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♫ Listen ♫ by Roberta Flack - one of my all time favorite.
Not my photo, but sure was fun to play with (see this cool group link below)! Gorgeous texture from Vanessa.
Will be back next week. Going on a trip :-)
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This is my edited version of RusticUrban's photo.
I did this for the Process my photo (not better, just different) Group (Week 1))
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Stowe I reworked detail...... V&A
To build, to plant, whatever you intend,
To rear the Column, or the Arch to bend,
To swell the Terras, or to sink the Grot;
In all, let Nature never be forgot.
But treat the Goddess like a modest fair,
Nor over-dress, nor leave her wholly bare;
Let not each beauty ev'ry where be spy'd,
Where half the skill is decently to hide.
He gains all points who pleasingly confounds
Surprises, varies, and conceals the Bounds.
Consult the Genius of the Place in all;
That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall,
Or helps th' ambitious Hill the heav'n to scale,
Or scoops in circling theatres the Vale,
Calls in the Country, catches opening glades,
Joins willing woods, and varies shades from shades,
Now breaks or now directs th' intending Lines;
Paints as you plant, and, as you work, designs.
Still follow Sense, of ev'ry Art the Soul,
Parts answ'ring parts shall slide into a whole,
Spontaneous beauties all around advance,
Start ev'n from Difficulty, strike from Chance;
Nature shall join you, Time shall make it grow
A Work to wonder at--perhaps a STOWE.
Del castell de Talamanca en tenim notícies ja a l'any 967. En el testament sacramental de Ramon Folc, vescompte de Cardona, apareix l'any 1086,el castell de Talamancha com a propietat familiar. En el s.XII ens consta en diversos documents l'existència de la família Talamanca, castlana del territori. Sembla ser que un tal Guillem de Talamanca es casà amb Dolça de Santa Coloma, inserint-se així aquest darrer cognom. El 1288, Berenguer de Talamanca era senyor del castell de Talamanca. En els fogatges que van de 1365 a 1370 hi apareix el "Castell de Talamancha, d'en Ramon de Talamanca, XXX focs". El 1406 Andrea de Talamanca es casà amb Joan Aymerich. En el mateix segle s'introdueix també per casament el cognom de Planella. El 1668 Maria Francesca es casà amb Joan d'Amat i Despalau, senyor de Castellbell, del matrimoni nasqué el fill que esdevingué el primer marquès de Castellbell. Al 1714 entraren al castell de Talamanca les tropes castellanes de Felip V capitanejades pel marquès de Poal. Al 1717 el castell fou desmantellat del tot, encara que les seves pedres serviren per edificar el Casal conegut per "El castell" o "El castell del Marquès" (per al.lusió a la família marquesal dels Castellbell).
View On Black. Para ver en grande sobre fondo negro pincha aquí.
Voy a subir una serie de 15 fotos de esta Iglesia, en tres tandas de 5 fotos cada una y es que no me podía decidir por una única toma y eso que que no pude fotografiar el osario, que ya queda para otra visita. Mañana o por la noche una serie del interior.
Otra de mis dudas fue elegir que foto ponía de principal, así es que al final puse esta un poco al azar. Quiero dedicar estas fotos a todos los que odian el HDR para que vean que a veces tampoco es tan malo usarlo.
La iglesia de Santa María, tal y como está estructurada hoy día, cuenta con tres naves, un crucero no señalado en planta y tres capillas rectangulares en la cabecera. El crucero y la cabecera son de época mozárabe, del siglo X. Se trata de un espacio muy compartimentado, separado con pilares sencillos que soportan arcos de herradura. Uno de los pilares del lado de la Epístola conserva un capitel tallado a bisel con formas vegetales estilizadas. Algunas bóvedas son de cañón, con generatriz de herradura y otras han sido rehechas. El cuerpo de la iglesia es románico de finales del siglo XII; consta de tres naves separadas por pilares compuestos de núcleo rectangular y columnas adosadas, con capiteles de tres tipos: con motivos vegetales, con figuraciones animalísticas y monstruosas, y con representaciones historiadas, como el Pecado Original, la Gula, el Peso de las Almas y otras. Los arcos son apuntados y de rosca doblada y la cubrición es de madera. Entre las portadas destaca la de los pies, que tiene un tímpano y va protegida por un tejaroz con canecillos decorados con figuras de animales y cabezas humanas. Las tres columnas de las jambas llevan capiteles con decoración animal y vegetal y las arquivoltas se decoran con lóbulos y gruesos boceles.
En el muro del testero de la capilla mayor se conservan restos de pintura al fresco que parecen imitar la decoración de una tela oriental. Entre la imaginería que conserva la iglesia hay que destacar un Cristo en madera policromada del tercer cuarto del siglo XVI, de clara influencia berruguetesca,que se acerca a los tipos de Francisco Giralte. Entre los retablos hay que fijarse en un retablo de pintura de principios del siglo XVI, de dos cuerpos y tres calles, con una arquitectura de estilo plateresco. La tabla central representa la Epifanía, flanqueada por Santa Catalina con un donante y San Pedro y San Pablo. En el espacio homónimo se encuentra la escena del Llanto por Cristo Muerto, flanqueada por San Juan Bautista, con donantes femeninos y San Miguel, con donantes masculinos.
Pero además Wamba cuenta con dos ermitas, la del Humilladero y la de la Virgen de la Encina.
Original size is (9175 x 2444)
This is a shot from the highest mountain in my neighborhood. It`s merged from 4 HDRs 5 pix each. It was by default much lighter, but I wanted a more natural look. This is more or less just how I saw it.
Made it to Explore
This photo was taken between Dingboche and Labouche, Everest Base Camp route. Elevation is roughly about 4650m. Weather that day was extremely clear in the morning with some clouds moving in after 11am with average temperature of 15 degrees cel.
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I arrived early in Yosemite Valley one day and made my way down a muddy
trail to the shores of the Merced River and was treated to the light from
the rising sun breaking over the east end of the valley. Fog rose off the
Valley floor and I snapped off this shot at the base of El Capitan.
Darv
© Darvin Atkeson
Excerpt from taipingkoon.com.hk/index.php/en/about/milestone:
Tai Ping Koon Restaurant (TPK) was founded in 1860 (Qing Dynasty-10th year of Xianfeng) by Mr. Chui Lo Ko who originally worked as a Chef for a western trading company in Guangzhou and his specialties were western dishes. He left the company and became a hawker. Created a fusion of Chinese and Western dishes, which were appreciated by his customer. In 1860, Mr. Chui started up his own restaurant in Tai Ping Sha of Guangzhou and he named it according to the venue. It was the first restaurant in Guangzhou specializing in western cuisine.
The most special dishes such as roasted pigeon, smoked pomfret, Baked Coconut Chicken in Portuguese Style were created by Mr. Chui and renowned in Southern Guangdong. The Marinade invented by the successors became an incomparable classical dish as well. The historic customers include Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Zhou Enlai, Chiang Kai-shek. In 1938, successors of Mr. Chui started up the first TPK in Hong Kong and became the first ancestor of Hong Kong Style Western Restaurant. TPK obtained an important status in the culture of Hong Kong Diet. Nowadays, Hong Kong Tai Ping Koon restaurant is still run by the Chui family. (No branch in Mainland China)
From left to right:
PK Style Fried Flat Noodle with Sliced Beef in Premium Soy Sauce 太平館乾炒牛河, Rolled Garoupa 捲筒石斑, Smoked Pomfret 煙䱽魚, Four Vegetable in Portuguese Sauce 葡汁焗四蔬, TPK Style Chicken Wings in Swiss Sauce 太平館瑞士雞翼
ReaD MY MeSSaGe !!!
Hi, my friends
It is time to announce that I will delete from now on all comments with graphics in it.
I decided to stop the group thing because in my opinion, nobody is commenting in those groups and therefore the groups are here.
The most groups, where we need invites to post have themes, but where are the themes or the comment to the quality for a group?
Hm?
Also I was informed that only a single invite per person is allowed.
When you do 2 invites in one comment, it could be that the shot will be deleted from the groups pool.
So my decision, no more graphic invites.
You can invite my picture to groups by admin invite, if you are admin in a group, so I can be sure, I will be not deleted because of anything.
I am admin in nearly 40 groups, I will do the same.
Hope you respect this fact and understand
Thank you all for your constructive comments in the future
Wish you all a wonderful Sunday
From the bottom of my heart…………..
Feel free to use this image in a non-commercial manner! I only ask you to link back to my flickr account or my website www.archetypefotografie.nl/ Thanks!
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Critique is very welcome ;-)
Just got back home after ten days in Chicago, where I stayed in a Holiday Inn right across the Chicago River from this amazing-looking building.
Chicago has an absolutely gorgeous downtown area, probably one of the most beautiful I've ever seen. Old buildings and new rise side by side, and the river runs through them all. There are cool 1930s-style steel lift bridges every block and, to top off the eye candy, there's even an elevated train. They call this part of town The Loop, I'm not sure why. What I *am* sure of is that I'd love to go back there and take photographs for about two or three weeks someday. It's a photographer's dream.
Memphremagog lake in the foggy morning.
Le lac Memphémagog est un lac situé dans la région de Magog dans les Cantons de l'Est, au Québec. Long de 42 kilomètres, ce lac est traversé par la frontière entre le Canada et les États-Unis. Chaque année il est l'hôte d'une compétition de nage (La Traversée internationale du Lac Memphémagog). Une vieille légende amérindienne rapporte aussi la présence d'un monstre mythique dans ses eaux, le célèbre monstre Memphré.
Lake Memphremagog (Lac Memphrémagog in Quebec) is a fresh water glacial lake located between Newport, Vermont, United States and Magog, Quebec, Canada.[1] The lake is 27 miles (43 km) long with 73 percent of the lake's surface area in Quebec, where it drains into the Magog River.[2] However, three-quarters of its watershed, 489 square miles (1,270 km2), is in Vermont. The total is 687 square miles (1,780 km2), with 198 square miles (510 km2) located in Quebec.[3]
The lake elevation is 682 feet (208 m) and its maximum recorded depth is 285 feet (87 m) located near the international divide. The lake is the third deepest in Vermont[4][5] It contains 20 islands. Province Island, the largest, is divided by the international border.[6] The name Memphremagog is derived from Algonkian, in which it means "where there is a big expanse of water".
As the day comes to a close, the Old Port in Dubrovnik comes alive. See below for more sunset images captured earlier on a sunset dinner cruise on the Adriatic Sea.
The fortress of Sv. Ivan (St. John) also called Mulo Tower, is [a] monumental building on the south-eastern side of the Old City Port, controlling and protecting its entrance. The first fort of this complex was built in the 14th century and then extended and modified in the 15th and 16th centuries. The present look of the fortress dates from the 16th century and is [the] work of the local builder Paskoje Milièeviæ. This large building, with many gun ports for its primary function, houses today the Maritime Museum and the Aquarium.
Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful Sunday.
bighugelabs.com/scout.php?mode=history&id=22807611586
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Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
Exposure P
Canon Exposure Mode
Program AE
0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture
f/5.0
Digital Zoom Ratio
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14.8 mm + 2.0x converter
aka 150 mm
ISO Speed
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Exposure Bias
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Highest position: 498 on Saturday, November 7, 2015
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As I come to the end of my Ol Tukai Elephant series I am posting one of the most serene photos I took there. There are few things more adorable and heart breaking than a baby elephant following its mummy. Don’t you guys think so? I saw loads of such examples in Amboseli; little ones following the elders in their herd, knowing that one day they would have to stop being innocent calves and be an adult elephant in a perilous world. If they are bulls, they have to be out in the world on their own. If they are females, they have to care for each other and seize the best opportunities for finding food, water and mud! And all this amidst an ever increasing threat from the biggest enemy of wildlife out there; humans.
But there is time for that, today is just about enjoying a sunny afternoon in the savannah.
VIEW THIS PICTURE LARGE ON BLACK
Shot this a couple of weeks ago. Great place.
Here is another from the same place:
Mi hanno letteralmente incastrato per cui...
1)Nato il 27-11-1969
2)Amo tutti gli sport in particolare il motocross,il rally e l'hokey su ghiaccio in quanto li praticavo
3)Odio l'opportunismo e le mezze misure
4)Ho il difetto di dirla tutta a costo di farmi odiare
5)Odio il pesce nella fattispecie aragoste, granchi e gamberoni. Non ho pazienza, se me li presentate in un piatto facile che volano via, o vado via io.
6)I miei hobby sono la fotografia,il disegno,la pittura ed i videogiochi. (quelli della serie prima tiri una bomba nella stanza e poi entri con un mitra a finire i superstiti)
7)Anche se sò di essere un orso grigio non sopporto di far male nemmeno ad una mosca
8)Mi piace viaggiare indistintamente per lavoro o per piacere
9)Non sono sposato ma convivo con una (santa) brava persona
10) Non mi lavo da quando ho scoperto che tale cosa è una perdita di tempo e tale tempo posso impiegarlo a fotografare
11)Il mio colore preferito è il nero e blu
12) Odio gli architetti in particolare quello che mi ha incastrato in questa faccenda dei 16 punti
13) Se avessi una bacchetta magica fornirei il mondo di cibo e acqua. Non la ho per cui rimango a guardare le fattorie che sono costrette a buttare il latte in più e non lo possono nemmeno regalare a chi non ne ha. [....]
14) quello che pensano di me gli altri mi è assolutamente indifferente. In breve, non me ne frega niente!
15)Odio i leccaculo, li prenderei a sprangate.
16) Mi rendo conto che in fondo chi sono non lo so nemmeno io per cui mi riservo la facoltà di cambiare qualsiasi dei precedenti punti nel caso ve ne fosse bisogno!
Passo la palla a Mario M, Daniele, Massimo (granmadue) giusto perché sono quelli che mi stanno di più nelle scatole!
:-)))))
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Scabiosa atropurpurea L
Esta planta vulgarmente conhecida pelos nomes de Saudades, Saudades-roxas, Escabiosa-dos-jardins e Saudade-dos-jardins, entre outros, com o nome científico de Scabiosa atropurpurea L. (e sin: Scabiosa atropurpurea L. var. villosa (Coss.) Franco; Scabiosa maritima L.; Scabiosa maritima L. var. amansii Rouy; Sixalix atropurpurea (L.) Greuter et Burdet; Sixalix atropurpurea (L.) Greuter et Burdet subsp. maritima (L.) Greuter et Burdet) tem a sua distribuição confinada à Região Mediterrânica e à Macaronésia, com exclusão de Cabo Verde. Em Portugal distribui-se pelas regiões Centro e Sul do país, surgindo espontaneamente em terrenos incultos e à beira de estradas e de caminhos, em zonas com alguma humidade. Também é cultivada como planta ornamental.
me parece que unos de los discos favoritos de Liam o de los Gallagher en general son Revolver? o Rubber Soul? en fin no soy muy fan de Oasis, bueno escojo aparte tambien esta cancion por que Liam piensa que el beatle mejor vestido es George Harrison . la ropa de Liam en Pretty Green va genial
saludos.
I think that one of his favorite albums of Liam Gallagher or the Gallagher in general, is Revolver?or Rubber Soul?anyway I'm not a big fan of oasis.I choose this song also because Liam thinks that the beatle best dressed is George Harrison Liam's clothes in Pretty Green are so cool
greetings to oasis fans
As requested by Alex "Orion Pax" , pictures of my two revised GMC Sierra pickup trucks from the 80's TV show "The Fallguy".
Both MOCs were sittin' on my shelf for a few years now and collecting dust., because I wasn't satisfied with some details, so I never took pictures until now.
Some of you may remember my first 6-wide version:
www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=362971
This old version in the link was part of a dispute between me and Alex.
He was thinking I stole some of the ideas of his GMC Fallguy MOC:
www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=3668277
While I wasn't even aware of his works at that point in time.
However, we were able to bury our dispute peacefully and today I'm happy to had become aware of his highly inspiring works due to that fact.
As you can see, the smaller version of my revised MOCs "borrows" even more ideas from his old GMC truck.
Hope he doesn't mind today...;)
Oh, and if you wonder what piece the antenna on the small truck is: It is a whisker from my cat - non LEGO at all...;)
Don't miss "Orion Pax" newest Fall Guy GMC in awesome dark brown and dark tan!
View On Black Explore #65 07-22-09
All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I've been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don't mean anything
When you've got no one to tell them to
I climbed across the mountain tops
Swam all across the ocean blue
I crossed all the lines and I broke all the rules
All of my friends who think that I'm blessed
They don't know my head is a mess
They don't know who I really am
And they don't know what
I've been through like you do
It's true...I was made for you
I will be leaving to visit a relative of mine this coming weekend. Will be back by end of next week. See you around in your photostreams =)
We had a plan to visit the Kambala event this weekend, but it has been canceled due to some unfortunate circumstances. It happens you see. I have been posting black and white pictures in 2010 till now, so thought will post a color one for a change. Also it looked like a picture for the Valentines day. Its not often that we react for some ones pain instantly, we smile for some ones success instantly, the instant reaction happens when something happens to us, because we know what we have gone through to get to that point, so if some one reacts to your feelings, then it clearly shows they live in a different body but still they breath for you when you need it, they smile for you when you feel it, they cry for you when you are in pain, they fight for you when you are down. Such is the power of the emotion called love. It cannot be explained, at some point it may even look insane. But that's how it has been designed. Wish you all a happy Valentine's day.Thanks for all your views, comments and favs
பொக்கிஷமாய் மாறிப்போன அழுக்கேறிய அவளின் பள்ளிக்காலத்து புகைப்படம்,
"என்ன சொல்ல, நீ சொல்லு", "அப்புறம்" என்றபடி ஏதுமே சொல்லாமல் மணிக்கணக்காய்த் தொடர்ந்த உரையாடல்கள்,
ஏதும் பேசாமல் மௌனமாய்க் கரைந்து போன அந்த முதல் சந்திப்பு,
அவள் சிந்திவிட்டுப் போன புன்னகையை நினைத்தபடியே விழித்திருந்த இரவுகள்,
8 எழுத்துப் பிழைகளும் ஒரு மாற்றிவைக்கப்பட்ட ஒற்றுப்புள்ளியோடு அவளுக்கு எழுதிய முதல் கடிதம்,
பயணத்தில் தோள் சாய்ந்து உறங்கையில் அவள் நெற்றிக் குங்குமத்தால் கறையாகிப்போன அந்த நீலச்சட்டை,
புத்தகங்களுக்கூடே என்றோ ஒரு நாள் தூக்கிப் போடச் சொல்லி அவள் கொடுத்த வாடிப்போன பூக்கள்,
காதலுக்கு அடையாளமாகிப் போன எத்தனையோ இதயங்களுக்குள்,
எனக்காக துடிக்கும் ஒரு இதயத்துக்காக நான் சேமித்த வைத்திருக்கும் எனக்கான அடையாளங்கள் இவை.
©Karthik'z photography
Hostalric fue en la antigüedad zona de paso obligatorio en la ruta norte-sur, y el único paso natural entre Girona y Barcelona.
En unas prospecciones hechas al cerro del castillo se encontraron restos del periodo ibérico. En época romana pasaba por este lugar una bifurcación interior de la Vía Augusta. Se encontraron restos de esta vía cuando se construyó la carretera de Sant Hilari.
La población de Hostalric parece que tuvo su origen en un hostal documentado desde el siglo XI al sitio dicho ONOTA, al pie del nominado camino de Francia (antigua vía romana).La primera referencia documental clara de Hostalric es de 1106, y en ella Guerau Ponç, vizconde de Cabrera, juró fidelidad a Ramon Berenguer III de Barcelona.
Las luchas feudales catalanas del final del siglo XII tuvieron eco en el castillo de Hostalric debido al rebelde temperamento de su señor, Ponç III de Cabrera.
Con el tiempo, los de Cabrera convirtieron la villa de Hostalric en la capital administrativa de los extensos territorios de su vizcondado hasta la extinción de la señoría en el año 1836.
En el año 1359 Hostalric tenía 134 fuegos y pertenecía al conde de Osona, vizconde de Cabrera. Durante la guerra de 1640, las tropas de Felip IV fueron obligadas a batirse en retirada en cuanto llegaron a Hostalric.
Durante el reinado de Carles III, los franceses volvieron a invadir Cataluña. llegaron a Hostalric el 18 de julio de 1694. Después de una corta resistencia, la población y el castillo se rindieron. Esta zona, pero, continuó siendo tierra de batallas, y los franceses abandonaron el castillo en el año 1695 y lo dejaron inutilizado.
En el año 1701 llegó a Hostalric Felip V, que acababa de ser nombrado rey, con su esposa. Fue en esta población dónde los representantes de la ciudad de Barcelona le rindieron homenaje. Unos años después, al estallar la Guerra de Sucesión, una vez conquistada la villa por las tropas felipistas, este rey ordenó la construcción del actual castillo y la reconstrucción de las murallas
La ocupación francesa
Durante la guerra de la Independencia, la villa fue saqueada e incendiada por las tropas del general Augerau. Hostalric y Figueres fueron las últimas plazas del Estado español que abandonaron los franceses. Fue el 4 de junio de 1814. A diferencia de otros castillos o fortalezas, Hostalric mantuvo hasta bien entrado el siglo XX la condición de "Plaza Fuerte Militar", con las ventajas e inconvenientes que esto podía comportar.
En el año 1929, el gobierno del general Primo de Rivera acordó el traslado de la guarnición, porque las instalaciones no reunían las condiciones exigidas.
el 11 de septiembre de 1932 el presidente de la Generalidad de Cataluña, Francesc Macià, visitó Hostalric.
La Guerra Civil
Con el incendio de la iglesia, provocado por unos despiadados individuos de Granollers el 24 de julio de 1936, se iniciaba de manera bien espectacular la Guerra Civil a Hostalric. Las llamas hacían desaparecer el excelente altar mayor de 1854. El 1 de febrero de 1939 entraron las tropas franquistas al pueblo. Se consiguió salvar, pero, la viva imagen de la madre de Dios de los Socorro, merced a la valiente acción de Joan Guitart -el futuro alcalde conocido por " Sancho"-, que, junto con la señora Socorro Ribas, la escondieron dentro de un nicho del cementerio viejo.
Explored! #293 on 8/25/2025. Thanks!
Last January 24 we headed into Grand Ledge to meet our friends at Toad's Coffeehouse. As Joan drove down highway M-43 I dug out my camera and took pix of the fog and the scenery. (I do this to her regularly.)
All the day's pix were versions of photographs I'd taken before, as we've traveled those eight miles thousands of times. That said, this is the best image I've ever managed of that barn. And the photo I posted a year ago, of the state highway and the highway's sign, is one of my favorites. The framing there is odd, but it came out well.
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My Olympus E-M1 Mk II has been my "good" camera for a bit over seven years, now. The 12-40 f/2.8 lens I carried last January was part of the original purchase. It's an excellent lens, the one I mount when I know my first concern is a sharp photo.
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This photograph is an outtake from my 2024 photo-a-day project, 366 in 2024.
Number of project photos taken: 21
Title of folder: Foggy Morn to GL
Other photos taken on 1/24/2024: none
Elles s'appellent Mignonne, Câline, la Gaillarde ou bien la Coquette, la Friponne, la Finotte... Elles peuplent nos belles montagnes cantaliennes, elles rythment les pâturages et les rondeurs des estives de leurs cloches qui égrènent leur son de bronze à chaque mouvement de tête...
Depuis la vallée on monte sur la plateau à travers les buis et les genêts, jusqu'à l'étang de Lachamp où la vue s'étire jusqu'au Puy Mary... et poursuivre vers Lascourt... Mais chut, ne dérangeons pas nos belles "encornées"!!!!
( Entre les communes du Claux et de Cheylade, Cantal, Auvergne )
Hablo de una traición, hablo de un místico embaucar...
Recuerdo. Una noche de gritos. Yo subía y no tenía posibilidad de arrepentirme; subía cada vez más alto sin saber si llegaría a un encuentro de fusión o si me quedaría toda la vida con la cabeza clavada en un poste. Era como tragar olas de silencio, mis labios se movían como debajo del agua, me ahogaba, era como si estuviera tragando silencio. En mí éramos yo y el silencio. Esa noche me arrojé desde la torre más alta. Y cuando estuvimos en lo alto de la ola, supe que eso era lo mío, y aun lo que he buscado en los poemas, en los cuadros, en la música, era un ser llevado a lo alto de la ola...
Crea un silencio en el que yo reconozca mi lugar de reposo cuando la prueba de fuego de su afección tuvo que haber sido mantenerme lejos del silencio, tuvo que haber sido vedarme el acceso a esa zona de silencio exterminador.
Comprendo, de nada sirve comprender, a nadie nunca le ha servido comprender, y sé que ahora necesito remontarme a la raíz de esa fascinación silenciosa, de esa oquedad que se abre para que yo entre, yo el holocausto, yo la víctima propiciatoria. Su persona es menos que un fantasma, que un nombre, que vacío. Alguien me bebe desde la otra orilla, alguien me succiona, me abandona exangüe. Estoy muriendo porque alguien ha creado un silencio para mí...
No obstante, si no existiera esta correspondencia vampírica, me moriría de falta de una correspondencia así. Alguien que amé en otra vida, en ninguna vida, en todas las vidas. Alguien a quien amar desde mi lugar de reminiscencias, a quien ofrendarme, a quien sacrificarme como si con ello cumpliera una justa devolución o restableciera el equilibrio cósmico.
Su silencio es un útero, es la muerte. Una noche soñé una carta cubierta de sangre y heces; era en un páramo y la carta gemía como un gato. No. Voy a romper el hechizo. Voy a escribir como llora un niño, es decir: no llora porque esté triste sino que llora para informar, tranquilamente.
[Fragmento "Una Traición Mistica" - Alejandra Pizarnik]
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Where: Sweden, Östergötland, Linköping: google maps
When: 20100411, at the Linköping sailingboat harbour.
How and why: Sunset, water, trees, reflections... sometimes it gets clichéd, but rarely boring.
Editing: HDR tone mapped.
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Update!
Woke up with eXplore today, #13, frontpage and all that. Plus I made the SW London daily e-paper, scroll to the bottom. :) Thx for your visits, faves and comments people, much appreciated!
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So they didn't want to let me in over at Battersea Power Station!? But I really wanted to take some close-ups! That's when Inflatable Me (TM) came in handy...haHA!
After taking some shots of Battersea Power Station from the other side of the Thames (below) I crossed Chelsea Bridge to see how close I actually could get to the power station, walking around the site. Unfortunately the whole area was closed with quite high fences...
Pink Floyd
The reason I was interested in Battersea power station in the first place, is because I'm a huge fan of pop-art and I love the music of Pink Floyd. The Pink Floyd album 'Animals' (1977) featured Battersea power station on its cover with a giant inflatable pig 'Algie' flying in the middle of it. A unique concept which tickled me to go see the place for myself. :)
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Date: Taken on March 9, 2012 at 2.27pm CET
Exif data
Camera Nikon D700
Exposure 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 24 mm (Sigma 12-24mm DG HSM)
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias -2/3 EV
Selfie
Date: Taken on April 6, 2012 at 18.13 CET
Exif data
Camera Nikon D700
Exposure 1/60
Aperture f/4.0
Focal Length 24 mm (Nikon 24mm f/2.8)
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias -1/3 EV
Processed with Photoshop CS5 and a plug-in for some extra contrast. It wasn't easy I must admit to get the light and shadows right. I took the selfie in my livingroom! Hehe.
Inspired by the flickr group Xanadu-la-la-la, i re-watched the classic movie Citizen Kane.
Later in the week, coincidentally, I was listening to The White Stripes album, White Blood Cells.
It all came together:
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Venice, Italy.
2009.
A morning at Kampung Genting, Tioman
It was certainly unusual to see the moon bright in bright and early but it set an interesting mood to the morning. The sky was less intense with colours since this shoreline was facing West and what was most captivating was still the moon and the vast ocean at the end of the pier
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After Marymere Falls, we made our way to Sol Duc Hot Springs. The waterfall at Sol Duc is supposedly the most photographed spot in Olympic National Park. We got there too late to get good shots of the falls. The sun was high in the sky and direct light was falling across the river. Luckily, the bright sun had the fortuitous side effect of making a rainbow!
You'd think that the mid-day sunlight would have been my biggest photographic challenge, but in this case, the crowds of people enjoying the falls was a much bigger issue. You can't tell from the photos, but there was easily a dozen people enjoying the falls at the same time we were. I had to be very patient and strategic to avoid getting other tourists in my shot.
The Sol Duc Falls Trail starts out right past the campground. The falls are an easy .8 mile walk from the parking lot.
Birmania centrale - Villaggio di Bo De Ta Htaung, vicino a Monywa.
All'nterno di questo Buddha di 10 piani, si sta allestendo un museo della storia della civiltà orientale da Angkor in poi..
In alcune sale sono riprodotti degli affreschi terrificanti di cui non ho capito bene il significato poichè le didascalie erano unicamente in lingua birmana ma che ho interpretato come una sorta di Inferno Buddista che farebbe impallidire persinio Dante.
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Central Myanmar - Village of Bo De Ta Htaung, . near Monywa
The Biggest Standing Buddha - The ten floor building houses a new museum of the history of oriental civilization.
In some floors are frescos about something hideous refering a kind of life I cannot undestand because all the history was in burmese language but I guess it is something like a Buddhist hell.
Is somebody knows what it is please tell me!
[fr]: Soirée nuageuse sur la Cour d'honneur Paris, France
[image info]: HDR from 3 exposures - Nikon D200 - tripod - Nikon 18-200mm@36mm - 8000K WB - from the 2006 archives
[Level of Retouching]: 35% (HDR, local levels and curves dodging, vignetting) - total processing: 35 minutes
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I went out this morning with a fellow GRIPS member ... www.gripskw.ca ... to a favorite place of mine (Puslinch Lake). Dave... www.flickr.com/photos/dave_van/ and I probably took a couple hundred photos between us. We started shooting just before sunrise until 30 minutes after sunrise.
The fog was very heavy and should lend itself to a lot of fantastic photos (fingers crossed)... this one of many to be uploaded by me.
One of Dave's photos here... www.flickr.com/photos/dave_van/4086285587/?addedcomment=1...
As we were shooting this series, Angie walked by and said hi... check out one of her shots here... www.flickr.com/photos/26156338@N07/4086102885/
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0/2 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire
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What is pretty is beautiful in a delicate or graceful way.
So many beauties in this appealing world
The true beauty lies in the beholder's eyes
There is beauty in the child's innocence and in mother's love
There is beauty in a friend's affection and in a tender heart
There is beauty in a pretty smile and caring eyes
There is beauty in the morning sun and a rainy day
There is beauty in the flaky slow and a pleasant spring
There is beauty in the milky moon and the graceful rivers
There is beauty in a hard earned victory and a hopeful soul
There is beauty in me and beauty in you
So many beauties in this spectacular world and its dazzling life
And the true beauty lies in the beholder's eyes
-Kavitha Krishnamurthy
Taken at the Boardwalk in Myrtel Beach, South Carolina summer of July 2007.