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Entre otras cosas porque o te llenas de cardos, o te llenas de barro o te hace la visita típica la Guardia Civil....
Nuevas galerías en www.mariorubio.com y www.fotografonocturno.com
Canal TV en YOUTUBE NightPhotography
Nuevos dominios en www.lightpainting.es y en www.cursosdefotografianocturna.com
Hay ocasiones en que el sujeto en el visor de la cámara es tan fascinante que olvido apretar el disparador. Ken Padley.
Cita extraída de El lenguaje del arte de José B. Ruiz
Exif:
Camera Nikon D700
Exposure 300.7
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 19 mm
ISO Speed 200
WB 3300
Blue gelled flash and warm light torch
Best viewed LARGE on Black: bighugelabs.com/flickr/onblack.php?id=3521062669&size...
We usually stay in Bed and Breakfasts or Hostels, so the night that we spent here was quite a splurge for us. I wanted to spend one night in Baslow because it is located at one of the pedestrian gates to Chatsworth. The website had described the place as a "Restaurant with Rooms", but after checking in early one afternoon and taking a quick look around, I joked with the owners that they shouls call it "A Garden with Rooms and Food".
www.fischers-baslowhall.co.uk/about-us/history
We rested a little and then headed into Chatsworth for the afternoon, and did not get back to our room until almost dark. We had been upgraded to a very quiet, cool room in the garden house. We treated ourselves the next morning by sleeping in, and then luxuriously lounging around in the garden for most of the morning before ending our stay with an outstanding lunch. How civilized! Then it was on to the hostel in Hartington for five nights.
If you run the slideshow in full screen mode, it will take you past a few scenes in Baslow itself, and then on a tour of the Gardens at Baslow Hall, ending with a few quickly taken interior shots of the Hall itself before our lunch.
San Lorenzo 2008 - Huesca (Spain).
They really enjoy it? / ¿Realmente lo pasan bien?
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In 1940, the night before their first mass jump, the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment of U.S. paratroopers at Fort Benning watched the film Geronimo (1939 film), in which the actor playing Geronimo yells his name as he leaps from a high cliff into a river, depicting a real-life escape Geronimo successfully attempted in which with his Cadillac horse, he jumped off Medicine Bluff at Fort Sill, Oklahoma into the Medicine Creek. Private Aubrey Eberhardt announced he would shout the name when he jumped from the airplane to prove he was not scared. The trend has since caught on elsewhere, becoming widely associated with any sort of high jump in popular culture. This unit was the first parachute battalion of the U.S. Army.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geronimo
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Allá por 1940, un grupo de soldados del regimiento 501 de paracaidismo de los Estados Unidos se preparaba para realizar su primer salto con paracaídas y el día de antes se juntaron todos y decidieron ver una película y echar unas cervecitas para calmar los nervios. La película que vieron era Gerónimo, filmada en 1939, y trataba sobre la vida de un ilustre jefe indio apache en Norteamérica del mismo nombre.
En una escena de la película sobre Gerónimo, salía su protagonista huyendo y para escapar se tiraba a un río desde una gran roca. Y efectivamente, mientras se tiraba gritaba su nombre a todo pulmón: “Gerónimoooooooooooooo“.
A los paracaidistas americanos les pareció una buena idea gritar igual que el apache cuando realizaran su primer salto, como una forma de quitarse los miedos, y así lo hicieron. A partir de entonces el regimiento adopta el nombre de Gerónimo bajo su insignia.
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Hoy una gota de agua se ha puesto el traje de fiesta transparente e invisible como el aire, y sobre su cuello ha dejado de señal su collarcito de Anabaena, allí, ingrávido, sus perlas verdes se mueven silenciosas y ondean lentamente unidas por el hilo de la vida al soplo de las corrientes del agua.
Anabaena es una cianobacteria, una alga verdeazulada. Ancestral, tan antigua como los primeros seres vivos que florecieron de la nada en las aguas de la Tierra cuando la vida era excepción, también futurista como los últimos que desaparecerán con ella. Ha acompañado a nuestra nave azul en épocas de calma y de también de convulsión y es capaz de soportar ambientes extremos, aguantando heladas intensas y soportando temperaturas superiores a los 70ºC.
Anabaena va añadiendo cuentas al collar que adorna esta gota de agua,como mago sin chistera y de cada una va haciendo poco a poco dos, como si nada, así se teje su vida entre las manos de la corriente que la lleva en volandas por el infinito del Lago de Sanabria.
Todas las cuentas de los collarcitos de Anabaena, dejan espacio, a intervalos regulares, para que otras gemas, los “heterocistes”, células perfectamente esféricas y algo mayores que las demás, se destaquen, y lo hagan tanto por su forma y tamaño, como por su función. Los heterocistes se encargan de fijar el nitrógeno, que procedente de la atmósfera, se ha disuelto en el agua y de esta forma constituyen uno de los primeros eslabones para la formación de proteínas.
Anabaena es verdeazulada, como una turquesa teñida de cielo, de su luz toma la energía para realizar la fotosíntesis y del aire y el agua el nitrógeno que recorrerá las vidas de otros seres. La vida en el Planeta se ha hecho posible gracias a cianobacterias como ellas que transformaron una atmósfera irrespirable en la que tenemos desde hace millones de años.
Anabaena es un mucho más que un collarcito que va creciendo cuenta a cuenta mientras se da un paseo por la vida y adorna el cuello de fiesta de las gotas de agua.
La especie de hoy Anabaena planctonica flota enfundada en su traje transparente de mucílago, casi invisible, pero eficaz y protector, evitará que sus cuentas se desgranen y se caigan despistadas hacia el fondo.
Al igual que otras cianobacterias Anabaena se defiende fabricando potentes sustancias neurotóxicas -anatoxina, saxitoxina y microcystina- que provocan graves daños en el sistema nervioso, lesiones hepáticas irreversibles o incluso la muerte a los animales que se alimentan de las plantas con las que puede llegar a establecer simbiosis. Anabaena ha establecido estos estrechos vínculos de amistad, una amistad con la que defiende su vida y la de sus amigos .
Anabaena planctonica vive en aguas estancadas en las que puede formar parte del plancton y crecer de forma explosiva si las condiciones para ella son favorables y se cita por vez primera para el Lago de Sanabria desde esta galería
La fotografía de hoy, realizada a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia, se ha tomado sobre
una muestra recolectada a cinco metros de profundidad, el 30 de agosto de 2015, por Laura, Mª José y Tomás en las
inmediaciones de la Isla de Moras en el Lago de Sanabria (Zamora), desde el catamarán Helios Sanabria el primer
catamarán construido en el Planeta propulsado por energía eólica y solar.
presentación ponencia congreso internacional de Limnología
informes de contaminación en el Lago de Sanabria
la contaminación en el Lago de Sanabria
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoh_j5kTlDU
Best Days by Matt White
Every time I look at you
You always look so beautiful
Driving on the road again
The chevys packed up
and its dusk
And I would take some photographs
So I can dream of you
Can't say I've felt such a twisting in my heart this
way
We pitch a tent and i wont sleep i just stay awake .
Fires burning , softly singing songs .
So close to you .
Do you believe
In love at first sight
I think you do
We're lying naked under the covers
Those are the best days of my life.
Can't take away those times
We stayed up and we talked all night
Chain smoking cigarettes and
Three bottles of red wine
Falling asleep together
Holding your body close to mine .
Oh and in the morning
Your eyes opened so innocent
The sun is blazing , we are sweaty
You look lovely
Nothing else matters anymore 'cause you're
In my arms again
Do you believe
In love at first sight
I think you do .
We're lying naked under the covers
Those are the best days of my
Those are the best days of my
Those are the best days of my life
Oh Ill never want to be without you
So just stay with me
I will love you endlessly .
Oh darling, darling
Those are the best days of my
Those are the best days of my .. life
Do you believe
In love at first sight
I think you do
We're lying naked under the covers
Those are the best days of my life
Those are the best days of my
Those are the best days of my
Those are the best days of my life
wow, this looks awful small. okay, you must view large. seriously. it's plain embarrassing small.
also, i'm terribly sorry that i haven't had time to look through everyone's new uploads in a couple days :( i promise i will catch up on that this weekend, if not before.
this is old, super old, sorry you are probably tired of all these canal pictures.
anyway, i uploaded it since i had no new photos and i was tagged by audrey hutchinson (: so here goes, ten things about me...
1. i go through phases of music...i will pick two or three songs and literally ONLY listen to them for the next month. right now...it's two songs from the coraline soundtrack. don't make fun of me :'( haha.
2. i LOVE root beer dumdums (as in the lollipops)
3. i was obsessed with neopets for like 5 years...and i still go on every once in awhile. heh
4. i have a cat named ember, who is actually a vampire and i have ten million scars on my arms to prove it.
5. i haven't worn a pair of flaired jeans in practically a year, i live for skinny jeans. especially colored skinny jeans, i have a ridiculous amount of them.
6. i studied college-level ancient Greek for three weeks this summer (yessir, i'm a nerd. i went to CTY camp) and the best thing i learned from it was the ability to write secret notes to myself in transliterated greek (SO HELPFUL).
7. i loveeee snow and the sound it makes when it falls.
8. once i ate nothing but eggo waffles for two days straight.
9. i have three brothers, whom i frequently want to toss out the window.
10. i love band geeks.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: MUSE CONCERT AT BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (5 of 9): Lenn's Market /
CONCIERTO DE MUSE EN BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (5 de 9): El mercadillo de Lenn
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 49 of 115) PAG: Entrada, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Lenn: (They are here...) COOOOME ON PRETTY WOMEEEN I GOT ALL OF IT FOR NOTHING!!! THEY ARE PULLING ALL OF IT OUT OF MY HAAAAANDS!! OOOOVER HERE GORGEOUS! LOOK HOW WONDERFUL ARE THIS MUSE SWEETERS! LEEEET'S GOOO!
Velvet: (Oooff.. he shouts it out so loud... XD)
Natsuki: -whispering – I want one for me but this guy scares me... talk with him...
Velvet: XDD Okay... Hello! ^_^u
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Lenn: (Ya están aquí...) VAAAAAMOS GUAPAS QUE LO TENGO REGALAAAO!!! ME LO QUITAN NIÑA, ME LO QUITAN DE LAS MAAAAANOS OYEEES!! MIRA QUE GUAAAAAPA! MIRA NENA QUE SUDADERAS DE LOS MUSE! VENGA VAAAMONOS!
Velvet: (juer...cómo grita... XD)
Natsuki: - susurrando – Yo quiero una pero a mi este tío me da un poco de miedo... habla tu con él...
Velvet: XDD Vale... Hola! ^_^u
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr
COLLAVORATIONS:
xeno-canto.org/asia/species.php?species_nr2=9480.00
A male bird of paradise
The Raggiana Bird of Paradise, Paradisaea raggiana also known as Count Raggi's Bird of Paradise is a large bird in the bird of paradise family Paradisaeidae.
It is distributed widely in southern and north eastern New Guinea, where its name is kumul.
It is 34cm-long, maroon-brown with greyish-blue bill, yellow iris and greyish-brown feet. The male has a yellow crown, dark emerald-green throat and yellow collar between the throat and its blackish upper breast feathers. It is adorned with a pair of long black tail wires and large flank plumes. The female is a comparatively drab maroonish-brown-colored bird. The ornamental flank plumes vary from red to orange in color, depending on subspecies. The nominate subspecies, P. r. raggiana has the deepest red plumes, while subspecies P. r. augustavictoriae also known as the Empress of Germany's Bird of Paradise of northeast New Guinea has apricot-orange plumes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raggiana_Bird_of_Paradise
De paradijsvogel heeft vele kunstenaars geïnspireerd. Het is een zeer bijzondere vogel door zijn opvallend kleurrijk verenkleed. Hier lees je veel interessante feiten over deze prachtige verschijning in het oerwoud van Nieuw Guinea.
De paradijsvogel behoort zonder meer tot de mooiste vogels ter wereld. Van de 43 soorten komen er 38 voor in Nieuw Guinea. De paradijsvogel is de nationale vogel van Papua Nieuw-Guinea(PNG). Paradijsvogels hebben een uitzonderlijk lange staart. Ook groeien er lange gekleurde draden uit hun verenkleed. Sommige paradijsvogels hebben een eigenaardige verenkroon op hun hoofd.
uit:
dier-en-natuur.infonu.nl/vogels/5776-paradijsvogel-de-moo...
174.129.90.252/groups/paradisaeidae/pool/interesting/
belasaves.3vd.com.br/index.php/component/content/article/...
Photo © 2009, 2010 Angela A. Stanton, All rights reserved. Contact: angela@stantonphotostudios.com for further information.
The other day, after an all-night rain, I found my flowering maple (not flowering now) with rain drops on the leaves underside. That is kind of unusual but then maple leaves turn in all directions... everything is possible. =) I found it pretty. This image is untouched--it is as it came out of the camera. I used Lightroom 3 to convert from raw to tiff, I added my logos and watermark in CS5. Otherwise not a thing done.
Photo details: custom white balance, Canon 5D Mark II, Canon EF 100mm f/28.8 IS macro, 1/100 sec at f.5.0 with ISO 100. I used a +1/3 EV to get more light and move the image more toward the right side--much green and in the RGB curve the colors come live if on the right of the histogram's middle.
Santa Fe de Montseny - Fogars de Montclús, Barcelona (Spain).
10ª salida del grupo SortidaZ, y primera a la que me apunto. Un día muy agradable, gozando de la naturaleza en muy buena compañía.
Ya sé que no es la única imagen así de la "sortida", pero era inevitable mirar hacia arriba entre estos hayas tan altos y rectos. En esta época del año ya han perdido casi todo su follaje. En primavera y verano puede resultar casi imposible ver el cielo desde este mismo punto.
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The European Beech or Common Beech (Fagus sylvatica) is a deciduous tree belonging to the beech family Fagaceae.
It is a large tree, capable of reaching heights of up to 49 m (160 ft) tall [2] and 3m (10 ft) trunk diameter, though more typically 25-35 m (80-115 ft) tall and up to 1.5 m (5 ft) trunk diameter. A 10-year-old sapling will stand about 4 m (13 ft) tall. It has a typical lifespan of 150 to 200 years, though sometimes up to 300 years. The appearance varies according to its habitat; in forest conditions, it tends to have a long, slender light-gray trunk with a narrow crown and erect branches, in isolation with good side light the trunk is short with a large and widely spreading crown with very long branches.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Beech
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El haya (Fagus sylvatica L.) es un árbol caducifolio perteneciente a la familia de las fagáceas.
Esta especie tiene un porte robusto y de gran talla, alcanzando los 35 ó 40 m con un tronco recto, que lo hace muy valioso, y una copa ovalada en su tercio superior. Si el árbol crece aislado (no en espesura) cambia radicalmente, se abre muy pronto, siendo algo irregular, ramificándose desde abajo y variando mucho la copa.
Conserva la corteza prácticamente lisa durante toda su vida, de un gris ceniciento o blanquecino.Los ramillos tienen un crecimiento singular en zig-zag. Las hojas son simples, alternas en los tallos jóvenes, en los adultos salen en fascículos sobre pequeños braquiblastos, y caedizas. Son de peciolo corto y, el limbo es de forma ovalada, con el borde ondulado, en principio algo festoneado y prolongándose en un vello sedoso muy característico. Tienen los nervios laterales bien marcados y paralelos (penninervia), son de un color verde muy vivo por el haz volviéndose más oscuras en la madurez, y se disponen siempre en posición muy horizontal captando la mayor cantidad de luz posible. Ello hace que sus bosques tengan un aspecto un tanto sombrío, casi propio de cuento de hadas, no permitiendo crecer en el suelo a apenas ninguna otra planta.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayedo
Trametes versicolor
Common Name: Turkey Tails
Synonym: Coriolus versicolor, Polyporus versicolor
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Sporocarp
Fruiting body up to 10 cm broad, bracket to shelf-like or fan-shaped, attached along one side or just near the middle of one side, the upper surface tomentose, with multicolored zones. Flesh thin, usually less than 2 mm thick, white, tough, and fibrous. The underside a white to pale yellow layer of very small tubes, vertically oriented with 3-5 pores per mm, the tube mouths more or less round.
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Spores
Spores 4-6 x 1.5-2.5 µm, slightly curved-cylindrical (like a cooked hotdog), smooth, hyaline, white to pale yellow in deposit.
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Typically in rows or overlapping shelves on stumps and logs of hardwoods, from fall to spring.
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Too tough to try.
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Though fruiting during the fall and winter months, shelves of the colorful Turkey Tail can be found almost any month of the year. Trametes versicolor is sometimes confused with unrelated leathery shelf fungi. Species of Stereum have orange-brown zoned caps but can be distinguished by their smooth hymenial surface. Lenzites, Daedalea, Daedaleopsis, and Gloeophyllum all have a multicolored, zonate upper surfaces, but their hymeniums are variously composed of irregular, mazelike, or elongated gill-like pores.
Gay & Lesbian Pride March 2010
It’s back in 2010, the event that stops traffic… On Sunday February 7th, the 15th annual Pride March takes over Fitzroy St, St Kilda in a blaze of colour, noise and movement!
Pride March 2010 is an open air celebration culminating in a Pride March down Fitzroy Street St Kilda and finishing with performances on the foreshore. Pride March is to express courage, solidarity, pride, diversity and a strong sense of community.
Gay & Lesbian Pride March
Down Fitzroy Street to Catani Gardens
Sunday 7 February 2010
Fitzroy St, St Kilda Victoria 3182 Australia.
Telephone: 03 9513 3054
Turning 30 in 2010, St Kilda Festival is one of Australia’s best known and Melbourne’s most loved events. It utilises St Kilda’s stunning foreshore and celebrates the cream of Australia’s musical talents.
Saturday 6 February is Yalukit Wilam Ngargee: People, Place Gathering, an outdoor Indigenous festival featuring music, dance, children’s activities and more that welcomes people to St Kilda for the week ahead, O’Donnell Gardens.
From 7-13 February experience Live N Local: St Kilda venues throw open their doors to host a variety of local bands, musicians, performers, artists and comedians in a series of one off and special events - everything you love about St Kilda and more.
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Feel the rain; View this large and on black!!!
Weather is a passion of mine. Snow...thunderstorms...rain...hurricanes...extreme temperatures...I love it all. I'm utterly amazed at the raw power of mother nature. To see man's best engineering feats...which probably took countless man hours to construct...wiped from the face of the earth in a matter of minutes by something we often times take for granted is absolutely awe inspiring. (Not to mention sobering, knowing that someone's life is being forever changed in that moment.)
Still, the rumble of thunder, the roar of the wind, the colors in the sky, the smell of rain, etc, etc, is one of the most relaxing, yet invigorating things in the world to me.
It likely stems back to my childhood growing up in South Carolina, where I used to sit and watch the storms with my dad. While it's no tornado alley, we get our fair share of thunderstorms back there. Some of my most fond memories are of the times I spent sitting on the porch with dad, watching the wonderful shows that these these magnificent "creatures" would put on. It was a sensory overload for me, and I enjoyed every minute of it.
This love of weather continued into my adult life, affording me one of the best experiences I've had in my life. When I graduated from college in May 2005, myself and three of my buddies gave ourselves a graduation present....we went storm chasing for a week out in the plains! I won't bother writing a "chase account" of this particular day...especially not when a well known storm chaser, and EXCELLENT storm photographer happened to also be on this particular storm. Instead, I'll just link you to the account that Mike Hollingshead wrote on his website about this day/storm. As a side note, while you're on his page you should definitely look around. Fantastic photographs!
Anyway, this image is symbolic to me for a couple of reasons.
- The first is that I bought my Canon Rebel T2 (my first camera ever) specifically to go on this storm chasing trip back in 2005....thus beginning this photography adventure I'm currently on!
- Second, for the first time in 4yrs I'm going storm chasing again! WHOO HOO! This month marks the beginning of my short-term savings goal to fund my storm chasing trip in May.
Hope I didn't bore you with the ramblings...but, after spending several hours over the past few days working on this image, I felt the need to blabber. I learned how to use masks and blend two images in my efforts to process this image. I really tried to pull out the golden colors behind this line of storms...specifically to get the rain shafts to come out. I think it came out good! It's pretty darn true to what I saw with my eyes...only the open sky on the right wasn't quite so blown out, and the blues on the left were a little more pronounced. Otherwise, this is darn close!
Taken with a Canon Rebel T2 and the 28-90mm stock lens...likely @ 28mm.
Have no clue what the other settings were.
I was torn between two titles - Testing Waters and Tasting the Water. Decided to keep the former - It looks like the pelican is testing the waters for the fish. But no, no fish caught here - I would have remembered and got proof of it. I like the way the bird has created the pattern in the water - there are no ripples whatsoever in front of the bird.
Name : Spot-billed Pelican
Scientific Name : Pelecanus philippensis
Shot at Lalbagh, Bangalore.
A couple of days more, and it will be a year since I took up photography seriously, a.k.a, picked up my dSLR - the Canon EOS 350D. It is serving me very well. Taking up photography seriously is another things that changed my course of life - I've met a lot of wonderful people, and my perception of the world will never be the same again. I was also able to pursue something that I deeply loved - nature - through this.
Take a look at my journey - Click here - This has some of the first photographs that I shot at my friend's apartment after I bought the camera - when I had no ideas on how to use it. :-)
Cubelles, Barcelona (Spain).
ENGLISH
Surf fishing is the sport of catching fish standing on the shoreline or wading in the surf. A general term, surf fishing may or may not include casting a lure or bait, and refers to all types of shore fishing - from sandy and rocky beaches, rock jetties, or even fishing piers. The terms surfcasting or beachcasting refer more specifically to surf fishing from the beach by casting into the surf at or near the shoreline. With few exceptions, surf fishing is done in saltwater.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf_fishing
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El surf-casting es una modalidad de pesca deportiva o de afición, consistente en la pesca con caña de pescar, que se realiza desde la orilla de la playa. Es una forma de pesca muy conocida y relajante, excepto cuando es de competición.
La palabra surfcasting es un término que procede del inglés, que traducido al castellano significa, "lanzando al oleaje". En español debería llamarse a esta modalidad, pesca de lanzado aunque se adquiere la forma inglesa para diferenciarla de otras modalidades. La variedad más extendida es el surf casting, pero si se realiza desde escollera o muelle ó en playas sin oleaje, siempre y cuando el fondo sea de tipo arenoso, el surf casting se ha mutado en otra variedad en que no se emplea el lanzado pesado sino que se usa un plomo más ligero y se denomina surf-fishing.
Este tipo de pesca puede ser muy tranquilo y relajante, pero también se practica de manera deportiva orientada a la competición, donde las condiciones climatológicas, y las propias características de esta pesca, pueden convertirla en una disciplina bastante dura y agotadora, que se ve recompensada con grandes capturas, que pueden llegar a pesar varios kg en la mayoría de las especies. En esta modalidad, es muy cotizada la lubina, el sargo, la dorada y otras muchas preciadas especies.
Puede ser practicada casi en cualquier condición, indistintamente de la hora o las condiciones climatológicas, aunque hay surf-casters que encuentran su mayor atractivo practicándola por la noche, y con mal tiempo.
El material usado consiste en una caña de pescar, preferiblemente de 3 tramos enchufables, un plomo de entre 80 y 130 gramos, y una cameta o anzuelo atado a un cabo de línea más flojo que el de la línea principal, que es donde colocamos el cebo adecuado para el pez que queremos pescar. Actualmente, se está empezando a usar bastante la caña telescópica, debido a su comodidad, y a que cada vez se asemeja mucho más a las características de las cañas por tramos.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf-Casting
Le zèbre est-il blanc à rayures noires ou noir à rayures blanches, comme le demande une légende africaine ? Les zèbres sont avant tout reconnaissables aux bandes noires sur fond blanc de leur pelage. Si le zèbre de Burchell possède de vingt-cinq à trente raies, le zèbre de Grévy en compte environ quatre-vingts et le zèbre des montagnes quarante-trois.
Arriba: Puente grúa sobre las columnas del pórtico lindero a la futura estación Echeverría correspondiente a la prolongación de la línea B, una de las tantas obras de subte desfinanciada por el macrismo. Al frente del mismo (a la der), el viejo teatro 25 de Mayo remodelado y reinaugurado.
LAS PROMESAS DE MACRI Y LAS OBRAS
Dos megaobras mantienen este año un ritmo sostenido: Arroyo Maldonado y Teatro Colón. Pero la ampliación del subte camina a paso de hombre y son varios los proyectos que quedaron en compás de espera. El Gobierno porteño asegura que no se paralizó ninguna obra, aunque reconoce la existencia de demoras y dificultades. Hasta qué punto Macri cumplió sus promesas. Opinan los candidatos.
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Mauricio Macri ganó las elecciones porteñas prometiendo una avalancha de inversiones públicas, eficiencia y velocidad a una ciudad harta de la ineficiencia, la lentitud y la desinversión crónica. Se vendió a sí mismo, más que como un político, como un empresario eficaz, un ingeniero carente de las viejas mañas de la corporación política. Se vendió como alguien que venía de "afuera". Lo nuevo frente a lo viejo; los hechos frente a las palabras, sobre todo frente a las palabras de los "progres", que lo habían precedido en la gestión.
En pleno frenesí de su campaña llegó a prometer que construiría 10 kilómetros de subte por año, en una ciudad tan colapsada por el tránsito que cualquier paro de subtes la convierte en un tsunami en cuestión de minutos. Sin embargo, a un año y medio de gestión PRO, ¿cuántas de todas aquellas promesas esperanzadoras pudo concretar? ¿Cuál es realmente la obra pública de Macri y la inversión en infraestructura que está llevando adelante? ¿Cuánta plata dijo que iba a destinar a su gesta urbana, y cuánta destinó realmente? En una palabra, ¿cuánto de aquella eficiencia prometida ante las cámaras pudo llevar verdaderamente a la práctica? Como es lógico en estos casos, las percepciones varían, y sólo los números suelen darnos pistas más certeras.
Mientras el oficialismo jura que los 3.300 millones de pesos previstos para la obra pública de 2009 es el mayor porcentaje invertido en el rubro de los últimos años, y que PRO ha hecho más en un año y medio de gestión que los "progres" en muchas administraciones, la oposición responde, lapidaria, que Macri no ha hecho, directamente, obra pública, si por ella se entiende una inversión destinada a infraestructura de alto impacto. Por ejemplo, más subtes. Los legisladores del arco opositor le achacan al macrismo concentrarse en hacer cosas visibles –tales como el bacheo o la refacción de veredas–, pero no las que son más necesarias a largo plazo. Sospechan de transferencias de fondos estatales a las constructoras privadas y de conexiones non sanctas entre el oficialismo y las empresas vinculadas al grupo Macri. Le facturan que sólo inauguraron una escuela, en la Villa 21, y que, encima, es un predio que había sido previamente recuperado por los vecinos de la zona. Lanzan que del hospital prometido en Villa Lugano sólo hay una salita de primeros auxilios. Le cuestionan que este año los chicos porteños volverán a pasar frío en las escuelas por una impericia de gestión. Desde el Acuerdo Cívico y Social, el segundo candidato a legislador de Lilita, Juan pablo Arenaza, lo explica: "La Legislatura votó el año pasado una norma que le permitía a Macri destinar dinero a la mejora de la infraestructura en las escuelas, y de ese porcentaje sólo ejecutó un 40 por ciento; no queremos subtes, pero al menos que ponga gas en los colegios".
Finalmente, lanzan, de los 10 kilómetros de subte prometidos no pudo hacer ni uno solo. Macri –es sabido– acusa al Gobierno nacional y, de paso, a la escasa colaboración de Daniel Scioli en el fracaso de llevar adelante políticas con mirada metropolitana. Más aún, Gabriela Michetti, que lidera las encuestas porteñas, justificó su renuncia a la vicejefatura para pasar a la "pelea nacional" con el único objetivo de cambiar esas "injustas" reglas del juego, según los macristas.
Cristian Ritondo (PRO), presidente de la Comisión de Obras Públicas de la Legislatura, explica la situación con números en mano: "Nosotros esperábamos contar con 2.500 millones de dólares de financiamiento: 1.500 millones los iba a aportar el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), 500 millones la Ciudad y 500 millones la Nación, porque se había hablado con el ex jefe de Gabinete, Alberto Fernández, sobre la posibilidad de trabajar juntos para el Bicentenario". La historia que sigue es conocida: el Gobierno nacional jamás consideró avalar el pedido de toma de deuda, la economía mundial entró en crisis y, por último, Fernández se fue mal del Gobierno. La realidad es que hoy las obras del subte "sobreviven" a paso de hormiga con el presupuesto asignado (116 millones de pesos), además de un 5 por ciento de lo que recauda Autopistas Urbanas S.A. (AUSA), que se destina a Subterráneos de Buenos Aires (Sbase) y que son apenas 12 millones de pesos más. Esto alcanza para mantener en funcionamiento las obras civiles, pero no para tender la red.
Este mes se debería haber inaugurado la estación de Corrientes y Pueyrredón de la línea H. No ocurrió. El Gobierno porteño sólo alcanzó a poner en funcionamiento las estaciones Puán y Carabobo de la línea A, que, encima, ya estaban terminadas desde fines de 2007.
Desde la oposición, el segundo candidato de Diálogo por la Ciudad, el ibarrista Mario Gygli, sale a cruzar a PRO: "Yo puedo demostrar, con números, que Macri miente cuando se victimiza. Él puede avanzar perfectamente con las obras de los subtes con presupuesto propio, sin pedirle plata a nadie, como lo hicimos nosotros en plena crisis de 2001, cuando construimos 11 kilómetros".
Desde el Frente para la Victoria, Francisco Tito Nenna va en la línea de Gygli cuando destaca que Buenos Aires tiene uno de los presupuestos más vigorosos del país. Y avanza: "Lo que hay es una transferencia de los recursos del Estado a empresas de construcción privadas, amigas del macrismo, que son las que se dedican a arreglar veredas y baches".
Para las obras de ampliación de la red de subtes, el macrismo había asignado inicialmente 447,5 millones de pesos, pero más adelante tuvo que recortar a 116 millones. Ya sea porque los demás fueron peores, porque lo actual no es tan malo como dice la oposición o porque la estrategia de la "acupuntura urbana" –y visible– da resultado, lo cierto es que, según las encuestas, los porteños, aunque no están del todo conformes, no le soltaron la mano a Macri. Más aún, los politólogos suelen decir que la estrategia de victimización "paga" en el caso de Macri: la gente, en general, le cree cuando culpa al Gobierno nacional. Una cosa es verdad: además del aval para el financiamiento de subtes, la Nación "cajoneó" el Fondo de Infraestructura Social (Foiso), una toma de deuda por 1.600 millones que Macri pensaba destinar a la obra social, como refacción de escuelas y hospitales.
REALIDADES Y PROMESAS
De todas las megaobras prometidas, lo cierto es que sólo dos marchan a ritmo este año: las refacciones del Teatro Colón, que terminarían en 2010 según promete el Gobierno porteño, y la del canal aliviador del Arroyo Maldonado, que permitirá evitar inundaciones en vastas zonas de la Ciudad.
Después, sí, se incluyeron obras de envergadura intermedia. Veamos: intervenciones en la Red Pluvial II –son 25 y el Gobierno porteño promete terminar la mitad este año– o las obras de la 9 de Julio Sur, a cargo de AUSA. Y finalmente, tenemos bacheo, lo más visible, la ampliación de calles, construcción de placitas, adoquinados, desadoquinados, peatonalización, muchos obreros vestidos de amarillo con la leyenda "Haciendo Buenos Aires", más bacheo, antenimiento. La famosa "acupuntura urbana". La megaobra del Teatro Colón es un tema aparte; le destinarán 106,5 millones, pero desde el Frente para la Victoria sugieren que en las demoras hay algo turbio. Nenna dirá concretamente: "Hay que estar atento porque pueden llevarnos a un proceso de privatización".
Cuando en noviembre del año pasado el ministro de Desarrollo Urbano, Daniel Chaín, fue a la Legislatura, a las reuniones previas a la aprobación del Presupuesto 2009, reconoció que este año el Gobierno porteño iba a tener que suspender obras previstas por 472 millones de pesos.
Desde el macrismo, el vocero del Ministerio de Desarrollo Urbano, Sergio Levit, es enfático cuando niega que se hayan parado obras y, en cambio, destaca los avances en la obra del Maldonado: "Es la obra más importante que se hace en Latinoamérica y la que tiene la más mayor tecnología". En verdad, lo que la administración PRO tiene para decir es que hacen lo que pueden con el dinero que tienen. Y hay muchas obras que se dejaron de lado, entre ellas la anunciada construcción de nuevos neuropsiquiátricos, el aliviador de la Cuenca Medrano-White y la megalicitación Oasis Urbanos, una construcción de espacios verdes en lugares estratégicos de la Ciudad, que fue reemplazada por un programa de licitaciones progresivas.
Desde la oposición dicen, en cambio, que Macri tiene serios problemas para encarar licitaciones de largo aliento. "No tiene cuadros capaces de llevar adelante y concluir un proceso licitatorio", dicen, palabras más o menos, desde Proyecto Sur, el FPV, el socialismo, el ibarrismo y el lilismo porteño. Precisamente, desde Proyecto Sur, el médico del hospital Argerich, Jorge Selzer, segundo candidato a legislador porteño detrás de Fabio Basteiro, lanza un último dardo al ingeniero PRO: "Debería planificarse el crecimiento
urbano y poner topes en la Ciudad, de lo contrario la polución y el consumo de energía van a ser insostenibles". El año pasado la Legislatura sancionó, luego de varios años de demora, el Plan Urbano Ambiental (PUA). La norma, ordenada
por la Constitución de la Ciudad, es la ley marco que garantiza los derechos urbanos de los porteños. De allí se desprende cómo se debe planear la Ciudad a partir de ejes como el transporte, los espacios públicos, la vivienda, la producción o el empleo. El PUA sugiere la discusión de una política interconectada y, también, la reformulación urgente del Código Urbanístico, que dice qué se puede construir y en dónde. Hoy el Código que se usa es del 77 y no responde al modelo de ciudad que propone el nuevo plan urbano. También redactar nuevos códigos de Habilitaciones y Espacio Púbico. Finalmente, ampliar la mirada a escala metropolitana, en lugar de centrarse sólo en la Ciudad, es otro de los desafíos.
A estas alturas, Macri ya debe haberse dado cuenta de que para achicar la distancia que media entre la campaña y el poder real deberá apelar sí o sí a la política. Porque con la ingeniería sola no le va alcanzar.
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Ecologia
A entrada do ninho é um tubo, não muito curto, construído com cerume mole, sua parede é fina e apresenta pequenos furos (Nogueira-Neto, 1970). Favos de cria horizontais ou helicoidais e ocorrem células reais (Nogueira-Neto, 1970). Invólucro presente e muito desenvolvido ao redor dos favos de cria (Nogueira-Neto, 1970). Potes de alimento pequenos, atingindo 1,5 cm de altura (Nogueira-Neto, 1970). Tamanho das colônias: 2.000-5.000 abelhas (Lindauer & Kerr, 1960). Podem ou não apresentar comportamento agressivo, beliscando a pele e enrolando nos cabelos, entretanto, esse comportamento é breve (Nogueira-Neto, 1970). É uma das abelhas mais fáceis de criar no Estado de São Paulo (Nogueira-Neto, 1970).
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Not far from my house are some amazing woodland walks , todays objective after a hard day at work was to take molly for a stroll and of course the camera , i used every lens and depth of field here today so lots of images to follow this one.The autumn colurs and cloudless skies meant lots of sunlight breaking through the trees. Met up wit a tree monster ive not seen for a while to :-) i did try to get molly to lay down in the bed of leaves she was having none of it :-(
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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! :D
i hope you guys are having a fun and safe holiday, and that its filled with joy! and i hope you guys got what you wanted from santa;D
guesswhatigotanewcamera!:D
a canon powershot sx130 IS!
soooo,
it most definately needs a name.
i was thinking maybe terence:3
anyone have any suggestions? :D
sorry this isnt very photography-ish, i wanted to show you guys TERENCE:D
ive been experimenting with it for the past couple hours, and i gotta say im in loooove. <3
andddd, im starting to use a watermark now since im getting paranoid about people stealing my photos :\
please excuse that i was wearing my pajamas when i took this x)
have an amazing rest of the day! merry christmas everyone!!! <3
EXPLORED. uhmm kinda weird, but THANK YOU:D <3 heehe im flattered :')
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Según la temperatura ambiental, la cúspide de la Torre Eiffel puede acercarse o alejarse del suelo unos ocho centímetros, debido a la dilatación térmica del metal que la compone. De acuerdo al sitio oficial del monumento, para alcanzar la cima, si no se sube en ascensor, hay 1665 escalones (y no 1792, número que algunos toman por cierto en alusión al año de la instauración de la Primera República Francesa).
El mantenimiento de la torre incluye la aplicación de cincuenta toneladas de pintura, cada cinco años, a efectos de protegerla de la corrosión. En ocasiones, se cambia el color de la pintura (en 2005 la torre mostraba una tonalidad parda). En el primer piso, hay consolas que permiten votar la elección del futuro color de la estructura. El color original de la torre fue el amarillo, aunque hoy en día no quede nada de él.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_Eiffel
Contestée par certains à l'origine, la tour Eiffel fut d'abord, à l'occasion de l'exposition universelle de 1889, la vitrine du savoir-faire technologique français. Plébiscitée par le public dès sa présentation à l'exposition, elle a accueilli plus de 236 millions de visiteurs depuis son inauguration. Sa taille exceptionnelle et sa silhouette immédiatement reconnaissable en ont fait un emblème de Paris.
Imaginée par Maurice Koechlin et Émile Nouguier, respectivement chef du bureau des études et chef du bureau des méthodes d'Eiffel & Cie, la tour Eiffel est conçue pour être le « clou de l'Exposition de 1889 se tenant à Paris. ». Elle salue également le centenaire de la Révolution française. Le premier plan est réalisé en juin 1884 et amélioré par Stephen Sauvestre, l’architecte en chef des projets de l'entreprise, qui lui apporte plus d'esthétique.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_Eiffel
Quan va ser construïda era el monument més alt del món, amb 300 metres d'altura (si se suma l'antena de ràdio que es troba a la part superior, la seva alçada és de 324 metres). Quan la van construir, la torre pesava al voltant de 7.300 tones, si bé avui dia es calcula el seu pes en més de 10.000 (a causa del museu, restaurants, magatzems i botigues que alberga). Estava previst que la torre arribés a els 350 metres, però els veïns es van alarmar per l'amenaça que un edifici tan alt pogués caure, i es van manifestar provocant un canvi de plans.
Wat is straô?
Straô is een jaarlijks terugkerend evenement op een aantal zaterdagen in het voorjaar, waarbij de voeten van de paarden in de zee worden 'gewassen'. De dorpen aan de westkant van Schouwen-Duiveland hebben allemaal hun eigen straô-viering.
Straô-rieen is een historisch feest en gaat ver terug in de tijd. In vroegere tijden stonden de werkpaarden de gehele winter op stal. Zodra de winter tegen het einde liep, ging men met de paarden de zee in om de voeten te wassen. Hoewel de werkpaarden van vandaag nog uitsluitend als hobby worden gehouden en zeker niet meer een hele winter op stal staan, wordt de gewoonte nog steeds in stand gehouden.
what is Straô
Straô is an annual event on a number of Saturdays in the spring, where the feet of the horses in the sea 'washed'. The villages on the west side of Schouwen-Duiveland have their own straô celebration.
Straô is a historic celebration and goes far back in time. In ancient times were the workhorses throughout the winter in the barn. Once the winter by the end went, they went with the horses to the sea in order to wash there feet. Although the workhorses of today be held solely as a hobby and certainly not a whole winter on stable, the habit still maintained.
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With all the great parts on the PaB walls right now I was planning another Small PaB Cup challenge ala Mantiskings's Single Set Challenge like the one I did last January, but after scoping out the wall, making a plan and buying the cupful of parts, I haven't had much time and I lost motivation.
A few days ago I sat down with the cup and started fiddling and this happened. I don't think I'm going to finish the challenge, but at least I got something from the cup. Once finished, it struck me how much it looked like a Poke Ball. HA!
Úbeda, Jaén (Spain).
ENGLISH
The main parish church of Santa María de los Reales Alcázares displays the most significant mixture of architectural styles, to be found in the city. The buildings historic and artistic patronage is complex and its solid external appearance is of a defensive fortification.
Built on an archaeological site where remains of bronze and Roman civilisations have been found, the Church rests of the foundations of the main mosque of Muslim Úbeda. According to tradition the Romans built a temple here dedicated to Diane. After the conquest of the town by Ferdinand II the Saint, in 1223, the Mosque was consecrated in the Catholic faith with the title High Parish Church of the Royal Alcazares and of Our Lady of the Ascension. In 1259 it achieved the rank of High Collegiate Church. In 1852 the Church's collegiate rank was withdrawn, reversing to the rank of High Parish Church. Being the principal temple of the city, it has preserved important archives and a multitude of treasures. The latter being donations and numerous priviledges bestowed by Popes, Kings and bishops.
Its external appearance blends Medieval and Classicist styles. Being built on to the ols walls of the fortress, Santa María church has been the main witness to the great changes and strife of Úbeda. Today it still offers a special attraction to the town which is due to its great historical character and the population's identification with its heritage.
Source: www.ubedainteresa.com/portal/
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CASTELLANO
Asentada sobre un subsuelo arqueológico de la Edad del Bronce, y con mínimas diferencias ocupando el emplazamiento dé la antigua mezquita mayor de la ciudad, la tradición dice que en el mismo sitio los romanos tuvieron un templo dedicado a Diana.
Tras la conquista de la ciudad en 1233 por el rey cristiano Fernando III el Santo, la entonces mezquita fue transformada al culto católico bajo la advocación de Iglesia Mayor Parroquial de los Reales Alcázares y de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción. Desde 1259 fue titulada Iglesia Mayor Colegial y desde 1852 ostenta el título de Iglesia Mayor Parroquial.
Iglesia principal de la ciudad, durante siglos ha conservado un importante archivo y multitud de obras de arte y joyas, fruto de donaciones y de numerosos privilegios concedidos por reyes, papas y obispos.
Con una imagen exterior entre medieval y clasicista, adosada al primitivo muro del alcázar, Santa María ha sido la iglesia que históricamente más movimiento y ajetreo ha tenido de toda la ciudad, y aún hoy sigue ofreciendo para el ciudadano de Úbeda una atracción especial que le viene dada por su fuerte carácter histórico y el grado de identificación conseguido con la ciudad y sus habitantes, al albergar desde los meses de mayo a septiembre a la Stma. Virgen de Guadalupe, patrona de la ciudad.
Fuente: www.ubedainteresa.com/portal/
Come from my buddy Tom. I'm not a "Christmas" guy and his work always brightens up an otherwise annoying time for me.
Tom does not use photo shop. He has a great eye and stumbles upon "scenes" like this Hasidic statuette in front of a Lawrence Welk boxset at flea markets, thrift shops etc. He's been sending me gems like this every year for the last ten or so. What a guy!
Check out his website for his "serious" work:
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DANG!!! This looks SOOO dark and bad on an old, uncalibrated, crt monitor!!!
if you are still using an old IBM, gateway, etc crt monitor, please upgrade and calibrate! haha
As mentioned before, the 17-40L arrived a few days ago. I had my first promo shoot with it tonight, and decided to throw up one of the images after an unanticipated hour long edit...
I am a little bummed though....the 17-40 is not impressing me so far...It's not as tack sharp as everyone says...it is soft at best. I'm not sure if I should send it in for calibration or try another copy.... I know its not camera shake, and I've done aperture tests, so most user error is ruled out....if you have any ideas or have this lens and it is sharper than mine is, please let me know! I'd really appreciate it!
PLEASE let me know what you think about this. I know the lens has been giving me issues, but I am somewhat proud of how this came out. Any feedback is appreciated
5d w/ 17-40L
strobist:
-vivitar 285hv 1/2 power through white brollie high cam right.
-vivitar 285hv 1/4 power bare low cam left
-sun as rim
*fired by cactus v2s
This one is from back in May. I over looked it at the time, but I think it's actually my favorite of the set.
It was Kim's turn to pick the theme this week. She loves bokeh so I was unsurprised when she said "you've got to be out of focus in the background somewhere." I really wondered what to do.
I had two trips to London on business last week. The head office is just next to St. Paul's Cathedral and I love the short walk out to the Millennium Bridge. On the train on the way down I thought of this shot and at an appropriate moment, snuck out of the office and quick took some shots. As I've so often found, it's not until I get the images onto my computer screen that I can really see what is going on and spend a little time reviewing the process and my thoughts. I took some good shots but none that were great. Fortunately I knew I had another opportunity for a reshoot.
On the train on the way down the second time I was worried, the weather was dull, grey and overcast and whilst the forecast predicted it would clear, one of the things I loved about the first shoot were the wonderful fluffy clouds and deep blue skies. When I did manage to get out of the office, the skies had cleared somewhat. What I did achieve though, were much better compositions. In the end it was an easy decision which way to go.
Just for fun, I've included below two situational shots from the first shoot and an outtake from the second shoot.
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Next week, Kim and I are doing our thing. However, I'm really loving the themes and I think we might come back to it again but we need some ideas. Anyone got any?
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
This image was made on 6/5/09 (summer?), from the parking lot at Mosquito Flat, which is as far South as you can drive on Rock Creek Road, and which is the trailhead for Little Lakes Valley. This beautiful area almost made me want to take up fishing again, but not quite.
The last time I fished was right before our daughter, who was very young at the time, caught a fish in this very same creek, only 3,000 feet below this location, at my grandfather's cabin (now owned by my cousins), on the other side of Hwy 395. Once she landed it, she was very squeamish about it, so the task of cleaning it fell on me. Up until that point, it hadn't bothered me to clean fish (except for the yucky part of emptying their intestinal tracts) and I didn't even think about it, but just as I began to clean the fish, I could feel its very distinctive and rapid heartbeat. I don't know why I was so affected by that event and I still enjoy eating fish and meat, but I'll leave the killing of the animals to others, thank you very much.
The water supply intake for my grandfather's cabin (actually a 2 BR, 2 BATH house, with a glassed-in porch that sleeps 4, but we still call it a cabin) was just upstream a few hundred yards, so that it was gravity-fed. We used to think that was the best-tasting water that there ever was, tiny sticks and other unidentified debris notwithstanding.
Oh, and Rainey and Marianne, you could have had this shot, without any climbing, since you were already there. ;-)
Inside the old, abandoned High School in Toyah, Texas.
Story continued from this image...
Alright, so having discovered the existence of another opening on the other side of the building, I quickly folded up my tripod and made for the basement exit. I hustled around to the east end of the old school building, and whadya know...there's a big steel door standing wide open, it's 4 x 8 plywood having been removed and lying down on the concrete steps down to this basement entrance. I made my way down the step and shined my streamlight inside...nothing very impressive here either; just a hallway with a couple doorways off either side. I stepped in, and examined to room to my right.
This room was completely empty except for a non-professionally made wooden table, about 3x6 feet, of about the size and height someone might lay down on. The rest of the room was basically fairly clean of debris...it began to look as though this building had remained sealed for several decades, and had only been breached very recently. There was no tagging to be seen anywhere, which was quite refreshing compared to most places like this that I visit. Whoever forced their way in at least had respect for the place...perhaps an urban explorer type, rather than drunk teenagers looking for a place to party.
One other thing I forgot to mention about this side...the ceiling here is normal height, not 5 feet like on the other half. Not sure how they worked that, but it was a relief to not have to walk around all bent over.
The second door on the right side of this hallway was actually just a second exit door for the room with the table, which was the largest room I'd seen here yet. So I wandered across the hallway to the lone door on that side, which was right next to the outside door through which I entered.
This room turned out to be the bath & shower room you see in the photo above. The blue paint was both rich and in surprisingly good condition, other than a few minor peels here and there. I looked at that shower head arrangement and thought about how cramped together 3 young men would be trying to simultaneously shower there. I didn't like that mental image so I switched it to three young women...there, that's better...
Anyway, I decided to snap this photo of it, and as I stepped back into the hallway to fire off the red strobe, I managed to get my $500 Marchon Airlock glasses hooked on my stretch knit cap, and because they were so cold, the arms snapped right off. Flyin' blind now!
OK, so the other thing in this hallway, at the very end on the left, is the stairway up to...what? I didn't know yet, but it was time to find out. I was as giddy as a schoolgirl in a 3-head shower as I made my way up the creaky, unstable wooden steps, covered with dust and rubble from years of deterioration, all highlighted quite coldly in the flat, bluish light from my LED flashlight.
Hmm...what's that sound coming from above?
To be continued...
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_ Anh, khi đan trong tay anh, anh có cảm nhận được sự thân thương da diết tình yêu của em dành cho anh. Em hạnh phúc tràn đầy khi được ở bên anh. Chỉ có bên anh em mới thấy an bình và ấm áp. Em yêu anh hơn chính bản thân mình, mãi mãi em thật ngoan nghe anh. Em muốn hôn anh đắm say như gió. Và ngả vào anh dịu dàng như con gấu anh tặng em
_ Gần anh em thấy ấm áp thân thiết. Xa anh rồi em thấy nhớ mong. Em đã biết vui với niềm vui và chia sẻ nỗi buồn với anh. Em hạnh phúc khi anh hạnh phúc, em biết hy sinh vì hạnh phúc của anh. Đó chính là tình yêu đích thực em đang có. Tình cảm chân tình của mình vẫn mãi trường tồn theo thời gian anh nhé. Mười năm, hai mươi năm nữa, khi thành cụ già móm mém em vẫn nguyên vẹn tấm chân tình hôm nay dành cho anh.
_Anh có biết anh có ý nghĩa vô cùng với em không. Anh yêu, em đã nói có anh bên cạnh em không còn cảm giác sợ hãi, cô đơn, hãy bên em anh nhé, em mong anh từng giây từng phút. Anh ơi, em vui biết bao khi anh gọi em là em yêu và thật ngọt ngào biết bao khi em gọi anh là anh yêu của em. Sao em lại yêu anh đến thế, không biết bao lần em đã tự hỏi như vậy. Có anh em sẽ luôn vui để được yêu anh mãi mãi.
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54/365 - Carolina Drama - The Raconteurs
Today was another really tough day of hard work.
It started badly with the viewing of our work on the "Tea or Coffee" weekly theme with our studio teacher, and the work we did was not what he was thinking about.
We were too late at noon to grab the equipment we needed for the work of the afternoon so we had to eat something as quickly as possible and get back to the studio to finally take away a Mamiya RB67, a studio flash and a 120 Superia 400 ISO film.
We had less then 3 hours to go to town and shoot the film in order to make portraits on location of people working.
I was with Loic, Hugo and Florent with only 1 medium format camera for all of us... 4 different places to go to, including time to meet the guys, set up, find the good light, the good settings, to shoot, and to pack all things again... And be on time at school for the economic course, the "finish to kill" last course of the day until 7.15PM...
Luckily we met Simon who's already done his job and he lend to Loic and I his own RB67.
Loic had a appointment at Corezone shop but first we went to Hurley shop to shoot my film.
I've been there several times to take some testing portrait for shool, and the guys over there are really too nice and cool ! A huge thanks to them !
So this was a testing shot we did with the 7D to test the light before shooting with the Mamiya. Can't wait to see the analog results, this was a test for our studio course and my teacher will judge me on this work.
Also Loic did some cool shot with the Corezone shop's crew who are awesome !
Today I've chosen to quote lyrics from a Jack White's band The Raconteurs because it's a huge song and it's also on the original soundtrack of an awesome surf movie with Rob Machado.
I'm a huge fan of The Raconteurs and Jack White's music in fact.
Rob Machado is the guy on the picture behind Loic, it's an awesome surfer sponsored by Hurley that you should watch surfing !
Link to the trailer of the movie "The Drifter" with Carolina Drama - The Raconteurs music on the OST.
Light :
- 1 flash Elinchrom D-Lite4 with Portalite softbox at min power on the left of the sofa, fired with PC synch cable
Canon EOS 7D - Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG macro EX
Sébastien Huruguen
This is one of artist Dale Chihuly's glass art displays at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona. The exhibition at the Garden is named "Chihuly: The Nature of Glass" and Chihuly's work is displayed from November 22, 2008 to May 31, 2009. The Nature of Glass exhibit features new and unique works of glass artfully located throughout the Garden. Dale Chihuly is known for his innovative glass sculptures, and his work is immediately recognizable for its grand scale and vibrant colors. This is Chihuly's first exhibition in an outdoor desert environment.
“The artist permits and encourages photography of the artwork in this exhibition for educational and non-commercial use only.”
INFORMATION ON ARTIST DALE CHIHULY:
Dale Patrick Chihuly (b. September 20, 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, United States) is an American glass sculptor. Chihuly graduated from high school in Tacoma. Supported by his mother, after his brother George's death in a flight-training accident in Florida and his father's death of a heart attack, he enrolled at the College of the Puget Sound (now University of Puget Sound) in 1959.
In 1967, he received a Master of Science in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chihuly lives and works in his 25,000 square foot (2300 m²) studio, nicknamed "The Boathouse" for its former use, on Lake Union. Since losing the vision in one of his eyes in a car accident in 1976, Chihuly (who wears an eyepatch) no longer has the depth perception necessary to handle the molten glass himself. Instead, he conceptualizes each project with paint and canvas and then employs a team of artists to do the work.
About his work: His fascination with abstract nature forms comes from his mother's garden in Tacoma, Washington. One of his sculptures would be prominently displayed on the sitcom Frasier, which is set in nearby Seattle. His love for the ocean and its creatures is also reflected in his art.
Over the past forty years, Chihuly's glass sculptures have explored color, design, and assemblage. Although his work varies in size and color, he is best known for his multipart blown masterpieces. Also interested in Irish culture, he has produced a sizeable volume of "Irish cylinders," which are more modest in conception than his blown glass works.
Some of Chihuly's works cover whole ceilings of casinos and hotels, while others are hand-sized abstract flowers. Chihuly uses intense colors to bring his work to life. He is also known for using neon and argon.
Chihuly uses nature as a setting for his pieces, and tries to create his pieces as though they are part of nature. He sometimes entwines his pieces around tree branches and trunks. He also suspends them in space and floats them in water. Although it is not widely known, some components of Chihuly's installations (for example, the stacked aqua-colored chunks that decorate the Tacoma "Bridge of Glass") are made of an acrylic-type material rather than glass.
Source: Wikipedia
INFORMATION ABOUT THE DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN:
Nestled amid the red buttes of Papago Park, the Desert Botanical Garden hosts one of the world’s finest collections of desert plants. One of only 44 botanical gardens accredited by the American Association of Museums, this one-of-a-kind museum showcases 50 acres of beautiful outdoor exhibits. Home to 139 rare, threatened and endangered plant species from around the world, the Garden offers interesting and inspiring experiences to more than 300,000 visitors each year.
A charter member of the Museum Association of Arizona and National Center for Plant Conservation, the Garden is fully accredited with the American Association of Museums and American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta. It continues to build on its 63-year legacy of environmental stewardship, and has become nationally and internationally renowned for its plant collections, research and educational programs.
Source: www.dbg.org/index.php/about
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Inside the Walled Garden and a view of the tower of the 12th Century Church.
I've finished this set, arranged it in roughly chronological order following the route I took around the garden that morning, and have added a scan of the brochure and map/plan of the garden at the end of the set. If you have time, you can run the SLIDESHOW in FullScreen Mode and get an idea what the place was like in mid May.
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When Monty Don produced his television series for the BBC, Around the World in 80 Gardens, a few years ago, he chose only two English Gardens - Sissinghurst and Rousham. I had visited Sissinghurst on two of my earlier visits, but I decided I needed to see Rousham on this trip, so I took the 30 minute train trip from crowded, bustling Oxford one cloudy morning and then the easy 15 minute walk from the Heyford station, and was at the entrance to the gardens by 9:45.
It was like entering a different world. I got my 5 Pound ticket from a vending machine in the courtyard, and had been wandering around the green landscape for almost an hour before I encountered even one other visitor.
According to the Wikipedia entry: "Rousham House is still the home of the Cottrell-Dormer family, who keep the garden and estate so uncommercialised that no book exists to guide the unwitting tourist, and no shop sells postcards or souvenirs. A visit to Rousham today is very similar to one enjoyed by a visitor in the 18th century. The gardens and buildings are superbly maintained but not manicured. The visitor is not made afraid to tread on the grass or to pause for thought on a rustic bench. In such a state a spirit of the 18th century survives at Rousham."
For a very well written history of the garden, begun by Charles Bridgman, and refined and completed by William Kent by 1741, here is a link to the entire entry:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rousham_House
Here is the official link:
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William Brouillard
www.cia.edu/faculty/directory.php?faculty_id=15
Artist Statement
The platters I have sent to this exhibition combine several ceramic traditions. The first is, The Palace Art Pot. Palace Art Pots were made to demonstrate wealth and power. They were made to tell a story, to commemorate an event or a person, and to demonstrate skill and challenge the abilities of the artisans who made them. The second tradition is the Fish Platter. Fish platters were a staple of the Neo Arts and Crafts Movement of the 1950s and 60s. The third and last tradition is the One-Line visual and verbal Pun, Platters of the ceramic Funk Movement.
Humor through the use of the visual pun was a mainstay of the California Funk movement. Humor in clay has a tradition as old as the use of the material. I have always felt that humor has been given short shift as a serious emotion. Art work that uses humor and has been actively excised from collections of serious art. It may be that we do not understand the function of humor as well as we understand the function of the other emotions.
In the work presented I have tried to inject some humor into the decorative / commemorative object. The platters are big to give them a slightly overblown sense of their own importance and to be able to be viewed from a distance . They are meant for the wall and the table. The large size to fit the importance of large gatherings.
I have tried to replace historical patterns with objects reduced to pattern. Some of the objects are extensions of my environment or reflections of personal interests. Images of turn of the century technology, (the Machine Age), are a personal favorite. Subject matter ranges from humorous depiction of everyday objects to gender stereotypes. My abilities as A draftsman are limited but seem to be adequate for the kind and quality of image that the subject requires. They have a cartoon look as opposed to the crisp complexity of fine china.
The clay body, a red earthenware, is heavily potted and makes no secrete of its variations and flaws. The glaze work is in the Majolica style and is done very much like a watercolor on soft paper. The pots are fired twice. They are bisqued to cone 05 and glazed to cone 04. Some may have an additional firing to Cone 018 for low temperature luster and enamels. They are fired in an oxidizing atmosphere using an electric kiln.
William Brouillard June, 22 1993
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William Craig Brouillard
CURRENT POSITION:
Associate Professor of Art, Ceramics department, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, from 1980
EDUCATION:
M.F.A., Ceramic Art, The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY, 1976
University of Wisconsin, at Madison, Wisconsin, 1973
B.A., Art Education, State University of Wisconsin, Stout at Menomonie, Wisconsin, 1969
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:
Brouillard Studios, 2662 W14th st. Cleveland, OH 44113, production of pottery and ceramic commission work 1980-1993
Resident Craftsman at The Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina, as a full time self supporting studio artist in clay, with some related teaching duties, 1976 -1978
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Instructor, Teaching beginning intermediate and Graduate level ceramics, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. 1978-1979
Teaching Assistantship, teaching Kiln Design and Construction, to advanced and graduate level students at New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY. 1974 - 1976
Teaching Assistantship, teaching Two and Three Dimensional Design to beginning and advanced Students, also instruction in materials and techniques of woodworking, at The New York State College of
GRANTS AND AWARDS
National Cup Show, purchase award, University of Southern IL. 1992
Ohio Designer Craftsmen, purchase award, Best of 92 exhibition, Columbus, OH. 1992
Excellence in Design Award Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Best of 92 Exhibition, 1992
American Craft Museum, Design Award , for Excellence in Design, in conduction with the Designed and made for use Exhibition, at The American Craft Museum, NY 1986
Purchase Award, The Clay Cup Show, Southern IL. University, 1986
Art Park , Lewiston NY. Summer work and travel grant 1980
COLLECTIONS REPRESENTED BY
The Detroit Museum of Art [DIA], Detroit MI.
The Cleveland Museum ofArt, Cleveland OH.
The Millard Collection, St Louis, MO
The Sinker Collection, Detroit, MI.
The Vincent Lim Collection,Philadelphia, PA
The Pfannebecker Collection, Lancaster, PA
University of Southern Illinois
Ohio Designer Craftsman, Columbus, OH
Ceramics Monthly, Columbus, OH
The Cleveland Art Association, Cleveland, OH
Alfred University, Museum of Ceramics, Alfred, NY
University Hospitals of Cleveland, Lerner Tower, Cleveland, OH
PUBLICATIONS, REF.
American Ceramics Magazine, Jan. 1994 Studio Potter Magazine, Jan, 1992, "The Language of the Lip" NCCECA Journal "Developing a Plastic Alphabet", volume 6, 1985 Studio Potter "Ohio Potters", October, 1983 Craft Horizons, December , 1978 Ceramics Monthly, "Penland Potters", October 1977 The Alfred Kiln Drawings, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Publication of The Department of Art and Design, 1976
GALLERIES REPRESENTED BY
-The Clay Place, 5416 Walnut St., Pittsburgh, PA. 15232, 1-412-682-3737
-The Pewabic Pottery, 10125 East Jefferson, Detroit, MI. 48214, 1-313-822-0954
-The Farrel Collection, 2633 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20008, 1-202-483-8334
-Objects Gallery, Chicago, IL
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIP
-NCCECA, National Conference For Education in the Ceramic Arts
-SPACES, Arts Organization, Cleveland, OH
-OHIO DESIGNER CRAFTSMEN, North Central Area Represenitive, Columbus, OH
-AAUP, American Association of University Professors, Washington DC
Les fleurs sont belles en noir. Merci beaucoup
Je pourrais avoir une maison qui est plus haut que les arbres ...
Je ne pouvais avoir tous les cadeaux que je veux et ne jamais demander s'il vous plaît ...
je pourrais voler à Paris, oh that's à mon appel invitent ...
Pourquoi dois-je aller dans la vie avec rien du tout ...
Mais quand je rêve, je rêve de toi ....
Peut-être qu'un jour tu va se réaliser ....
Je peux être le chanteur ou le clown dans chaque chambre ....
Je peux même appeler quelqu'un pour me conduire à la lune ...
je peux mettre mon maquillage sur disque et les hommes fou ...
je peux aller seul au lit et ne jamais connaître son nom ...
Mais quand je rêve, je rêve de vous ...
Peut-être qu'un jour vous viendrez vrai ...
Mais quand je rêve, je rêve de vous ...
Peut-être un jour vous pourrez devenir réalité ...
When I Dream....By Carol Kidd
Aperture occupies virtually whole of interior face (left hand image).
1: recurved pointed umbo (rostrum) overhanging concave interior.
2: asymmetrical “ears” to either side of rostrum resemble scallop.
3: outer layer (periostracum) forms broad border beyond inner layer.
4: fractured calcareous inner-layer held in place by periostracum.
5: close-set concentric striae and a few indistinct radiating lines.
6: embayment on right side of shell.
Full SPECIES DESCRIPTION BELOW
PDF available at www.researchgate.net/publication/353918067_Aplysia_puncta...
Sets of OTHER SPECIES: www.flickr.com/photos/56388191@N08/collections/
Aplysia punctata (Cuvier, 1803) Account revised August 2021
Current taxonomy: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138758
Synonyms: Aplysia rosea Rathke, 1799; Aplysia hybrida J. Sowerby, 1806.
Meaning of name: Aplysia = that which cannot be washed; punctata = spotted.
Vernacular of just this species: Spotted sea hare (English); Môrwlithen glustiog (Welsh); Aplysie ponctuée (French); gemeiner Seehase (German); Pikasti morski zajček (Slovenian); Liebre de mar manchada (Spanish);
Vernacular of any Aplysia species: Sea hare (English); Lièvre de mer (French); zeehaas (Dutch); søhare (Danish); sjöhare (Swedish); Lepre marina (Italian);
GLOSSARY below.
Shell description
A. punctata has a rudimentary vestigial shell. Its height (longest dimension) is up to 40 mm, occasionally more; about 30% of the animal’s length. It is saucer-shape with a recurved, pointed umbo (rostrum) overhanging the concave interior, and there is an embayment on the right. It somewhat resembles a pectinid with asymmetrical “ears” either side of the rostrum.
The adult shell retains no trace of the spiral coiling of the veliger stage. It consists of two layers of conchiolin. The outer layer is the periostracum. The inner layer is transparent, imperceptibly calcified and limp on young specimens (fig. 1 flic.kr/p/DJpXbt ), and on older specimens is a translucent, thin, fragile, semi-calcareous layer, often fractured into pieces held in place by the periostracum (fig. 2 flic.kr/p/DSES2X ). The periostracum layer extends to form a broad flexible border beyond the inner layer. The exterior is amber-coloured with a sculpture of growth lines, close-set concentric striae and a few indistinct radiating lines. The aperture occupies virtually the whole of the ventral/interior face. On a living animal, the shell is concealed by the mantle (fig. 23 flic.kr/p/2oJVAzt ), except within a round foramen (fig. 3 flic.kr/p/CVh5eX ). There is no operculum.
Body description
The full-grown body length is about 70 mm and the usual maximum is 120 mm, exceptionally 200 mm (fig. 14 flic.kr/p/DQm3GL & fig. 15 flic.kr/p/Dqyc3s ). It has a large head and neck (fig. 4 flic.kr/p/DjbKoD ). The snout has a centrally divided oral veil which is usually loosely rolled into forward-orientated oral tentacles and curled flaps in front of the mouth (fig. 5 flic.kr/p/CVh2bn ). The appearance varies with the degree of rolling; sometimes flaps hang down from the oral tentacles (fig. 6 flic.kr/p/DJpNXK ). The snout is separated ventrally from the foot by a gutter (ffig. 5 flic.kr/p/CVh2bn ). The cephalic tentacles are also enrolled, but the edges are fused on the basal half; they resemble a hare's ears (fig. 5 flic.kr/p/CVh2bn ). Anterolaterally of each cephalic tentacle base there is a blue-black eye on a slightly raised mound of translucent unpigmented epithelium resembling a whitish iris (fig. 5 flic.kr/p/CVh2bn ).
Two large parapodia arise from the approximate mid-point of the body and extend to about 25% body length from the posterior where they unite (fig. 7 flic.kr/p/DJpNgz ). An external seminal groove runs from a common genital aperture, close to the anterior of the right parapodium, along the neck to the opening to the penial sheath near the base of the right oral tentacle (fig. 8 flic.kr/p/DJpM2a ). Raised walls along the sides of the seminal groove meet firmly at their edges, but do not fuse, to form a tube lined with cilia that propel the contents. The penis is spatulate with curled up edges and has an external seminal groove. It is engorged and extended from the everted penial sheath during copulation (fig. 9 flic.kr/p/DSEGJ8 & fig. 10 flic.kr/p/CVacmN ).
The parapodia can be held erect (fig. 11 flic.kr/p/DJpGJc ), semi-prone revealing enclosed anatomical features (fig. 3 flic.kr/p/CVh5eX & fig. 21 flic.kr/p/2nBEfgq ), or folded down to conceal features (fig. 12 flic.kr/p/DSEC4X ).
Colours and patterns on the external surfaces of body vary greatly between individuals www.nudibranch.org/Scottish %20Nudibranchs/aplysia-punctata.html (J. Anderson) , but usually there is a general progression in ground colour during growth from rose-red when small and feeding on red algae such as Delesseria, through brown or blackish-brown when on Laminaria to olive-brown when large and on Fucus (Eales, 1921). Many have fine spots of a darker shade of the ground colour arranged in elongate blotches, varying in prominence, which often form a reticulated pattern. In addition, some have white blotches. The edge of the parapodium often has a thin white rim, sometimes accompanied by black and/or reddish bands (fig. 13 flic.kr/p/DjbzG4 ), and the tips of the tentacles and edges of foot may have similar colours. The dorsal face of the parapodium, usually held concealed against the body, is unpigmented greyish white, apart from its border.
The mantle, enclosed by the parapodia, covers the shell apart from a large round foramen, and, at the posterior-right, forms an erect funnel with the anus near its base (fig. 3 flic.kr/p/CVh5eX ). The shell covers the viscera and the anal funnel fits against the embayment on its right-posterior edge (fig. 1). The anal funnel often protrudes when the parapodia are closed, but it is able to withdraw. The gill (fig. 21 flic.kr/p/2nBEfgq & fig. 22 flic.kr/p/2nBGFnR ) is a thick set, plume-like structure of loose connective tissue and muscle fibre covered by a partly ciliated epithelium (Eales, 1921, plate I). It has thickened lobes in place of the thin filaments of typical ctenidia. It is located in the narrow mantle-cavity on the right of the parapodial enclosure (fig. 3 flic.kr/p/CVh5eX ). It is affixed at its anterior end close to a yellow osphradium. The gill is usually concealed under the shell but may be erected above it if the oxygen level is sensed by the osphradium to be low. An unpigmented opaline gland is in the floor of the mantle cavity near the anterior-right of the parapodial enclosure and just to the posterior of the common genital opening (fig. 4 flic.kr/p/DjbKoD & fig. 21 flic.kr/p/2nBEfgq ). The anterior of the foot is almost rectangular and sometimes expands into a circular outline (fig. 13 flic.kr/p/DjbzG4 ). The posterior of the foot is bluntly pointed. The pale, unpigmented, narrow sole (fig. 5 flic.kr/p/CVh2bn ) is sometimes hidden by the edges curling together (fig. 11 flic.kr/p/DJpGJc ) and it may form into a rounded sucker at the anterior (fig. 13 flic.kr/p/DjbzG4 ), but rarely at the posterior (Thompson, 1976). There is no discernible subdivision of sole into regions (Eales, 1921).
Key identification features
Aplysia punctata
1. Parapodia unite at their posterior, c. 25% body length from posterior of body; see fig.3 in Grigg (1949) (fig. 7 flic.kr/p/DJpNgz ). It swims rarely, if at all, and clumsily if it does.
2. Foramen (fig. 3 flic.kr/p/CVh5eX ), a round hole in the mantle that exposes the shell, is larger, relative to the animal's size, than the foramen on A. depilans or A. fasciata.
3. Full-grown length about 70 mm, usual maximum 120 mm.
4. Foot occasionally expands into rounded sucker (fig. 13 flic.kr/p/DjbzG4 ) at anterior but rarely, if ever, at posterior. The sole is whitish.
5. Occurs all round Britain except parts of southern North Sea and north east Irish Sea.
Similar species
Aplysia depilans Gmelin, 1791
1. Parapodia unite at their posterior close to the posterior of the animal (fig.3 in Grigg, 1949) (fig. 16 flic.kr/p/DSEwU8 ). It is unlikely that it ever swims.
2. Foramen is smaller, relative to animal's size, than foramen on A. punctata
3. Length frequently 120 mm or more, up to 300 mm.
4. Foot frequently expands at posterior into rounded sucker attached to substrate. Sole brown.
5. In Britain (2015), confined to south west England; breeds in Cornwall.
Aplysia fasciata Poiret, 1789
1. Parapodia do not unite at their posterior. See fig. 3, as A. limacina, in Grigg (1949); frequently swims gracefully, see flic.kr/p/da9ojG (R. Fernandez); www.youtube.com/watch?v=x051Lw6LMBw#t=26 (M. Pontes).
2. Tiny foramen, pore-like on raised papilla (Grigg, 1949), is far smaller, relative to animal's size, than foramen on A. punctata; often difficult to discern.
3. Length frequently about 200 mm, with weight nearly 2kg, but up to 400 mm (largest British gastropod).
4. Foot pointed at posterior.
5. Reliably recorded from Dorset, South Devon, Cornwall and Channel Islands; rare.
Aplysia parvula Mörch, 1863
This species was recorded for Britain (Bebbington & Brown, 1975) on the basis of morphological features of small A. punctata specimens. Eales (1921) reported that small red specimens grew and changed colour to typical A. punctata when fed on non-red algae in captivity, so she dismissed their identification as a distinct species. Recent DNA studies (Golestani et al. 2019) found that A. parvula is confined to the tropical western Atlantic, and no DNA evidence for it was found in specimens examined from the north eastern Atlantic or Mediterranean.
Habits and ecology
A. punctata lives in shallow unpolluted water and occasionally on shores at LWS where its algal food grows; including red algae, Ulva (fig. 4 flic.kr/p/DjbKoD ) and Fucus.
Respiration: There is no obvious inhalent siphon; Jeffreys (1869) suggested that inflow was via the foramen, but this seems unlikely. Water is probably taken in between the body and anterior of the parapodia to the narrow mantle cavity on the right containing the gill (fig. 3 flic.kr/p/CVh5eX ). The water passes over the osphradium near the anterior attached-end of the gill. The current is created by cilia on the gill and, probably, on other surfaces. The osphradium tests the water-quality; if it is oxygen deficient, the gill may erect itself clear of the overhanging shell for better access to oxygenated water (Eales, 1921). The exhalent current leaves the animal via the anal funnel, taking faeces with it (fig. 17 flic.kr/p/DJpAiX ).
Defence : A. punctata is usually well camouflaged because its colour is often similar to alga it is feeding on. When irritated, the opaline gland (fig. 4 flic.kr/p/DjbKoD ) can release via the anal funnel (fig. 17 flic.kr/p/DJpAiX ) an acrid, white, viscous secretion, mixed with purple dye from the ink gland, to repel and confuse attackers. There are a few uncertain reports of predation on adults, but crustacea eat the spawn.
Reproduction: Breeding is recorded in February-November in Britain, but is most usual in spring. A. punctata is a simultaneous hermaphrodite, but distant spacing and positioning of the male and female orifices (fig. 9 flic.kr/p/DSEGJ8 ) prevent mutual interchange of gametes between a side-to-side pair in the manner of nudibranchs. One, acting as male, climbs astride another from behind and with the anterior of its foot firmly grips the mantle and shell (through the foramen) of the lower acting female. The penis of the acting male, engorged by blood and extruded by eversion of the internal penis sheath, is inserted into the vaginal part of the other's common genital aperture (fig. 9 flic.kr/p/DSEGJ8 ). Semen from the acting-male passes from its common genital aperture, through the external seminal groove on its neck and head, edge of the penial sheath and penis into the acting-female (fig. 10 flic.kr/p/CVacmN ). Often a chain of mating individuals forms, enabling all, except those at each end of the chain, to act as male and female simultaneously (fig. 9 flic.kr/p/DSEGJ8 ).
A. punctata often extrude spawn during coupling, and it often passes from the common genital opening along the seminal groove, escaping through a wrinkle part-way along it or continuing to emerge (confusingly) at the penial aperture. The spawn is a long string of spherical egg-capsules (fig.18 flic.kr/p/DSEwrV & fig. 20 flic.kr/p/DGfnSL ). There are about 500 capsules in each cm of spawn-string (fig. 19 flic.kr/p/DjbsiX ), and each capsule contains 3 or 4 ova. Copulation/ovipositing lasts several hours or even days, and the string is extruded intermittently in sections, each of which curls and tangles with the others (Eales, 1921). Its colour changes with time, so sections of string issued at different times by a single individual may have different shades from each other with abrupt colour changes corresponding to pauses in laying (fig. 20 flic.kr/p/DGfnSL ). The final colour is brown before veliger larvae emerge into the plankton. A mating/ovipositing chain of individuals results in a tangled mass of spawn strings. A sample mass from the River Yealm, Devon, had an estimated 135 000 ova (Thompson, 1976). Veliger larvae metamorphose after 20-22 days in the plankton at 15ºC into rose-red crawlers, about 5 mm long, feeding on red algae in shallow water (Thompson, 1976).
Distribution and status
A. punctata occurs from northern Norway to the Mediterranean, but is scarce or absent from the continental coast of the southern North Sea and extends into the Baltic no further than the Kattegat, GBIF map www.gbif.org/species/5191252 . It is found in unpolluted water all round Britain and Ireland, except in the north-east Irish Sea. the North Sea from Flamborough Head to Kent and much of the east coast of Scotland where it is absent or scarce. U.K. map NBN species.nbnatlas.org/species/NBNSYS0000173903
Acknowledgements
This account would not have been possible without the assistance of Jim Anderson, Heather Buttivant, Charlotte Cumming, Jonathan Campbell, David Fenwick, Andy Horton, David Kipling, Paula Lightfoot, Penny Martin, Simon Taylor and the photographers whose images have been linked to the account; their names are given next to the links. I gratefully thank them all.
References and links
Bebbington, A. 1992. British Aplysia species. Porcupine Newsletter Vol.5 no 6: 131 – 133. pmnhs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/046-PNV5N6DEC92.pd...
Bebbington A, & Brown, GH. 1975. Aplysia parvula Guilding in Morch, an opisthobranch new to the British fauna. Journal of Conchology 28: 329–333.
Eales, N.B. 1921. Memoir 24 Aplysia. Proceedings and transactions of the Liverpool biological society. 35: 183 – 280.
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Forbes, E. & Hanley S. 1849-53. A history of the British mollusca and their shells. vol. 3 (1853), London, van Voorst. (As Aplysia hybrida); pp. 554-556. archive.org/stream/ahistorybritish05forbgoog#page/n568/mo...
Garstang, W. 1890. A complete list of the opisthobranchiate mollusca found at Plymouth; with further observations on their morphology, colours and natural history. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 1(4): 399-457. plymsea.ac.uk/50/ .
Golestani, H., Crocetta, F., Padula, V., Camacho-garcía, Y., Langeneck, J., Poursanidis, D., Pola, M., Baki yokeş, M., Cervera, J.L., Jung, D., Gosliner, T.M., Araya J.F., Hooker, Y, Schrödl, M. and Valdés, Á. 2019. The little Aplysia coming of age: from one species to a complex of species complexes in Aplysia parvula (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 20, 1–52
Grigg, U.M. 1949. The occurence of British Aplysia. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 28(3): 795-805. plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/1391/ [has A. fasciata as A. limacina]
Høisæter, T. 2009. Distribution of marine, benthic, shell bearing gastropods along the Norwegian coast. Fauna norvegica 28: 5-106. www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/fauna_norvegica/article/view/563
Jeffreys, J.G. 1862-69. British conchology. vol. 5 (1869). London, van Voorst. pp.1-8 archive.org/stream/britishconcholog05jeff#page/n9/mode/2up .
McKay, D. & Smith, S.M. 1979. Marine mollusca of East Scotland. Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh.
Thompson, T.E. 1976. Biology of opisthobranch molluscs vol.1. London, Ray Society.
Current taxonomy: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138758
Glossary
aperture = mouth of gastropod shell; outlet for head and foot.
anterolateral = situated in front and to the side of.
cephalic = (adj.) of or on the head.
cilia = (sing. cilium) microscopic linear extensions of membrane that move in rhythmic waves to create locomotion, or that move particles and liquids e.g. inhalent water currents. (Scanning electron microscope image at flic.kr/p/qQB5zj )
ciliated = (adj.) coated with cilia.
conchiolin = horny flexible protein that forms the periostracum and a matrix for the deposition of calcium carbonate to create other shell-layers.
ctenidium = comb-like molluscan gill; usually an axis with a row of filaments or lamellae on one or two sides.
ELWS = extreme low water spring tide (usually near March and September equinoxes).
epithelium = tissue forming outer layer of body surface and lining the alimentary canal and other hollow structures
everted = turned inside out and, like a sock.
foramen = natural, non-accidental, opening.
lobate = having or resembling lobes.
LWS = low water spring tide.
mantle = sheet of tissue that secretes the shell and forms a cavity for the gill in most marine molluscs. Confined to the shell-interior of most British shelled-gastropods, but also covers exterior on Aplysia.
opaline = acrid, white, viscous secretion used with purple ink by Aplysia to repel attackers.
operculum = plate of horny conchiolin, rarely calcareous, used to close shell aperture. Absent from Aplysia.
osphradium = organ for testing water quality, usually near the gill.
parapodia = (sing, parapodium) flap-like, lateral outgrowths of foot, usually held up against the sides of some sea slugs.
pectinid = member of the family Pectinidae (scallops).
periostracum = thin horny layer of chitinous material often coating shells.
plankton = animals and plants that drift in pelagic zone (main body of water).
plicate = corrugated so ridges and grooves alternate with each other on either side of axis.
rostrum = beak-like process on shell.
semen = fluid containing sperm.
seminal = relating to or containing semen.
striae = (sing. stria) usually parallel, slight, fine or narrow furrows, ridges, stripes, or streaks.
umbo = (pl. umbones) earliest part of the shell of a bivalve and some bivalve-like gastropod shells, such as in Aplysia punctata. It terminates in a beak which is best seen on an interior view.
veliger = shelled larva of marine gastropod or bivalve mollusc which swims by beating cilia of a velum (bilobed flap).
View On Blackand LARGE
With its iridescent emerald green, copper, and blue plumage and long, ornamental neck feathers known as hackles, the Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) is one of the most beautiful species of Pigeon (Family Columbidae) in the World. Nicobar Pigeons are found on the Nicobar and Andaman Islands of India, the Solomon Islands, Palau, and on smaller islands off of the coasts of Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
Like other birds with metallic iridescent plumage, Nicobar Pigeons are at their most beautiful in direct sunlight. In the shade, the iridescence on their back, wings, and hackles is much fainter and Nicobar Pigeons can appear to be mostly a solid dark gray color.They have brown eyes, a blackish bill with a knob on top (larger in the males), a short, white tail, and the strong, stout legs typical of many terrestrial birds. A Nicobar Pigeon's legs and feet are reddish and tipped with unusual looking orange claws. Although they have broad, powerful wings and can be seen flying from island to island, Nicobar Pigeons are mainly terrestrial and prefer to run rather than fly, which puts them at increased risk from terrestrial predators.
I assumed that this must be a female bird since she was conscious of posing against a background that coordinated with her feathers so nicely :-)
Querol, Tarragona (Spain).
A beautiful view from the road.
Una bonita vista desde la carretera.
ENGLISH
Querol is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Camp, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
Querol was occupied by the Frankish troops towards year 950. The first documentary reference is in a letter of king Lotario, dated year 988.
In the 993 it belonged to Ansulfo, countal vicar of Gurb that, in its testament, left some territories of its castles of Montagut, Querol and Pinyana to the Monastery of Sant Cugat. In 996, Sendredo and its wife Matressinda sold, among other goods, the three mentioned castles to Hugo of Cervelló. In 1053, Guerau Alemany of Cervelló put in tribute and under the authority of Ramon Berenguer I of Barcelona, the three mentioned castles, in addition to the one of Pontils. This tribute was repeated in 1062.
The castles comprised the barony of Cervelló or of the Llacuna, and towards end of 13th century the castle of Querol became in center of the Barony of this name. The castle and the village were sacked and set afire in 1400, and both received manifold attacks in all the wars that knocked down the country.
The Barony of Querol was always tie to the Cervelló, of which it passed towards 1528 to the Barberà family, castelans of Vilafranca of the Penedès, and towards 1597 to the Saiol, which had it until 19th.
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CASTELLANO
Querol es un municipio y localidad de la comarca del Alt Camp en la provincia de Tarragona, Comunidad Autónoma de Cataluña, España.
Querol fue ocupado por las tropas francas hacia el año 950. La primera referencia documental se encuentra en una carta del rey Lotario, datada el año 988.
En el 993 pertenecía a Ansulfo, vicario condal de Gurb que, en su testamento, dejó algunas tierras de sus castillos de Montagut, Querol y Pinyana al Monasterio de Sant Cugat. En el 996, Sendredo y su mujer Matressinda vendieron, entre otros bienes, los tres castillos citados a Hugo de Cervelló. En 1053, Guerau Alemany de Cervelló puso en homenaje y bajo la autoridad de Ramón Berenguer I de Barcelona, los tres castillos mencionados, además del de Pontils. Este homenaje fue repetido en 1062.
Los castillos formaban parte de la baronía de Cervelló o de la Llacuna, y hacia finales del siglo XIII el castillo de Querol se convirtió en el centro de la Baronía de este nombre. El castillo y la población fueron saqueados e incendiados en 1400, y ambos recibieron múltiples embates en todas las guerras que asolaron el país.
La Baronía de Querol estuvo siempre vinculada a los Cervelló, de los cuales pasó hacia 1528 a la familia Barberà, castelanos de Vilafranca del Penedès, y hacia 1597 a los Saiol, los cuales la poseyeron hasta el siglo XIX.
Benvenuti in casa della pazzia…
Questo è quello che mi son detto io, giusto giusto un anno fa, quando mi ritrovai davanti a questo ingresso.
Era la prima volta che mettevo piede in un manicomio e ancora in me non era chiara la mia strada, dopo di allora tutto era cambiato, io ero cambiato... la strada era chiara oramai…
Chi mi conosce bene sa cosa ha voluto dire quel viaggio, voi magari lo avrete potuto intuire ma comunque questa foto racchiude in me tutte le sensazioni di questo anno che sta per passare…
Un anno particolare, oserei definirlo “pazzo”, con persone importanti che son entrate nella mia vita, situazioni vissute, a volte assurde, ma momenti sempre comunque di crescita e anche con persone che bazzicano da queste parti.
Un anno in crescente, un anno di consapevolezza, un anno che ha dato tanto e che va a conclusione magari in discesa…
Ma si vede che era cosi che doveva andare, per poter dare la carica per un futuro 2008 incerto…
Si, incerto…
Ma comunque con la consapevolezza che non si può tornare indietro, ma solo e in ogni caso, sempre e comunque, avanti!
Auguri di un buon anno, Ragazzi!
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Welcome to crazy house...
This is what I have imagined, just right a year ago, when I find again to myself in front of this entrance.
It was the first time that put a foot in a mental asylum and I still was not clear my road, after everything had changed, I had changed ... The way was now clear…
Who know me well, know what he wanted to say that trip, perhaps you could have guessed it but this picture holds in me all the sensations of this year that it’s about to pass…
One particular year,I call it "crazy", with people who are important in my life revenue, experienced situations, sometimes absurd, but always moments of growth and also with people who frequent also here.
One year in growing, a year that has provided both going to Conclusion maybe down…
But we see that was so that had to go, to give the office for a future unsure 2008…
Yes, unsure…
But with the awareness that we can not go back, but in any case, always and still ahead...
Happy new year, guys
ISO 100 f/2 1/80s 1 SB-26 @ 24mm 1/32nd power Shoot through umbrella camera right just outside of the frame, and 1 SB-800 @ 14mm 1/16th power with omnibounce and Roscoe blue gel triggered with pocket wizard plus IIs.
After cutting my head off last week for the sake of photography, I figured I owed it to myself to take a picture with my head; even if it looks better behind the camera than in front of it. I actually had constructed this photo in my head a few weeks ago before going to Ocracoke, but never had the time to execute it. This is typically how I look on any given night with all my gear slammed into this yellow messenger bag with a flash stand strap to the back. I initially tried shooting this shot at f/1.4 for bigger Bokeh balls, but the depth of field was much to shallow. Even at f/2, the bag is slightly out-of-focus. I typically avoid out-of-focus elements in front of the subject, it is a photography rule I choose not to break. As always when doing self portraits and especially at night the greatest challenge is getting the autofocus to work properly. I tried shooting outside my normal method and triggered the camera with remote, but the camera never could focus in the dark before taking the picture. What I like to do in this case; is stand in my position with my camera and focus on the tripod, then switch to manual focus and set my shot up. I had fun setting this shot up and I was pleased to see the results after weeks of waiting to shoot this shot.
until tomorrow,
enjoy
Recently I got a quick panning lesson from a very good photographer and I'm so addicted to it now. This is the most decent shot I've taken since then.
Some things about the image:
The red block in the background is a pile of bricks. There's a lot of construction going on in Vietnam from urban zones to rural areas. As a result, you can see construction materials everywhere.
The bike is a 50cc Honda imported from Japan. People used to import a great number of used bikes like this in the 80s and 90s. This vehicle is still very popular in the countryside since it's cheap, reliable, fuel saving and very suitable for carrying goods on long bumpy roads : )
Just have a look at the blue container that she's carrying. There are a lot of containers like this for sale in Vietnam. Many were used to store chemicals or even hazardous waste in developed countries. Don't know how they get to markets in Vietnam. Due to ignorance, a lot of people buy them to store food and water without knowing how dangerous they are : (
As you probably notice, her shirt looks quite strange. Well, most Vietnamese women have several shirts like this as they help protect skin from the burning tropical sun : )
Last but not least, there's something special about her helmet. Since September 2007, people are required to wear helmet when riding a motorbike in Vietnam. The problem is Vietnamese women hate exposing their skin especially their face to the sun thus the brim made of cloth was born. It comes in many styles and colors to match all helmet designs on market. You can attach it to your helmet and take it off for washing when needed. Many girls even choose different brims to go with their clothes :D
Best: View On Black
An iris from Audubon Park. One of the wild iris' found in this portion of the state. This has been a good year for them as they can be found in many places right now. However, they will soon lose their blooms. After Hurricane Katrina caused an influx of salt water that caused them not to bloom for a couple years but the last two or three years they have started blooming much better. The fresh water has flushed much of the salt from the area. Actually, there are five species of the genus -'Iris' that are found locally: Iris hexagona, Iris fulva, Iris brevicaulis, Iris giganticaerulea, and Iris nelsonii. Not sure of this species pictured above.
View On Black,Large and better
Shot it at Gangasagar fair,Gangasagar Mela is the largest fair celebrated in West Bengal. This fair is held where the Ganga and the Bay of Bengal form a nexus. Hence the name Gangasagar Mela. The river Ganga which originates in the Gangotri glacier in the snow clad Himalayas, descends down the mountains, reaches the plains at Haridwar, flows through ancient pilgrimage sites such as Benares and Prayag, and drains into the Bay of Bengal. Sagar Island, at the mouth of the river Hooghly in Bengal where the Ganga breaks up into hundreds of streams, and drains into the sea, is honored as a pilgrimage site.
A dip in the ocean, where the Ganga drains into the sea is considered to be of great religious significance particularly on the Makara Sankranti day when the sun makes a transition to Capricorn from Sagittarius and this town becomes home to vast fairs, drawing visitors and recluses from all over the state. There is a common belief among the locals that the girls who take the holy dip get handsome grooms and the boys get beautiful brides. When they are done with the ritual obligations, they head towards the Kapilmuni Temple situated nearby, to worship the deity as a mark of respect.
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