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Peratallada que ha sido declarada conjunto histórico artístico, es uno de los núcleos más importantes del Ampurdán en cuanto a arquitectura medieval se refiere. De un extraordinario atractivo y belleza, conserva su antiguo aspecto feudal, donde hay que destacarn el castillo fortificado con su torre del homenaje y el palacio (s. XI-XIV), las murallas (s. XII-XIII) y la iglesia de San Esteban (románica, de principios del s. XII ). Llama la atención el gran foso que rodea a esta localidad, excavado en la roca viva. De aquí procede el nombre de la Villa: Piedra Tallada.
La villa conserva la misma distribución urbana medieval: desde la Plaza Mayor, con sus singulares porches, hasta la trama de estrechas callejuelas, donde descubriremos un interesante conjunto de arquitectura popular.
Peratallada that has been declared historical artistic, is one of the most important nuclei Ampurdán about medieval architecture is concerned. In a special attraction and beauty, retains its old feudal aspect, where destacarn that the castle with its tower and the palace of the tribute (s. XI-XIV), walls (s. XII-XIII) and the church of San Esteban (Romance of the early twelfth century). Draws attention to the great moat that surrounds the town, dug into the rock. Hence the name of the Town: Stone carving.
The village retains the same distribution medieval city: from Piazza Maggiore, with its unique porch, until the fabric of narrow streets, where they discover a set of interesting architecture.
My world was white today....
Radiation frost (also called hoar frost or hoarfrost) refers to the white ice crystals, loosely deposited on the ground or exposed objects, that form on cold clear nights when heat losses into the open skies cause objects to become colder than the surrounding air. [...] air hoar is a deposit of hoar frost on objects above the surface, such as tree branches, plant stems, wires.
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She builds!
Inspired by Tanjeer Bhai's Dew Drops On Spider Web. I was in my host family's place today, so after seeing Tanjeer bhai's spider web picture, I figured I should shoot some spiders too! So out I went with my all knowing ten year old host sister, Christiana. She spotted this spider web within a few seconds, and we tried sprinkling some water on the web to mimic dew drops (with miserable outcome). The water just would not stick on the web (next time I will try some viscous liquid!). Anyway, this is a "non dew drop" spider web picture, and Miss S. Pider seems to be engrossed building her elaborate trap!
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La Rovina si è mantenuta solo nella parte nord e presenta la tipica seghettatura medioevale. Da non perdere per alcun motivo la collezione di erbe medicinali della contadina. Attraverso i castagneti ed i frutteti si raggiunge la frazione di S. Osvaldo. L’omonima chiesa (750 metri) risale al 1234. Di quest’epoca anche la torre, il coro invece risale al XV secolo. Vicino alla chiesetta si estende un piccolo stagno. In questa zona cresce una specie di erba che produce un fine piumaggio pallido. Unita in piccoli mazzetti, quest’erba è utilizzata come ornamento sui cappelli dei musicisti e degli Schützen.
Oggi è la giornata internazionale contro il cancro...In memoria di chi ha perso la battaglia contro il cancro e per tutti coloro che continuano a lottare per vincerla. Spero si trovi una cura a questa malattia. Il 92% di voi non copierà e incollera questo testo, tu lo farai? Orgoglioso di essere parte dell' 8%!!!
Today is the International Day against cancer ... In memory of those who lost the battle against cancer and for all those who continue to fight to win. I hope you find a cure for this disease. 92% of you will not copy and paste this text, you will you? Proud to be part of the 8%!
Eu sei que vou te amar - Vinicius de Moraes - María Creuza
EU SEI QUE VOU TE AMAR
POR TODA A MINHA VIDA EU VOU TE AMAR
EM CADA DESPEDIDA EU VOU TE AMAR
DESESPERADAMENTE EU SEI QUE VOU TE AMAR
EM CADA VERSO MEU SERÁ
PRÁ TE DIZER
QUE EU SEI QUE VOU TE AMAR
POR TODA A MINHA VIDA
EU SEI QUE VOU CHORAR
A CADA AUSÊNCIA TUA EU VOU CHORAR
MAS CADA VOLTA TUA HÁ DE APLACAR
QUE ESSA AUSÊNCA TUA ME CAUSOU
EU SEI QUE VOU SOFRER
A ETERNA DESVENTURA DE VIVER
A ESPERA DE VIVER AO LADO TEU
POR TODA A MINHA VIDA
Vinicius de Moraes (19 de octubre de 1913 - 9 de julio de 1980), cuyo nombre completo era Marcus Vinícius da Cruz de Melo Morais, nació y murió en Río de Janeiro, Brasil. Fue una figura capital en la música popular brasileña contemporánea. Como poeta escribió la letra de un gran número de canciones que se han convertido en clásicas. Como compositor dejó varias buenas canciones y como intérprete participó en muchos álbumes. También fue diplomático de Brasil.
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HaPPY WeeKeND FRoM LuCiuS MuNaTiuS PLaNCuS
After quiet a while, I discovered, that I got a new testimonial.
So it is time to thank my dear friend Ewa for the wonderful words she found.
Thank you, my dear.
To look at her wonderful stream, click HeRe
Look HeRe for more infos about the statue from Lucius Munatius Plancus.
Play it loud and………
The texture comes from les brumes.
Merci ma chère
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I used a few stockimages to create this.
Credits go to the photographers/artists who made the pictures I used.
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Hair: Renderosity and own.
Reflections and everything else: Me
Could be that i need to do a little adjusting, but it's pretty much finished.
Hope you find it beautiful. ;-)
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So I want to do a 52 week project. Yep. It's true.
BUT I want to do this in a unique way.
I've though abut this for awhile and I think it will be different and fun and include you all ^_^
Instead of me choosing the themes of each photo I want you guys too :3 I'll put up an image that says 'themes here' or whatever on my FB page and you guys can put up what you would like to see in my photos. You can put more than one just as long as I have themes! Every time a new idea is added I'll put it in a bowl or something and draw for it. You won't know the theme till you see the image :)
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As for this image...
This is a little different than my usual, not too happy with it... but I am experimenting!
And I was sitting in an awkward hole.
Son et lumière (French, lit. "sound and light"), or a sound and light show is a form of nighttime entertainment that is usually presented in an outdoor venue of historic significance. Special lighting effects are projected onto the façade of a building or ruin and synchronized with recorded or live narration and music to dramatize the history of the place. The invention of the concept is credited to Paul Robert-Houdin, who was the curator of the Château de Chambord in France, which hosted the world's first son et lumière in 1952. Another was established in the early 1960s at the site of the Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt.
This night time medium naturally lends itself to ecclesiastical buildings, stately homes and ruins, and has rapidly become very popular in France where about 50 annual productions take place, principally in the Loire Valley, at the Palace of Versailles and at Les Invalides in Paris.
Essentially the format involves no active participation by actors but a recorded narrative of the history of the building concerned by one or a cast of voices. To this is added music or sound effects as appropriate, all of which is synchronised to lighting effects which provide the visual dimension. Pyrotechnic effects are occasionally included to give added spectacle.
A relatively recent variation is that, rather than the music and narration coming through a concert-like sound system, they may use headsets, such as in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's "Lights of Liberty". This allows an audience to move through a historic district as the show proceeds.
Instead of going to the same places near the house every weekend we are going to attempt to travel farther away from the house every other weekend to see something new. This one has been on my to do list for years!!!
One of the things I love the most about photography is how as a photographer you are in total control to tell a story through the picture. The mood, setting, as well as the feelings the picture portrays are all completely within your control. How you compose and capture a particular scene can tell such a different story from one photograph to another.
This photograph and my previous post linked below are a great example of how by simply changing a few minor elements, I was able to drastically change not only the mood, but the emotion the scene conveys. Both photographs from this location were taken on the same morning. In fact, no more than five minutes separates the two shots. As well the photographs were taken from within ten feet of each other, and yet they convey such different scenes to the viewer.
The composition of my earlier post conveys a sense of order and symmetry. The smoothed out long exposure water adds a sense of calm to the scene. The B&W conversion further adds to the lack of drama and emphasizes a smoothness and flow from front to back. Overall the image conveys that sense of peace throughout.
In comparison the composition of this image conveys a sense of asymmetry and disorder. The motion of the water and waves exploding on the foreground pier adds a sense of danger and excitement. The raw power of the waves building in the ocean amplifies the drama of the scene. Lastly the warmer red and yellow colors on the horizon convey a sense of warmth and energy.
To me, this is the true heart of photography, the ability to capture and convey the emotion of a scene in a manner that it tells a unique story.
I always appreciate your critique on any of my images, as it helps me to improve.
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Hitech .9 GND Soft
Main scene and moon RAW files processed in Lightroom 3
Moon exposure hand blended in PS. Neither the existence or location of the moon is fake.
TIFF file processed with Photoshop CS4
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This was my view on my drive to work on the morning of Monday, 20 November 2006 at about 7.15 am. Some things just need to be photographed.
sym‧pho‧ny /ˈsɪmfəni/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[sim-fuh-nee]
–noun, plural -nies.
1.Music.
a.an elaborate instrumental composition in three or more movements, similar in form to a sonata but written for an orchestra and usually of far grander proportions and more varied elements.
b.an instrumental passage occurring in a vocal composition, or between vocal movements in a composition.
c.an instrumental piece, often in several movements, forming the overture to an opera or the like.
2.symphony orchestra.
3.a concert performed by a symphony orchestra.
4.anything characterized by a harmonious combination of elements, esp. an effective combination of colors.
5.harmony of sounds.
6.Archaic. agreement; concord.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME symfonye < OF symphonie < L symphōnia concert < Gk symphōnía harmony. See sym-, -phony]
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
How could I pass up face painting day?
For TRP Painted Faces
FGR Shiny things
View On Black if you wanna check out all my pores
I have not used face paint in a while, so I just had to participate. I painted my whole face up and my stinking camera was having some issues, I was paranoid that I was going to break out from having all this stuff on my face. It all worked out. I really need to shower, I washed it all off, but I still feel icky.
Well I am off to shower and do some running around I have been putting off. Hope everyone has a great Saturday night!!!!
Oh and I was planning on smiling today because Pimp and Ali were bustin my chops yesterday, but I would of looked like a freak with a big ole smile on my face... AHHAHA some other day!!
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hey guyyyys!
im sosoooosososososo sorry im getting so behind and stuff.
our team gives us RIDICULOUS amounts of homework. this is our 8th day of school and i already have 3 tests coming up on friday/monday. wooooohoo. x(
i wont be on much anymore during the weekdays now, im really sorry. ill try to upload at least twice a week, but im trying my best!! i know i have like 8 tags to do.. but i just dont have time right now. DD: ahhh. eigth grade suckkks. i hate algebra. officially. :P
anyways.. i hope you guys are having an awesome week! and for those of you who are starting school soon- good luck, i wish you the best. (:
if you join ill love you forever:D
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EXPLORE # 32 30.07.09
Nash Point Lighthouse
Position 51° 24'.00 N 03° 33'.05 W
Nash Point Lighthouse
Nash Lighthouse was designed by James Walker, the Engineer-in-Chief to Trinity House, in 1832 to mark the sandbanks off the point at the entrance to the Bristol Channel. The decision to build it followed a public outcry after the passenger steamer FROLIC was wrecked with heavy loss of life in 1830.
Two circular towers were built each with massive walls and a stone gallery. The eastern, or high lighthouse being 37 metres high and the western or low lighthouse 25 metres high. Placed 302 metres apart they provided leading lights to indicate safe passage past the sandbanks. The high light was painted with black and white stripes and the low light was white. In those days both towers showed a fixed light which was either red or white depending on the direction from which a vessel approached. The red sector marked the Nash Sands.
The low light was abandoned early this century and the high light was modernised and painted white. In place of the fixed light a new first order catadioptric lens was installed which gives a white and red group flashing.
Nash is one of those lighthouses scattered around our coast that has no claim to fame. For over 160 years its light has done its job as a sign to mariners to keep them clear of danger, its sole distinction is the discovery in 1977 of the tuberous thistle (Cirsium Tuberosum), a rare plant, which was found growing around the lighthouse.
Tomé la foto un domingo en un pueblito en Extremadura, España. Había más o menos 20 personas en la misa, todas mayores y casí todas mujeres. Me hizo curioso de como será en 10 años.
I took this photo on a Sunday in a little village in Extremadura, Spain. There were about 20 people in the church service, all of them senior and almost all of them women. It made me curious about how it will be in 10 years.
Well the whole day started with us getting there and going through a 1& 1/ 2 hour talk on what to do and not do when you went in with the wolves. They are wild but they are ok with people being in with them as long as you do nothing stupid.
Monty, Gail, and Pat were in with us the whole time and at one point I had three wolves surrounding me wanting to be scratched behind the ear. It was incredible. Valerie and Tony were there also. I will put up links to their streams tonight.
Oh and I will put up pics of the staff with the wolves also. I am in Atlanta waiting for my husband to get out of work. Talk to you all later tonight.
The Cathedral-Basilica of Cefalù, (Italian: Duomo di Cefalù) is a Roman Catholic church in Cefalù, Sicily, southern Italy.
The cathedral, dating from 1131, was commenced in the Norman style, the island of Sicily having been conquered by the Normans in 1091. According to tradition, the building was erected after a vow made to the Holy Saviour by the King of Sicily, Roger II, after he escaped from a storm to land on the city's beach. The fortress-like character of the building, which, seen from a distance, rises as a huge bulk above its medieval town, may in part reflect the vulnerability of the site to attack from the sea. It also made a powerful statement of the Norman presence.
Numerous changes were made over succeeding centuries and the edifice was never entirely completed.
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A little pause from Paraty photos... testing a laser trigger that I plan to use togheter with sound trigger in a new setup I'm working on.
The coin is a US 10 cents of dollar, aka "dime".
3 flashes used on this photo, 430EX, MR14-EX and Sunpak 383, all triggered by Cactus connected to a laser trigger.
The 40d remote live view shooting from computer is awesome, helped a lot.
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Uma pequena pausa para as fotos de Paraty... testando um laser trigger que planejo usar em conjunto com o sound trigger em um novo setup que estou trabalhando.
A moeda é de 10 centavos de dolar, também conhecida como "dime", um pouco menor que a moeda de 1 centavo de Real.
3 flashes usados nessa foto, 430EX, MR14-EX e Sunpak 383, todos disparados com o Cactus conectado a um laser trigger.
O disparo remoto da 40d com live view pelo computador é sensacional, ajudou muito.
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure: 30 sec (30)
Aperture: f/16
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire
Boat on the River Lyrics
Take me back to my boat on the river
I need to go down, I need to come down
Take me back to my boat on the river
And I wont cry out any more
Time stands still as I gaze in her waters
She eases me down, touching me gently
With the waters that flow past my boat on the river
So I dont cry out anymore
Oh the river is wide
The river it touches my life like the waves on the sand
And all roads lead to tranquillity base
Where the frown on my face disappears
Take me down to my boat on the river
And I wont cry out anymore
Oh the river is deep
The river it touches my life like the waves on the sand
And all roads lead to tranquillity base
Where the frown on my face disappears
Take me down to my boat on the river
I need to go down, with you let me go down
Take me back to my boat on the river
And I wont cry out anymore
And I wont cry out anymore
And I wont cry out anymore
Copyright© 2009 Kamoteus/RonMiguel RN
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The flat hill in the distance is a marvelous formation that can be recognised from miles away. Just to the south of it is located the historic 77 ranch first owned by Peck and Converse. Mike Shonsey of the Johnson County Range War was employed by the 77 ranch. www.wheeler-roots.org/histories/history-shonsey.php
In his book,The long trail from Texas, Ad Spaugh talks of burying a couple children who live with thier mother in a cabin east of Flat Top that took sick and died. They were buried on a pine knoll nearby Flat Top by a crew of sad cowboys.
My Grandmother who knew Ad and sadly recalled visiting with him about the burial. She told me of it before I had ever read the book many years later. Exciting and hard times...
oggi è un giorno di lutto nazionale...concedetemi di esprimermi per una volta esclusivamente in italiano e concedetemi anche di accostare a tutti i caduti italiani di tutte le guerre questa che è la preghiera del marinaio…l’ho ritrovata qualche giorno fa all’entrata del faro della vittoria a trieste ed ha risvegliato in me vecchi ricordi di quando la voce di mio nonno me la sussurrava ed io mi addormentavo sicuro di avere il petto più forte del ferro...pur pensando che a qualcuno farà fare un sorriso di scherno, ho voluto fotografarla perchè rileggendola, per un attimo, m’ha fatto battere più forte il cuore
♫ ♪♫ hazlo camino, campana, máquina,
beso, libro, caricia ♪♫ ♪
Venezia | Italia
Este presente, liso como una tabla, fresco,
esta hora, este día limpio
como una copa nueva
—del pasado no hay una telaraña—,
tocamos con los dedos el presente,
cortamos su medida,
dirigimos su brote,
está viviente, vivo,
nada tiene de ayer irremediable,
de pasado perdido,
es nuestra criatura,
está creciendo en este momento,
está llevando arena,
está comiendo en nuestras manos,
cógelo, que no resbale,
que no se pierda en sueños ni palabras,
agárralo, sujétalo y ordénalo
hasta que te obedezca,
hazlo camino, campana, máquina,
beso, libro, caricia,
corta su deliciosa fragancia de madera
y de ella hazte una silla,
trenza su respaldo,
pruébala, o bien escalera!
Sí, escalera,
sube en el presente,
peldaño tras peldaño,
firmes los pies en la madera del presente,
hacia arriba, hacia arriba,
no muy alto,
tan sólo hasta que puedas reparar
las goteras del techo,
no muy alto,
no te vayas al cielo,
alcanza las manzanas, no las nubes,
ésas déjalas ir por el cielo,
irse hacia el pasado.
Tú eres tu presente,
tu manzana: tómala de tu árbol,
levántala en tu mano, brilla
como una estrella, tócala,
híncale el diente
y ándate silbando en el camino.
Pablo Neruda
Church of Santa Maria Assunta in Sermoneta. Detail of the entrance. View On Black
Highest position on Explore: 182 on Saturday, December 8, 2007
Pour voir en diaporama les séries "A tous les 100 pas/ "...
Concept original de DIdier Bonaventure qui nous ouvre la voie :
la série A tous les 100 pas de Didier Bonaventure
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In every 100 steps ? It is a kind of advance, a course, a ballade. It is, while leaving at home, 100 steps after 100 steps (that is to say in all 2400 step and thus 24 sights) photographs of what was in front of me.
So, every day, during 24 days, on Flickr, on the same place and at the same hour, the picture of previous the day is replaced by a new image.
To keep the track of the past images, they are placed in a message under the image which changes. It is thus necessary to reserve 24 successive places from the dépos of the first image.
This choice of presentation has the effect of showing the messages of the visitors and their comment on the image which was, for them, that of day.
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À tous les 100 pas ? C'est une sorte de cheminement, un parcours, une ballade. C'est, en sortant de chez moi, 100 pas après 100 pas (soit en tout 2400 pas) 24 photos de ce qui était devant moi.
Au-delà de cette ballade donc, à tous les jours, même heure (14H), et ce pendant 24 jours, j'écrase la photo de la veille, pour la remplacer par une nouvelle de cette série. Aussi, pour garder la trace des images substituées, je les place au fur et à mesure dans un message sous l'image qui change (ceci explique pourquoi j'ai réservé 24 espaces). Notamment, ce choix de présentation a pour effet, comme pour une seule image, de montrer les messages des visiteurs venus voir et commenter l'image qui fut, pour eux, celle du jour.
Dire, montrer, faire les choses autrement, être soi ― donc différent ― c'est forcément prendre le risque de ne pas se faire comprendre, n'est-ce pas ?
Et à partir du 13 décembre.... à qui le tour ?
Ladies and gentlemen
Your attention please!
And now the moment we've been waiting for is here
I have something to tell you
Que sera, sera
Whatever will be
The future's not our
I believe in the future
I don't believe in miracles
Can it be true? it must be true! No doubt!
Life is going on as normally as ever
But suddenly something seems to have happened
Everybody seems to be staring in one direction
People seem to be frightened, even terrified
I want everybody to understand this
I don't understand
I don't understand
There are a lot of things we don't understand, either
We need answers from you: what did you expect to find?
What's going to be our future?
It's your responsibility to do something about it
Well, I have the key in my hands: all I have to find is the lock
Now listen to me, all of you!
Que sera, sera
Whatever will be
Oh you're divine!
Skin >Kosh
Lipstick Tat > Concrete Flowers
Hair > Cake
Corselet > aC Store
Pose > Fab Pony
We run out of time
Now you’re looking for me
Or anyone like me
(Un Grazie Particolare a Riri per avermi suggerito questa splendida song )
♫ "Island Blues " ♫
Oh ya ... you'll like it.
Taro fields of Kauai, the largest in the US. Taro has been a staple for the Hawaiians like potatoes are to us. It’s a starchy plant that the root is used to make poi. I tried it once, I don’t think I need any more. Not that is has a bad taste, actually there isn’t a strong taste, just didn’t care for it.
I ignored the no trespassing sign and turned off the highway on to this lane to get the shot. My plan if I got challenged was to say I was just turning around.
This was taken just outside the little town of Hanalei .... the PERFECT spot to retire in a tropical environment!!! … just my opinion.
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Jeudi dernier après le boulot Yoann et moi nous sommes allés sur la plage de Bourda/Montjoly (entrée Ifremer) pour tenter un coucher de soleil. Malheureusement, elle était pleine de joggers et de kitesurfers. La marée était trop haute pour essayer de composer avec les rochers, donc... encore un autoportrait (désolé ;-). Plage de Bourda, Guyane française.
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Last Thursday after work Yoann and I went on the beach of Bourda/Montjoly (Ifremer's entry) to try a sunset shot. Unfortunately, it was full of joggers and kitesurfers. The tide was too high to try to compose with the rocks, so ... yet a selfportrait (sorry ;-). Beach of Bourda (French guiana).
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Explore #33, thank you !
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Found this guy so loaded down with pollen and sweetness that he could hardly fly!! His posture and delight make me laugh. Always a surprise with Mother Nature. Another photo from my NC mountain vacation, although I'm back in Florida. I think the flowers are lupine-- but any help with ID is welcome, and as always, I so appreciate critical feedback and help so that I can improve and become better at photography.
As taken, 6/7/09, Uploaded 6/25/09 #5036
If you wish, listen to the song: Don't Worry, Be Happy, one of my favorites:
Each day during the year, Flickr employs a 'secret' algorithm to select five hundred images for a daily-posted Explore page —all exemplifying some sort of 'interestingness.'
▶ During 2024, Flickr selected seventeen of my images for Explore:
☞ Percussionist in the green was my most viewed, at 10,310 views.
☞ Lanceleaf coreopsis (sepals & petals) was my most 'faved', with 282 'faves.'
☞ Tree falls into winter received the highest position (no. 78 out of 500), selected on 12 December 2024.
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THE FULL LIST
● ROW 1
☞ Tree falls into winter (12 December 2024)
8,534 views; 266 'faves'; 78th/500.
---> This image achieved the highest Explore position of any of my seventeen images selected.
☞ Woodland at Glenn Creek (22 November 2024)
8,766 views; 217 'faves'; 102nd/500.
☞ Purple aster (13 October 2024)
8,992 views; 232 'faves'; 150th/500.
☞ Bird of paradise, against blue wall (13 September 2024)
6,177 views; 188 'faves; 313th/500.
☞ Paddleboard morningtide (28 August 2024)
6,632 views; 128 'faves'; 479th/500.
☞ Strasburg pitches (04) (28 August 2024)
6453; 73 'faves'; 186th/500.
☞ Umbrella in the foliage (12 August 2024)
9,728 views; 171 'faves'; 92nd/500.
☞ Moving Keys (24 July 2024)
7,379 views; 103 'faves'; 351st/500.
*****
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☞ Gnomes' back beat on parade (26 June 2024)
8,358 views; 120 'faves'; 216th/500.
☞ Dancing to the tunes (02) (26 June 2024)
8,514 views; 118 'faves'; 157th/500.
☞ Geese, too? (19 June 2024)
6,882 views; 162 'faves'; 269th/500.
☞ Percussionist in the green (3 June 2024)
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☞ Lanceleaf coreopsis (sepals & petals) (10 May 2024)
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☞ Arabia Lake (in early spring) (24 April 2024)
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☞ Arabia Mountain spring landscape (03) (5 April 2024)
8,822 views; 217 'faves'; 104th/500.
☞ Holy hellebore (5 February 2024)
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☞ Winter beech woodland (12 January 2024)
7,873 views; 210 'faves'; 474th/500.
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I am very pleasantly surprised at the number of positive comments this upload received. It is my very first 'public' showing of work with textures - a technique that I find that only few can do really well. Thank you all.
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Castell de Montornés, Desert de les Palmes, Benicàssim (Castelló de la plana)
El castillo de Montornés, situado en el término municipal de Benicàssim en la provincia de Castelló es una fortaleza de origen árabe del siglo X construida sobre restos de origen romano, que se sitúa sobre una escarpada cima en la sierra del Desert de les Palmes, a 4 kilómetros de la población y a una altura de 500 m en situación estratégica para la defensa de la zona, dominando un gran espacio marítimo entre las desembocaduras del Coves y del Mijares.
Esta fortaleza forma un triángulo con la torre San Vicente y con la casoleta de Salandó, que probablemente tuvieron la función de reforzar su defensa.
Se trata de un castillo montano de planta irregular, con tres recintos amurallados.
Cuenta con dos torres, una de ellas de planta cuadrangular que domina el valle de Miravet y la otra cilíndrica sobre el acantilado situado a espaldas del castillo.
Del primer recinto solo se conservan los lienzos oriental y meridional con algunos arranques de torres y del segundo recinto solo son visibles los cimientos de murallas y un aljibe al interior.
Del recinto interior se conserva varios lienzos en ángulo, situándose en este otro aljibe.
Los terrenos sobre los que se sitúa el Castillo fueron poblados desde la edad de Bronce, y posteriormente en la época de las ocupaciones romana y musulmana.
A finales del siglo XI perteneció a Pedro I el Grande, pero con la presencia almorávide y la muerte del Cid en 1099 las posesiones de Pedro I se ven seriamente amenazadas, siendo conquistado por los almorávides en 1103 y pasando definitivamente a dominios cristianos en 1234. Es abandonado en el siglo XVII.
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