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Die Möwe und mein Herz
Hin gen Norden zieht die Möwe,
Hin gen Norden zieht mein Herz;
Fliegen beide aus mitsammen,
Fliegen beide heimatwärts.
Ruhig, Herz! du bist zur Stelle;
Flogst gar rasch die weite Bahn -
Und die Möwe schwebt noch rudernd
Überm weiten Ozean.
Theodor Storm
Gift Of The Seagull
by Munda
A lonely seagull flies the winds
Majestic... soaring...gliding wings
A single screech sounds from the sky
Come fly with me... come here and fly
My spirit floats to be a part
I feel the beating of its heart
My soul, one with this bird of sea
Now knows the meaning to fly free
I feel the winds caress my soul
And soar the streams without a goal
My being trembles of delight
A treasure I received tonight
The seagull's flight of soaring high
The gift of what it means to fly
Nome comum - Pessegueiro de Jardim
Nome científico - Chaenomeles speciosa
Chaenomeles is a genus of three species of deciduous spiny shrubs, usually 1–3 m tall, in the family Rosaceae. They are native to eastern Asia in Japan, China and Korea. These plants are related to the Quince (Cydonia oblonga) and the Chinese Quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis), differing in the serrated leaves, and in the flowers having deciduous sepals and styles that are connate at the base.
The leaves are alternately arranged, simple, and have a serrated margin. The flowers are 3–4.5 cm diameter, with five petals, and are usually bright orange-red, but can be white or pink; flowering is in late winter or early spring. The fruit is a pome with five carpels; it ripens in late autumn.
The new Flickr view is definitely so much better - I like it ;)
#1 on Flickr's Explore, June 26 2010. If that means anything...
Shot at the Dutch coast while there was a strong wind. I've recorded an HD movie of this scene. Just to get an impression how this really looks like.
This was actually low tide, you can't see the posts at high tide.
Technical info:
ND110 - 10 stops.
f/8
ISO100
24 mm
329s (5min29s) exposure
Software:
Lightroom 3.0
PS CS5 - Silver Efex Pro
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Olympus E-30, Zuiko 12-60
Long time no post... or I should say no time to process photos, no post ;) We're on the roads almost each and every weekend in the last weeks. This past weekend we visited Tuscany - round trip with 2 other couples. Not a dedicated photo trip but it was amazing time spent with great friends. We took accommodation in three places - Florence, Siena and Pisa. So the schedule was very busy in 4 days total. My personal highlight was San Gimigniano on a way from Siena to Pisa.
This photo was taken from Piazzale Michelangelo in Florence and features "The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is the cathedral church (Duomo) of Florence, Italy, begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink bordered by white and has an elaborate 19th century Gothic Revival facade by Emilio De Fabris... The cathedral complex includes the Baptistry and Giotto's Campanile. The three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site covering the historic centre of Florence and are a major attraction to tourists visiting the region of Tuscany. The basilica is one of Italy's largest churches, and until the modern era, the dome was the largest in the world. It remains the largest brick dome ever constructed." - more here...
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It was hard for me to believe how accesible scenes like this were during our travels around Scotland. This looks like an image from a calendar, yet I stood right there by the banks of that lake and shot the image myself! Look in the darker parts of the water and see how the water was crystal clear. View it large!
This is the spot where they have placed the memorial to the Highlanders who joined forces with bonnie Prince Charlie, and were eventually defeated at the battle of Culloden (if I have my history right!).
Anyway, from this point if you turn around 180 degrees and look the opposite direction you will see the viaduct where the Harry Potter movie was filmed! We were going to ride the train that travels along this way (the Road to the Isles), and over the viaduct, but decided to drive our rental instead so that we could stop when we wanted and take pictures, like this one! :o)
view large here: 'pioneer house - Australia' On Black
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Honfleur is a commune in the Norman département of Calvados in France, located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine, across from le Havre and very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie. Its 8 177 inhabitants are called Honfleurais.
It is especially known for its old, beautiful picturesque port, characterized by its houses with slate-covered frontages, painted many times by artists, including in particular Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet and Johan Jongkind, forming the école de Honfleur (Honfleur school) which contributed to the appearance of the Impressionist movement. The Sainte-Catherine church, which has a bell-tower separate from the principal building, is the largest church made out of wood in France.
Oh, the pretty little lies you tell yourself
I spent the majority of my day writing notes and sealing envelopes with the prints I'm sending out. I'll have them on their way to the print winners as soon as possible :)
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I've decided to start using my tumblr account again. I made an account a while ago, but have never really used it until now. Follow me?
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This is a fairly often photographed house on the outskirts of Chipping Campden, in the Cotswolds. The boxwood hedges seem to be over 100 years old. It looks like the owners had just finished pouring several hundred thousand Pounds on its restoration when we walked past it in July.
We took a few quick pictures under poor lighting conditions when we were in this quintessential Cotswolds town for an hour or so in July. They do not begin to do justice to this beautiful place but I'm putting them up as a brief introduction to the charms of the place. For a better representation of Chipping Campden, see other sites on Flickr such as:
www.flickr.com/photos/flash-of-light/sets/72157600036658448/
www.flickr.com/photos/flash-of-light/sets/72157605466095900/
lotus flower / white / green / leaf / - , ハスの花, 莲花, گل لوتوس, Fleur de Lotus, Lotosblume, कुंद, 연꽃,
Please view this white lotus flower and the leaf image on black BackGround- thanks
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Lotus flower video (on white) + music by Ahmad Farzad
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl4TKsmj_Ks&feature=channel
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White Lotus Flower / green / leaf / white / flower / background /
The lotus flower appeared in legends originating from ancient Egypt. It played an important part in ancient Egyptian religion. The pure white lotus flower, the only plant to fruit and flower simultaneously, emerges from the depths of the muddy swamp. Growing from the mud at the bottom of ponds and streams, the exquisite Lotus flower rises above the water and is usually white or pink with 15 or more oval, spreading petals, and a peculiar, flat seedcase at its center.
Sesen A Lotus Flower. This is a symbol of the sun, of creation and rebirth. Because at night the flower closes and sinks underwater, at dawn it rises and opens again. According to one creation myth it was a giant lotus which first rose out of the watery chaos at the beginning of time. From this giant lotus the sun itself rose on the first day. A symbol of Upper Egypt .The lotus flower played a prominent role in the version of the creation story that originated in Heliopolis. Before the universe came into being, there was an infinite ocean of inert water which constituted the primeval being named Nun. Out of Nun emerged a lotus flower, together with a single mound of dry land. The lotus blossoms opened, and out stepped the self-created sun god, Atum, as a child. A slightly different version of the creation story originated in Hermopolis. In that version, the sun god who formed himself from the chaos of Nun emerged from the lotus petals as Ra. The lotus is a flower which opens and closes each day. His history went on to say that the petals of the lotus blossom enfolded him when he returned to it each night.
The lotus flower has been featured extensively throughout the art of ancient Egypt. In various works of art, you may see it held in the hand of a god or human, serving as a border to outline a section of the artwork, unfolding to reveal various gods or humans, and many other depictions. The ancient Egyptians from the 4th dynasty greatly valued the sacred lotus, in religious ceremonies and funerals. The ancient Egyptians developed the art of counting to a high degree, but their system of numeration was very crude. For example, the number 1,000 was symbolized by a picture of a lotus flower, and the number 2,000 was symbolized by a picture of two lotus flowers growing out of a bush.
Link to other images by Bahman Farzad with green / GREEN / on flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/3031353198/
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/2336853336/
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/2105078536/
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/2539132736/
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/2873153858/
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/2838699666/
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/4817452232/
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Link to Bahman Farzad's images with a touch of green:
Link to a whie flower with a green patch
Link to a whie lotus flower with a green leaf on a white background
Link to a pink fractalius lotus flower with a green background
Link to a white lotus flower with a green background reflections
Link to a fractalius red lotus flower with a green background leaf
As the astute amongst you will have noticed, the theme this week is "puppets." The even more astute will have guessed that as we're doing something stupid, it was my idea. Don't worry, next week it's Kim's turn, so we'll be doing something more arty and interesting.
My original concept started out as "Gottle of Geer" but turned into "When Puppets go bad..." when Kim suggested that it looked like he was stealing my beer. So I expanded it, with some trepidation, to a triptych. To round out the theme, there's a little outtake below of what happened later in the shoot when Joey got riled. I'm hoping it won't scar too badly.
I also have one other, non-puppet, shot to share from this shoot, the light was pretty good - maybe you'll see that soon.
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I've been kind of busy the last few days. This is my first post for a week. Someone said to me the other day "you don't know how much you value something until you don't have it." I have not missed watching the view count, but I have really missed the interaction and comments from my friends. I'm not out of the busy woods just yet, but I'll try and spend a bit of time with you all presently. This little enforced break has reminded me of how much my flickr friends mean to me. Thank you.
Let me know what you think, especially if I'm overdoing the triptychs.
My self-portrait project involves taking a picture each week that I post the following week on a Thursday. Feel free to critique - I welcome it. Thanks
Ayuda a protejerlos / Please, helps protect them:
www.greenpeace.org.ar/cyberacciones/index.php?cyberaccion...
ó / or
www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/climate-change...
gracias / thanks
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You can also find this photo here:
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📍 lotnictwo.net.pl/gallery/photo/aircraft-Boeing_737-8_MAX/...
The machine in the new Icelandair livery, in the pink version, on February 13, 2022 took its second rotation after arriving from the paint shop in Norwich.
Nowe malowania zawsze wzbudzają sporo emocji, szczególnie jeśli poprzednie były rozpoznawalne i estetyczne. Od kilkunastu dni po Europie latają już trzy a od wczoraj cztery maszyny 737-8MAX należące do 🇮🇸Icelandair w nowej szacie graficznej. Są nimi TF-ICE (niebieski), TF-ICY (żółty), TF-ICU( różowy), TF-ICR (seledynowy). Cechą charakterystyczną zmienionej koncepcji barw będzie zmieniający się kolorowy pasek widniejący na stateczniku pionowym.
W minioną niedzielę przed moim obiektywem pojawił się różowy TF-ICU wykonujący rotację TF528 z Keflavik (BIKF/KEF). Samolot wykonywał w tym dniu drugą komercyjną rotację (KEF-BER-KEF) po opuszczeniu lakierni w Norwich.
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✈️Aircraft type: Boeing 737-8MAX
🔡Registration: TF-ICU
▶️Owner/User: Icelandair
📍Location: EDDB/BER Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt
📅Date: 13.02.2022
🙋♂️Photographer: Paweł Wędrychowicz
✈️Flight: TF528 Keflavik (BIKF/KEF)- Berlin Brandenburg (BER) - Willi Brandt (EDDB)
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It is my Grandmother Olga in front to the left.
Photo: Fotograf A. Andresen - Jomfrusti 4 - Haderslev
After a War in 1864 Schleswig in Jutland became a part of Prussia and the Danes living there became German citizens.
After Germany had lost World War I, the border between Denmark and Germany was redrawn by a referendum among the citizens of Schleswig and the northern part became Danish in 1920.
I believe this photo is from the celebrations of the reuinification, as Haderslev - where it was taken in 1920 - before the reunification was situated in Germany.
The minorities on both sides of the new border were granted rights to practice their language and culture to such a degree that the division and minorities never became a political issue between Denmark and Germany again and The Danish-German border was the only one of the borders imposed on Germany following World War I, not to be challenged by Adolf Hitler.
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KDD València grup Amics de la Càmera 18-04-2010
CAT:
El Palau del Marqués de Dosaigües és un dels edificis civils d'estil barroc i rococó més significatius de la ciutat de València i seu del Museu de Ceràmica.
La construcció de l'antic edifici del palau es deu a la família Rabassa de Perellós, qui des del 1496 ostentava la baronia de Dosaigües.
Aquest palau fou declarat monument historicoartístic el 1941 i adquirit el 1949 pel Ministeri d'Educació per a ubicar la important col·lecció de ceràmica donada a l'estat el 1947 per Manuel González Martí i la seua dona Amèlia Cunyat. Durant set anys la col·lecció va tindre la seua seu al domicili del fundador, però després de la rehabilitació del Palau de Dosaigües, duta a terme entre 1950 i 1954, s'hi instal·là definitivament el Museu Nacional de Ceràmica.
Entre 1969 i 1972 s'amplià en bastir-se una nova ala que en el seu exterior reproduïa fidelment l'estil de la façana del segle XIX. En els anys 1980 el museu necessitava millorar la seua infraestructura i instal·lacions i el 1990 es tancà per rehabilitar-ho. Després d'anys de romandre tancat, durant la dècada següent s'obrí novament.
ESP:
El palacio de los Marqueses de Dos Aguas sito en la calle Rinconada Federico García Sanchiz de la ciudad de València, es producto de una radical reforma llevada a cabo sobre la antigua casa solariega de los Rabassa de Perellós, titulares del marquesado de Dos Aguas, en la década de 1740 en un acusado estilo rococó.
De planta cuadrangular irregular, organizado en torno a un patio y con torres en las esquinas, sus fachadas se alzan con planta baja y dos alturas, y en un lateral se abre la puerta principal, realizada en alabastro por Ignacio Vergara sobre diseño de Hipólito Rovira. Presidida por la imagen de la Virgen, desde ella descienden dos caudales de agua en alusión al título de los marqueses, con dos atlantes a los lados que simbolizan dos ríos, todo con aspecto de desbordante voluptuosidad.
En esa época toda la fachada estaba decorada con frescos de Rovira, pero en 1867 el palacio sufrió una nueva remodelación, y en ella desaparecieron las pinturas, que estaban en mal estado por la humedad, siendo sustituidas por estucos en tonos grises y rosas imitando mármoles, y además se realizaron también los balcones de sabor francés, con barandillas ondulantes.
En su interior aún podemos observar hoy las carrozas del siglo XVIII y los salones decimonónicos con su decoración original, recientemente restaurada, mientras que la segunda planta acoge el Museo Nacional de Cerámica González Martí, con una importante colección de piezas desde la Antigüedad a los más modernos diseños.
Se cocina rapido, combina con todo, le gusta a todo el mundo.
Arroz, el compañero perfecto.
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It cooks fast, it combines with everything.
Rice, the perfect companion.
Strobist info: SB-900 1/64 power 200mm zoom with 25cm snoot camera left. Triggered by PW.
An early attempt using my new 10-24mm wide angle lens ! The building backs onto a dis-used railway line that became the UKs First Country Park ! It also houses a great bird hide, which I have mentioned previously on other bird photo 's !
Moving left to the photo ' takes you to West Kirby (just under 4 miles / 6 Kms) and to the right takes you to Hooton (just under 13 Kms / 8 miles) !
Great place for dragonflies during the summer months, as well as Coot, Moorhen, a variety of Finches, last but not least a great horde of the Common House Sparrow (currently under a long term study)
The pond has Roach, Rudd, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Sticklebacks and Minnows and a Great Spot for Frogs early spring !
Back in 2003 I traveled to Yellowstone National Park with one of my first
digital cameras, an Olympus C5050Z. I had recently read on the Internet
about a guy who had stitched together a 1 Giga-pixel image and since my
field of view was limited I thought I'd try my hand at it. Needless to say,
when I got home and tried using his technique my results were less than
stellar. A shame since the scenery was so stunning. While browsing the
old images and thinking man, I wish I had my Nikon D300 back then. Then I
remembered that I had been having considerable luck stitching with newer
versions of Photoshop. Piecing the images together wasn't easy as it is
with my Nikon images but with a lot of work it finally started to come together. Back when I took this I was still new to digital photography and shooting in Program Mode so needless to say, none of the images matched exposure or metering. A bit
more work in Photoshop and finally it started to look like an image. I
still wish I had the Nikon back in 2003 but it's equivalent (or
approximation of what was available at the time) would have cost more than
my car.
So here, hopefully for your enjoyment, is the finished result of the storm that blew in over Yellowstone Falls in Yellowstone National Park. This is actually the lower Yellowstone Falls. The upper falls are just around the bend and out of sight. The
lower falls drop in to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and the name is
fitting. Bright yellow and orange rocks surround the falls and steep canyon
falls. It's not hard to understand why this became the world's first
National Park. The lower falls is a 308ft drop. The blue green river
water is a stark contrast against the yellow rocks. The roar of the falls
can be heard clearly from where the picture was taken. More than 63,000
gallons of water flow over the fall every second in the spring time. The
image was taken from the famous Painters Point which is a small outcropping
that extends into the canyon providing one of the most awesome sites you
will ever see. The only place that has perhaps moved me more than this
view is that of coming through the tunnel at Vista Point in Yosemite
National Park. The two parks are in stark contrast. Yellowstone is carved
by fire while Yosemite is carved by ice. Two places I would put at the top
of any nature lovers list of places to see in your lifetime.
I hope you enjoyed the image and if you read this, the story behind the
picture. Because technology continues to improve, I never throw out any
digital image. Storage is cheap. Loosing this image would have cost me
much more.
Darv
© Darvin Atkeson
California Photographer
Paradise
Kindred souls and anxious hearts
As the twain met decades apart.
And as the clouds ushered in the stars,
They knelt and said a prayer.
For once more the King of kings,
Had brought love back from Hades.
Once more love had triumphed,
Resurrection, salvation, jubilation
And then they were alone-
Together, many winters apart.
Bitterly they wept silent tears,
And lost themselves in deep embrace.
What life is life without love’s blood?
What spring is spring without rose’s bloom?
No winter could penetrate their embrace tonight-
No typhoons of fate could make them part.
The embrace of two souls-
Lost in each other beyond reckon.
The union of emotions that they share,
Make this a paradise right here.
Ambarish Singh Roy [sir_watkyn]
It's bewildering that you can feel connected to someone that you have never laid eyes on, never heard the tone of their voice, have no idea what color their hair is even, but yet... you still feel it. It brings truth to the saying, "True beauty cannot be seen with the eyes, but only the heart."
She has asked me more than once if I have seen Up! And I always have the same answer, "Not yet" :) This is for her, Thank you for the generous testimonial Jamie. It would not surprise me if she is a writer on top of an incredible artist. She is generous- a huge inspiration for me and just so so sweet! She is here.
Oh! Shameless plug this texture is called Ocean Memories from a new pack I am working on- I am loving it so you might see it a few times. :)
Best View On Black
The Great Wall of China was built over 2,000 years ago, by Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China during the Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty (221 B.C - 206 B.C.). In Chinese the wall is called "Wan-Li Qang-Qeng" which means 10,000-Li Long Wall (10,000 Li = about 5,000 km).
After subjugating and uniting China from seven Warring States, the emperor connected and extended four old fortification walls along the north of China that originated about 700 B.C. (over 2500 years ago). Armies were stationed along the wall as a first line of defense against the invading nomadic Hsiung Nu tribes north of China (the Huns). Signal fires from the Wall provided early warning of an attack.
The Great Wall is one of the largest building construction projects ever completed. It stretches across the mountains of northern China, winding north and northwest of Beijing. It is constructed of masonry, rocks and packed-earth. It was over 5,000 km (=10,000 Li) long. Its thickness ranged from about 4.5 to 9 meters (15 to 30 feet) and was up to 7.5 meters (25 feet) tall.
During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the Great Wall was enlarged to 6,400 kilometers (4,000 miles) and renovated over a 200 year period, with watch-towers and cannons added.
The Great Wall can be seen from Earth orbit, but, contrary to legend, is not visible from the moon, according to astronauts Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell, and Jim Irwin.
The near wagon is one that I have shot before. It is a Hack Passenger Wagon c. 1862 that is in the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History collection. It was manufactured by Abbot-Downing Co. Concord, New Hampshire
This four passenger wagon is the smallest of the Hack Passenger Wagons. The lighter versions of the East were called Concord Coaches. The heavy version, suited for the rough conditions of the West, was often called a "mud wagon" or "the poor man's Concord". The leather suspension system gave a ride that was smooth by the day's standards.
This coach belonged to Petra Vela Kenedy, wife of Mifflin Kenedy. Mr. Kenedy built a ranching empire in South Texas in the mid-19th century. By the time of Mrs. Kenedy's death in 1885, the ranch comprised 390,000 acres. This coach was most likely the preferred mode of transportation for Mrs. Kenedy, who traveled frequently from the La Parra Ranch in Kenedy County to the Kenedy home on the bluff in Corpus Christi, Texas.
For more information on the Museum:
El monasterio de Sant Cugat es una antigua abadía benedictina situada en la localidad catalana de San Cugat del Vallés (España). El monasterio, construido en el siglo IX, destaca por su impresionante claustro. Fue el monasterio de mayor importancia de todo el condado de Barcelona. Los orígenes del monasterio se sitúan en el siglo IX cuando se decidió unir la iglesia que contenía los restos de San Cucufate o San Cucufato (Cugat en catalán) con una fortificación anexa. La pequeña iglesia, construida en el siglo V, era un pequeño recinto de planta cuadrada alrededor de la que se cree existía ya una comunidad de monjes. Sin embargo, no se tienen noticias documentadas de la existencia de esta comunidad hasta el año 878. En los inicios del siglo X la importancia del monasterio empieza a ser notable. Los abades de San Cugat tomaban parte en actos de relevancia y las posesiones de la comunidad se amplían llegando a tener tierras desde la zona del Penedés hasta la del Montseny. En el año 985, el ataque de las tropas sarracenas capitaneadas por Almanzor afectó al monasterio aunque no causó daños excesivamente graves. El abad que regía el monasterio en esa época, Odón, inició las obras de reconstrucción del cenobio. A finales del siglo XI, Berenguer Ramón II dispuso que el monasterio quedara sometido al de San Ponce de Tomieres, en la zona de la Provenza, lo que creó discrepancias entre los monjes de Sant Cugat. El abad de San Ponce se trasladó hasta el monasterio catalán y aquellos monjes que estaban en desacuerdo con su gestión fueron expulsados. Sin embargo, el obispo de Barcelona reclamó sus derechos sobre el monasterio que volvió a quedar sometido a la diócesis barcelonesa. Fue en ese periodo cuando más se ampliaron los dominios de San Cugat. Quedaron sujetos al mismo los monasterios de Santa Cecília, el de Sant Llorenç del Munt, Sant Pau del Camp, Sant Pere de Clará y el de Sant Salvador de Breda. A mediados del siglo XII se iniciaron las obras de construcción de un nuevo monasterio. Se amplió la iglesia existente en una obra que se prolongó en el tiempo, ya que su construcción no finalizó hasta el año 1337.
En el año 1350 se iniciaron las obras de fortificación del monasterio. El rey Pedro III amplió esta fortificación añadiendo algunas torres de guardia. Sin embargo, en este periodo se inició el declive de Sant Cugat. El abad Pere Busquets suprimió la elección directa del abad por parte de los monjes del monasterio. Los nuevos abades eran nombrados desde la diócesis y algunos de ellos ni siquiera visitaban el monasterio. Aunque se siguieron realizando algunas obras, San Cugat ya no tenía el poder de antaño. Durante la Guerra de Sucesión Española, el monasterio fue ocupado por las tropas del Archiduque Carlos, ocupación que causó graves desperfectos en el edificio. Se llevó a cabo una restauración que finalizó en 1789.
En 1835 los monjes abandonaron el monasterio; el abandono fue causado en parte por la ley de desamortización que obligaba a las órdenes religiosas a abandonar sus pertenencias, y en parte por el asalto de un grupo de habitantes de la zona. Sant Cugat quedó abandonado hasta 1851, año en el que la Comisión de Monumentos Históricos decidió restaurarlo.En 1931 fue declarado Monumento Histórico Artístico.
Tal vez lo más destacado de todo el conjunto del monasterio de San Cucufato es su impresionante claustro. Se trata de un claro ejemplo del arte románico catalán y fue construido en el siglo XII. En el siglo XVI se le añadió un segundo piso y se construyó también el atrio de entrada. Con una longitud de más de 30 metros, el claustro es obra del artista Arnau Gatell. Su planta es casi cuadrada y tiene arcos de medio punto, apoyados sobre pares de columnas. Cada una de estas columnas está decorada con capitel es finamente elaborados, con detalles variados que van desde la representación de animales a las escenas bíblicas. Se pueden contra 72 pares de capitales. Otro elemento destacado es la basílica, construida en este caso en estilo gótico. El edificio, de 52 metros de largo por 23 de ancho, consta de tres naves cubiertas con bóvedas sostenidas por columnas. Llama la atención el rosetón de 8,2 metros de diámetro, muy parecido al de la catedral de Barcelona y a la de Tarragona. La iglesia contiene un retablo gótico, conocido como el retablo de Todos los Santos, realizado en 1375 por el artista Pere Serra.
The monastery of Sant Cugat is a former Benedictine abbey located in the Catalan town of Sant Cugat del Valles (Spain). The monastery, built in the ninth century, noted for its impressive cloister. It was the most important monastery throughout the county of Barcelona. The origins of the monastery is located in the ninth century when he decided to join the church containing the remains of St. Cucufate or San Cucuphas (Cugat in Catalan) with a fortification attached. The small church built in the V century, was a small square enclosure around which people believe there was already a community of monks. However, there are reports documented the existence of this community until the year 878. In the early tenth century the importance of the monastery began to be noticeable. The abbots of San Cugat took part in important events and possessions of the community is coming to have land extending from the Penedes area to Montseny. In the year 985, the attack of the troops commanded by Mansur Saracens hit the monastery but did not damage too severe. The abbot, who ruled the monastery at that time, Odo began the reconstruction of the monastery. In the late XI, Berenguer Ramon II decreed that the monastery becomes subject to St Ponce de Tomieres, in the Provence area, creating discrepancies between the monks of Sant Cugat. The abbot of St. Ponce moved to the Catalan monastery and the monks who disagreed with his administration were expelled. However, the bishop of Barcelona claimed their rights over the monastery which was once again subjected to the diocese of Barcelona. It was during this period when most were extended domains San Cugat. Were liable to the same monastery of Santa Cecilia, the Sant Llorenç del Munt, Sant Pau del Camp, Sant Pere de Clará and Sant Salvador de Breda. A mid-twelfth century began construction of a new monastery. Existing church was expanded in a work that lasted over time, since its construction was not completed until 1337.
In the year 1350, work began defense of the monastery. King Pedro III extended this fortification by adding a few guard towers. However, in this period began the decline of Sant Cugat. The abbot Pere Busquets abolished the direct election of the abbot by the monks. The new abbots were appointed from the diocese and some of them even visited the monastery. Although it continued to make some plays, San Cugat longer had the power of old. During the War of Spanish Succession, the monastery was occupied by troops of the Archduke Charles, an occupation that caused serious damage to the building. It undertook a restoration that ended in 1789.
In 1835 the monks left the monastery, the abandonment was caused in part by the law that forced confiscation of religious orders to abandon their belongings, and in part by the assault of a group of locals. Sant Cugat was abandoned until 1851, when the Landmarks Commission decided restaurarlo.En 1931 was declared a Historic Artistic Monument.
Perhaps the highlight of the whole of the monastery of San Cucuphas is its impressive cloister. This is a clear example of Catalan Romanesque art and was built in the twelfth century. In the sixteenth century added a second floor and also built the entrance hall. With a length of over 30 meters, the cloister is work by the artist Arnau Gatell. Its plan is almost square and has round arches, supported on pairs of columns. Each of these columns is decorated with capitals is finely produced, with detail varied, ranging from animals to represent biblical scenes. You can expect 72 pairs of capital. Another feature is the basilica, built in Gothic style in this case. The building, 52 meters long by 23 wide, has three naves covered with vaults supported by columns. It is striking rosette of 8.2 meters in diameter, much like the cathedral of Barcelona and Tarragona. The church contains a Gothic altarpiece, known as the altar of All Saints, made in 1375 by artist Pere Serra.
Vestíbulo estación de Metro de Chamartin.
Esta gran infraestructura se ha decorado con una ornamentación especial. Así, este intercambiador de Chamartín cuenta con un gran mural que reproduce el efecto de una catarata en el muro curvo que hay sobre las vías de la Línea 1 de Metro.
El panel, de grandes dimensiones (22 metros de alto por 40 metros de largo) está realizado en una lona retroiluminada con luz fluorescente por la parte trasera que simula la caída del agua con los efectos de la luz.
Los autores han sido Vicente Patón y Alberto Tellería, que han dado a su obra el título de “Iguazú”.
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Chamartin Metro station.
This large infrastructure has been decorated with special ornaments. This exchange of Chamartin has played a large mural of a waterfall effect in the curved wall that is on the tracks of Metro Line 1.
The panel, large (22 meters high and 40 meters long) is made into a canvas backlit with fluorescent light from the rear to simulate falling water with the effects of light.
The authors have been Vincent Paton and Alberto Telleria, who have given his work the title of "Iguazu".
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I love this picture because it is a perfect example of how something so simple as a character meet and greet can be so magical for the children. Alice was quick to take the girls by the hands and began telling her stories. These are the things that make Disney special. How could anyone not smile at this kind of thing?
One of the things that I love about Disneyland that you’ll rarely find at Walt Disney World, is how the characters will spontaneously show up without notice or character handlers and just start their story telling and signing autographs and picture taking. …just another little piece of the puzzle that makes Disneyland outstanding and so very magical.
A little about this picture:
HDR Orton done in Dynamic Photo HDR to give it the “dreamy” effect. After that I imported to PSPX2, duplicated the layer, desaturated and brought the color layer to the top. Then rubbed away the background to show b&w. I did this because the background was distracting. I would have liked Olivia’s face (left) a touch more in the picture, but that was how I framed it. So to balance it out a little I cropped in from the right and down from the top a little, also cutting a little more of the busy background out.
Hope you like it!
Alice In Wonderland
Main Street USA
Disneyland
Anaheim, California
August, 2008
Disney Photo Challenge winner in "Magically Manipulated" - thanks for your votes!
This picture made it to Flickr Explore October 4, 2008 - #22 - thanks everyone!
Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend everyone!
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Coming in from Fresno I rolled in to Yosemite a bit late in the day and was treated to this very much Rembrandt view of Yosemite Valley with the bright mid day sun was beaming down on Bridal Veil falls making it the spot light of the image. The lower half of El Capitan glowed a golden hue while the top remained dull gray due to the building afternoon clouds that are typical in the park in the spring time. It looked like some painting that Albert Bierstadt painted but it was in fact the real deal. The lighting was so
perfect and I rushed to get the camera set up and this was my first shot. As expected, it didn't last long and soon the brilliant white gleam of Bridal Veil Falls was dimmed by the sun. I have seen the park hundreds of times but each time I come through the tunnel from Highway 49 the view takes my breath away as I exit the tunnel. The parking lot was full with the exception of one parking slot and I quickly grabbed it. I couldn't have
asked for better lighting and this will undoubtedly be one of my personal top images on Flickr in the near future. Every so often you just get there are the right time and this was certainly one of them. At the time of this posting, this Yosemite Valley shot reigns as my Windows 7 desktop wallpaper.
For those of you that have not had the fortune to see Yosemite, let me take you on a small tour of all the features in this image. Yosemite Valley lies about dead center of the California Sierra Nevada Mountains. It was carved by several receding glaciers over several ice ages that covered most of North America and the flat valley floor later formed as Yosemite Lake filled with sediment. Today most of Yosemite Valley is forested but there are still several large meadows hidden deep in the valley.
This photograph was taken at the Tunnel View which is a few hundred feet below Inspiration Point where Yosemite Valley was fist viewed by the Mariposa Battalion. To the left you can see the single largest piece of exposed granite known as El Capitan. It is Yosemite Valley's single largest icon standing at just under 3000ft (910 meters). To the right, beautiful Bridal Veil Falls which is often lifted by strong winds as they enter Yosemite Valley and whip the falls in to a lacey mosaic of water and rock giving it the name Bridal Veil. In the far distance, you can see Half Dome and just to its left, Clouds Rest both suitably named. I was fortunate to get the cloud cover this time of year. The Icelandic volcano which has caused much havoc amongst European travelers has extended California's rainy season in to mid May and as a result, several storms have
recently blown though Yosemite. Just two days before this shot, a storm blew though and dumped several inches of snow on the upper elevations.
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For the technically inclined who want to know all the gory details:
Nikon D300
Nikkor 15-55mm
26mm (39mm equivalent)
Mode - Manual
f/2.8
1/1600s
ISO 200
ND Grad Filter
Circular Polarizer
Center Weighted Exposure
Manfrotto Carbon Fiber Tripod
RC Remote Release
Original Image Size 4288 x 2848
Posted Size 1920 x 1275
JPEG file used with only minor editing.
Processed in Photoshop CS5 (Trial Version)
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Granted the tripod and remote release was probably not required for this shot but I find it is always best to use a tripod. It also helps as I am often asked to take pictures for many of the tourist and wanting them to have a good California experience I always oblige their request and just continue to click off shots on with my remote as I take their shot and talk about the view. It is also a great place to meet fellow Flickr photographers.
Hope you find this one as enjoyable as I do and please feel free to use the Original Size as your Windows or Mac desktop background.
Prints of this shot are available upon request in most sizes. Please contact me for details.
Darv
© Darvin Atkeson
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"When we say things like "people don't change" it drives scientists crazy because change is literally the only constant in all of science. Energy. Matter. It's always changing, morphing, merging, growing, dying.
It's the way people try not to change that's unnatural. The way we cling to what things were instead of letting things be what they are. The way we cling to old memories instead of forming new ones. The way we insist on believing despite every scientific indication that anything in this lifetime is permanent.
Change is constant.
How we experience change that's up to us. It can feel like death or it can feel like a second chance at life. If we open our fingers, loosen our grips, go with it, it can feel like pure adrenaline.
Like at any moment we can have another chance at life. Like at any moment, we can be born all over again."
A prayer to Benazir Bhutto was held on Jan. 3, 2008 in Liaqat Bagh park in Rawalpindi, where she was murdered a week before.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Part of Pakistani Elections (Recommended as a slideshow)
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La fotografía la tome en el museo de "La infancia recordada", se encuentra en Defensa 219, en San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Hay muchos juguetes expuestos donados por los vecinos y la verdad que es un túnel del tiempo hacia la nostalgia. El museo esta abierto de lunes a domingo de 11 a 19. Lunes y miércoles entrada gratuita, el resto de la semana los adultos pagan $1.
{El escrito en la imagen es una estrofa de la canción República Feliz - Joaquín Sabina}
♥
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“Y estos derechos... a respetarlos, ¿eh? ¡No vaya a pasar como con los diez mandamientos!” (Mafalda)
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So I've been playing around with composites more. Its really amazing to be able to create a world right on your computer. I often have trouble justifying that it's photography, when it comes down to it, it's not. Because it was always something I loved to do, and so many people told me to go into graphics instead. Although I'm sure I could eventually use my own stock photos and it could be photography?
Stock credit:
The rest is my own.
(Original picture of me, here.)
Also, I really enjoy doing sort of an informal 365. I never really thought I could do one if I was actually in one, but flickr in general motivates me to create lots of work. More work, and more creative work, than what I do while in school. Which is sad.
Sunrise, Plitvice Lakes National Park..
View from the Vidikovac Sightseeing Point
Dear Flickr-Friend, i'm back from a short trip to Croatia.
I was 2 nights in the Hotel Plitvice next the Plitvice Lakes National Park and i enjoyed three great day in this wonderful park..
Die Sicht von diesem Aussichtspunkt ist auf vielen Postkarten zu sehen. Ich war am ersten Tag schon hier oben. Man muss beim grossen Wasserfall sehr viele steile Serpentinen raufgehen, darum sind die Massen an Besuchern nicht hier oben sondern bleiben alle unten. So hat man hier oben schön seine Ruhe :)
Ich dachte mir, von hier aus muss doch sicher ein Sonnenaufgang zu sehen sein und so beschloss ich am 2ten Tag früh morgens hier her zu gegen. Der Park ist ja um diese Zeit noch geschlossen, aber zum Glück kann man diesen Punkt auch sehr gut mit dem Auto erreichen. Bin um 05.30 Uhr aufgestanden und sass 7min später schon im Auto und fuhr zu diesem Punkt. Natürlich war ich zu spät dran, weil noch ein Bus vor mir fuhr und die ganze kleine Strasse für sich beanspruchte.. Als ich endlich ankam, waren die Wolken schon rot am glühen und ich musste mich sehr beeilen. Schnappte mir meine Kamera & Stativ und rannte die 100m zum Aussichtspunkt. Da merkte ich, dass ich das falsche Objektiv dabei hatte. Also wieder zum Auto gerannt und dieses Mal den ganzen Kamerarucksack mitgenommen. Schnell wieder zum Aussichtspunkt und völlig ausser Atem dieses Foto schiessen können. Frühsport inklusive ;)
A friend of mine, Ray is a tenor sax player who studied under Jackie McLean. He definitely sounds like Jackie at times, and melodious like Sonny Rollins. He now lives in Japan, playing in Tokyo and is beginning to really establish himself. He's played for the up and coming singer Tiffany ( www.tiffany-vocal.com ) on two Sony label albums (with Hank Jones, Omar Hakim, Terumasa Hino).
He is visiting home now and had a show Friday night...I had to skip work and see him play. He sounded great, playing some of his originals. I am really happy for him, and hope he continues to shine. My wife says, "Ray has an angel." I believe it.
view here please, the rain looks so much better
I kind of liked this one on its own.
Please let me know if you blog my photo.
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Throughout this series of 366 images...
- I jumped for 11 of them
- I made a silly facial expression for 69 of them.
- 10 of them included brightly colored walls.
- I traveled to Boston for 1, and Canada for another.
- 8 were taken in NYC, and another 8 in Maryland.
- I wore my Red scarf for 16 of them
- Green scarf = 6
- 19 images had my Blue scarf.
- 157 of them were taken with natural light.
- 21 of them were messy. ( i still have dried paint under my fingernails from today!)
This is almost surreal, it's weird to be finally done with it. I feel both relieved to have accomplished it, yet wondering what to do with myself not feeling obligated to shoot self-portraits of myself. It's been one of the smartest decisions of my life, because not only did i learn a whole lot about photography, but I learned a lot about myself, my life, and the people that i interact with.
There's always been those un-creative days, the busy days where I never wanted to put effort into it. But luckily I've had those close friends, great photographers, flickr contacts or those friends who'd randomly tell me that they secretly follow my 365 that they found out through facebook. Haha, those were the nuggets of encouragement that kept me motivated throughout the course of the project, so thanks for that.
So far 4 people have congratulated me today, some who have asked me what I'm going to do... For one, I'm definitely not going to stop shooting. I don't think i could ever do that, photography is such a big part of who I am. I secretly did consider a 2nd year, because I looked back at how much I've grown as a photographer since day 1/365 and I never want to stop learning and growing. So we'll see what happens :)
So if you TL:DR'd this wall of text, you can tune in now.
PEACE OUT FOOLS, I'M DONE!! Ahaha,
I can't resist! Strobist Info: 430EXII into 43" brolly box camera high left, 430EX into 32" Wescott shoot-through camera right. 420EZ into 3ft. AB Octabox camera far left on wall, subject rear. Triggered via Cybersyncs.
A veces escuchar canciones como ésta de el vals de las mariposas, es posible que nos traiga a algun@... algún que otro buen recuerdo, y que nos dibuje una pequeña sonrisa y gusten de escuchar de nuevo… pues son canciones, que en muchos casos nos hicieron despertar al amor y que nos hicieron en un momento determinado vibrar y sentir.
Por todas aquéllas canciones del pasado que nos hicieron vivir episodios muy románticos en nuestra vida, que sirvieron , incluso, para declararle nuestro amor cuando a nosotr@s las palabras no nos salían, a aquella especial persona que nos atraía...y que nos hacía sentir mariposas en el estómago.
Por todos aquellós cantantes románticos , sirva este pequeño homenaje, hacia ellos, por tanta ayuda que, a veces , nos han brindado con sus canciones, por tantos preciosos instantes que nos han hecho gozar mientras las escuchabamos…
Y también por todas aquéllas personas que se consideran románticas y que sienten que el amor es el más sublime de los sentimientos de ser vivido.
Y también , como no, por todos los demás, aunque no sean románticos, para éstos vaya la imagen de esta mariposa y mis mejores deseos de que puedan llegar a sentirla algún día en su interior "revolotear".
Y ahora, si lo deseas, me gustaría escuchar y bailar el vals de las mariposas contigo.
¿ Bailamos ?
María.-
Yesterday morning, right after I had woken up, I got up from the bed with a notebook and a pencil in my hands, which hasn't happened in a very long while. The concept for 2/52 had become evident, so I rushed to make a sketch and to write aside a few reminder keywords, with hope to save as much as possible before the whole vision would have shrunk, just like a fading dream, leaving no space for details. Not much later in the day, after some minor attempts at searching and unfortunately often not finding the required artifacts, it already became clear that I would have to make a lot of compromises and improvise on many occasions, where the conditions weren't prone to what I had in mind, if I still wanted to go through with it. The original idea got shredded to bits and pieces eventually and the final result doesn't resemble in most ways the sketches from the notebook, yet it still carries at least a fragment of the initial meaning, so I suppose it will have to do until the time is right for those conditions to be fulfilled and to have a second try at obtaining a closely matching 'yesterday morning' scene unfold.
I had never done such an extensive photo manipulation before and the image above shows obviously and quite painfully just how true that really is and that I am still at the very beginning of the learning curve. I think I managed to discover a few small tricks on the way and I hope I will require access to them soon enough, before they get lost among all the other useless dark corners of my memory.
I would like to thank everyone for such a warm response to my 1/52. It is very appreciated.
Strobist: a window, blinds and three candles. :P
This shot was done in the same session as coiled - hence the title.
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Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir. Sudddenly, all people, coming and going, formed a perfect line of silhouettes. I took a shot and felt uneasy: there was really a weird sense of them being after me, vaguely threatening, oppressive, like an army of zombies with no face in the backlight ! A second later, the pattern broke down and they were just people enjoying the late sun...
Part of "L'autre passerelle"
A larger view
Hi all,
This was taken during a walk with some of the guys the other evening, Nanagyei, Eric, Ian, Tyopfly and Jestoni.. It was a fun night, and I think we'll be going out again very soon.. I borrowed Jestoni's 10-22mm lens for this shot..
Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Exposure: 15 secs
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 10mm
ISO Speed: 320
3-8-11
Yeah let's go
To the sand, the purest sand
Into the sea, yeah let's go
Leaving reason far behind
Nothing here is cruel or kind
Only your desire to set me free…
Let us lie here all alone
Worn away like river stone
Let us be the sirens of the sea
I... can not... resist... your call
Oceanlab- Sirens of the Sea
I've been exploring some highly personal aspects of my life lately with the project, and it feels right. I think there are others out there that can relate to these aspects of life, and when you inspire or touch others it makes it all worth it. To me, this is just one of the many things that makes a good photo. If you look within, there is a tale of longing that this photo tells... a longing to hold the hand of someone who isn't afraid to follow wherever I might go... I promise to never lead you astray, and I will light our way. But not before the time is right. I'm ready. Are you ready... yeah? Let's go...
14-24mm
1 AB1600/gridded in photo
1 AB1600/gridded camera left
CyberCommander/CyberSyncs
The Confederacy of Free Systems: www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/168891-f...
Left to Right:
Colonial Defenders – While some are former rebels, enforcers, or Imperials, many battle-trained colonists hail from planetary guard forces or other backgrounds. With intelligence and grit, they stand ready against any pirate, thief, or warlord who gives their colonies even a second glance.
Mon Quaramari Farmer – A hybrid from the world of Mon Cala, and a living example of reconciliation between enemies. This farmer takes the time and effort to care for the land well, and reaps the rewards.
Talz Forester – His duty is to make sure the forest and the animals that live within are healthy, and that the trees suitable for carbonculling are in good condition when it comes time to harvest.
Duros Droidsmith – Droids make life easier in the frontier colonies, but not every freed Imperial-slave-turned-colonist has the know-how to keep them up-and-running. This Duros travels from colony to colony to fix, teach, and help where he can.
Mato Rook – Once an enforcer for the Hutts, Mato escaped criminal servitude to a peaceful life on Wayland. There he found a family and a purpose, and a love for the seven-string halikset.
Mirialan Child – She gave mom and dad the slip to hear the music from across the field. Chores are dumb. She wants to dance!
Drall Colonist – This elderly female is past the point of doing much field work, instead she stays in the village center and teaches the children. But music has always been one of her passions, and she’s not too old to show it.
Zabrak Engineer – A gearhead who maintains the village’s skimmers and iontractors. She prefers order, logic, and cause-and-effect. Music fits into that perfectly, so she happily accompanies Mato on her handmade synthetic gnarlhorn.
Dubravan Defender – Once a member of a Coruscant martial warrior guild, this farmer takes a few days a week to watch for dangerous wildlife and prepare other defenders, just in case.