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Just resize and frame it to fit a 1280x1024 screen
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We arrived in Tahoe early in the afternoon, did the whirlwind tour of Tahoe. What a pretty day, sunny, warm and party cloudy. Our first goal was to scout out the location of known photo ops, but also to find some new ones. We found several areas that we are going to go back to when the weather is better. A few parts in the back country, which I am really happy about. Since I have been trying to get Jim to go on a back packing trip for years.
Our scouting led us into Nevada to look for the elusive bonsai rock. Luckily, I had a GPS with the coordinates. So I set the GPS to navigate, so we would know how close we were to the parking/trailhead as we drove south. I looked over the edge of the cliff and could see bonsai, but the GPS still said 4.2 miles, then after another minute of driving the GPS beeped to illustrate that we were there. Oh well, just goes to show that technology still has a way to go.
We took the long straight down, boulder hoping route to bonsai. With camera gear, wading boots and extra warm clothes in tow... it was a bit of a journey. Luckily, we spent a few hours there, so the trip was worth it.
I posting an image from twilight, since Jim's sunset can not be beat.
Nikon D300
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Lee .6 soft GND
Singh-Ray 3 stop reverse GND
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Panorama sull’invaso artificiale che forma il laghetto di Baddu Idda lungo la strada che conduce alla caserma di Illorai. Il bacino è alimentato dall’omonimo ruscello che prosegue il suo corso attraversando foresta Burgos.
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It's been a very long day at work today, left the house at 7:30 this morning, got back at 9:30 tonight and have had a somewhat hectic time inbetween (productive though!) I'm quite surprised I managed to remember to take a photo of the day tonight with the little brain function I have left! LOL!
There is (as often the case!) a bit of a story here. Some of the older children at school were selling flowers this evening as part of their enterprise project. When I left to come home there was just one sad and lonely and very wilted gerbera sitting in a bucket of water. It looked such a sad specimen I couldn't resist taking it home, giving it a trim and some water and then immortalising it with a photo! There's something quite satisfying about taking an ugly duckling and turning into a swan! ;-))
Anyway, the Gerbera has perked up and I'm waffling, I should really go to bed! Will catch up tomorrow! :-)
O è il riflesso della luna o sei proprio bella, se vuoi siediti!
hai parcheggiato e camminato non sai quanto non sai dove sei, ma sei qui
lontana da te, lontana da voi, lontana da uno specchio che non dice chi sei
se sotto il cielo c'è qualcosa di speciale passerà di qui prima o poi
prima o poi, comunque tu lo sai ......
♫ "Ligabue " ♫
I thought i would upload somthing different for you all
as i think you might be getting a little bit bored with all
of the horse shots.but horse fans dont worry because there is more in the post.
This is the last photo I took yesterday evening at Monknash beach. About forty minutes after sunset the colour in the sky was beginning to fade, but was still quite attractive so I set about setting up this shot. A few test shots at ISO 1600 suggested an exposure time of two minutes forty seconds at ISO 100 to which I added about two thirds of a stop to take the exposure up to four minutes as the light continued to fade throughout. All that was left to do then was open the shutter by remote and sit back and relax for a few minutes with one eye on my stopwatch.
This was not my original idea, I had something planned out, and it would have really been something. but, it didn't work out. That's something that happens with me, i can never plan out a shot, i get too excited about it and it falls short. This time I just couldn't get past the NO TRESPASSING gate. but, I love this shot more than I think that original shot.
totw:: movie lines- from casablanca, but more so, from "As Time Goes By."
like my switch from yesterday's shot to this? haha from OMG scurry to aw flowers. heh
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I’m done.
And my oh my, that’s nice to say :) So I’ll now go through the typical 365 final shot description part…
I started flickr because someone told me about it and figured it would be a pretty good place to get some feedback on my photos other than my friends on myspace and facebook. I didn’t have much to use, and my stream was less than buzzing with comments. Then I found this group for a “One object 365 days project” and thought that would be pretty cool. Each day do something different with the same object. So I chose this little stuffed rat “Felix” and got pretty far, around day 23 I found FGR. Then little by little my “One object 365” dropped and I started doing more self portraits. Then, when I decided to do a Self Portrait 365 project I dropped my other project and started one Tuesday in August. The date meant nothing to me, and it doesn’t now. August 12th. It was just a day. Just a day that started this whole mess of amazingness. Just a day. But, I really think every time August 12th rolls around, I’m going to remember it was the start of something more awesome than I ever though possible.
I didn’t grow up knowing I wanted to work with art. I switched around with my “future plan” a lot. But I’d always loved to take pictures. I used to own a Polaroid and I would run out of film faster than we could buy it. Then I obviously went mad and sold it. Dumb. It wasn’t until high school that I realized that I belonged in some sort of art field. And it wasn’t until flickr that I knew it was photography. And, now, it’s switched again. I’ve fallen in love with theatrics. Theatrical makeup is where my heart is now. And I’ve got you all to thank for that. I used to play with my makeup in my mirror late at night. Trying to do what the makeup artists do in movies. Halloween soon became my favourite time of year because I could actually SHOW people what I did, without looking foolish.
I owe so much to this photo sharing site and this 365 project. It’s silly sounding, but it’s true. It has become a sort of therapy for me. I’ve let so much out with each picture I’ve posted. I’ve shared with you all more than I’ve shared with my family. I had no idea it would be so easy to tell you all everything that I have. My secrets, and quarks, random facts and tidbits. I suppose it’s because it’s just text on a screen rather than face to face.
I’ve met so many amazing people. Please, if I don’t include you personally, if you’ve followed me this far, know you mean a lot to me :) These are in no particular order.
-Abe.Oh Abe. I don’t even know what to start with. You’ve helped me so much more than anyone knows. When I was ready to give up you were there ready to pick me up. I’ve cried to you, and laughed with you. You’re an inspiration. Each day, each time you ABE a damn photo ;-) I am reminded how lucky I am.
-Liina. :) You, like your sweet hubby, have helped me so much. I hope one day, I’ll be able to meet you in person just to give you the hug you deserve. ♥
-Steven. I just can’t think of the words. You’re more amazing each day. I doubt you even know how much I look toward you. Each time you upload something it’s something new, something exciting, something beautiful. You’re one of the most amazing artists I’ve ever ‘met’ And hell, you’re funnier than most people in the world :)
-Erin and Ashley. You girls are freaking amazing. Everything you do. Erin with your film work, oy I just love you. :D and Ashley…you’re just the bees knees!!! Hehe. I love you girls. I know one day, when I move to LA we are going to have a road trip and have slumber parties and we’ll play with makeup and have pillow fights and prank call steven and vic :)
-Justin. My asian friend. Heh. You’ve been just one of the best contacts. You’re always so honest in your photography. And lets face it, you’re just awesome. Who else gives asian hugs? No one. Not like you. Hahaa
-Jenni. You were one of my first favourite on flickr. :) I think the first picture I saw of yours was “To Flickr with love”. I knew I had to follow you from what I saw. You’ve been the biggest inspiration here. Your art is just perfection, and you’re so natural at it. It looks like just another part of you. I’m completely envious of your ability to show so much in a photograph. From the simplest photographs to the most complex, I’m always amazed. Whenever I find myself in an idea slump I always find myself looking through all your photos and each time I’m amazed.
-Michelle. You’re my lovely, and I miss out note battles :)) you know you mean a lot. ♥♥
-Maite. Aw, maite mouse :) you’re like the cool aunt who buys me beer and sneaks me into bars. I look up to you. And your epic paleness ;-) Love you. Xoxo
-Carrie. You’re like the cool sister-in-law who drinks the beer with me Maite bought and dances in the club. You’re just wonderful. YOU’RE an angel sent down to make the world brighter ;-) I love you. xoxo
-Brookie. My skype buddy. You are just fucking amazing. You’re so real, that’s something I truly admire. You know what you want, and you’re doing anything to get it. I’m so proud to call you my friend. I wish I knew what else to write. You know how much you mean to me. You’ve been someone I can talk to about anything with. You’re an amazing person. A beautiful person. I hope you know that. ♥
And everyone else:: Hannah, Annick, Ellie, Tom, Julia, Jen, Vic, Joel, Charlie, Pete, Wendy, Tony, Rea, Dave, Martha, Paula, Kimmers, Pixie, Rich, Charlie, Ryan, Bex, Gooner, Flooz, Mike, Amanda and K. I love you all. I wish I could write to everyone. I know I’ve forgotten someone.
I know I’ve written a novel. But, I can’t help it. I just have to thank you all for following me through this crazy journey. Now I'm ready to start a new one.
NO not a year two. Not any time soon at least. but Something better. I've learned so much through this project. I've got to put it to use other than photographing myself everyday.
Thank you guys so much. for everything ♥
I wont disappear. I've got my 52 weeks. I'll be around watching your streams ;-)
I love you kids.
*mwah*
Explore September 22, 2012
I love turtles and often I see them basking in the sun ...; )
Aquatic turtles love basking in natural sunlight. While heat is radiated to their bodies from their shells, they often stretch out their legs which is to collect additional heat.
P.S. After you hit the alarm, stretch! Animals and babies stretch when they wake up, but somewhere along the way, many of us adults forgot how to have a good stretch. Stretching out the muscles after waking up can help you feel more alert and less anxious throughout your day.
Gracias al Photoshop, podemos hacer que nuestras fotos antiguas, pasen a formar parte de esta era digital, después de escánear esta foto mía de cuando era chiquitito, he intantado quitarle algunons desperfectos, no se lo he quitado todos, pero bueno, he ajustado niveles, desenfoques, ajustes de curvas, capa de saturación, capa de opacidad, y por ultimo un enfoque muy leve, cuando ya he tenido más o menos a gusto la tonalidad, le he aplicado una textura al sofá, para darle una nueva sensación de foto de estudio, y este ha sido el resultado.
Nota: En el primer comentario os dejo la foto escaneada.
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Explore # 56 Aug 13, 2009 .................Bottlenose dolphin View On Black
Atlantic Bottle Nosed Dolphin.................. Has to be seen in original size!
Nose Dip will give you an idea :-)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bottlenose dolphins, the genus Tursiops, are the most common and well-known members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins. Recent molecular studies show the genus contains two species, the Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and the Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncus), where previous thought was that this was one species. Bottlenose dolphins inhabit warm and temperate seas worldwide.
Bottlenose dolphins live in groups called pods that typically number about 15 dolphins, but group size varies from solitary bottlenose dolphins up to groups of over 100 or even occasionally over 1000 animals. Their diet consists mainly of forage fish. Dolphin groups often work as a team to harvest schools of fish, but they also hunt individually. Dolphins search for prey primarily using echolocation, which is similar to sonar. They emit clicking sounds and listen for the return echo to determine the location and shape of nearby items, including potential prey. Bottlenose dolphins also use sound for communication. Sounds used for communication include squeaks and whistles emitted from the blowhole and sounds emitted through body language, such as leaping from the water and slapping their tails on the water.
There have been numerous investigations of bottlenose dolphin intelligence. Such testing has included tests of mimicry, use of artificial language, object categorization and self-recognition. This intelligence has driven considerable interaction with humans. Bottlenose dolphins are popular from aquarium shows and television programs such as Flipper. They have also been trained by militaries for tasks such as locating sea mines or detecting and marking enemy divers. In some areas they cooperate with local fishermen by driving fish towards the fishermen and eating the fish that escape the fishermen's nets. Some encounters with humans are harmful to the dolphins: people hunt bottlenose dolphins for food, and dolphins are killed inadvertently as a bycatch of tuna fishing. A bottlenose dolphins can jump up 16 feet out of the water.[citation needed]
The Palace of Fine Arts was built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which was held in San Francisco. None of the buildings were meant to be permanent. However, the Palace of Fine Arts was so beautiful that it was not torn down after the fair. Miraculously, the palace survived the 1989 earthquake with little damage. The Beaux-Arts style structure features and dome and Roman-style curved colonnades. Surrounding the palace is a park with a duck pond. Adjacent to the palace is the San Francisco Exploratorium, which is a discovery museum with hands-on exhibits on science, art and human perception.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PALACE OF FINE ARTS:
"The Palace was not designed as 'a Valentine for San Francisco.' Maybeck visualized its colonnade streaming with people, finding a reward within the great doors."
The task of creating a Palace of Fine Arts for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition fell to the architect Bernard R. Maybeck, then fifty years old and known for his innovative ideas. Setting to work on this new project, he chose as his theme a Roman ruin, mutilated and overgrown, in the mood of a Piranesi engraving. But this ruin was not to exist solely for itself to show "the mortality of grandeur and the vanity of human wishes .... " Although it was meant to give delight by its exterior beauty, its purpose was also to offer all visitors a stimulating experience within doors.
In playing host to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, The Fair, which opened on February 20, 1915, San Francisco was honoring the discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the completion of the Panama Canal; it was also celebrating its own resurrection after the shattering earthquake and fire of 1906.
The problems of choosing the exact site in the city had finally been overcome and groundwork had been going on for some time. Last of the buildings to be erected, on the lagoon and close by a group of Monterey cypresses, was Maybeck's Palace of Fine Arts. With its exhibition hall to house the work of living artists (dominated by the Impressionists), its colonnade, and its rotunda -- plans for all of which had dazzled the Commissioners when the huge brown-paper sketch was put before them -- it fulfilled the architect's dream: it was as beautiful reflected in the water as it was against the sky. And when the Palace was completed (Roman in style although a freely-interpreted, purely romantic conception, and Greek in decorative treatment) its exceptional harmony gave it instant appeal to the public.
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Vilafamés és un municipi del País Valencià que es troba a la comarca de la Plana Alta (Castelló de la Plana).
Va pertànyer històricament al Maestrat de Montesa. Fou conquistada la plaça el 1233 per les tropes reials, i donada a poblar el 30 d'agost del 1241 a G. Ramon de Viella i d'altres. Englobava dins del seu territori els llocs de Moró i Vall d'Alba (aquest últim s'independitzaria com a municipi el 1925), passant cap el 1264 a poder dels santjoanistes. En fundar-se l'orde de Montesa, va revertir al seu senyoriu, seguint les vicissituds històriques dels pobles montesians. Fou unionista i agermanada, en contra del seu senyor, el maestre. Contra la pròpia orde s'enfrontaria al consistori de Vilafamés l'any 1635, quan hom va sol·licitar a la Santa Seu la compra de la jurisdicció alfonsina, incorporant-se des d'aleshores al Patrimoni Reial. Durant les guerres carlines del XIX Vilafamés fou escenari en repetides ocasions de les escaramusses hagudes entre isabelins i les tropes comandades per Cabrera, Serrador i Forcadell.
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Vilafamés es un municipio del País Valencià situado en la provincia de Castelló, en la comarca de la Plana Alta.
Ocupa una posición estratégica sobre lo alto de una mole que forma parte del extremo septentrional de la Sierra de les Conteses. Esta ubicación le confiere amplias vistas sobre el llano que se extiende a sus pies y los paisajes circundantes. A su vez, su posición a medio paso entre las tierras del interior y el litoral, hace que el municipio disponga de las características propias de una población de interior con las ventajas que supone su proximidad a la costa por lo que goza de las características climáticas propias de una población mediterránea, con inviernos suaves y veranos calurosos.
Las primeras evidencias de ocupación del entorno de Vilafamés, se centran en los hallazgos arqueológicos realizados en él , donde se localizaron restos antropológicos. Sus orígenes se remontan al Pleistoceno Medio, según el descubrimiento de los restos del llamado "homo erectus vilafamensis" en la Cova de Dalt del Tossal de la Font con una antigüedad de 80.000 años. Una continuidad en la ocupación del medio estaría reflejada en la Cova del Matutano, yacimiento del Paleolítico Superior. Las primeras manifestaciones artísticas aparecen con las pinturas esquemáticas de la Edad del Bronce.
Por lo que respecta al núcleo urbano, el mismo topónimo AVilahameç, ABeniffamez, denota su origen en época musulmana. De este periodo se conservan entre otros elementos, la cimentación del castillo que corona el cerro sobre el que se asienta el municipio y el trazado urbano de la zona contigua al mismo, de estrechas callejuelas tortuosas. Quedan asimismo vestigios de las antiguas fortificaciones constituidas por lienzos de muralla y restos de torres.
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So here we go yet another Marvel build from me. Like I said at the start this is going to be a bit of a series. I'm going to build 4 more smaller vigs each depicting the battle at the end of the 2nd Avenger's movie. I'll likely do a Hulkbuster diorama too. so yeah :) They'll all be about the same size and be likely having minor creative licence, slightly changing stuff. Slightly.
So Wanda using her powers here is a little bit of creative license. Sure she kinda does this when *spoilers* Her brother died, but I guess you could argue her flying and the way she's attacking may not be all that accurate but, I'm a big fan of Scarlet Witch, reading things like The Childern's Crusade. House of M and Avengers Dissambled I've come to love her as a character, and the power she has is awesome, so I was more inspired by the comics then I was by what's in the movie... kinda :P
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So this Diorama spawned because of the last one I built. This was done simply because I felt the tiny diorama needed a friend. I had so much fun building the tank, I'm very proud of it! I actually totally forgot to put an Aayla Secura Figure in this Diorama (I currently have one on the way that I just bought, so it'll be here real soon and I'll post an updated photo of the MOC with her in it)
The tree design on this MOC was very different for me, used a lot of SNOT and Mixel Joints and I think the design is really cool, it needs to be played with more but I figured I'd test it in this built and expand on things later :)
Next up is another Bionicle, then another Clone Wars MOC, Just the one though, there won't be 'Five' of them, but they will 'Echo' some of my favourite episodes (WINK WINK)
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This image was shot on my back lawn while laying in the grass with the 500mm propped up on a coffee cup
Learn to express rather than impress. Expressing evokes a "me too" attitude while impressing evokes a "so what" attitude.
E. James Rohn
2nd floor landing and stairwell, abandoned DLP Rehearsal Studios, Dallas, Texas.
Alternate Title: "She's Got Legs" (with apologies to ZZ Top)
Alternate Title #2: "Mannequins, 50% off!"
Alternate Title #3: "My Half Sister" (Thanks Mojavegirl!)
Camera position for this shot is almost directly above the one for this shot.
This is an interesting little place; a long, two-story building with a half-sunken basement in what is now a really rough industrial neighborhood, it had obviously in it's past at one point been used by a company called Austin Industries, based on the reams of files and cancelled checks found in several of the rooms. At some point a few years ago though, it had been repurposed as a band rehearsal studio complex, and throughout the building there were posters, handbills, and flyers to that effect. Interestingly, when I found out about this abandonment, I thought that it sounded like a place I had rehearsed with a band several years earlier (I’m a musician when I’m not photographing), and sure enough, it was! It was interesting to see it again, abandoned, in total darkness, and trashed beyond recognition.
Here's an aerial view if you're interested in how it looks externally.
The east end of the basement was under a few inches of water from a broken pipe that was leaking at a pretty good rate; frankly, I was surprised the water was still on, as the place had obviously not been used in some time and had been scavenged and trashed by vandals and appeared to be the home of a few homeless folks from time to time...fortunately not while Phil and I were there though.
It took quite a while for us to explore the whole place; 3 floors with lots of little rooms on each side of the long hallway, most of which were filled with some sort of trash of one sort or another; a bass drum case here, a mannequin there, a tacky guitar-clock here...lots to see! So the extended exploration coupled with technical difficulties we were both experiencing that night really cut down on our photo ops.
This is a place I wouldn't want to go back to without a mask or respirator of some sort; there's basically zero ventilation, as all the windows and doors are boarded up (well, except for one!), and with all the trash, water mildew, residue, possibly asbestos and who knows what else...it seemed like a good place to develop some respiratory issues.
Night, very, very slight amount of ambient sodium through the block glass window, blue, green, and red-gelled strobes, LED flashlight and mini-maglite. White-balanced at 2500K.
I was tagged by my pal saintinexile. The idea of talking about myself seems sort of creepy :D, but here it goes...
1. I am a Witch.
2. I am of 100% Italian descent.
3. I am a Leo.
4. My definition of a fun day is walking for miles on end while observing nature.
5. I do not feel that humans are superior to animals.
6. I believe that all life is of equal importance and that we are here for different reasons.
7. I believe in the spiritual world.
8. I am very loyal.
9. I am ambidextrous.
10. I am extremely orderly and sometimes think that I would have been good in the military.
11. I am a perfectionist and this causes me to be too hard on myself.
12. My personality traits often contradict each other, therefore, people usually can't figure me out.
13. I enjoy reading horror and mystery/crime novels.
14. I love horror and independent foreign film.
15. The 70's is my favorite musical era.
16. I have clairvoyant/psychic abilities, e.g., the other day, I had a feeling that I was going to get tagged.
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A Natale puoi
fare quello che non puoi fare mai:
riprendere a giocare,
riprendere a sognare,
riprendere quel tempo
che rincorrevi tanto.
È Natale e a Natale si può fare di più,
è Natale e a Natale si può amare di più,
è Natale e a Natale si può fare di più
per noi:
a Natale puoi.
A Natale puoi
dire ciò che non riesci a dire mai:
che bello è stare insieme,
che sembra di volare,
che voglia di gridare
quanto ti voglio bene....
A Natale puoi.
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I guess I am one of the people being boycotted for not inviting with multiple comment and fave groups. Or perhaps it's because I've had some in Explore. I don't know the reason. Well, I am sorry but I don't believe in that and I am not on flickr to promote everyone to Explore. I don't promote myself and I am not going to promote you. If you don't want to be my contact for this reason just remove me from your list. I am too busy deleting photos from my groups that are against rules and regulation. People are so selfish and rude! I don't require my contacts to invite,comment or fave. I know, like me, people have lives and are busy and I don't always comment or invite. I try to go and fave to at least let people know I am thinking of them. You know my profile, that says who I am, if you don't like my profile you won't like me so don't add me or remove me if you already did.
im so excited! Sara and I will be doing a collab... so in about a month or so you can expect a series inspired but Chevelle's new album, Sci-Fi Crimes. if you havent listened to it you seriously should. One of the best albums this year, i think.
i just wanted to send you ALL a HUGE thank you. Today, i saw that my stream has passed 200,000 views. i am uterly stunned, humbled, and in love with each one of you. so thank you. truly.
Sunset ~ Wingham Wildlife Park ~ Wingham ~ Kent ~ England ~ Friday January 2nd 2015.
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Here I am, my friends
Wishing you a wonderful week and a pink Tuesday
Back soon so miss me, guys
Ready for a beachwalk?
This one is exactly the beach, Leonardo was for his movie “the beach”.
One of the most visited places in thailand, before the tsunami
After it, the people stayed away of Phi Phi island, which was damaged very much from the monster wave.
The name of the island means ghost island, and more then ever it is one.
But he, don´t be afraid and please go there, the natives have only the tourists making money
And a day in paradise?
Why not there
Hope you have all a wonderful time without me
Put on the sunglasses and …………
sorry guys
I am away
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A small and nice "chateau" found during a short sunrise trip around the Normandy countryside. These typical manor houses are really common in french speaking regions. Care should be taken when translating the word château into English. It is not used in the same way as "castle", and most châteaux are described in English as "palaces" or "country houses" rather than "castles".
Ven a conocer el Cerrato... te encantará
Para YessJM
Caminos que unen las poblaciones de Soto de Cerrato y Cevico de la Torre, en Palencia (Castilla y León, España).
Saludos. Oscar L.P.
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Puente nuevo
Construido sobre el río Ter hacia el s. XII, con modificaciones en los XVI y XVII, permitía el acceso a la villa y formaba parte de la vía que conducía hacia la Cerdanya.
The settlement of Camprodon was in 1118, when Ramon Berenguer III allowed the building of a market near the monastery of Sant Pere de Camprodon, which is located the present-day city. In 1252 Camprodon reached the title of royal city and left the jurisdiction of the abbot of Sant Pere.
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Fastnet Rock (Irish: An Charraig Aonair, meaning Rock of Solitude or Lonesome Rock) is a small clay-slate island with quartz veins and the most southerly point of Ireland, 6.5 km southwest of Cape Clear Island (Oileán Chléire) in County Cork, which is itself 13 km (8 miles) from the mainland. It lies in the Atlantic Ocean 11.3 km south of mainland County Cork, at latitude 51.37°N. It rises to about 30 m above low water mark. Study of the documentary record suggests that the name is from Old Norse Hvastann-ey 'sharp tooth island'.
Divided into Fastnet Rock proper and the much smaller Little Fastnet to the south by a 10 m (30 ft) wide channel, it also had the nickname 'Ireland's Teardrop' as it was the last part of the country seen by Irish emigrants to the United States in the 19th century as they sailed past it.
Characteristics of the Fastnet Rock Lighthouse
Position
51º 23.3’ North 9º 36.1’West
Light
Fl W 5s White Flash every 5 seconds, also exhibited by day when the fog signal is sounding: nominal range 27 nautical miles.
Radar Beacon
Morse ‘G’ on vessel’s radar display.
Fog Signal
4 blasts every 60 seconds
Height of Tower
54 metres
Height of Light above mean high water springs
49 metres
FASTNET ROCK
I write a logbook in this lighthouse,
Autumn waning, winter coming
Wind from the North
Gelid blowing;
Sun cloud-shadowed,
shortening days.
ships wave battered,
ploughing ocean,
And every night
migrant birds calling.
Spindrift sprayed.
The tower windows;
A time of change
That's my log.
D.J O'Sullivan (From Fastnet to Inishtrahull)
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Soria: Album/Set
Gracias a tod@s por los comentarios. Thanks to @ll for the coments.
Paz a todos en estos días. Peace to @ll peopele in these days.
Explore: 27 Dec 2010 in # 12 [Frontpage]
Canon 450D + CANON EF24-105 4L IS USM, @24mm, 1/500 sec, f/6,3, ISO 400
No Tripod, Date 12/05/2010 14:06:20
Foto tomada en el final del cañón del río Lobos, justo donde nace el río Ucero.
Era domingo por la mañana, con bastante frío... y qué mejor que ir a la Ermita de San Bartolome de Ucero, claro con la nevada.. el camino estaba completamente blanco. Decir que no fui el único valiente que decidió caminar por la nieve, había bastantes paseantes. Primer paso fue dejar el coche a la entrada del cañón y subir andando, ya que la pista estaba completamente blanca e incluso helada en alguna zona.
Río Ucero: El río Ucero nace en el Manadero de "La Galiana", también llamado "Manantial de la Galiana", "Fuente de la Galiana" y "Nacedero del río Ucero", que se encuentra situado a la salida del Cañón del río Lobos.
El río Lobos, que nace en la provincia de Burgos, recoge las escorrentías y drenajes subterráneos de los materiales no permeables y de alguna pequeña fuente kárstica.
Al llegar a la Sierra de Cabrejas se encuentra con materiales calizos del Cretácico y se encaja en un angosto y magnífico cañón que se prolonga hasta el Nacedero del río Ucero.
Se estima que la velocidad del agua al recorrer el acuífero es baja, aproximadamente 10 kms. a la semana (60m/h). En el Nacedero el caudal medio es de 650 l/sg, la temperatura del agua de 10º C, y posee 8,3 cm3 de oxígeno disuelto por litro de agua.
English:
Photo taken at the end of the river Lobos Cannyon at the point where the Ucero river springs up to life.
It was a cold Sunday morning ... and there was nothing better than hiking in the snow to the San Batolome de Ucero hermitage. The road was completely covered in snow. I wasn't the only brave one to venture in the snow though - there were a lot of other hikers around. First, I had to leave the car at the beginning of the cannyon and then climb up, since the road was clomplety covered in snow and even ice in some parts.
Ucero River: The source of the river is in "La Galiana", also known as "Manantial (spring) de la Galiana", "Fuente (foutain) de la Galiana" and "Nacedero (source) del río Ucero", and is located at the end of the Lobos river cannyon.
The Lobos river, which begins in the province of Burgos, sweeps non-permeable materials from the undercurrents and runoffs as well as some karstic debri.
When it runs trhough Sierra de Cabrejas, the river collects chalk sediments from the Cretaceous period and runs through a narrow but magnificent cannyon until it reaches the source of the Ucero river.
The speed of the water is estimated to be low, aprox. 10km per week (60m/h). The average flow at the source of the river is 650l/sec/, the temperature of the water, 10º C and contains 8,3 cm3 dissolved oxygen per litre of water.
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Teruel: Album/Set
Explore: 21 Oct 2010 in # 1 [Front Page]
Canon 450D + CANON EF24-105 4L IS USM, @32mm, 1/60 sec, f/11, ISO 100
Tripod, Date 05/08/2010 7:47:00
Eran las 6:00 AM del 5/08/2010 cuando despertaba y tras vestirme raudo y veloz tomaba el coche y partía hacia Albarracín, en el camino al pasar por Calamocha (Conocido en España por ser uno de los lugares que marca mínimas en invierno, alguna vez los -25ºC), observe que el coche me daba una temperatura de 10ºC(baja para ser España en Agosto), había algo de bruma ya que el día anterior llovió por la tarde. Antes quise pasar por Peracense, donde hay un castillo muy particular por lo camuflado que queda con el entorno. Y puede realizar algunas fotos antes pasar por Albarracín (di una vuelta entera por los exteriores del castillo).
Imagen desde una de las rocas que se situan al lado del castillo. Panorama compuesto por dos tomas horizontales.
Peracense
Situación: La fortaleza de Peracense se halla colgada sobre un apartado risco de la sierra Menera, en el municipio de Peracense, a unos 45 kilómetros de Teruel.
Historia: El origen de este castillo no está nada claro. Según parece, por los restos arqueológicos hallados en sus proximidades, debió de ser la defensa de un pequeño poblado medieval, conocido por los lugareños como la Villeta, lugar del que procedería la imagen medieval de la Virgen con el Niño que se conserva en la iglesia parroquial de la localidad. Según información manejada por Cristóbal Guitart ya existía en 1284, pues fue utilizado por las tropas reales como punto de partida para la conquista de Albarracín. No obstante, también se han encontrado restos celtíberos y romanos, lo que da idea de lo ancestral de su origen. La fortaleza propiamente dicha, y que podemos ver hoy día, fue edificada hacia la primera mitad del siglo XIV para uso estrictamente militar.
A pesar de su situación, ya que se encuentra mucho más próximo a Teruel que a Daroca, y justo en el límite que durante la Edad Media separaba los territorios de ambas comunidades, el castillo de Peracense estaba administrado por alcaides nombrados por la comunidad darocense. El castillo se encuentra ubicado junto al monte o peña de San Ginés, todo un hito geográfico ya señalado al citar los límites espaciales de Teruel, comunidad que se forma con parte del territorio ya conquistado a los musulmanes por las tropas de Daroca, para que quede claro hasta dónde se extienden una y otra.
La construcción del castillo de Peracense, como la de otros castillos vecinos fue fruto de la rivalidad medieval entre los reinos de Castilla y Aragón. Su misión era la de controlar uno de los posibles puntos de acceso por los que las tropas castellanas podían penetrar en Aragón en momentos de conflicto, y evitar así su llegada a todo el Valle del Jiloca y a localidades tan importantes como Santa Eulalia, Villafranca, Monreal del Campo o la propia ciudad de Teruel. No obstante, parece que el acceso de las tropas castellanas podía hacerse desde otros puntos cercanos y de más difícil defensa, de manera que este castillo apenas fue atacado ni asediado.
Una de las razones de la relativa falta de uso de este castillo es que siempre se encontró adecuadamente protegido por otros elementos defensivos del entorno, por un lado la torre de planta rectangular que se levanta en el ya citado cerro de San Ginés, el principal punto de control visual por su ubicación en una elevación del terreno dentro de un entorno eminentemente llano, y por otro el castillo de Ródenas, un gran desconocido de la castellología que sin embargo le sirvió de pantalla protectora. La más clara prueba de ello es que del de Ródenas apenas quedan los restos de algún muro en la parte superior, mientras que en el de Peracense los restos han tenido siempre mayor importancia, aun antes de la reciente restauración. Como el castillo de Ródenas sí que pertenecía a la Comunidad de Teruel, se plantea otra posibilidad, que ambos castillos se mantuvieran para proteger las posesiones de sus respectivas comunidades ante posibles conflictos entre ellas, más que dedicarse a defender Aragón de la amenaza de incursiones por parte de los castellanos.
Como ya se ha dicho, no existen citas importantes que atestigüen asedios de este castillo por parte de tropas enemigas durante la Edad Media. Hay que esperar a los episodios bélicos de la primera guerra carlista para documentar de nuevo su utilización parcial.
Descripción: El castillo de Peracense se mimetiza con el paisaje de manera que parece formar parte de él como si de un fenómeno geológico se tratara. La forma que adquiere es la de un espolón de un barco varado en la montaña del que destaca la torre principal por su altura y rotundidad.
La fortaleza es de planta curadrada irregular, ocupa unos 4.000 metros cuadrados, se divide en tres recintos concéntricos y está situada sobre una escarpada peña, siendo inexpugnable por varios de sus flancos. El recinto interior es la plaza de armas, de unos 60 x 40 metros, y en ella se puede observar una especie de nichos que debieron ser utilizados para almacenar víveres y para que los guerreros se resguardasen del frío.
Sus laderas norte y este son inexpugnables, y en el sur y oeste se levantó una muralla en forma de ángulo recto de unos 3 metros de espesor, reforzada por tres torreones rectangulares.
La entrada al castillo es un estrecho portillo al borde del precipicio. Hay saeteras y subsisten bastantes almenas. Sólo queda la pared frontal de lo que fue la Torre del Homenaje.
English:
Peracense
Situation: Peracense's strength(fortress) is hung on an isolated crag of the saw Menera, in Peracense's municipality, to approximately 45 kilometres of Teruel.
History: The origin of this castle is not not clear at all. As it seems, for the archaeological remains found in his(her,your) proximities, it was necessary to to have been the defense of a small medieval settlement, known by the villagers as the Villeta, place from which the medieval image of the Virgin would come with the Child who remains in the parochial church of the locality. According to information handled by Christopher Guitart already it existed in 1284, since it was used by the royal troops as point of item for Albarracín's conquest. Nevertheless, also they have found Celtiberian and Roman remains, which gives idea of the ancient of your origin. The strength in strict sense, and that we can see today, was built towards the first half of the 14th century for strictly military use.
In spite of your situation, since he is much more near to Teruel than to Daroca, and I joust in the limit that during the Middle Ages was separating the territories of both communities, Peracense's castle was administered by wardens named by the community darocense. The castle is located close to the mount or San Ginés's rock, the whole geographical milestone already indicated on having mentioned the spatial limits of Teruel, community that is formed by part of the territory already conquered from the Muslims by Daroca's troops, in order that it(he) remains clear up to where there spread one and other one.
The construction of Peracense's castle, since that of other neighboring castles was a fruit of the medieval rivalry among the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon. Your mission was it of controlling one of the possible points of access for which the Castilian troops could penetrate in Aragon in moments of conflict, and avoid this way his(her,your) arrival to the whole Valley of the Jiloca and to localities as important as Holy Eulalia, Villafranca, Monreal of the Field or the own city of Teruel. Nevertheless, it seems that the access of the Castilian troops could be done from other nearby points and of more difficult defense, so that this castle scarcely was attacked not besieged. One of the reasons of the relative mistake of use of this castle is that always was protected adequately by other defensive elements of the environment, on the one hand the tower of rectangular floor that gets up in San Ginés's already mentioned hill, the principal point of visual control for your location in an elevation of the area inside an eminently flat environment, and for other one the castle of Ródenas, a great stranger of the castellología who nevertheless used him as protective screen. The clearest test of it is that of that of Ródenas scarcely they stay the remains of some wall in the top part, whereas in that of Peracense the remains have had always major importance, even before the recent restoration. As Ródenas's castle yes that concerned to the Community of Teruel, Another possibility appears, that both castles were kept to protect the possessions of your respective communities before possible conflicts among them, more than to dedicate to defending Aragon of the threat of incursions on the part of the Castilians.
Since already it has been said, there do not exist important appointments that testify sieges of this castle on the part of enemy troops during the Middle Ages. It is necessary to wait to the warlike episodes of the first war Carlist to document again your partial utilization.
Description: Peracense's castle changes color with the landscape so that it seems to form a part of it as if about a geological phenomenon it was treating itself. The form that it acquires is that of a spur of a ship beached in the mountain of which the principal tower stands out for your height and rotundity.
The strength is of floor curadrada irregular, occupies approximately 4.000 square meters, divides in three concentric enclosures and is placed on a steep rock, being impregnable for several of your flanks. The interior enclosure is the square of weapon, of approximately 60 x 40 meters, and in it it is possible to observe a species of niches that they have should to be used to store provisions and in order that the warriors should protect themselves of the cold.
Your hillsides north and this sound impregnable, and in the south and west a wall got up in the shape of right angle of approximately 3 meters of thickness, reinforced by three rectangular towers.
The entry to the castle is a narrow gap at the edge of the precipice. It is saeteras and enough battlements survive. Only the frontal wall stays of what was the Torre del Homenaje.
Cuando uno rememora los cuentos de hadas, las historias que de pequeño solía escucharlas de boca de nuestros padres, o de nuestros abuelos, siempre nos viene a la memoria el escenario en el que se desarrollaban en nuestra imaginación. Un bosque sombrío, húmedo y lleno de grandes árboles, llenaba de misterio y curiosidad las peripecias de Pulgarcito, de Hensel y Gretel, de la Bella Durmiente o de Caperucita Roja. Estos bosques, cuando uno se hace mayor, dejan de existir en nuestra imaginación y parece que se esfuman de nuestra conciencia como un azucarillo en el cafe. Parajes como este, (El castañar de El Tiemblo) nos ayudan a recordar que estos bosques todavía existen, y que tienen una capacidad de sugerencia y evocación suficiente para imaginar el desarrollo de mil y una historias, a cual más fantástica y atrayente. En cualquier época del año es recomendable visitar el bosque, pero hay que reconocer que es en Otoño cuando despliega toda su fuerza, especialmente por el contraste cromático de los castaños con los sotos de robles, servales, acebos y pinos de la zona.
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