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This image was very tricky to shoot and difficult to manipulate because I did not have any idea on how to make it work.
There's only very slight motion going on because I wanted to make it look almost like a freeze frame.
The final works are actually not in print format, they're projected onto the center of the frame she enters (in the First Phase) coupled with a soundtrack and sound effects. I have the video but didn't do a recording of it being projected onto the frame. It's probably going to go up for exhibition at my school so maybe I'll a recording then.
So glad it's over! Sleeping, getting back to games and online shopping are currently my top priorities.
I'll still be shooting, but I might be trying a new style. (This whole series was quite new to me, having the make the settings etc, it's also aesthetically quite different from my preferred ghostly themed work or vintage inspired photographs) I'm not sure yet but possibilities are endless. One thing though, I really don't like studio lights, it just doesn't seem to fit what I do so I'll still be using natural lighting :D Might want to try incorporating drawing with photography or maybe take up digital painting and see how things go from there.
Fire from : shaedsofgrey
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First shot in the middle of the street. There were some "oh crap" moments when I didn't notice cars, but I really needed to capture this scene because it was so beautiful. That car came in just when I was about to go and shoot and kind of went "darn", but I actually like it there now.
This is my first shot of my new 52 Weeks. I decided not to do self-portraits because, well, I didn't really like my previous ones. I named this first one "Final Destination" to show I am looking at the end of this 52 weeks, meaning I'll finish it.
Oh, and I think this 52 Weeks set will be all HDR.
Group for 52 Weeks HDR: www.flickr.com/groups/52weekshdr/
Chongqing is called Yu for short. It is situated in the southeast of the Sichuan Basin and the confluence between the Yangtze River and the Jialing River. It is the largest and most densely populated municipality directly under the Central Government. Efforts are being made to turn Chongqing into a modern metropolis with the largest foreign market oriented industrial base in West China. On March 14, 1997, Chongqing was officially proclaimed the fourth municipality directly under the jurisdiction of the Central Government.
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So this Build marks the 6th year Eli and I have displayed together at Brickvention. Every year we both build one half of a diorama. Together we then place our two sides together and the final model comes together for 4 days only at the convention... Sounds tough right? Well add the additional factor of both of us living on opposite sides of Australia (I'm in Perth, Eli is in Brisbane) and we have to fly our MOC down to Melbourne to set up and display. This year we added the challenge of placing Eli's sides on top rather then next to mine, another fun challenge. Lots of hard work and planning go into these annual collaborative builds, and I speak for both of us when I say we've very proud with the end result this year.
I meet and caught up with so many talented and kind hearted people at Brickvention 2018 this year and it was honestly one of the best years yet! We were lucky enough to win the commendation prize as pictured above, couldn't have done it without Eli!
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The Kingdom of Rhorevia is at peace once again, the various Kingdoms are united after the 'High King's Accords' were signed by many across the Realm... However the Golbin and Orc armies united under the Shadow Triad have returned staging daring protests and attacks, every day their power grows, threatening to return to what it once was prior to the Destruction of Bahnhof. The High King fears that the treaty may not be enough to stop the mystical power of the Shadow Triad! To ensure the safety of the Kingdom, he tasks the Wizard Arakoth to use his knowledge of the mystic arts to find something that can end The Shadow Triad before it's power destroys the Kingdom.
After weeks of research, Arakoth finds a map to Volsung Hall, the ruined and abandoned city of an ancient people who died off centuries ago. The catacombs had never been explored, perhaps they held treasures or secrets that could fulfil the Kings wishes? Arakoth gathered the best mages, Adventures, and mercenaries in all the Realm and together this band of Adventurers set out to Volsung Hall... However so did the Orc and Goblin Armies.
Upon entering, the Band of Adventures were attacked by Draugr, undead warriors of the fallen Civilization that once lived in Volsung's underground Halls. The Adventures were separated by the Draugr's unrelenting attacks, but this worked in Arakoth's favour. Arakoth entered a large room and before him stood a bright glowing egg, papers and books nearby explained that this was a Dragon end. The Egg was placed below in the deepest chambers of Volsung so that none would find it. A keen spirited Warrior leapt forth to snatch the egg only to be turned into an undead warrior. It seemed the Egg had some sort of curse of the undead laid upon it to prevent it from hatching, or to prevent it from leaving Volsung Hall.
Arakoth knew much about the Mystic Arts, he searched the chamber for some kind of counter-spell of counter-measure to lift the curse from the egg. A bright Blue glowing crystal caught Arakoth's attention, could this be the way to lift the curse? As Arakoth's fingers began to grasp the crystal, a roar echoed through out the cavern. Arakoth's eyes widened in fear, a crimson Red Dragon stood before him, towering over him, it's eyes narrowed ready to attack!
Will Arakoth and the Band of Adventures find a way to take the Dragon egg? Will they survive the Mother's attack? Will they make it out in one piece? Only time will tell..
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Montseny. Catalonia.
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Montseny Natural Park is a natural park that protects part of the Montseny massif. It was established in 1977 and is managed by the Barcelona Provincial Council since 1977 and the Council of Girona since 1978. Also since 1978 is a biosphere reserve by UNESCO. It was established as a national park in 1987. It covers part of the municipal Aiguafreda El Brull, Campins and Cànoves Samalús, Figaro-Montmany, hotbed of Montclús, La Garriga Gualba Montseny Palautordera St. Stephen, St. Peter Vilamajor Seva Tagamanent Arbúcies Breda , Rails Montseny, Sant Feliu de Buixalleu and Viladrau. The top of the park is the Turó de l'Home 1706.7 meters.
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you left me behind, alone and breathing your dust.
bahh i am so completely unsatisfied with this (mostly because i wanted a lot more dust but the mosquitoes were so bloody obtrusive that i could only last about five minutes out here).
so turns out i am quite terrible at taking interesting and thoughtful photos when i am in a new place with no props or anything. camping turned out to be fun, but stressful.
it actually made me want to honestly quit this project. its hard to see how something that can turn a good time into something to worry about can be a good thing in any way. i know that this project is good though, because it has already got me thinking so much more and ive never had so many ideas in my life. im just not sure how i feel about the time restrictions and stress anymore. my expectations for myself have grown drastically in the past few months and that is definitely adding on to the discomfort.
oh and im quite sick of taking photos of myself already.. maybe ill just deviate a little and switch from sp's to using photos of others as well? im not sure. maybe i just need to sleep it off, because i do have a really awesome idea for an sp tomorrow. :)
i had to skip a day too. well, i did take some photos but they are far more hideous than anything you could ever imagine so im not too keen on uploading them.
i also made a tumblr a few days ago! you can see some other photos from our camping trip there. i probably wont post too much stuff if no one seems to care, but ive been asked a couple times to start one so i figured id at least give it a shot.
The Gay Head Lighthouse has always been perilously close to the ever-eroding cliffs. The red brick light was built in 1844 to replace a wooden tower authorized by President John Quincy Adams. In 1856, the marvelous Fresnel lens with its 1,009 prisms was installed, after having been proudly exhibited at the World's Fair in Paris. It is now preserved at the Martha's Vineyard Historical Society in Edgartown, and is lighted every evening after dark throughout the year.
The Gay Head, East Chop, and Edgartown Lighthouses are maintained by the Martha's Vineyard Historical Society under a 30-year lease with the United States Coast Guard. Each light has a large, fenced-in park area that makes a perfect place to relax and enjoy the island's view. The Gay Head and East Chop Lighthouses are open for sunset tours from late June through mid-September, from 1.5 hours before sunset to 0.5 hour after. The Gay Head Lighthouse is open Friday to Sunday; the East Chop Lighthouse just Sundays. Musicians and vocalists often perform impromptu. A $3 admission fee is requested for adults; children under 12 are admitted free.
The lighthouses are available for wedding ceremonies and other special events. Call the Martha's Vineyard Historical Society at 508-627-4441. Tax-deductible donations to help save the lights may be designated as "lighthouse donations" and mailed to The Martha's Vineyard Historical Society, P.O. Box 827, Edgartown MA 02539.
Con gli occhi chiusi sul viavai di facce
Che fanno popolo nella mia stanza
Mi sento solo che è una bellezza
Quasi una vetta della mia via
Da tronco cavo, da nido senza sonno
Viene e non viene,chiede di me
Da pianto perso che piange altrove
Viene e non viene,lui chiede di me
E a me dice il dottore che scimmie così verdi
Nei sogni del paese lui non ne ha viste mai..
Genio peloso! Demone del Tardi!
Che mi assecondi e dopo un po’ mi perdi
Portami adesso al castello corsaro
Dove il pianista ha un regalo perché
Suona la rumba di Donna Consuelo
Lei scende le scale,consola me
Le faccio posto sul mio tappeto
Che è più leggero da quando tu
Ti sei nascosta in fondo a un segreto
Ed hai deciso che non voli più
Ma a me dice il dottore che scimmie così verdi
Nei sogni del paese lui non ne ha viste mai
Genio peloso! Demone del Tardi!
Che mi somigli finchè non mi guardi
Portami adesso l’odore del ferro
Del rosmarino e del caucciù
Tutto il tuo cielo a che cosa mi serve
Se poi non riesco a tornare giù
E ancora scalcio per il mio gusto
In fondo il posto mi sembra adatto
Alla mia guerra,alla mia fame
Sono venuto per disturbare
Me lo dice il dottore che scimmie così verdi
Nei sogni del paese lui non ne ha viste mai
Maler - Demone del tardi
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I'm starting a new set of pictures today. I hope that this will be an ongoing series. The plan is to pair each picture in the set with a poem by our best known local poet, Byron Herbert Reece, who lived and wrote in the Choestoe area of Union County, Georgia, less than 20 miles from my home. The name Choestoe - pronounced "Chowee Stowee" is a Cherokee Indian word usually translated as "the place of the Dancing Rabbits." (I doubt that I will be patient or fortunate enough to actually get a shot of any rabbits dancing - I'm not sure my new camera even does videos!)
At any rate, I've started the set with a few pictures that I took this past Saturday at the Byron Herbert Reece Farm and Heritage Center. If you click on the set to the right you can learn more about the poet and the efforts to preserve his legacy.
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Poem # 1:
ELBOWS ON THE SKY
If man might lean his elbows on the sky
As farmers lean their weight upon a wall
To look upon their ample fields that lie
Heavy with harvest in the yellow Fall
Then he might dicker with close-fisted fate,
Himself decide what to reject or keep
Before he comes at length beyond the gate
Where he may choose not anything but sleep.
Yet if he leaned but once upon a star
And saw his earth, and himself a fugitive,
As long as breath could keep life's door ajar
He would be happy but to breathe and live,
With little care for what he shall be when
Of death's gray waste he is a citizen.
from Ballad of the Bones and Other Poems 1945
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Herbert_Reese
Du 3 Octobre au 14 Décembre, plus de 300 familles ont dormi dans la rue de la Banque pour protester contre l'absence de logements décents. Français ou immigrés en situation régulière, tous travaillent mais vivent dans des conditions déplorables: le plus souvent à l'hôtel, ou dans des appartements minuscules, parfois menacés d'expulsion. Après avoir affronté le froid, la pluie, l'incompréhension, les évacuations(parfois musclées), etc., un accord a finalement été signé avec le Ministère du Logement pour reloger, sous différentes modalités et délais, l'ensemble des familles.
Ici, le 25 Novembre, une grande fête a été organisée pour célébrer la naissance de 4 bébés parmi les familles de la rue de la Banque depuis le début du campement.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
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Dried wheat kernels from Sweden. These are about 38 years old! Believe it or not, when I lived on a farm in Sweden I sometimes helped with the harvesting of the wheat by driving a tractor....oh those were days long ago...
INFORMATION ON WHEAT:
Wheat (Triticum spp.), is a worldwide cultivated grass from the Levant region of the Middle East. Globally, after maize, wheat is the second most-produced food among the cereal crops just above rice. Wheat grain is a staple food used to make flour for leavened, flat and steamed breads; cookies, cakes, breakfast cereal, pasta, juice, noodles and couscous; and for fermentation to make beer, alcohol, vodka or biofuel. Wheat is planted to a limited extent as a forage crop for livestock, and the straw can be used as fodder for livestock or as a construction material for roofing thatch. Although wheat supplies much of the world's dietary protein and food supply, as many as one in every 100 to 200 people has Coeliac disease, a condition which results from an immune system response to a protein found in wheat: gluten (based on figures for the United States).
Wheat originated in Southwest Asia in the area known as the Fertile crescent. The genetic relationships between wild and domesticated populations of both einkorn and emmer wheat indicate that the most likely site of domestication is near Diyarbakır in Turkey.
Wild wheats were domesticated as part of the origins of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent. Cultivation and repeated harvesting and sowing of the grains of wild grasses led to the domestication of wheat through selection of mutant forms with tough ears that remained intact during harvesting, larger grains, and a tendency for the spikelets to stay on the stalk until harvested. Because of the loss of seed dispersal mechanisms, domesticated wheats have limited capacity to propagate in the wild.
The exact timing of the first appearance of domesticated wheats is currently uncertain, but is either in the PPNA period (9800-8800 cal BC) or the early-mid PPNB (8800-7500 cal BC). Domesticated einkorn and emmer wheat has been identified at three PPNA sites in the northern Levant, Iraq ed-Dubb, Jericho and Tell Aswad, but both the dating and the domesticated status of these cereals is disputed. Domesticated wheats (and other Neolithic founder crops) are unambiguously present at early-mid PPNB sites in the northern Levant, such as Ain Ghazal, Abu Hureyra and Tell Aswad, and in southeast Turkey at Cafer Höyük and Çayönü. As a round figure, it is correct to say that wheats have been domesticated for about 10,000 years.
The cultivation of wheat began to spread beyond the Fertile Crescent during the Neolithic period, reaching the Aegean by 8500 cal BC and the Indian subcontinent by 6000 cal BC. By 5,000 years ago, wheat had reached Ethiopia, Great Britain, Ireland and Spain. A millennium later it reached China. Claims have been made for independent domestication of wheat outside the fertile crescent, but these lack evidence of the presence of wild wheats or of early domesticated wheat.
Three thousand years ago wheat was grown in the southern Oregon peninsula. Agricultural cultivation with horse-drawn plows increased cereal grain production, as did the use of seed drills to replace broadcast sowing in the 18th century. Yields of wheat continued to increase, as new land came under cultivation and with improved agricultural husbandry involving the use of fertilizers, threshing machines and reaping machines, tractor-drawn cultivators and planters, and varieties adapted to intensive cultivation (see green revolution and Norin 10 wheat).
Raw wheat can be powdered into flour; germinated and dried creating malt; crushed and into cracked wheat; parboiled (or steamed), dried, crushed and de-branned into bulgur; or processed into semolina, pasta, or roux. Wheat is a major ingredient in such foods as bread, porridge, crackers, biscuits, Muesli, pancakes, pies, pastries, cakes & cupcakes, cookies, muffins, rolls, doughnuts, gravy, boza (a fermented beverage), and breakfast cereals (e.g. Wheatena, Cream of Wheat, Shredded Wheat, and Wheaties).
100 grams of hard red winter wheat contain about 12.6 grams of protein, 1.5 grams of total fat, 71 grams of carbohydrate (by difference), 12.2 grams of dietary fiber, and 3.2 mg of iron (17% of the daily requirement); the same weight of hard red spring wheat contains about 15.4 grams of protein, 1.9 grams of total fat, 68 grams of carbohydrate (by difference), 12.2 grams of dietary fiber, and 3.6 mg of iron (20% of the daily requirement). Gluten, a protein found in wheat (and other Triticeae), cannot be tolerated by people with celiac disease (an autoimmune disorder in ~1% of Indo-European populations).
Source: Wikipedia
Italia a Zandvoort
The Orange Bull
Another shot of this great day!
I really liked the angle on the SV here, I don't know why I didn't put this shot on my stream before.
This Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SuperVeloce probably was the most eye-catching car at the track. It stood in the boxes at the paddock and only came out a few times to do some laps on the track.
I was at the paddock when this beast came of the track, immediately a crowd formed around the car but I managed to get this shot just before it took off for some more laps.
I was glad to have taken a few decent shots of this car at the event but I was really amazed when I encoutered this car, and was able to get some trackingshots of it, very unexpected on the highway that evening.
The Chapel of St John, dating from 1080, is the oldest church in London.
It is on on the second floor of the White Tower which was built in 1077 - 97 as a keep or citadel, and is the oldest part of William the Conqueror's great fortress by the Thames.
The beautiful Romanesque chapel was constructed from stone imported from France and has survived complete from the early Norman period, rather than other Norman churches in England which date from the mid-12th century. The chapel has a tunnel-vaulted nave with an east apse and groin-vaulted aisles, and the gallery above curves around the apse. Thick, round piers support unmoulded arches, with the only decoration provided by simple carvings of scallop and leaf designs.
Because St Peter ad Vincula is the parish church of the Tower of London, St John's Chapel so often overlooked.
Today, this complete 11th century church, a rarity anywhere, remains one of the least known among London's historic churches.
© Eddie Chui
Foto: Stephen Dupont em www.savetibet.org/index.php
Português:
Queremos criar no Flickr um movimento silencioso para expressar nossa solidariedade ao povo tibetano:
Exibir uma foto semelhante a esta, com a bandeira do Tibet e o lema "Free Tibet", ou "Liberdade ao Tibet" ou "Tibet Livre"... na próxima segunda-feira.
Propomos que todos aqueles que são solidários façam o mesmo e deixem a foto exposta o dia inteiro.
É apenas um pequeno gesto individual; mas, no todo, pode significar muito para o grande povo tibetano.
Español:
Desde flickr hemos pensado en hacer una movilización silenciosa para solidarizarnos con el pueblo tibetano.
Hemos pensado en colgar una bandera con la foto del tibet en la que ponga tibet libre el proximo lunes y que todos los que crean en esta causa se solidaricen y cuelguen la foto a lo largo de todo el dia.
Si os parece bien, sólo tendréis que copiar la primera foto que veais y colgarla en vuestra pagina.
Hagamos este pequeño gesto por este gran pueblo……
Francais:
Depuis flickr nous avons pensé de faire une mobilisation silencieuse pour nous solidariser avec le peuple du TIBET.
Nous avons pensé de faire une photo avec le drapeau du Tibet oú on ecrira “Tibet libre”.
On a pensé de le faire ce lundi et que tous ceux qui croient en cette cause nous aident en mettant la photo dans sa page.
Vous aurez a copier seulement la premiere photo que vous verrez pour après la metre dans votre post.
Faisons ce petit geste pour ce grand peuple.
English:
From within flickr we’ve thought of creating a silent movement to express solidarity for the Tibetan people.
We would like to hang a banner with a photo of Tibet and the words Free Tibet next Monday so that everyone who belives in this cause should solidarize and hang the photo during the whole day.
If you think this is Ok, you only have to copy the first photo you see and hang it on your page.
Lets make this small gesture for the people of Tibet.
Em Italiano:
Abbiamo pensato di creare dentro Flickr un movimento silenzioso attraverso il quale esprimere solidarietà al popolo tibetano.
Vorremmo appendere uno striscione virtuale con una immagine e le parole “Free Tibet”. Lunedì prossimo, affinché il movimento abbia forza, chiunque creda in questa causa dovrebbe mettere sul proprio book quest’immagine e lasciarla per l'intera giornata. Se pensate che l’iniziativa sia giusta dovete semplicemente copiare questa o una qualunque immagine del Tibet e metterla sulla vostra pagina col le parole “Free Tibet”. Cercate di fare questo piccolo gesto simbolico, per il popolo del Tibet.
Tôi gặp anh. Chúng tôi nói với nhau không nhiều, bởi vì tôi không biết phải bắt đầu từ đâu. Mọi thứ về anh còn ám ảnh, nó vẫn thế, vẫn bí ẩn. Thứ tình cảm với anh tôi không biết gọi là gì, mà tôi cũng chẵng thèm đặt tên vì sợ nó không còn như thế
Với Khói, sẽ có Người tình và Người yêu. Anh sẽ là gì, là Người tình anh nhé vì em đã có một người yêu. Chúng ta mỗi người có một thế giới riêng, một người yêu riêng, em vẫn rất yêu người yêu, nhưng em thích gặp anh người tình àh. Thích gần, nhưng không thích hôn, muốn chạm nhưng sợ cái nắm tay, muốn âu yếm nhưng sợ một cái vuốt ve, chỉ muốn nhìn là đủ!
_Mày đang ngoại tình đấy Khói àh!
Bạn tôi nói thế. Ngoại tình àh_từ ấy tôi dành cho những cặp vợ chồng! Tôi với anh là người yêu thì nói gì đến từ ấy, không đúng. Nhưng có dạo, tôi mắng nhiết anh, dỗi hờn vài ngày vì từ ấy. với một tư cách của Vợ!
_Tôi là vợ anh ấy!
Đầu dây bên kia im bặt! Hai người đã cưới nhau rồi àh?
Tôi cố gắng giữ bình tĩnh có thế! Rít thuốc, khói bay khắp phòng, cay quá! Tôi với anh là gì nhỉ, người yêu về tư cách chẵng hơn cô gái ấy, nhưng cái đại từ nhân xưng tôi vừa thốt ra thì đầy quyền lực. Tính cho cùng tôi là kẻ đến sau, là người chen ngang trong hai 2 họ yêu nhau. Lấy 6 tháng của mình để đổi từng 24 tháng ấy, tôi thấy thẹn thùng. Giây phút ấy, lòng kiêu hãnh tôi cao hơn tình yêu tôi dành cho anh. Cái “tôi” trong tôi lớn hơn tất cả, mọi gai góc lại trở về chen vào những ngày tháng hạnh phúc ít ỏi với anh. Tôi không giận nhiều khi đọc những dòng tin nhắn anh dành cho tình yêu 2 năm ấy. Tôi không rơi nước mắt tiếc nuối nhưng gì mình từng có với anh, trong Khói chỉ có mỗi ý nghĩa :”Tao hơn con người ấy!”
Tôi là kẻ ích kỉ, nhưng nhiều yêu thương và cả lòng tự trọng! Không cho phép mình yếu đuối, không thích van xin ủy mị trước một kẻ khác. Và lúc ấy tôi biết mình thắng, khi con người kia rơi nước mắt vì anh, còn tôi thì không. Người ta van nài tôi trả tình yêu về cho họ còn tôi thì không! Người ta kể lể với tôi đã hy sinh thế nào, yêu nhau thế nào, tôi thì không. Như thế là đủ, tôi biết với tôi, anh như thế là đủ. Buông đi cũng được, đã không còn yếu đuối sau nhiều chuyện xảy ra, đủ bình tĩnh để biết tôi đứng nơi đâu trong cuộc tình này. Như thế tôi gọi là chiến thắng.
_Anh ấy ngoại tình với chị, và hôm nay tôi biết!
Tôi đang nói với cô đấy, cô gái àh. Cô hãy suy nghĩ câu ấy, ý tôi là chồng tôi ngoại tình với cô, hiểu những gì tôi nói chứ. Cô là kẻ phá bĩnh cái hạnh phúc gia đình tôi.
Như thế cũng đủ cho người ta sợ hãi. Đanh đá vừa đủ, chanh chua vừa đủ, lời lẽ vừa đủ! Đang khiếp sợ đấy nhỉ?
Đã chọn em thì đừng có lần thứ hai, Khói không quen tha thứ, và đừng làm gì để em biết! Thế là đủ! Chỉ cần thế tôi vẫn có thể tiếp tục! Tôi có nhiều thứ hơn cô gái kia, tôi biết tôi có đủ tình yêu để giữ anh theo một cách khác.
Và cô gái bé nhỏ àh..tôi thắng cô chỉ một từ Vợ!:)
Đừng làm gì vượt quá giới hạn cho phép, cứ ngắm nhìn những ai anh thích, cứ nghĩ đến những gì anh từng có. Nhưng xin một điều, hãy biết hiện tại, có một lần anh đã gần như mất em!
European Balloon Festival. Igualada. Catalonia.
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The European Balloon Festival is the largest hot air balloon festival in Spain and one of the largest in Europe.[1] It takes place every year during the first fortnight of July in Igualada, Catalonia, Spain, a city located within 60 km from Barcelona.
The festival lasts four days (Thursday to Sunday) and attracts thousands of spectators. It includes a hot air balloon competition and recreational exhibitions such as a night glow and fireworks. The flights take place early in the morning and late in the afternoon, when weather conditions are the optimal ones. It also offers visitors the opportunity to fly on a balloon, by booking a flight in advance.
The festival is organized by the Igualada City Council, with technical support from the company Ultramagic, the world's second largest manufacturer of hot air balloons, and Kon-Tiki Balloon Flights, a company specialized in balloon flights.
La Plaza Borda es la plaza principal de Taxco. Su nombre refiere a José de la Borda, empresario que labró su fortuna por las minas de plata que poseía a las afueras de la ciudad. Se halla rodeada de antiguos y nobles edificios y es un lugar de intercambio comercial.
El Templo de Santa Prisca es un monumento colonial que se localiza en la ciudad mexicana de de Taxco, población cuya principal actividad fue y es la minería de la Plata. La iglesia es la principal representación del barroco novohispano.
La construcción del templo de Santa Prisca en Taxco duro 15 años y tuvo como propósito la creación de un espacio desde donde el sacerdote Manuel de la Borda —hijo de José de la Borda, benefactor y fundador de la parroquia— pudiera oficiar misa. El diseño arquitectónico estuvo a cargo del arquitecto francés Diego Durán, y el español Cayetano Sigüenza. Los retablos son obra de los también españoles Isidro Vicente y Luis de Balbás. En el lugar suele decirse, incluso por los guías turísticos, que el templo fue construido en siete años. Esto no es más que una pintoresca leyenda, si bien es cierto que aún está por averiguar el tiempo y técnicas utilizadas en su construcción.
La construcción fue ordenada por el minero catalán José de la Borda, uno de los más prósperos de la región del siglo XVIII. Aunque había llegado a Taxco sólo unos treinta y cinco años antes de la construcción del templo de Santa Prisca, José de la Borda ya era uno de los personajes más importantes del mineral, razón por la cual el Arzobispado de México le permitió erigir la parroquia a su entero gusto.
Desde 1758 hasta 1806, el templo fue el edificio más alto de México, pero fue sobrepasado por el Templo de Nuestra Señora del Carmen.
Finally, it is time to go out and play. I have been working on my PhD proposal defense for the last month, and Jim has been getting reading for the art show season ( the circus). Last Saturday the moment came when I was finally trying to figure out what I would talk about during my hour long speech, when Jimmie made me go out and see the firework show put on by the Boardwalk. This year marks the 85th anniversary of one of the greatest wooden roller coasters in the country, the Giant Dipper.
The last celebration that I went to at the boardwalk was for another celebration of the Giant Dipper, I believe they were celebrating the 80th anniversary. But on that day you could ride the Big Dipper for free. So of course, I skipped work with a few of my closest girlfriends and we rode all day only to end up with bruises all along our sides the next day... but they were well worth it.
Luckily, I need not have any battle scares from this year's activities, only the successful completion of another milestone in my life.
let me be empty
and weightless and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight
Angel, Sarah McLachlan
A manipulation from photoshoot wif my friend, Vyvy (she'll have account. Soon).
It's not really my style, but I think I enjoyed editing this one.
And...errr, it took me 3 1/2 hours to edit this, so tell me what you think:)
Click. Seriously.
[fr]: Belle soirée au café Louis-Philippe, Paris, France
[image info]: DRI from average (HDR from 5 exposures) and minimum exposures- Nikon D200 - tripod - Sigma 10-20mm@16mm - 5000K WB
[Level of Retouching]: 15% (averaging, blending, perspective correction, basic levels and curves (dodging)) - total processing: 25 minutes
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White Lotus: Reworked for full sun - India's national flower
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Youtube video of Lotus Flowers + Music by Ahmad Farzad:
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White Lotus Flower
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.
My dear friends, this is my last upload for 2012.
As I did in 2010 and 2011, it is time to take a look back.
This has been an extremely intense year, with great ups and downs.
Many things happened, some of which provided sheer joy, others extreme sorrow. Some were 'caused' by me, some weren't.
Anyway, all these events will be essential to my turning point in 2013.
When I take a look at the resolutions for my 2012, I am definitely happy about how this year actually went.
I was able, for the first time, to concentrate on monothematic projects; I joined some important contests and photographic meetings, receiving a really positive feedback; I attended the greatest number of exhibition I could imagine and I didn't give up training.
I also improved in architecture photography, and bought an Epson 3880 printer and start to experiment with it.
I couldn't set up a full 'printing system' because of the prohibitive costs associated to it; moreover I couldn't spend all the time I wanted with printing, but I will fix that in 2013.
As for #8, I took very little time with multiple lights setups, but I am approaching still life photography and will be experimenting with multiple lights and eventually get proficient with those during this next year.
Time to set out my resolutions for 2013!!! (as always, random order, limited to eight)
1) Keep improving myself: study, read, attend museums and exhibitions, listen to music (gotta celebrate Verdi and Wagner's 200th birthday!);
2) Make my agency, Glass Star Agency, up and running at full speed;
3) Approach Still Life and Portrait photography;
4) Keep up with training;
5) Become proficient with printing, framing and matting;
6) Meet some new people with similar interests - Travel;
7) Complete at least two NEW monothematic projects - Enter them in International Competitions;
8) Last but not least: decide about my future (already made some big improvements over last year, but still far away from my goals!)
I will work all myself into pursuing those, especially #2 (which will eventually help me solving #8).
Anyway, if you want to meet up, I will be in Rome with Michael Diblicek from the 3rd until the 8th of January.
Send me an email with your phone number, I'll be glad to call you back and schedule a meeting!
Hope your 2012 has been extremely good; wish you a fantastic 2013 full of joy, happiness and freedom.
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Cari Amici,
anche per quest'anno è arrivato il momento di 'tirare le somme'.
Il 2012 è stato estremamente intenso, caratterizzato da enormi alti e bassi; sono passato da immense gioie ad una situazione più complessa, caratterizzata da un susseguirsi di diversi momenti difficili.
Sono sicuro che comunque tutto questo contribuirà alla mia crescita personale ed alla mia svolta nel 2013.
Avendo appena letto i proposti per il 2012, non posso che dirmi soddisfatto.
Per la prima volta mi sono concentrato su progetti monotematici, che mi hanno arricchito moltissimo.
Ho partecipato a concorsi e ricevuto i primi importanti riconoscimenti.
Ho speso moltissime giornate in musei, mostre e luoghi magnifici, ho viaggiato quasi quanto avrei voluto e non ho abbandonato l'allenamento.
I punti su cui mi vedo più debole sono il numero 1 ed 8: ho acquistato una stampante (Epson 3880) ma non ho avuto il tempo di sfruttarla come avrei dovuto.
Il punto 8, invece, è stato quello che ho maggiormente trascurato.
Nei prossimi mesi comunque (per cause di 'forza maggiore') affronterò la fotografia Still Life ed aumenterò la mia preparazione nella gestione di sistemi a più luci.
Visto che il passato è passato, è tempo di elencare i propositi per il 2013:
(ordine casuale)
1) Continuare il mio processo di crescita personale: studiare, leggere, visitare mostre e musei, ascoltare musica (anche per celebrare il duecentesimo compleanno di Verdi e Wagner!)
2) Avviare, promuovere e dedicarmi alla mia agenzia Glass Star Agency;
3) Affrontare la fotografia Still Life e di ritratto;
4) Continuare l'allenamento;
5) Perfezionarmi con la stampa, il montaggio e l'incorniciatura;
6) Incontrare nuove persone con gli stessi interessi - Viaggiare;
7) Portare a termine almeno DUE progetti monotematici - Partecipare ad altri concorsi internazionali;
8) Ultimo, ma sicuramente non meno importante: decidere del mio futuro! (ho sicuramente fatto diversi passi avanti dallo scorso anno, ma sono ancora lontano dalla meta)
Dedicherò tutto me stesso per seguire questi propositi, specialmente il numero 2 (che sicuramente aiuterebbe a risolvere il numero 8).
Ad ogni modo, dal tre all'otto Gennaio sarò a Roma, con Michael Diblicek; se vi trovate da quelle parti, mandatemi una mail con il vostro numero: sarò felicissimo di chiamarvi e fissare un incontro!
Spero che il vostro 2012 sia stato estremamente positivo; vi auguro un 2013 fantastico, pieno di gioia, serenità e libertà.
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Details
- CANON 5d Mark II IR, EF 17-40 @ 40 mm, f/8, 91 s, ISO 100
- Mirror Lockup, Remote Shutter
- Lee Big Stopper (10 stops ND)
- Tripod
The shot
Shot during my week workshop in Tuscany, last April
The Processing
Photoshop:
- Black and white conversion using Silver EFEX Pro 2;
- Added many Soft Light layers to adjust light;
- Addes some custom shaped localized gradients to add mystery;
- Added two curve layers to adjust contrast;
- Added a Level layer to improve contast;
- Resized for the Web (1200px);
- Applied an Unsharp Mark to slightly improve contrast;
- Applied some slight noise reduction in the sky;
- Smart Sharpen + More accurate (with the sky masked off);
- Framing and Signature.
Take a look at it, LARGE on Black :
Thank you, I will be visiting your streams tonight
Prettier Scene Viewed On Black
Made my first trip this afternoon to Huntley Meadows Park. I do believe I'll make numerous return trips. While I mostly saw Mallards and Canadian Geese on this trip, the list of birds is impressive to say the least. The landscape isn't too shabby either.
I got a little wet from a sun shower after this shot was taken.
Single exposure with CPL and (reverse) GND.
Thanks for looking!
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Winter 2005 @ Leslie Spit
I spend alot of time at Leslie Spit seems every winter is getting warmer & warmer the next series of pics are from that winter.
Record Breaking Warm Day - 17 January 2005
Toronto, Ontario: A breath of Spring in the middle of Winter as Toronto's temperature soars to 18°C (64°F), the highest January temperature recorded here since records began in 1840.
Winter's Worst Days - January 22
A vigorous Alberta clipper which swept through southern Ontario on January 22 brought treacherous blizzards, blinding whiteouts and dangerously low wind chills. The highest snowfall totals were recorded near the west end of Lake Ontario where easterly winds blew embedded lake-effect squalls inland. Blowing snow created large drifts and reduced visibility to near zero. The OPP reported more than 800 accidents, mostly in the Toronto and Niagara region, and stretches of Highway 401 were closed with whiteouts and black ice.
A couple of days later, cold arctic air engulfed Ontario with temperatures dipping to below -25°C in the southern reaches of the province. It was the beginning of the coldest time of the winter. In Kitchener-Waterloo temperatures dipped to -31.1°C, one of the coldest days in its history.
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Fonte do Mouro (Fontana del Moro) - Fountain of the Moor - At the southern end of Piazza Navona, in front of the brazilian embassy, we find the Fontana del Moro, designed by Giacomo della Porto and erected in 1575. The fountain has statues of four Tritons and the basin is made of special antique rose marble. In 1654, Bernini carved the central figure, a muscular Triton riding a dolphin, that resembles a "Moor". Thus, the fountain is called the Fountain of the Moor. During a restoration in 1874, the original sculptures were moved to the Villa Borghese and substitute copies were made and are still on the fountain.
Navona Square (Piazza Navona).
Following, a text, in english, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Piazza Navona is a city square in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in first century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium.[1] The ancient Romans came there to watch the agones ("games"), and hence it was known as 'Circus Agonalis' (competition arena). It is believed that over time the name changed to 'in agone' to 'navone' and eventually to 'navona'.
Defined as a public space in the last years of 15th century, when the city market was transferred to it from the Campidoglio, the Piazza Navona is a significant example of Baroque Roman architecture and art. It features sculptural and architectural creations: in the center stands the famous Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or Fountain of the Four Rivers (1651) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini; the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone by Francesco Borromini and Girolamo Rainaldi; and the Pamphilj palace also by Rainaldi and which features the gallery frescoed by Pietro da Cortona.
The Piazza Navona has two additional fountains: at the southern end is the Fontana del Moro with a basin and four Tritons sculpted by Giacomo della Porta (1575) to which, in 1673, Bernini added a statue of a Moor, or African, wrestling with a dolphin, and at the northern end is the Fountain of Neptune (1574) created by Giacomo della Porta. The statue of Neptune in the northern fountain, the work of Antonio Della Bitta, was added in 1878 to make that fountain more symmetrical with La Fontana del Moro in the south.
At the southwest end of the piazza is the ancient 'speaking' statue of Pasquino. Erected in 1501, Romans could leave lampoons or derogatory social commentary attached to the statue.
During its history, the piazza has hosted theatrical events and other ephemeral activities. From 1652 until 1866, when the festival was suppressed, it was flooded on every Saturday and Sunday in August in elaborate celebrations of the Pamphilj family. The pavement level was raised in the 19th century and the market was moved again in 1869 to the nearby Campo de' Fiori. A Christmas market is held in the piazza.
Other monuments on the Piazza Navona are:
Stabilimenti Spagnoli
Palazzo de Cupis
Palazzo Torres Massimo Lancellotti
Church of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore
Palazzo Braschi (Museo di Roma)
Sant'Agnese in Agone
Literature and films
The piazza is featured in Dan Brown's 2000 thriller Angels and Demons, in which the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi "The Fountain of the four rivers"(the Danube, the Gange, the Nile and the River Plate) is listed as one of the Altars of Science. During June 2008, Ron Howard directed several scenes of the film adaptation of Angels and Demons on the southern section of the Piazza Navona, featuring Tom Hanks.
The piazza is featured in several scenes of director Mike Nichols' 1970 adaptation of Joseph Heller's novel, Catch-22.
The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi was used in the 1990 film Coins in the Fountain. The characters threw coins into the fountain as they made wishes. The Trevi Fountain was used in the 1954 version of the film.
Fonte do Mouro.
Fontana del Moro está localizada ao sul da Piazza Navona. Tem este nome devido à representação de um etíope (mouro) a lutar com um golfinho. A obra foi projetada por Bernini, para dar conclusão à fonte de Giacomo Della Porta, construída em 1576, e esculpida por Giovanni Antonio Mari, em 1654. A estátua do etíope é acompanhada por tritões e máscaras, que são cópias das originais hoje postas em algumas fontes dos jardins da Villa Borghese.
Praça Navona.
A seguir, um texto em português, da Wikipédia a Enciclopédia livre:
A Praça Navona (em italiano: Piazza Navona) é uma das mais célebres praças de Roma. A sua forma assemelha-se à dos antigos estádios da Roma Antiga, seguindo a planificação do Estádio de Domiciano (também denominado entre os italianos de Campomarzio, em virtude da natureza rude e esforçada dos exercícios - manejo de armas - e desportos atléticos que aí se realizavam). Albergaria até 20 mil espectadores sentados nas bancadas. A origem do nome deve-se ao nome pomposo que lhe foi dado ao tempo do Imperador Domiciano (imperador entre 81-96 d.c.): "Circo Agonístico" (do étimo grego Agonia, que significa precisamente - exercício, luta, combate). Actualmente o nome corresponde à corruptela da forma posterior in agone, depois nagone e finalmente navone, que por mero acaso significa também "grande navio" na língua italiana.
As casas que entretanto e com o passar dos anos foram sendo construídas sobre as bancadas, delimitariam e circunscreveriam até à actualidade o tão afamado Circo Agonístico.
A Navona passou de fato a caracterizar-se como praça nos últimos anos do século XV, quando o mercado da cidade foi transferido do Capitólio para aí. Foi remodelada para um estilo monumental por vontade do Papa Inocêncio X, da família Pamphili e é motivo de orgulho da cidade de Roma durante o período barroco. Sofreu intervenções de Gian Lorenzo Bernini (a famosa Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fonte dos Quatro Rios, 1651) ao centro); de Francesco Borromini e Girolamo Gainaldi (a igreja de Sant'Agnese in Agone); e de Pietro de Cortona, que pintou a galeria no Palácio Pamphilj, sede da embaixada do Brasil na Itália desde 1920.
O mercado tradicional voltou a ser transferido em 1869 para o Campo de' Fiori, embora a praça mantenha também um papel fundamental em servir de palco para espectáculos de teatro e corridas de cavalos. A partir de 1652, em todos os Sábados e Domingos de Agosto, a praça tornava-se num lago para celebrar a própria família Pamphili.
A praça dispõe ainda duas outras fontes esculpidas por Giacomo della Porta - a Fontana di Nettuno (1574), na área norte da praça, e a Fontana del Moro (1576), na área sul.
Na extremidade norte da praça, por debaixo dos edifícios, foram postas a descoberto ruínas antiquíssimas, a uma cota muito abaixo da actual, comprovando a primeva utilização daquele imenso terreiro. Outros monumentos com entrada para a praça:
Stabilimenti Spagnoli
Palazzo de Cupis
Palazzo Torres Massimo Lancellotti
Church of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore
Curiosidades
Na Piazza Navona, está localizado o Palazzo Pamphilj, propriedade da República Federativa do Brasil, sede da Embaixada Brasileira e da Missão Diplomática do Brasil para a Itália.
I've been waiting for my dreams
To turn into something
I could believe in
And looking for that
Magic rainbow
On the horizon
I couldn't see it
Until I let go
Gave into love and watched all the bitterness burn
Now I'm coming alive
Body and soul
And feelin' my world start to turn
And I'll taste every moment
And live it out loud
I know this is the time,
This is the time
To be more than a name
Or a face in the crowd
I know this is the time
This is the Time Of My Life
Time of my life
Holding onto things that vanished
Into the air
Left me in pieces
But now I'm rising from the ashes
Finding my wings
And all that I needed
Was there all along
Within my reach
As close as the beat of my heart
And I'm out on the edge of forever
Ready to run
I'm keeping my feet on the ground
My arms open wide
My face to the sun
Excerpts from, "The Time of My Life", by David Cook
Detail: Sayote (chayote) shoot
BEST: View On Black
I was walking along a canal bank in the Louisiana outback and looking for some birds or trees to photograph and this big boy was lying there watching me!!! He is about 10 feet long! I quickly looked about me to see if its twin was lying close! I've seen bigger ones but this is pretty darn big! I don't want to end up on the menu as selection for the day!!! :-)
photographer : Heo tự sướng
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Zoo - Barcelona (Spain).
ENGLISH
The Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species. The Red Deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor and parts of western and central Asia. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains region between Algeria and Tunisia in northwestern Africa, being the only species of deer to inhabit Africa. Red Deer have been introduced to other areas including New Zealand and Argentina. In many parts of the world the meat (venison) from Red Deer is widely used as a food source.
Although at one time Red Deer were rare in some areas, they were never close to extinction. Reintroduction and conservation efforts, especially in the United Kingdom, have resulted in an increase of Red Deer populations, while other areas, such as North Africa, have continued to show a population decline.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Deer
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CASTELLANO
El ciervo común, ciervo rojo "ciervo colorado" o venado (Cervus elaphus) es una especie de ciervo ampliamente distribuida por el Hemisferio Norte. Se han documentado unas 27 subespecies distintas con un rango de distribución que se extiende desde el Magreb, la Península Ibérica y Gran Bretaña hasta gran parte de América del Norte, que se diferencian entre sí por el tamaño, longitud y color del pelo y forma de las cuernas. Las seis subespecies de uapitíes norteamericanos, antaño clasificados en la especie propia Cervus canadensis, se clasifican actualmente como subespecies de Cervus elaphus.
El ciervo común es un ciervo de gran tamaño (sólo superado por el alce dentro del conjunto de los cérvidos vivos), con un tamaño ordinario de 160 a 250 centímetros de longitud y un peso en los machos de hasta 200 kilos. Esta especie presenta dimorfismo sexual, siendo las hembras más pequeñas y menos corpulentas que los machos. Los individuos de sexo masculino presentan cuernas que renuevan cada año y, en algunas subespecies, una densa melena de pelo oscuro en cuello y hombros. El color del pelo es normalmente pardo en todo el cuerpo salvo en el vientre y los glúteos, blanquecinos, y puede variar en la intensidad de su tonalidad según los individuos. Las crías de pocos meses presentan una coloración rojiza, con manchas y rayas blancas que les ayudan a esconderse de los depredadores.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervus_elaphus
Explore December 16 2009
Baby gulls, people walking dogs, the seaside, a windfarm, mist/haze, fish 'n' chips - all in Yellow
This is another one from my trip to Bridlington last weekend.
Someone asked when commenting on a previous photo if I have any SOOC or something like that. It sounded very much like an STD to me. I thought to myself, "I like these guys at flickr but that's getting a wee bit personal for even me." So I did what every red blooded male does when faced with an unsureity of a *£$%£al nature - I googled it.
The legend was then revealed - "straight out of the camera." Phew...................
So, I had a look to see if there was anything that I considered worthy of showing you nice folks. Something that I hadn't dressed up with textures and other PP. There's a smidging of sensor dust in the top right third that I would have cleaned up a bit but apart from that It's straight out the box.
So, here it is, shot straight into the sun using a 75-300mm (almost fully extended) proper minolta glass through f.25 @1/100th.
I hope you like it naked!!!!
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Para todo los Jordi´s...
Für alle Georg´s, Schorchs...
La Diada de Sant Jordi, also known as el dia de la rosa (The Day of the Rose) or el dia del llibre (The Day of the Book) is a Catalan holiday celebrated on April 23 similar to Valentine's Day with some unique twists that show the ancient practice of this day. The main event is the exchange of gifts between sweethearts, loved ones and respected ones--historically, men gave their girlfriends and wives roses, and women gave their boyfriends and husbands a book to celebrate the occasion.
Fuente: Wikipedia
hilton hotel(reflection)also reflected in this picture are giant cubes(mencap photographic exhibition,please try&visit it 2 – 15 January, 2011 ) which have award winning photographs on them taken by either a person with a learning disability or of a person with a learning disability,this area is known as the liverpool one area in liverpool,heres the link to the mencap photographic exhibition www.artinliverpool.com/blog/2010/12/snap-mencap-photograp...
It won't dissapoint. View On Black
It was a nice autumn day. The weatherman said it will be a a little warm today. I just woke up and stared at the window. The fountain was still on. I forgot to turn it off last night and there was barely enough water to keep it flowing. I saw a couple of birds just basking and frolicking in the fountain...just enjoying their hearts content. I wish I had my camera ready to take a snapshot but I had errands to do. So in the afternoon when I got back, I set up my camera on a tripod by the window and hoped the birds would come back. I've waited and waited. 2 hours had passed. My patience was wearing thin. I was ready to call it a day when this bird just magically appeared on the fountain. I managed to snap three shots before it flew away when the pug, Milo, came and decided to check out the scene. I love how the late afternoon autumn sun cast a soft glow on the bird. It was worth all the wait, i thought.
Rising nearly 5,000 feet above Yosemite Valley and 8,800 feet above sea level, Half Dome is a Yosemite icon and a great challenge to many hikers. Despite an 1865 report declaring that it was "perfectly inaccessible, being probably the only one of the prominent points about the Yosemite which never has been, and never will be, trodden by human foot," George Anderson reached the summit in 1875, in the process laying the predecessor to today's cable route.
Today, thousands of people reach the summit. For most, it is an exciting, arduous hike; for a few, it becomes more of an adventure than they wanted. Indeed, park rangers assist hundreds of people on the Half Dome trail every summer. Most of these emergencies could have been prevented... read on to learn how.
Much of the hike to Half Dome is an adventure into Wilderness, and, while there is nothing you can do to guarantee your safety, below you will find some tips to reduce your risk and have a safer, more enjoyable hike.
Dad's Cameras Inheritted On Black
Photochange Day #263: Camera
Dad had few beautiful cameras!! We were not allowed to touch!! I still remember the clicks, the rewinding sounds and how we had to stay still for him to focus and him saying "I need your nose" for profile portrait, or "without moving raise your index" for full face individual or family portraits!! When he realized how poor quality prints I had with my automatics/instamatics he gave me his Kodak Retina III C (the lower from the two)!!! The Argus stayed with my brother after dad passed 20 years ago!!!
Last year my brother said you can have the Argus if you like you're crazier than I am about photography and cameras!!!
Today these two cameras, in their original cases, the way dad had them set and all are showcased in place of honor in my wall unit. Pull them out little while ago, and memories rushed into my mind. It took me few hours to decide should I take a shot? should I post? Here they are a little piece of my past with today's photochallenge assignment.
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Eivissa. Pitiüses.
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Ibiza (Catalan: Eivissa [əjˈvisə])[p] is an island in the Mediterranean Sea, 79 kilometres (49 miles) off the coast of the city of Valencia, in eastern Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. Its largest cities are Ibiza Town (Catalan: Vila d'Eivissa, or simply Vila), Santa Eulària des Riu, and Sant Antoni de Portmany. Its highest point, called Sa Talaiassa (or Sa Talaia), is 475 metres (1,558 feet) above sea level.
While it is one-sixth the size of nearby Majorca, Ibiza is over five times the size of Mykonos (Greece), or ten times the size of Manhattan Island. Ibiza has become famous for the association with nightlife and the electronic music that originated on the island. It is well known for its summer club scene which attracts very large numbers of tourists, though the island's government and the Spanish Tourist Office have controversially been working to promote more family-oriented tourism.
Ibiza is the home of the noted port in Ibiza Town, a popular stop for many tourists and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[1]
Ibiza and the nearby island of Formentera to its south are called the Pine Islands, or "Pityuses".
A native of Burma and India, Hoya is a genus of about 200 tropical climbing plants. This one, the Hoya Bella s named after Thomas Hoy who was the head gardener for the Duke of Northumberland at Syon House. Bella as from bellus, beautiful. Love at first sight...
See another photo of Hoya Bella from my photo stream.
Prophet Muhammad said, he who is presented with a flower should not reject it for it is light to carry and may have a fragrant smell. (Sahih Muslim)
I'm so so sorry I have no idea what to title this photo :( AHHH!
I really thought every photo would end up as a disaster, I'm thankful they did not.
I tried playing with the lighting using a lamp.
I had this feeling I would not be able to come up with a proper photo and end up uploading a crappy one, I hope this isnt crappy, I tried playing with different tones, I hope they look ok on your computer because as usual, I'm having colour problems, it looks pretty fine on my laptop so I hope it looks fine on your screen! :)
I'll be uploading the other shots from this shoot, this is my new white wig, I love it! It's so cute and fun!
Christmas is coming! I hope everyone's having fun!
*I dont know if anyones reading my descriptions but can you see my mole? I never actually knew I had one there until a few days ago*
*This photo got explored thank you all!*