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White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)

  

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Flussaue eines Bachlaufs in den Edersee bei Niedrigwasser

 

Floodplain of a small river leading into the lake Edersee at low level

 

HDR, 3xp, (0ev,-2ev,+2ev)

 

Mich hatten ein paar Sachen in der Bearbeitung der Version Auenland 1.0 gestört. Da ich noch weitere Belichtungsreihen vom gleichen Motiv hatte und ich nicht eine neue HDR-Bearbeitung an der alten Version versuchen wollte, habe ich für diese Bearbeitung drei andere Belichtungen im Hochformat verwendet. Nach HDR-Generierung und Tonemapping unter Photomatix, bestand die Nachbearbeitung in Photoshop Elements vorwiegend in einer Kontrastanhebung über Farbkurven und zusätzlicher Farb-Überblendung des maskierten Himmels über einer hauptsächlich im Blau-Kanal reduzierten Schwarzweiss-Umwandlung des Photomatix-Ergebnisses.

 

There were a few disturbing things of version Auenland 1.0. Since I still had some more bracketing shots of the same motive and I did not want to try a new HDR treatment to the old version I edited another three exposures in portrait mode. After HDR generation and tonemapping under Photomatix the main post processing in Photoshop Elements consisted in a contrast increase on curves and an additional color blending of the masked sky above a mainly blue-channel reduced monochrome conversion of the Photomatix result.

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Mom - Lemon Dropper (thanks for the extra hand!)

 

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LARGE IS A MUST

 

My last shot is ending up to be the most popular in my short time here on Flickr, so yesterday afternoon I ventured out to the same spot in Brisbane’s bayside in search of some cloudy reflections .

 

Nature unfortunately didn’t play the game, and not a single puffy cloud was in sight :<

The sun had just set and I turned around to see this beautiful layer of colors in the sky and the moon begging for some attention!!!

 

This spot was given to me by Kane, check out his stream, it’s impressive!

  

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“Be real, because a mask only fools people on the outside. Pretending to be someone you're not takes a toll on the real you, and the real you is more important than anyone else.” - Alexander William Gaskarth

 

I'm really proud of this photo. Oh and, I have developed a fascination for Masquerade Masks, so expect to see them later in my stream.

 

I feel like I need to do some soul searching because I have had no motivation lately. Hence why I'm two weeks behind on this project. Quitting will not be an option, however. Even if I'm a few weeks behind the whole time, I'm not giving up on this project.

 

School has been going pretty good. I'm still not a fan of it. I wish I just had all the tools to go out and get a career right now, but alas, I do not. I aced my first midterm in math though!

 

I hope that you are all doing great! :)

November 23rd,2009(sooc) ON BLACK

Today was beyond nice. i cleaned a lot:D(me love cleaning eheh), cleaned the stove, my bathroom, washed clothes, and tomorrow i'm going to vacum my room and wash some more things. I made a delicious lunch,eggs with tomatoes and onions, i read a lot, i edited all the pictures from the 17th until now, i dressed up, i danced around my room, i laughed my head off, i smiled, i did lots of fun stuff. I'm easily pleased and entertained so i'm never bored and i find things to keep myself busy or entertain myself. The simplest things make me happy. I worked for almost 4hrs tonight, and it was fun working with brooke. i've never closed with her before and it was beyond fun. She's so cute and she looks like taylor swift..in my opinion. just wish she didn't cover her beauty with all that makeup but hey whatever floats her boat. I found out that she wants to be a special needs teacher, like me:D:D her and i got so excited about that. At work i was dancing around and shaking my booty, i didn't care who was watching i refused to be bored at work, since it was sooo slow tonight. More and more that i'm thinking about it the more and more i want it to happen. Me not making more than 50k a year. It's not that i want to be poor, but there is something i just love about struggling. haha ok that may sound funny..let me explain*looks around to see whose she's talking to* I like using coupons for food, i like scrapping together money to buy things, i love shopping at thrift stores,for clothes,i love looking through trash cans to see if anyone threw away still good things, i love garage sales, i love target,i love deals, i love love having to work with what i have, i love mending my own things, i love reading, writing letters, and making home made things,gifts, and etc. I love going to sales. I love it all. I can't explain it. I guess because i grew up with it, and it was so fun and i always felt so at home in low class, poor areas. I feel off and not myself in rich areas, or around things that are really richy. I have nothing against rich people or people that buy really rich things, but i feel so homey, and comfortable in poor, low class houses, or areas, middle class as well. I LOVE handme downs, i love re gifts from familys, that have been passed down. I love things that are old and have been in the family forever. I love using "ghetto" things. I'm not saying i don't like buying things when i need to, but i like shopping at the doller store, and not buying really expensive things and clothes. Haha never mind i can't explain myself. I just never want to be rich..not that i'm scared i will loose this side of me, but i just feel better when i'm not rich. If i ever am rich i'll just keep doing what i do now, and save the money i have for things like trips to travel the world or what not. Plus i think having very expensive material possesions won't make you happy. There is one thing i want a lot of when i get older FOOOOOODDDD! haha indeed i will be cooking EVERYTHING home made when i move out, you can be sure of that, even if i don't have a lot of money i will scrape things together..i always do. haha but yeah today was so great and just what i need. don't work until wednesday night. oh and about the barcode..i love them..and also it's just a silly thing for jonel..of course he doesn't own me but it's like me saying "i'm faithfully yours and no matter what happens i will always stay by your side you can count on me to be yours." he calls himself the halima expert or as i say"limaoligist" ahha i can't wait until he calls me from ait so i can tell him about that. today and last night i felt great i didn't cry or anything, i'm so positive actually seeing jonel has made me even better than i was before i saw him. the first two days were horrible but now i'm stronger than ever. love it. I'm sorry it's been so long since i've uploaded i'm back now. and if you guys read all this haha i love you.

more pictures in the comments and here are the rest of the 365 updates

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Pinoy Kokadero driving along Quezon Avenue

 

The photo above is a Philippine Jeepney. It is the most popular public transport all around the Philippines. I believe Quezon Avenue is quite a popular avenue in Manila (capital of the Philippines).

 

This is a tribute to ALL Pinoy Kodakeros out there! And most especially to those who continually keep this group fun and very enjoyable.

 

I keep learning new things from the members of this group.

 

Having said that... I don't want to discount my non-Filipino friends... You too are also my sources of inspiration! Without your support... I wouldn't be enjoying photography as I am enjoying it now... so many many thanks!

 

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Ps. OK, so I took the Christmas lights out again... After uploading the photo last night... I had this idea to take some more bokeh shots... I'm sure some of you are finding this quite boring now... sorry! I felt like taking more bokeh shots... Oh well... :)

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Ne volim jaunar

  

Ne volim januar i bele zimske vragove

U svakom snegu vidim iste tragove

Tragove malih stopa, broj 30 i ko zna

Kako polako odlaze.

 

Vise ne prolazim ulicom Dositejevom

I nemam pojma kad neko pita gde je to

Tih 206 koraka, duzinom tog sokaka

Nikada nisam brojao

 

Nisam te nikad cuvao

Nisam te nikada mazio, pazio

Tvoju sam ljubav gazio, svemu smisljao broj.

 

Nisam te nikad stedeo

I nisam umeo stati i ostati

Sta ce od mene postati

Mali andjele moj.

 

Djordje Balasevic , Ne volim januar

   

fr: Examiner ses souvenirs futurs de Paris, France

 

HDR from 4 exposures -2ev, -1ev, 0ev, 1ev) - EXIF from 0ev exposure - Local Curves Adjustments in Photoshop

 

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More of the set Paris By Night | More of the set Night Scenes

 

See my most interesting pictures here or take some time to view the slideshow .

 

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A close up of a Whooper Swan that I took on the outskirts of Reykjavik. I was taken to see them by my contact Helgi, they were very used to his visits so I got to view them at very close quarters

 

THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT HAVE A GREAT DAY

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MIS MEJORES DESEOS PARA TODOS!!! MUCHAS FELICIDADES Y PROSPERIDAD PARA EL PRÓXIMO 2010!!!

 

Volar de día nos permite visualizar cielos espectaculares a través de las ventanillas... Sentirnos libres y emocionados al ver tanta magia... Y a veces nos encontramos con estos "mares de nubes" como copos de algodón. Esta es una vista a unos 7000 metros de altura entre Colombia y Ecuador. No es una toma de gran calidad porque fue realizada con un celular... pero me gustó la vista... y quería compartirla con todos ustedes.

 

Rabo de Nube

 

Silvio Rodríguez

 

Si me dijeran pide un deseo

preferiría un rabo de nube,

un torbellino en el suelo

y una gran ira que sube.

Un barredor de tristezas,

un aguacero en venganza

que cuando escampe parezca

nuestra esperanza.

 

Si me dijeran pide un deseo,

preferiría un rabo de nube,

que se llevara lo feo

y nos dejara el querube.

Un barredor de tristezas,

un aguacero en venganza

que cuando escampe parezca

nuestra esperanza.

 

(1977)

 

Y una sugerencia para escuchar... Rabo de Nube: Silvio Rodríguez y Luis Eduardo Aute

 

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¡TENGAN TODOS UN EXCELENTE DÍA!!!

 

¡UN BESOTE INMENSO PARA TODOS!!!

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A protestor on bike with a union flag, the smoke behind is coming from flares. Same spot as this one.

 

Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set

 

Part of Régimes Spéciaux (Recommended as a slideshow)

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Ranked #1 of about 528 for "poem'pictures" on Google

Ranked #1 by Google.com for "spider with gold web" of about 305,000

Now Yahoo's number one search for "large beautiful nature" Google.com

ranked#4 of 545000 for "Gold web spiders".

Google Ranking 40 out of 30,000,000 for gold web also

#1 for "gold moon" ranked #4 of 380,000 for "moon with gold" by Google.

#2

#8 on flickr explore

 

#10 on Google for "hungry celeb"

# 10 of about 153,000 for "transformation illusions"

#10.of about 1,280,000 for "a web to catch the moon".

#14 of about 97,300 for Creeping thief

Google images #6 of 140,000 for "nature's Finest photoshopped"

#97 of about 1,010,000 for beautiful nature poetry570000 for "Drawing down the moon" on google images.

#4 of about 1,180,000 for beautiful nature pictures with poems"rebirth of a butterfly" #6 on Yahoo for "moon poetry"

#5 of 216,000 for "poetry spider" #3 of 336,000.

#85 for "celeb beauty" on Google images. WOW.

#147 of about 22,400,000 for "beautiful nature".

#1 on Yahoo for &of about 1,010,000 for beautiful nature poetry;sun moon drawing"

 

I try to catch the sunlight

You're drawing down the moon

You know

That some small flying thing

Will be here soon

  

I'm casting into cyberspace

The tendrils of my web

A hungry, unknown artist

Not

Another dull celeb

 

The beauty of my photograph

Will catch you if it can

Spinning world illusions

All for unsuspecting men

 

I ask you

For a little while

To stick with me

Immersed in poem-pictures

Life suspended

On the cyber-tree

 

The web of granma spider

Will drain you of your blood

While

Cocoons of poem-pictures

Can transform your mood

 

If you think you are a caterpillar

Climbing up a leaf

I bring a transformation

And a solace for your grief

 

Unlike the hairy spider

I am not a creeping thief

From your dreary daily burdens

I bring relief

 

If looking into beauty

You fear that you will die

I offer you a rebirth

See

A butterfly

  

Community: www.flickr.com/photos/wychwood/

or

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now in explore # 8 Front page stuff!

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Con el nuevo AVE Madrid-Valencia no sé yo si mi querido regional seguirá iluminándome las noches de insomnio...

 

Me imagino este puente con estas vías llenas de matojos en breve.

 

Feliz fin de semana!

  

LED LENSER Promoter Photographer

   

Tutoriales sobre fotografía nocturna

  

Canal TV en YOUTUBE sobre fotografía nocturna

  

Cursos de fotografía nocturna

   

Mario Rubio en Facebook

    

Mario Rubio en AEFONA

 

Exif:

 

Camera Nikon D700

Exposure 300.5

Aperture f/8.0

Focal Length 16 mm

ISO Speed 500

WB 2,500K

No moon light

Steel wool and warm light torch.

IMoRe WaRHoLiCiouS oN BLaCKI

 

HaPPY WaRHoLiCiouS GReeN THuRSDaY

  

Oh yeah, today my idols birthday is, 6th of August.

 

Happy Birthday, Andy Warhol

 

Click on the blues and look who he was The BLueS

      

For those who are arguing about this notes on my pictures

 

Go and click under the picture the blue line for having a look on large and without the notes

 

And for all who make notes?

 

Go on, I love it !!!

       

I have to thank again my dear friend Angela for the textures I used

 

Look here at here stream, amazing textures

 

Danke, Angela

 

here are the 2 links to the textures I used

 

first this one

I turned it 180 degrees

 

and the flowery one, you find on this click

       

Put on the sunglasses and…………..

♪♪♫ L I S T e N ♪♪♫♪♪♫

 

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'God, Thank You for Grain and Grit' On White

 

Vote for this photo at JPG Magazine.

 

Photo Notes

I am not a religious person but when I come across something like this and my heart skips a beat and my breathing becomes short, in these moments, I feel like falling to my knees in gratitude.

 

I love grain and grit and geometry and cracks and shadows and texture and graffiti, and contrast, especially when they are all rolled up together in one luscious package...

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# View in Google Mapas Film

 

Foto realizada durante la quedada de amigos Valencianos y Catalanes en Barcelona.

 

Puede que os suene la foto, LombartBCN tiene una en el mismo angulo, no es casualidad, tal como llegas ahi desde la Barceloneta es el mejor angulo posible para pillarla entera.

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Hey little sister what have you done?

Hey little sister who's the only one?

I've been away for so long

I let you go for so long

 

It's a nice day to start again

It's a nice day for a white wedding

It's a nice day to start again.

 

There is nothin' fair in this world

There is nothin' safe in this world

And there's nothin' sure in this world

And there's nothin' pure in this world

Look for something left in this world

Start again

Billy Idol White Wedding

 

Thank you, Essence of a dream for this wonderful texture!

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Sailing it makes me feel free ... here I let your imagination to "wonder" ... one can sail even go to "Neverland" , as long as you feel free, and that is what sailing is, the sea, blue it al that makes me feel so good ... so I wish you all a smooth sail to your favourite place; some come, some go but then its life... just enjoy the remaining summer days (here they last all September) sending you my blues ENJOY !

 

Listen: www.goear.com/listen/e2ff1f3/sailing-christopher-cross

 

Don't use my pictures on websites without prior authorization! They are protected by copywrith ◄

I am sorry but I am a mostly OFF - so I cannot comment on all of you but will catch up as soon as I can,I am so behind and busy

 

day 300

 

detail shot here.

 

1. I can't believe I've taken 300 pictures for this project.

2. I can't believe I only have 65 photos to go.

3. I can't believe there's only 65 days left in the year.

    

My friend asked me today if I was going to do another 365 project next year. In 2010 I did the 365 on a whim and it completely changed my life. In 2011 I did a 52 week project because I was scared I would stop doing photography if I didn't do a project. And this year I did it to document senior year and college. That's three years in a row of doing a year-long project. So I don't think I'm going to do another project for a while. But as I told my friend, I have so many photo ideas that I'm sure won't make it into the 365 that I'll still have a lot of things that I want to photograph. Plus, I want to broaden my client work and I love the creative process and photography itself that I'll never be able to stop. And I don't want to anyways. I love writing and art, but photography (and especially digital) has an instant gratification that not many things has. It will never cease to blow my mind how emotional and cinematic photos can be and how powerful they are. I have been thinking a lot about what my purpose in life is, and while I love doing a lot of artistic things, writing and photography are definitely my two passions. I feel bad for the writing side as that was my first love and my first calling, and I hardly ever do it (save for this blog) and I hardly ever talk about it. Once the 365 is over I definitely want to incorporate my writing into my photography, because I don't want to be neglectful of one and focus solely on the other.

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Just Magnetized Perfect Brows

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ALME Summer Hits - Metallic Ombre | saturday sales | 50L

Bolson @ Anthem event - Lux Collection - Agape

Bossie. metallic eyeliners

  

Body.

CATWA HEAD Catya.

Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara

*YS&YS* Danana Tone 02 Skin Applier CATWA

 

Wearing.

Lenox @ Anthem event -Windbreaker

SIIX// Bloom Lingirie // White

Emery - Maxi Skirt Mulholland

TETRA Air Sneakers

 

Accessories.

etham - Lariat Necklace # 6

(Yummy) Wave Midi Ring (L) - RoseGold

 

Poses.

Poses by SAPA * excluding portrait pose (custom)

 

Decor.

VERSOV @ Anthem event - INFLUENCER_BACKDROP_V1

 

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Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex

Schacht XII/Shaft XII

  

explored

Highest position:

#303 on Saturday, July 18, 2009

  

The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has been inscribed into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since December 14, 2001 and is one of the anchor points of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

 

The first coal mine on the premises was founded in 1847, mining activities took place from 1851 until December 23, 1986. For decades starting in the late 1950s, the two parts of the site, Zollverein Coal Mine and Zollverein Coking Plant (erected 1957-1961, closed on June 30, 1993), ranked among the largest of their kinds in Europe. Shaft 12, built in Bauhaus style, was opened in 1932 and is considered an architectural and technical masterpiece, earning it a reputation as the "most beautiful coal mine in the world".

 

After it had been closed down in 1993, the coking plant was planned to be sold to China. The negotiations failed and it was subsequently threatened to be demolished. However, another project of the state of NRW set the coal mine on a list of future exhibition sites resulting in first gentle modifications and the cokery also became an official memorial in 2000.

 

On its 25th session in December 2001, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared both the sites of the shafts 12 and 1/2/8 and the cokery a World Heritage Site.

(from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

 

for more information:

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A big huge thanks to you guys for commenting on my previous couple of photos. Unfortunately I've been flat out with assignments and I've not had any time to come visit your streams. I promise that I'll do so as soon as I can. I hope you are all well.

 

Details:

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mk II

Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Exposure: 5 exposures (-2.-1,0,+1,+2 EV)

Aperture: f/11

Focal Length: 50 mm

ISO Speed: 100

Accessories: Manfrotto 190XB Tripod, Manfrotto 322RC2 Heavy Duty Grip Ball Head, Canon RC1 Wireless Remote

Date and Time: 30 April 2010 4.54pm

 

Post Processing:

Imported into Lightroom

Exported to Photomatix

Tonemap generated HDR using detail enhancer option

Re-imported back into Lightroom

Exported HDR to CS3

Curves layer for contrast adjustment

Unsharp mask filter

Re-imported back into Lightroom

Slight cropping in Lightroom

Added keyword metadata

Exported as JPEG

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L’antic terme del Pi comprenia part dels actuals municipis de Sant Agustí de Lluçanès i de Sora (Osona); (s’estenia des de l’església de Sant Genís del Pi, de Sant Agustí de Lluçanès, fins al mas Casa-ramona, de Sora). Depenia al s XI de la jurisdicció del monestir de Ripoll ; perdé l’autonomia com a terme avançat el segle XVI

 

Quan a la parròquia de Sant Genís del Pi prop del mas Casademunt, al NE del terme el lloc pertanyia a Ripoll des d’abans del 938. Els homes del Pi gaudien d’autonomia i d’organització civil pròpia, que depenia del paborde de Palau, del monestir ripollès. Avançat el segle XVI es desféu d’aquesta organització, i part de la gent restà sotmesa a Sora i part a Sant Agustí. L’església era proveïda pel paborde de Palau, i encomanada al rector de Sant Agustí al segle XVII.

 

L’edifici actual fou construït al segle XVIII, i el 1878 perdé els atributs parroquials. Malgrat això, en el petit cementiri observem la construcció recent de nínxols,flors i estris de naturalesa funerària, que son clares senyals justament del manteniment d’algunes activitats especifiques i pròpies de les Parròquies.

 

L’Alou és un petit nucli, al N del terme, format per un carrer amb força pendent al llarg del qual es troben les cases. Just al costat oposat de la Vall que conformen juntament amb la Parròquia i el Cementiri del Pi.

EXPLORE # 13

  

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VIEW MY GETTY COLLECTION HERE

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VIEW MY WEB SITE AND SHOP HERE

photographydavidsmith.com/

  

Here is my first published work even though i did it as a freebie its great seeing your work on a web site !

www.thewhitehartvillageinn.com/index.html

Here is the flickr set

www.flickr.com/photos/10141102@N08/sets/72157623966405344/

                       

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It's sometimes surprising what's hiding behind a dreary winter sky. This was taken at the Black Butte Dam overlook. Visibility was limited due to the weather but I was intriqued by the position of the rock facings and the trees and decided it was worth a shot. Backlighting and layering helped bring out the colors in the sky and then I used a texture called pink spotlight from pareeerica www.flickr.com/photos/8078381@N03/ .

Explore #44 for June 16, 2009

 

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Sometimes some shots you don't think are all that great just take on a life you never expected. This was one. I was processing it as I posted the first shot from the Ottawa River shoot. Forgot it was processing (got lost looking at y'all's streams!) and just as I was about to shut down for the night realized it was waiting to be tonemapped.

 

So I said, "oops" and proceeded to tonemap it.

 

That's when I went, "Oh wow!"

 

Hope you like it.

 

This one MUST be seen in Large On Black. Particularly the mid-ground looks so cool and soft-focused because of the HDR processing.

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A shot from a very short summer holiday in the beautiful Val d'Orcia in Tuscany. I was there last week but now I really think the best period would have been late Spring / early Summer, when its rolling hills are covered by many different colors and temperatures are not so high!

Last year i started with macro photography and I was fascinated from the beginning. Hope you´ll like it.

 

PENTAX K110D

29.06.2009 20:34

1/30 s

f/8

ISO 200

Pentax 50-200 4.5-5.6

125 mm

Achromat +3

Stativ

  

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Has been a gray and rainy day - so I had to find something to look forward to!

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Empty spaces

That were once filled

With brilliant fantasy,

Of all that could be.

Close my eyes,

And imagine soaring,

Flying through sapphire skies

And shimmering stardust...

Never ending dreams.

 

Empty spaces

That once held

Indescribable love

And soul destroying lust.

Grasped at one-thousand kisses

And wiped away a thousand tears.

 

Empty spaces,

Which when you filled them,

Showed me off to the world

And to myself.

A touch to open my eyes.

 

Empty spaces,

Where your fingers

Once wound around mine.

 

Empty spaces,

That will be filled again someday.

Jaguar XJ6 Ser.I (1968-72) Engine 4235cc S6 DOC Production 98,527

1st Owner Sir William Lyons

Registration Number PHP 42 G (Coventry)

JAGUAR SET

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The first XJ was launched in 1968, was also the last Jaguar saloon to have had the input of Sir William Lyons, the company's founder. The XJ6, using 2.8 litre and 4.2 litre straight-six cylinder versions of Jaguar's XK engine replaced most of Jaguar's saloons which, in the 1960s, had expanded to four separate ranges. Power-assisted steering and leather upholstery were standard on the 2.8L De Luxe and 4.2L models. An unusual feature, inherited from the Jaguar Mk. X and S-Type, was the provision of twin fuel tanks positioned on each side of the boot and filled using two separately lockable filler caps.

 

This was the 370th XJ6 4.2 litre right-hand drive car. The colour is Sable, with Cinnamon interior trim. For the first two years of its life, it was the personal transport of Sir William Lyons, the Chairman of Jaguar Cars Limited. Price when new: £2,258

 

Diolch am 98,765,047 o olygiadau gwych, mae pob un ohonynt yn cael eu gwerthfawrogi'n fawr.

 

Thanks for 98,765,047 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated.

 

Shot 09.10.2022, at Bicester Heritage, Autumn Scramble, Bicester Aerodrome, Bicester, Oxon 166-206

  

Maiko (apprentice geisha) Ayano 彩乃 from Gionkobu with Jack-o'-Lantern

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En la Plaza de Armas, que fue en la época colonial el centro de la vida oficial y publica de La Habana, se alza un monumento llamado El Templete. En su columna conmemorativa hay una inscripción en latín, casi borrada, que traducimos como sigue: "Detén el paso, caminante, adorna este sitio con un árbol, una ceiba frondosa. Fue tenida por primera vez la reunión de los prudentes concejales hace ya mas de dos siglos: era conservado por una tradición perpetua: sin embargo, cedió al tiempo. La inscripción da fe de que en ese lugar hubo una ceiba y que bajo su sombra se celebro la primera misa y el Cabildo recibió la guarda y custodia de los fueros y privilegios de la villa de La Habana, según costumbre y usanza de las leyes de Castilla.

The ice covering the branch makes for a slippery perch.

 

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Listen Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon

 

Nobody does it better

Makes me feel sad for the rest

Nobody does it half as good as you

Baby you're the best

 

I wasn't looking but somehow you found me

I tried to hide from your love light

But like heaven above me, the spy who loved me

Is keeping all my secrets safe tonight

 

And nobody does it better

Sometimes I wish someone would

Nobody does it half as good as you

Why'd you have to be so good

 

The way that you hold me, whenever you hold me

There's some kind of magic inside you

That keeps me from running, but just keep it coming

How'd you learn to do the things you do

 

And nobody does it better

Makes me feel sad for the rest

Nobody does it quite the way you do

Baby, baby

Baby you're the best

Baby you're the best

Baby you're the best

Baby you're the best

 

Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945) is an American singer/songwriter and musician. She is also an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and two-time Grammy Award winner. Simon was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994.

 

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[image info]: DRI from 0 and +1ev - Old yellow paper texture - Sigma 10-20mm@16mm

 

[Level of Retouching]: 50% (textures, vignetting, DRI, levels, general and local curves, use of blending modes) - total processing time: 40 minutes

 

[More...]: Here is my first experiment with texture... somehow, I did not like the "regular" and HDR look... I thought this treatment would serve this image perfectly. I'd say this treatment was influenced by the works of masters Philippe Sainte-Laudy and of ToniVC.

 

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Se encuentra situado en una colina, y a sus pies pasa el río Matarraña. Rodeado de altas montañas y de pinares. Una de estas elevaciones es Peña Aznar o La Caixa, con forma de mesa (1014 m.). De entre los elementos que definen el paisaje de Valderrobres, pocos son tan característicos como esta roca con forma de antigua caja de caudales, visible desde casi cualquier punto del territorio. La historia asociada a ella es asombrosamente antigua. Restos encontrados en la cima, nos dicen que ya era conocida en tiempos de los iberos, pero su importancia como elemento definitorio empieza en tiempos de la dominación musulmana, cuando algunas fuentes empiezan a asociarla con el Conde Aznar Galindo, fundador del condado de Aragón. según parece, él mismo, o más posiblemente alguno de sus continuadores toma “la caixa” como punto estratégico desde el que dirigir sus ataques a las posiciones musulmanas. Desde entonces será conocida como peña de Aznar Lagaya, siendo este último termino una deformación del vocablo medieval que definía precisamente una caja. Acabada la reconquista, Alfonso II en su documento de donación al arzobispado de Zaragoza, llama al valle en el que hoy se asienta Valderrobres “Valle de la peña Aznar lagaia” definiendo con ella todo el territorio. En los siglos posteriores, La Caixa ha ido acumulando leyendas e historias a su alrededor y ha sido desde refugio de pastores hasta objeto de culto pagano, llegando hasta el presente y siendo el mejor testimonio de las raíces más antiguas de Valderrobres y también de Beceite, municipio vecino, que comparte la mitad de la peña con el municipio valderrobrense.

Se entra al casco antiguo por un puente gótico sobre el Matarraña, Difícilmente podría Valderrobres tener una entrada más espectacular que la que le brinda el impresionante puente medieval y el portal de San Roque. Pieza fundamental de su arquitectura e imagen perfectamente reconocible allí donde se mencione el pueblo. La construcción del puente parece estar asociada a la de sus murallas, así que podríamos fechar el inicio de las obras para construir el mismo en torno a 1390, con la petición que el arzobispo Garcia fernandez de Heredia hace ante Juan I para construir dichas fortificaciones. Mucho más difícil seria afirmar con seguridad la fecha de su conclusión, seguramente a principios del siglo XV y estando Valderrobres bajo la prelatura de Dalmao de Mur responsable también de las plantas más altas de nuestro castillo. Se trata de un puente completamente medieval, de cuatro agujeros, extremadamente sólido y provisto de tajamares en forma de cuña pensados para protegerlo de fuertes riadas y evitar la acumulación de troncos. En el siglo XVI se asienta sobre su último tramo el ayuntamiento, modificando por tanto el aspecto del puente en su tramo final al conectar con la plaza. El puente atraviesa la antigua puerta principal de acceso al recinto amurallado. A finales del siglo XVI este portal fue consagrado a San Roque, protector ante las epidemias y Patrón de la población, quedando hoy en día como uno de los portales mejor conservados de todo el conjunto.

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Shot with my very nifty 50mm F1.4. Has to be the best lens purchase I have ever made.

 

The difference between whether you say, 'I wish I would have,' or 'I'm glad I did,' at the end of your life is whether or not you take DECISIVE ACTION during your life.

 

Chris Widener

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