in both ab.saturatior and fusca Hackett.
ab. saturatior (Crombrugghe.Rev.Mens.Soc.Ent.Nam.1911.ll.p.45.)
= fusca Hackett.Entom.1958.91.p.114.
Only four yellow spots remain on the forewing. The two lowest marginal ones near the tornus are absent and the two, one above and one below the apical eye, are very small. The yellow band on the hindwing is completely obliterated. Hackett's fusca is so similar that it would be difficult to draw a line. Fore and hindwings blackish-brown except for two white dots, one above and one below the apical eye, and three other very faint traces of the usual "speckles". Two of these are on the forewings, one on the edge of the discal cell, the other in the central area just above the median vein, the third on the hindwings below the costal margin. Unless the types are seen it would be difficult to know by these descriptions if they are different.
Ovum
The spherical eggs are very light green in colour are laid singly, sometimes in pairs, on the underside of a leaf of the foodplant. It is believed that temperature is a major factor when a female chooses a plant on which to lay. In spring and autumn eggs are laid on plants in more-open positions than those laid in the summer, when more-shaded plants are used. Eggs hatch after 1 to 3 weeks, depending on temperature.
Larva
The young larva sits on the underside of the leaf feeding, both day and night, from the leaf edge toward the midrib. Larger larvae will move from plant to plant to feed and, as winter approaches, will rest at the base of the plant. Depending on the temperature and amount of daylight, some larvae will reach pupation, this species being the only butterfly in the British Isles that passes the winter in 2 different stages - as larva and pupa, although it is believed that only 3rd instar larvae are able to successfully overwinter. This stage can be passed in as little as 25 days when the temperature is high. There are 3 or 4 moults in total.
Pupa
The pupa is formed head down from a grass stem or nearby leaf litter, attached by the cremaster. This stage can be as short as 10 days for those pupae that go on to produce adults in the same year.
Sites
Arnside Knott, Aspal Close, Badbury Rings, Blackfold, Borthwood, Bovey Valley Woodlands, Bryncelyn Hall, Chambers Farm Wood, Coombe Heath, Cuerden Valley Park, Darley, Devil's Ditch, Ellerburn Bank, Felton Park Wood, Fochabers Woods, Gait Barrows, Glasdrum Wood, Glen Affric, Glenarm, Haugh Wood, Higher Hyde, Horsenden Hill, Hounslow Heath LNR, Howardian Local Nature Reserve, Hutton Roof Crags, Hyde, Invermoriston, Knock Craggie, Latterbarrow, Latton Woods, Lavernock, Leighton Moss, Linn of Tummel, Mansmead wood, Meanwood Park, Midgham Lakes, Mill Hill, Millenium Arboretum, Moss Field, Mynydd Marian, Nupend Wood, Old Down, Basingstoke, Rookery, Roudsea Wood NNR, Ryton Woods Meadows, Strumpshaw Fen, Tophill Low, Tynemouth Priors Park, Uffmoor Wood, Viking Field/LesleySears, Warton Crag, Winsdon Hill
Conservation Status
This is one of our few species that is doing well, with a sustained expansion to its range. It is believed that this butterfly has benefited from a reduction in coppicing, resulting in shadier woodland that this butterfly favours. As such, it is not a species of conservation concern.
Explored Front Page - March 14, 2009 - Thank you all so very much!
What:
A little cabin? boathouse? watches the winter sun set over the Atlantic Ocean.
Where:
Seabright
Nova Scotia, Canada
(I added it to the map)
About:
I've always wanted to stop and take a shot of this spot that is located on the road to Peggy's Cove. There isn't really a place to pull over and park but when I happened upon this amazing sunset I couldn't resist anymore.
Post Processing
I tried something a bit different here. I used Photomatix but I tried the exposure blending method instead of the typical tone mapping with the details enhancer. I really like the results and it is more natural looking without the increased noise and halos that come from the other method. It is much more like DRI or exposure blending without having to manually do the layers and masking. Remember, I'm a lazy bastard so this made me happy. Not as "happy" as the shower with Lilapop but still pretty happy none the less! :-)
BTW, the seagull was added back in from the -2ev sky exposure just for you bastards that tease me about my pet seagulls. I hope you like it! lol
Please, no multiple invites or crazy glittery graphics. Thank You
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From Danford Island Park in Dimondale; October of 2014.
Every trip has its highlight in Lisbon it was visiting the monastery of Jeronimos in the suburb of Belem. I have never seen such delicate stonework both the church and its cloisters are quite remarkable. Took the shot hand held no tripod
A bit from the guidebook
The monastery is one of the most prominent monuments of the Manueline-style architecture (Portuguese late-Gothic) in Lisbon, classified in 1983 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the nearby Tower of Belém. The construction of the monastery and church began on 6 January 1501 (and were completed 100 years later). King Manuel originally funded the project with money obtained from the Vintena da Pimenta, a 5% tax on commerce from Africa and the Orient, equivalent to 70 kilograms (150 lb) of gold per year, with the exception of pepper, cinnamon and cloves (which went directly to the Crown. With the influx of riches, the architects were not limited to small plans, and resources already prescribed for the Monastery of Batalha were redirected to the project in Belém.
Manuel I selected the religious order of Hieronymite monks to occupy the monastery, whose role it was to pray for the King's eternal soul and to provide spiritual assistance to navigators and sailors who departed from the beach of Restelo to discover the world.
The monastery was designed in a style that later became known as Manueline: a richly ornate architectural design that includes complex sculptural themes incorporating maritime elements and objects discovered during naval expeditions, carved in limestone. Diogo de Boitaca,[ the architect, pioneered this style in the Monastery of Jesus in Setúbal. On this project Boitaca was responsible for the plans and contracting work on the monastery, the sacristy, and the refectory. He used calcário de lioz, a local gold-coloured limestone, that was quarried from Ajuda, the valley of Alcántara, Laveiras, Rio Seco and Tercena, for its construction. Boitaca was succeeded by the Spaniard Juan de Castilho, who took charge of construction around 1517. Castilho gradually moved from the Manueline to the Spanish Plateresque style, an ornamentation that included lavish decorations that recall silverware (Spanish: plata). The construction came to a halt when the King Manuel I died in 1521.
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Barcelona - Catalunya
Gothic sandcastle On Black and large
♫ Theme - gothic-santuary - Nightwish
Happy gothic sunday my friends! Thanks for the visits, comments, notes and faves!!!
Pls don't post here any group invite, glitter text or stuff like that.
El Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia (en catalán Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família), conocido simplemente como la Sagrada Familia (Sagrada Família), es un gran templo católico de Barcelona (España), diseñado por el arquitecto español Antoni Gaudí. Iniciado en 1882, todavía está en construcción (enero de 2010). Es la obra maestra de Gaudí, y el máximo exponente de la arquitectura modernista catalana.
La construcción comenzó en estilo neogótico, pero, al asumir el proyecto Gaudí en 1883, fue completamente replanteado. Según su proceder habitual, a partir de bocetos generales del edificio improvisó la construcción a medida que avanzaba. Se hizo cargo con sólo 31 años, dedicándole el resto de su vida, los últimos quince en exclusiva.
Una de sus ideas más innovadoras fue el diseño de las elevadas torres cónicas circulares que sobresalen apuntadas sobre los portales, estrechándose con la altura. Las proyectó con una torsión parabólica dando una tendencia ascendente a toda la fachada, favorecida por multitud de ventanas que perforan la torre siguiendo formas espirales.[1]
El templo, cuando esté terminado, dispondrá de 18 torres: cuatro en cada una de las tres entradas-portales y, a modo de cúpulas, se dispondrá un sistema de seis torres, con la torre cimborio central, dedicada a Jesús, de 170 metros de altura, otras cuatro alrededor de ésta, dedicadas a los evangelistas, y un segundo cimborio dedicado a la Virgen. El interior estará formado por innovadoras columnas arborescentes inclinadas y bóvedas basadas en hiperboloides y paraboloides buscando la forma óptima de la catenaria.
En 1926 murió Gaudí; sólo se había construido una torre. Del proyecto del edificio sólo se conservaban planos y un modelo en yeso que resultó muy dañado durante la Guerra Civil española.[2] Desde entonces han proseguido las obras: actualmente están terminados los portales del Nacimiento y de la Pasión, y se ha iniciado el de la Gloria, y están en ejecución las bóvedas interiores. La obra que realizó Gaudí, es decir, la fachada del Nacimiento y la cripta, ha sido incluida por la Unesco en el año 2005 en el Sitio del Patrimonio mundial «Obras de Antoni Gaudí».
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Thank you JJ for the adorable pose!
Many thanks to karinbrigitta for her texture
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Thank you so much dear Flickr friends for all your lovely comments, invitations, and awards. You are so much appreciated!
As we had so much nice weather, and lovely early mornings lately, we decided to get up at 5am ( I hate early mornings ) and take a drive down to the coast for the sunrise.
As is normally our luck, the sun decided it wasn't coming out that day. The sky was flat and grey all day :-( I did get this shot though, after we stopped off at this little bay called Stradbally cove. The horses were being exercised round and round on the sand. I was very lucky as I quickly grabbed my camera and took this one shot and then they left.
Please Take A Look At My Beautiful Friend Large Size
One of my contacts named my little beauty the other day and I have completely forgotten what she called her so now, please add her name for me please
and paleeese, none of those seizure-like glittery howdy-do graphics,
also no multi-group invites - I've just not had much time for group participation. thx...
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oh, and Kath - I will post that bug close up soon, promise...
Hopefully the large view thing works. It seems to not work for everyone all of a sudden.
In autumn when the trees are brown
The little leaves come tumbling down
They do not make the slightest sound
But lie so quietly on the ground
Until the wind comes puffing by
And blows them off towards the sky.
The winds will blow their own freshness into you,
and the storms their energy,
while cares will drop away from you
like the leaves of Autumn.
Fall poem by John Muir
Still playing around with different logos. Don't know why. Maybe because I'm never satisfied, or maybe because it's fun.
Prints available: Craig Sterken Photography
The colours when I upload to flickr are totally pants!!!! I have tried and tried but not had much luck so I've given up ;-(, This image was inspired by this particular shot.
I can't believe how warm it was when I took this. Although I have to admit it didn't quite turn out as originally planned. I couldn't take the image in the place that I wanted to because the water was quite deep. Anyhow, I had to make do with taking the shot in this direction which wasn't ideal but I quite like it all the same! I must admit I did feel a little bit of a plum as tractor drivers, and cars drove past but needs must and all that!!! I didn't feel as stupid as I did the other evening walking about a country road with a nightie, teddy and my best friend also wearing a nightie. I'm not sure that one came out quite as I had hoped so may have to re-shoot that one! I can imagine the conversation the guy that drove past us must have had at the supper table that evening!
The new Flickr view is definitely so much better - I like it ;)
#1 on Flickr's Explore, June 26 2010. If that means anything...
Shot at the Dutch coast while there was a strong wind. I've recorded an HD movie of this scene. Just to get an impression how this really looks like.
This was actually low tide, you can't see the posts at high tide.
Technical info:
ND110 - 10 stops.
f/8
ISO100
24 mm
329s (5min29s) exposure
Software:
Lightroom 3.0
PS CS5 - Silver Efex Pro
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These pink stockings are up for auction for charity through StockingsHQ. They are Eleganti Bubblegum Pink Cuban heel seams... and were only worn for these pics.
Best Viewed Large: View On White
Yepeee....I won in the coveted Sinulog photo contest! I never expected it considering I'm a newbie against so many good photographers around (600+) and over 7,000 entries! My year is up for a good start...I'm super elated!
Over a hundred ships and boats joined this year annual fluvial parade in honor the the Sto. Nino (Child Jesus). Its was my second time to witness such event the first time when I was just 5 years old. This time I had my camera in tow together with hundreds of photographers. I was a spectacle to see as well as enjoyable as I've met many fellow photographers from all over the world.
The fluvial procession is a reenactment of the coming of Magellan to the old Cebu Village, in particular his landing at the old beach which is now the heart of the city. Over 440 years ago, the Spaniards led by Magellan landed in the Cebu village of Rajah Humabon on April17, 1521. On the shore he planted he planted a cross which is said to be extant up to his time. Today, the city’s busiest street thoroughfare, Magallanes, is found where the cross is still preserved and now venerated as a relic. This historical chapter, Magellan’s coming, is reenacted as the advent of the new faith (www.sinulog.ph).
@ Sinulog Fluvial Parade, Mandaue-Mactan Bridge, Mandaue City, The Philippines
It was hard for me to believe how accesible scenes like this were during our travels around Scotland. This looks like an image from a calendar, yet I stood right there by the banks of that lake and shot the image myself! Look in the darker parts of the water and see how the water was crystal clear. View it large!
This is the spot where they have placed the memorial to the Highlanders who joined forces with bonnie Prince Charlie, and were eventually defeated at the battle of Culloden (if I have my history right!).
Anyway, from this point if you turn around 180 degrees and look the opposite direction you will see the viaduct where the Harry Potter movie was filmed! We were going to ride the train that travels along this way (the Road to the Isles), and over the viaduct, but decided to drive our rental instead so that we could stop when we wanted and take pictures, like this one! :o)
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This is a fairly often photographed house on the outskirts of Chipping Campden, in the Cotswolds. The boxwood hedges seem to be over 100 years old. It looks like the owners had just finished pouring several hundred thousand Pounds on its restoration when we walked past it in July.
We took a few quick pictures under poor lighting conditions when we were in this quintessential Cotswolds town for an hour or so in July. They do not begin to do justice to this beautiful place but I'm putting them up as a brief introduction to the charms of the place. For a better representation of Chipping Campden, see other sites on Flickr such as:
www.flickr.com/photos/flash-of-light/sets/72157600036658448/
www.flickr.com/photos/flash-of-light/sets/72157605466095900/
Las casas están construídas con gran armonía entre la montaña y como es natural son calles estrechas y enpinadas. El término se extiende por el altiplano de Collsacabra, las sierras de Tavertet y los riscos de Aiats y Falgars. Si bien en la economía tradicional es la agricultura de secano (cereales, legumbres, forrajes, patatas y maíz) y la ganadería eran las principales actividades, en la actualidad, el turismo constituye la mayor fuente de ingresos. El desarrollo del fenómeno turístico ha conllevado la aparición de numerosos establecimientos comerciales y restaurantes que ofrecen al turista de verano o de fin de semana todos los servicios necesarios, como el Hostal Estrella que se encuentra en el centro de Rupit.
Una carretera local comunica el término con la C-153. En el núcleo urbano pueden admirarse edificios de los siglos XVI y XVII, de piedra, con ventanales de tipo gótico o gótico tardío y portales dovelados con antiguas inscripciones, la calle del Fossar es la más típica. El castillo de Rupit se alza sobre un espolón rocoso. La iglesia de Sant Miquel de Rupit, es de estilo barroconeoclásico. Palacio de la notaría de los Soler, con jardín colgante. Capilla de Santa Magdalena, del siglo XVII. La iglesia románica de Sant Joan de Fábregues, a 4 kilómetros de la población. Las masías son de notable interés (la Sala, el Colell, Mas Corriol). Pruit, cuenta con la iglesia románica de Sant Andreu (de los siglos XII - XIII). Iglesia románica de Sant Lloreno; Dosmunts, cerca del gran Mas de les Viles. Masías del Bac de Collsacabra, la Cassassa de Pruit y Comajoan
this is SO not worth it unless it's large on black
this is also old, from september. i was going back through old pictures and editing them since i was bored...i'm going to try to finally take some new pictures tomorrow, though.
model is liz and her lovely olympus :)
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explored #173
Paradise
Kindred souls and anxious hearts
As the twain met decades apart.
And as the clouds ushered in the stars,
They knelt and said a prayer.
For once more the King of kings,
Had brought love back from Hades.
Once more love had triumphed,
Resurrection, salvation, jubilation
And then they were alone-
Together, many winters apart.
Bitterly they wept silent tears,
And lost themselves in deep embrace.
What life is life without love’s blood?
What spring is spring without rose’s bloom?
No winter could penetrate their embrace tonight-
No typhoons of fate could make them part.
The embrace of two souls-
Lost in each other beyond reckon.
The union of emotions that they share,
Make this a paradise right here.
Ambarish Singh Roy [sir_watkyn]
lotus flower / white / green / leaf / - , ハスの花, 莲花, گل لوتوس, Fleur de Lotus, Lotosblume, कुंद, 연꽃,
Please view this white lotus flower and the leaf image on black BackGround- thanks
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Lotus flower video (on white) + music by Ahmad Farzad
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl4TKsmj_Ks&feature=channel
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White Lotus Flower / green / leaf / white / flower / background /
The lotus flower appeared in legends originating from ancient Egypt. It played an important part in ancient Egyptian religion. The pure white lotus flower, the only plant to fruit and flower simultaneously, emerges from the depths of the muddy swamp. Growing from the mud at the bottom of ponds and streams, the exquisite Lotus flower rises above the water and is usually white or pink with 15 or more oval, spreading petals, and a peculiar, flat seedcase at its center.
Sesen A Lotus Flower. This is a symbol of the sun, of creation and rebirth. Because at night the flower closes and sinks underwater, at dawn it rises and opens again. According to one creation myth it was a giant lotus which first rose out of the watery chaos at the beginning of time. From this giant lotus the sun itself rose on the first day. A symbol of Upper Egypt .The lotus flower played a prominent role in the version of the creation story that originated in Heliopolis. Before the universe came into being, there was an infinite ocean of inert water which constituted the primeval being named Nun. Out of Nun emerged a lotus flower, together with a single mound of dry land. The lotus blossoms opened, and out stepped the self-created sun god, Atum, as a child. A slightly different version of the creation story originated in Hermopolis. In that version, the sun god who formed himself from the chaos of Nun emerged from the lotus petals as Ra. The lotus is a flower which opens and closes each day. His history went on to say that the petals of the lotus blossom enfolded him when he returned to it each night.
The lotus flower has been featured extensively throughout the art of ancient Egypt. In various works of art, you may see it held in the hand of a god or human, serving as a border to outline a section of the artwork, unfolding to reveal various gods or humans, and many other depictions. The ancient Egyptians from the 4th dynasty greatly valued the sacred lotus, in religious ceremonies and funerals. The ancient Egyptians developed the art of counting to a high degree, but their system of numeration was very crude. For example, the number 1,000 was symbolized by a picture of a lotus flower, and the number 2,000 was symbolized by a picture of two lotus flowers growing out of a bush.
Link to other images by Bahman Farzad with green / GREEN / on flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/3031353198/
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/2336853336/
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/2105078536/
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/2539132736/
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/2873153858/
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/2838699666/
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/4817452232/
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Link to Bahman Farzad's images with a touch of green:
Link to a whie flower with a green patch
Link to a whie lotus flower with a green leaf on a white background
Link to a pink fractalius lotus flower with a green background
Link to a white lotus flower with a green background reflections
Link to a fractalius red lotus flower with a green background leaf
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It was a tranquil early morning in Yosemite but not as tranquil as a
photographer might like. Yosemite's famous Swinging Bridge was bustling
with park visitors taking in the view of stunning Yosemite Falls. I
however was determined to get a shot of the reflections of the falls in the
shaded waters downstream from the bridge and wanted to get that magical
early morning light. It took a lot of patience but I was finally able to
get the shot. I used several ND filters to slow the shutter speed and
bring out the reflection of Yosemite Falls and the surrounding forest in the
picture. I was pleased when I got home to discover the bright green new
leaves on the aspens gave the image a special glow. Yosemite falls
blurred nicely under the slow shutter speed. Yosemite Falls thundered
continuously throughout Yosemite Valley all day but are especially loud at
this time in the morning. Such a great place to spend a morning even if
it was waiting for visitors to take their shot from the bridge then move on.
Darv
© Darvin Atkeson
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Bridge that connects the upper and lower peninsula of Michigan. It's pretty long, 5 miles from shore to shore (although it didn't really seem like that).
I have no idea if this looks correct on your guys' monitor because I have been having some serious issues with CS4 wacking out on me for the past 3 days. Everything I save as an sRGB JPEG comes out way darker than it's supposed to and it's driving me freakin crazy. I have no idea what happened or how it happened. I even uninstalled and then reinstalled Photoshop. The only way I could figure out how to get around it is to save the JPEG in the Dell 2007WFP color space. Seriously hate photoshop right now and would like to kick it in the face. Hard.
EDIT: I figured out that I had somehow toggled on Proof Colors which changed the file to CMYK and I guess that's why it was coming out strange. So happy to be done with this issue. It's so frustrating when PS is acting weird and you have no idea why or how to fix it. Sometimes I think it's too complicated of a program for my own good.
(borrowed) D90
Sigma10-20mm
As the astute amongst you will have noticed, the theme this week is "puppets." The even more astute will have guessed that as we're doing something stupid, it was my idea. Don't worry, next week it's Kim's turn, so we'll be doing something more arty and interesting.
My original concept started out as "Gottle of Geer" but turned into "When Puppets go bad..." when Kim suggested that it looked like he was stealing my beer. So I expanded it, with some trepidation, to a triptych. To round out the theme, there's a little outtake below of what happened later in the shoot when Joey got riled. I'm hoping it won't scar too badly.
I also have one other, non-puppet, shot to share from this shoot, the light was pretty good - maybe you'll see that soon.
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I've been kind of busy the last few days. This is my first post for a week. Someone said to me the other day "you don't know how much you value something until you don't have it." I have not missed watching the view count, but I have really missed the interaction and comments from my friends. I'm not out of the busy woods just yet, but I'll try and spend a bit of time with you all presently. This little enforced break has reminded me of how much my flickr friends mean to me. Thank you.
Let me know what you think, especially if I'm overdoing the triptychs.
My self-portrait project involves taking a picture each week that I post the following week on a Thursday. Feel free to critique - I welcome it. Thanks
Had to edit out my elastic in this one, it was distracting. I wear an elastic on my wrist like it's a bracelet. =P My hands and nails are all dirty in this. My cousin and I had to hike up and down this huge hill when I was taking her portraits. (Took this the same day) And I have left over nail polish that I never took off after my sister's wedding haha.
There are so many people that inspire me on flickr. I'm not going to make a list, because it would be never ending. But before I started taking pictures, I would always browse flickr and just look at photos and be completely awestruck by the amazing talent of so many photographers and I thought, "Wow, I want to be able to take pictures like that." And it was then that I decided I wanted to really get into photography.
So, this is for all you amazing flickr photographers that inspire the hell out of me. :)
The third round of this year’s RogueOlympics over on RogueBricks asked for some 'volume'.
Sure, volume is sound or an amount of space, but being the bookworm that I used to be, I immediately had to think of the numerous volumes that I had binge-read over the years. And so this week's MOC is a little love letter to the written word, and the imaginary worlds that those can conjure.
The RogueOlympics require you to stick to 101 elements or less so this little scene was built with a total of 100 bricks.
Five more rounds to go, we barely started! Feel free to join in on the fun!
It's bewildering that you can feel connected to someone that you have never laid eyes on, never heard the tone of their voice, have no idea what color their hair is even, but yet... you still feel it. It brings truth to the saying, "True beauty cannot be seen with the eyes, but only the heart."
She has asked me more than once if I have seen Up! And I always have the same answer, "Not yet" :) This is for her, Thank you for the generous testimonial Jamie. It would not surprise me if she is a writer on top of an incredible artist. She is generous- a huge inspiration for me and just so so sweet! She is here.
Oh! Shameless plug this texture is called Ocean Memories from a new pack I am working on- I am loving it so you might see it a few times. :)
i need to keep my life as simple as i could, especially these days when work and other personal matters have been taking up much of my time. i have not had the luxury of enjoying the amazing images you all have been posting lately. i also don't get to spend as much time writing meaningful comments on your posts - and that is what i regret the most. i don't want to continue to leave smiley faces and "wow" comments on your pictures. you deserve more than that from me.
i have decided to spring-clean my contacts list. i can see that some of you no longer feel a need (for lack of a better word) to visit my stream. and that is perfectly alright with me. some of you may not even care whether or not i comment on your posts, because you already get hundreds more on a regular basis. that, too, is perfectly alright with me. although i value reciprocity, i have never considered commenting as a quid pro quo. i don't visit your streams to get you to visit mine (although many times i have been made to feel by a few that i only deserve a comment after i've given one). i want to say though that i am very much aware how most of you have stood by me through good times and bad. you who have been there during my uninspired moments, and when i have been too busy to visit your streams. and can i ever overlook Imagoism Thursday? for all that i shall always be grateful.
unlike many of you though, i simply don't have the time to visit hundreds of contacts every single day, sometimes once or twice a day. but i do want to find more time for those who truly value my work and continue to appreciate my comments -- and i pretty much have an idea who you are, regardless of how often or how infrequently you visit my stream.
to those of you who have added me as a contact the last several weeks, i am sorry if i've been slow to respond. my initial assumption is that you are only bookmarking my stream, especially if you have not left any comment. if that assumption is wrong, please feel free to send me a Flickr mail.
i do hope you all will understand my need to keep things simple.
It is my Grandmother Olga in front to the left.
Photo: Fotograf A. Andresen - Jomfrusti 4 - Haderslev
After a War in 1864 Schleswig in Jutland became a part of Prussia and the Danes living there became German citizens.
After Germany had lost World War I, the border between Denmark and Germany was redrawn by a referendum among the citizens of Schleswig and the northern part became Danish in 1920.
I believe this photo is from the celebrations of the reuinification, as Haderslev - where it was taken in 1920 - before the reunification was situated in Germany.
The minorities on both sides of the new border were granted rights to practice their language and culture to such a degree that the division and minorities never became a political issue between Denmark and Germany again and The Danish-German border was the only one of the borders imposed on Germany following World War I, not to be challenged by Adolf Hitler.
Back in 2003 I traveled to Yellowstone National Park with one of my first
digital cameras, an Olympus C5050Z. I had recently read on the Internet
about a guy who had stitched together a 1 Giga-pixel image and since my
field of view was limited I thought I'd try my hand at it. Needless to say,
when I got home and tried using his technique my results were less than
stellar. A shame since the scenery was so stunning. While browsing the
old images and thinking man, I wish I had my Nikon D300 back then. Then I
remembered that I had been having considerable luck stitching with newer
versions of Photoshop. Piecing the images together wasn't easy as it is
with my Nikon images but with a lot of work it finally started to come together. Back when I took this I was still new to digital photography and shooting in Program Mode so needless to say, none of the images matched exposure or metering. A bit
more work in Photoshop and finally it started to look like an image. I
still wish I had the Nikon back in 2003 but it's equivalent (or
approximation of what was available at the time) would have cost more than
my car.
So here, hopefully for your enjoyment, is the finished result of the storm that blew in over Yellowstone Falls in Yellowstone National Park. This is actually the lower Yellowstone Falls. The upper falls are just around the bend and out of sight. The
lower falls drop in to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and the name is
fitting. Bright yellow and orange rocks surround the falls and steep canyon
falls. It's not hard to understand why this became the world's first
National Park. The lower falls is a 308ft drop. The blue green river
water is a stark contrast against the yellow rocks. The roar of the falls
can be heard clearly from where the picture was taken. More than 63,000
gallons of water flow over the fall every second in the spring time. The
image was taken from the famous Painters Point which is a small outcropping
that extends into the canyon providing one of the most awesome sites you
will ever see. The only place that has perhaps moved me more than this
view is that of coming through the tunnel at Vista Point in Yosemite
National Park. The two parks are in stark contrast. Yellowstone is carved
by fire while Yosemite is carved by ice. Two places I would put at the top
of any nature lovers list of places to see in your lifetime.
I hope you enjoyed the image and if you read this, the story behind the
picture. Because technology continues to improve, I never throw out any
digital image. Storage is cheap. Loosing this image would have cost me
much more.
Darv
© Darvin Atkeson
California Photographer
Some shots from a photo shoot I did for a great new band called "sons of God" A lot of people have wanted to check out these guys' music. You can find it at myspace.com/wearesonsofgod
(thanks to cale glendening for the help on the shoot)
Strobist info:
580ex and 430ex fired 3 times each manually at full power while running across the shot.
Listen Puer Natus in Bethelem Monjes del Monasterio Benedictino de los Silos
El monasterio benedictino de Ripoll fue fundado por el conde Guifré el Pilós en el año 879. El 20 de abril del año 888 el monasterio de Ripoll fue solemnemente consagrado y dedicado a Santa María.
La creciente importancia del monasterio de Ripoll como centro cultural, con biblioteca,scriptorium y escuela monástica medieval, motivó sucesivas ampliaciones del edificio, siendo la efectuada por el abad Oliba (1008-1046) la que conformaría sus formas definitivas : 60 por 40 metros en un edificio petreo de formas austeras y macizas, de cinco naves, con un cuerpo de edificio delantero encima del cual se levantaron dos torres de campanarios y en la parte posterior un grandioso transepto coronado por un ábside central y tres absidiolos a cada lado.
El templo ha sufrido diversas restauraciones. En especial la realizada tras el terremoto de 1428 y la de 1830 que redujo a tres las cinco naves originales.Las dimensiones de la nave principal son las originales : 60 m. de largo por 9 de ancho. En el crucero y en los muros de la nave central se hallan las tumbas de muchos delos condes de Besalú y Barcelona como Guifré el Pelós, Ramon Berenguer III y IV.
La obra principal del monasterio y de la escultura románica de Catalunya, es la portada del siglo XII. Se divide en siete franjas horizontales donde se representan escenas bíblicas, históricas y alegóricas. La rica iconografía combina los grupos temáticos entre motivos florales de gran exuberancia y ornamentaciones de líneas geométricas, sin ningún lugar en que el cincel no se haya dejado sentir.A ambos lados del portal están las imágenes mutiladas de San Pedro y San Pablo.
El claustro del templo consta de dos pisos. Fué iniciado en siglo XII, quedando paralizada la construcción hasta fines del siglo XIV. La galería superior quedó completada en el siglo XVI. Tiene forma trapezoidal y consta de 112 arcos semicirculares y 252 columnas de capiteles esculpidos con motivos religiosos, mitológicos y populares.
In Wordpress In Blogger photo.net/photos/Reinante/ In Onexposure
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The Great Wall of China was built over 2,000 years ago, by Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China during the Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty (221 B.C - 206 B.C.). In Chinese the wall is called "Wan-Li Qang-Qeng" which means 10,000-Li Long Wall (10,000 Li = about 5,000 km).
After subjugating and uniting China from seven Warring States, the emperor connected and extended four old fortification walls along the north of China that originated about 700 B.C. (over 2500 years ago). Armies were stationed along the wall as a first line of defense against the invading nomadic Hsiung Nu tribes north of China (the Huns). Signal fires from the Wall provided early warning of an attack.
The Great Wall is one of the largest building construction projects ever completed. It stretches across the mountains of northern China, winding north and northwest of Beijing. It is constructed of masonry, rocks and packed-earth. It was over 5,000 km (=10,000 Li) long. Its thickness ranged from about 4.5 to 9 meters (15 to 30 feet) and was up to 7.5 meters (25 feet) tall.
During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the Great Wall was enlarged to 6,400 kilometers (4,000 miles) and renovated over a 200 year period, with watch-towers and cannons added.
The Great Wall can be seen from Earth orbit, but, contrary to legend, is not visible from the moon, according to astronauts Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell, and Jim Irwin.
The near wagon is one that I have shot before. It is a Hack Passenger Wagon c. 1862 that is in the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History collection. It was manufactured by Abbot-Downing Co. Concord, New Hampshire
This four passenger wagon is the smallest of the Hack Passenger Wagons. The lighter versions of the East were called Concord Coaches. The heavy version, suited for the rough conditions of the West, was often called a "mud wagon" or "the poor man's Concord". The leather suspension system gave a ride that was smooth by the day's standards.
This coach belonged to Petra Vela Kenedy, wife of Mifflin Kenedy. Mr. Kenedy built a ranching empire in South Texas in the mid-19th century. By the time of Mrs. Kenedy's death in 1885, the ranch comprised 390,000 acres. This coach was most likely the preferred mode of transportation for Mrs. Kenedy, who traveled frequently from the La Parra Ranch in Kenedy County to the Kenedy home on the bluff in Corpus Christi, Texas.
For more information on the Museum:
December 13th,2009(sooc and in comments too)ON BLACK
wow does the quality of this picture look amazing or what? i think soo. anyways. I've come to this conclusion..i loathe the action of assuming. I don't like it when i do it, or when anyone does it. It never makes anything better, so why do it. People that think to much, tend to assume a lot, hehe that's an assumption because i'm sure not everyone who thinks a lot assumes. I really wish that action wasn't possible. I mean you never know what someone is thinking, so you really can't assume.
So today was chill. I made strawberry pancakes(i cut up real strawberries and put them in the batter yum) for lunch.. but extreme,haha, EPIC FAIL. you know why? i put wayyyyy to much baking powder. instead of 3 TEASPOONS i put 3 TABLESPOONS ahaha so my pancakes were uber big and puffy(pictures in comments). It's funny i've made pancakes from scratch and i've never done that, i was so hungry i didn't read the recipe ahah. also wheat flour tastes sooo different then white flour, and cane sugar tastes sooo different then ruglar sugar as well. It's probably because they are both healthier and in their natural state. the pancakes tasted soo cinnamony to me..though there was no cinnamon in them. I was getting a bit flustered and annoyed, and cooking never makes me angry or flustered, i'm quite patient with it. haha. so that was fun. My dad made and yummy spaghetti dinner, though i took out the meat in the meat sauce...they were making fun of me for that. jonel texted/called me. hehe my hibernating baby. so cute. we talked from 5:30pm-almost 8pm:D he is the greatest guy on the planet. the best, funniest, most understanding, great listener, sweet, unique, random, guy i've ever met. he's so laid back, down to earth, and chill..then at times crazy, wild and silly. he's also extremely beautiful, he's so accepting of me and i'm so crazy and silly and hyper on the phone, from lack of talking to him i get all hyper and crazy. it could just be because as the days pass by more and more i'm falling deeper in love with him. he's got me in a spell i sware. i was joking with him telling him"what if i moved back to florida?" *jonel's voice gets all excited*"are you going to?!!" "hehe do you want me too?" *jonel even more anticipated and excited then before*" are you going to?" haha him and adela really really want me to move back. Even though i miss florida like crazy, i don't want to move back, yet. Maybe in two years. idk i love california. though i miss my home even more. it's crazy when you live somewhere, you don't always appreciate it and what it has to offer but then when you move away, you see what it had, and you wish you appreciated it more. I miss florida a lot. It was my home for the past 8 years, and soooo much happened in that little time. My whole life went upside down then back up again in 8 years. It was incredible. though things happened that i didn't like..i will probably always call florida my home..more than chicago..maybe because i only spent a 11 years of my life in chicago and in those 11 years, i really can't remember much. The memories i do remember are vague, yet wonderful. I loved chicago but florida is more of my home now, it's more me. Chicago has changed a lot since i was there, and i don't like what it has become..regardless of no snow in florida i don't think i will ever go back to chicago. AHAH i so got off topic. Ah well. i'm sure you don't want to hear about jonel anyways. ok well i love you life, and jonel, and ee everything. i need to go make my lunch because i'm getting up at 5:45am(eep) to open tomorrow and i work until 3pm. how fun diddy fun. hope jonel passes his test tomorrow. hope everyone had a fun sunday. i know i did. and i love all you flickr friends. you say such nice things to me