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During the Independence Day parade on Aug. 6th, an old man celebrates the memories of his ancesters who fought the Chaco war against Paraguay.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
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Manually blended together from 4 exposures to increase dynamic range. HDR is so 2008 ;-))
If I had my own world
I'd fill it with wealth and desire
A glorious past to admire
And voices of kids out walking,
Dogs, birds, planes, cleanest cars
If I had my own world
I'd love it for all that's inside it
There'd be no more wars, death or riots
There'd be no more police, packed-parking lots,
Guns, bombs sounding off,
If I had my own world
I'd show you the life that's inside it
The way that it glows when you find it
The way it survives with it's families,
Friends or it's enemies
Let's make this a new world
I swear you can go if you want to
I know that you have that within you
Inventing the first clean and usable,
God's greatest miracle
we drove over to vouliagmeni to take a picture of the midsummer sunset. the beach was crowded but people started to trickle away as the sun's rays grew weaker.
a family started gathering towels, bags and folding chairs from a very nice position, so we moved in as soon as they left.
a group of three women were sitting a couple of meters away. they eyed me as i set up the tripod and changed lenses on my camera.
woman 1: 'are you going to take pictures?'
me: 'yes, of the sunset. it's a special sunset today since it's the longest day of the year.'
she looked at the sun.
w1: 'it's beautiful!'
m: 'yes, it is -- and the sky's so clear.'
w1: 'what time does it set today?'
m: '8:50'
w1: 'and after that?'
m: 'the days start to get shorter.'
w1: 'i don't think i've ever seen such a beautiful sunset.'
m: 'it's there every day -- it's a shame we rarely notice it.'
i started to shoot. in a bit one of her friends pulled out a cell phone and started taking some shots herself.
as soon as the sun disappeared, her friend, woman2, exclaimed 'it's exactly 8:50! will sun set the same time tomorrow?'
me: 'yes, but a few minutes earlier.'
as the night set in, they prepared to leave and the first woman said, 'thank you -- in all my years, i can honestly say that i've never seen such a beautiful sunset. if you hadn't come, i would have sat here, chatting away, and wouldn't have looked at it or appreciated it. goodnight and be well.'
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i've added our position on the map.
on the blog: toomanytribbles.blogspot.com/2009/06/june-solstice-evenin...
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Convection of the churning brine and conduction from surrounding rock transfers heat to an overlaying layer of fresh groundwater. Movement of the two liquids is facilitated by the highly fractured and porous nature of the rocks under the Yellowstone Plateau. Some silica is dissolved from the fractured rhyolite into the hot water as it travels through the fractured rock. Part of this hard mineral is later redeposited on the walls of the cracks and fissures to make a nearly pressure-tight system. At the surface, silica precipitates to form either geyserite or sinter, creating the massive geyser cones, the scalloped edges of hot springs, and the seemingly barren landscape of geyser basins.
--from Wiki
It is this silica production which makes its way into adjacent flora, killing and "silicifying" them.
This is the Americana at Brand, L.A.'s newest beacon of American consumerism that opened on May 2, 2008 in Glendale. On the surface, it may look like just another mall, but with more than 75 stores and restaurants—plus a state-of-the-art movie theater and a park with a water fountain, it's definitely bigger than anything Los Angelenos have ever seen before.
Two years in the making and cost $400 million, Americana is the new shopping center and residential center in Glendale made possible by Grove developer Rick Caruso.
Caruso, who spent millions fighting Glendale Galleria owner General Growth Properties while planning the project, has built an empire by creating stylized retail centers that encourage shoppers to kick back and hang out. You either love the idea of shopping in a fantasy land -- where shiny trolleys cruise mini-streets and uniformed elevator men ask "Which floor? "-- or you cringe over its Disney-esque surrealness.
But only the terminally cynical will be blind to the Americana's charms. Yes, architectural purists will bemoan the hodgepodge of design styles -- Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Mediterranean, Classical and many more. But walking down the paved pathways, you almost feel as if you're strolling Boston's Newbury Street or Georgetown in Washington D.C. Or the main drag in Vegas. A 2-acre grassy knoll features an 80-foot "dancing" fountain, the centerpiece of the project, with stores and a playground curving around all sides.
Unlike at the Grove, there are no department store anchors, only a multilevel Barnes & Noble and an 18-screen Pacific movie theater. And though the outdoor space is triple what it is at the Grove, there's actually less retail.
But the lineup is aimed straight at younger shoppers: Calvin Klein, Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters, Lacoste, Martin + Osa, Free People, H&M, Juicy Couture, Custo Barcelona and XXI from Forever 21.
Abercrombie & Fitch opened its first store in California for its Australia-based line Gilly Hicks, which features hip lingerie and lounge wear for twentysomethings. Paperchase, a British stationery store, will debut its first West Coast shop.
Tiffany & Co. launched its lower-priced "concept store," geared toward the trendy jewelry shopper.
And you won't go hungry -- though you might leave with a touch of indigestion. Restaurants and eateries include Cheesecake Factory, Beard Papa (cream puffs), Caffe Primo (salads and paninis), Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, CrepeMaker (handmade crepes), Jamba Juice and Richie's Neighborhood Pizzeria. On the higher end, there's Katsuya, the Japanese restaurant from sushi chef Kaysuya Uechi and designer Phillippe Starck.
The Americana takes its customer service seriously. The concierge desk offers -- for fees -- valet service, on-site oil changes, rental car and taxi reservation assistance, wardrobe consultation and styling, dry cleaning, tailoring, a notary public and even a yoga instructor. That's just for shoppers.
There are even more perks for those planning to move into Caruso's Neverland. Stacked above the center's shops and restaurants are 100 condos and 238 apartments, with condos ranging from the low $700,000s to $2 million and rents from $2,000 to $5,500 a month. The list of services for residents reads like Mariah Carey's backstage rider: piano tuning, baby-sitting (kids, pets and plants), movie tickets, personal shopping, art appraisal and food delivery.
Day shoppers who won't be rolling out of bed and into Urban Outfitters -- and don't want to valet -- will be subjected to a fascimile of the Grove's creeping, merry-go-round of a parking garage. But then passage to strange lands has always been tricky.
Info from www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-ig-americana27apr27... (with minor changes and additions)
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The National Botanic Garden of Wales is situated on land whose history as an estate stretches back over 400 years.
The estate derives its name from the Middleton family, from Chirk Castle near Oswestry, who built a mansion here in the early 1600s. Three generations later the estate passed, via marriage, to the Gwyn family of Gwempa who were eventually forced to sell Middleton Hall in 1776 to pay off debts.
to be continued....
www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/L'Etacq
L’Etacq – A Community of Sea and Stone
"The story of L’Etacq is deeply affected by its surroundings. Its nutrient rich côtils and proximity to the sea has seen farming and fishing featuring heavily in its history. Also the rocky cliff faces, which gave L’Etacq its name, have proved a great source of stone for quarrying."
"However, that is not to say that nothing of significance has happened in the area. In the 1890s the community was shaken by an unsolved murder which came to be known as the ‘St Ouen’s Murder Case’. Other tragedies were also seen with the dangerous northwest coast claiming a number of victims through shipwrecks. Overall the study of L’Etacq is a fascinating insight into a local coastal rural community."
Icy wind blows between the houses, flashes quickly in the night on the streets of the rotten city. A shade, a woman, her eyes are shiver and charm, her look magnetize you, it won't let you go.
The photoshoot shows the creature in an own perspective, who became nowadays very popular in books, films and series. The vampire. The immortal being of the past, the present and the future.
Az időn át - Vámpír krónikák (a múlt)
Jeges szél süvít a házak közt, fürgén cikázik az éjszakában a romlott város utcáin. Egy árny, egy nő, a szeme borzongás és igézet, megbűvöl a tekintete, nem ereszt.
A sorozat saját szemszögünkből mutatja be azt a lényt, aki mára oly divatossá vált könyvekben, filmekben és tévésorozatokban. A vámpírt. A múlt, a jelen és a jövő alakját, aki halhatatlansággal bír.
Info:
Concept, model: Ágnes Vincze
Makeup artist: Dóra Vízhányó
Hair stylist: Gábor Antal
Strobist info:
Metz 58 AF-1 @ 1/2 power at camera right 45º into a reflective white umbrella, fired with PC cord
Strobist.hu info:
Metz 58 AF-1 @ 1/2 teljesítményen kamera jobb 45º-ról, fehér visszaverő ernyőbe szinkronkábellel villantva.
www.sandiapeak.com/index.php?page=history-technology
This dude was crazy, but I'm sure that he had all the fun in the world.
10300 Feet above sea level, about 3100
meters above sea level, correct me if I'm wrong.
Well, we are back at home.
It feels good, but the memories of driving across country, the views, the food, the people, will forever be in my mind....
Obrigado Leley and Sussu for the nice stay in your house.
If I was ever poor, I forgot.
It was better than a five star hotel staying with you guys.
Again, thank you.
Este rapaz ai era doido mesmo, lembrei da Bel Matos, que ta meia sumidinha, mas eu aposto tambem que ele teve o maior prazer do mundo, pois bater as assas a 3100 metros nao eh para qualquer um nao.
Ele esperou muito tempo para ter um ventinho, para ele poder decolar.
Enquanto isso todo mundo esperava.
Ja estamos em casa, a viajem foi otima, a comida, o povo, as vistas, ficarao para sempre registradas em minha memoria.
Obrigado Leley pela otima estadia em sua casa...
Se fui pobre eu esqueci...
Um abraco a todos.
El castillo de Montbui ya consta como organizado en el año 936. El conde Borrell II lo cedió al obispo Ató de Vic en el año 970. Las primeras noticias de la iglesia datan de los años 972 y 993, cuando el obispo Fruià levantó, en la cumbre del Montbui, un nuevo castillo y una iglesia, pero esta quedó inacabada a causa de una fuerte sequía que obliga a emigrar a los repobladores de la comarca. En el año 1023 el obispo Oliba enfeudó la fortaleza al levita Guillem de Oló, que repobló definitivamente el término, restauró el castillo y acabó la iglesia. La iglesia es un edificio construido a finales del siglo X e inicios del XI. Es de planta basilical de tres naves, cabeceadas por ábsides semicirculares, cubiertos con bóvedas de cuarto de esfera. El perímetro de la iglesia se ensancha hacia la cabecera y únicamente es roto por unos contrafuertes ataludados y una capilla moderna. Los ábsides llevan decoración lombarda con arquerías entre lesenas. Las naves laterales quedan separadas por dos series de seis arcadas de donde arrancan las vueltas que las cubren. Los dos primeros tramos, seguramente corresponden a la iglesia más antigua, anterior al 990 y quizás nunca acabada. Estas dos primeras arcadas apoyan sobre pilares cuadrangulares, las restantes, hacia la cabecera, reposan sobre columnas cortas y gruesas. Las vueltas de las naves son irregulares, ya que a lo largo de su recorrido adoptan diferentes perfiles, pasando por un arco de medio punto, hasta convertirse en un arco ultrapasado o de ligera herradura. El muro oeste es coronado por un campanario de pared de dos aperturas que se erigió posteriormente. Debajo hay una ventana en forma de cruz. La puerta de acceso, abierta al muro sur, corresponde a un remodelaje posterior, seguramente del siglo XVI. En el interior se conserva una sencilla pila bautismal y otra pieza utilizada como pila benditera. Muy cerca se conservan los restos del castillo del siglo X. De planta rectangular con los ángulos redondeados. El interior bastante modificado, se organiza a partir de una planta baja, desdoblada en un recibidor y una sala cubierta con bóveda de medio punto. La planta superior solo conserva los muros. La puerta de entrada original se encuentra más arriba, a nivel del primer piso, a modo de ventanal.
The castle has already Montbui as organized in 936. Count Borrell II Atomic traded him to the bishop of Vic in the year 970. The first news of the church dating from 972 and 993, when Bishop frui up, Montbui on top of a new castle and a church, but this remained unfinished because of a severe drought that forced the settlers to emigrate of the region. In 1023 the bishop Oliba feuded strength to coat Guillem de Olo, who repopulated the term finally, restored the castle and the church ended. The church is a building built in the late tenth century and the beginning of XI. It has a basilica with three naves, apses doze by semicircular arches covered with quarter-sphere. The perimeter of the church widens toward the top and is only broken by buttresses ataludados and a modern chapel. The apses are decorated with arches between lesen Lombard. The aisles are separated by two series of six arches where they dig up the laps that cover. The first two installments, probably corresponding to the oldest church, before the 990 and perhaps never finished. These first two arches resting on square pillars, the other, toward the head, resting on short columns and thick. The turns of the vessels are irregular, because along its course take different profiles, to a semicircular arch, into an arc or slightly surpassed horseshoe. The west wall is topped by a tower wall was erected two starts later. Below is a cross-shaped window. The access door is open to the south wall, represents a later remodeling, probably sixteenth century. In Inside is a simple font and another room used as benditera stack. Nearby is the remains of the castle of the tenth century The rectangular with rounded corners. The much modified inside, is organized from the ground floor, split into a reception room and a roof deck with a half-point. The upper floor retains only the walls. The original entrance is located above the first floor level, as a window.
Sounds like a signal from you
Bring me to meet your sound
And I will bring you to my heart
Love like a signal you call
Touching my body my soul
Bring to me, you to meet me here
Home be the temple of your heart
Home be the body of your love
Just like Holy water to my lips
Yes I do know how I survive
Yes I do know why I'm alive
To love and be with you
Day by day by day by day
Time, time again, it is said
We will hear, we will see
See it all-in his wisdom-hear
His truth will abound the land
This truth will abound the land
This State of independence shall be
by Moodswings "spiritual High"
Mattina ore 6 circa,altra levataccia per cogliere quello che la luce al tramonto, due giorni prima, non mi ha regalato.Forse il fatto di essere li da solo...in verità ci sono altri due pazzi come me, ma il silenzio e l'atmosfera sono tali che riesco ad isolarmi.A tu per tu con la natura, uno di quei momenti che solo certi posti riescono a trasmettere.Il gruppo del Latemar si specchia nel lago di vetro, una carezza per lo sguardo...
About 6 a.m., I wake up early to catch what the light at sunset two days before has not given me. Perhaps the fact to be alone them...in truth there are other two crazy persons as me, but the silence and the atmosphere are such that I succeed in isolating me. A face to face with the nature, one of that moments that only certain places succeed in transmitting. The group of the Latemar is mirrored in the lake of glass, a caress to the eyes .. .( sorry for my bad translate )
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This photo was hard to me to get. My new tripod is so tall so it helped alot to found the right angle, but pose and looks kind of nice was very hard. The worse thing is that I touched the nettle!! GRR I HATE THE nettle! There is some other shoots that i liked better, but this was the first aspect or idea i wanted to get, so I decided to use the diptych better. I know yesterday I said that I photoshoped my eyes to make them looks that bright. This time was different, the light was pretty awesome and I got bright eyes for real. I know the photo is simple but I like it :) It was fun get all dirty posing for this, oh remenber i use a point and shot so i dont have a remote! i had to stand up to active the 15 seconds shot and then go under the tripod and pose!
...chi apre la porta deve richiuderla
sia che resti
sia che decida di andare via...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HhckmZqQ1s&feature=fvwrel
Coldplay - Lost
...Solo perchè sto perdendo
non significa che sono perso
non significa che mi fermerò
non significa che mi opporrò
solo perchè sto ferendo
non significa che io sia ferito
non significa che non otterrò
quello che merito
niente di meglio e niente di peggio
mi sono appena perso
ogni fiume che ho provato ad attraversare
ogni porta che abbia mai provato
ad aprire era chiusa a chiave
e sto solo aspettando che svanisca la luce ...
Visited the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge yesterday. While on the auto tour we came across this group of Cinnamon Teal. They are one of my favorite ducks for color and markings. If you wish, each image can be viewed large below.
catala...
La sardana és una dansa popular catalana i és el ball nacional de Catalunya. Es balla en cercle i corresponent amb ritme i dinàmiques a la música d'una cobla. El nom pot fer referència tant al ball com a la música.
Un nombre indeterminat de balladors formen un cercle agafant-se de les mans i mirant al centre, ballant en rotllana cap a dreta i esquerra amb tempo canviant, encara que principalment lent i concentrat. Els components han de ser preferiblement parelles formades per home-dona però només cal un mínim de dues persones agafades per les mans per considerar que ja han creat una rotllana. La sardana és una dansa no excloent, de manera que qualsevol persona pot afegir-se individualment o en parella en qualsevol moment del ball (a no ser que es tracti d'un concurs o una exhibició).
El ball és més complicat del que sembla. Els balladors han de comptar el número de passos, així com identificar els canvis de ritme, de volum i d'altres motius musicals per a interpretar-ho correctament amb els passos, amb recursos com el salt, passos de moviment més ample, etc.
La música de la sardana és tocada per una cobla, consistent en 12 instruments tocats per 11 músics. Quatre d'aquest instruments (tenora, tible, flabiol i tamborí) són instruments típicament catalans; els altres són més convencionals (contrabaix, trompeta , trombó i fiscorn). La música de la sardana (que forma part del que genèricament es coneix per música de cobla) té generalment un compàs de 6/8 i pot ser escoltada en forma de concert. Algunes composicions afegeixen un acompanyament coral. Hi ha més de 25.000 partitures per sardana però només les versions instrumentals són usades per ballar.
La sardana fou prohibida durant la dictadura de Franco com a símbol nacional.
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La Sardana es una danza en grupo y en círculo, que se baila generalmente en Cataluña, Andorra y la llamada Cataluña francesa (Rosellón). Los participantes se cogen de las manos por parejas, entendiendo como pareja un hombre que coge con la mano derecha a una mujer, que resulta por lo tanto en un patrón alterno de hombre-mujer-hombre-mujer. Por lo que se refiere a la longitud de una sardana, hay sardanas de 7 y de 10 "tirades", que tienen unas estructuras definidas de pasos "curts" (cortos) y "llargs" (largos). Una variedad menos usual es la sardana revessa, una sardana donde es muy difícil encontrar el tiraje (número de compases que tiene la música) por lo que un miembro del grupo lo calcula a partir de peños motivos musicales y sus diferencias. Parte del éxito de la sardana como danza social radica en su carácter de danza abierta que admite un número altamente variable de parejas y que, al menos a nivel público, no requiere especiales condiciones físicas para su práctica, aunque no es así cuando se trata del "Bàsic d'Honor", la competición de sardanas nacional de Cataluña.
La sardana tiene su origen en la isla de Cerdeña donde se baila un baile típico hace siglos que se llama "Su passu torrao" entre otras modalidades. De allí se la trajeron los catalanes en sus viajes junto a Alfonso el Magnánimo en pleno renacimiento. Comenzó a resurgir tras varios siglos en las comarcas del norte de Cataluña, específicamente en la zona que va del Rosellón a La Selva, pasando por el Ampurdán, que era donde tenía más arraigo y fuerza. Su popularidad y extensión crecieron considerablemente en las últimas décadas del siglo XIX. Aunque el momento de su aparición permanece desconocido, existen testimonios de su popularidad desde el siglo XVI. La composición de la cobla y la coreografía actual de la danza fueron fijadas y unificadas en el siglo XIX, aunque persisten variantes y usos locales. Algunos expertos teorizan que la sardana tiene dos mil años de antigüedad, pero estas teorías tienen hoy en día pocos adeptos.
Aunque en su origen la música fue tocada por solistas o mínimas agrupaciones instrumentales de composición variable, la sardana es tocada actualmente por una cobla (una banda de viento con contrabajo), que consta de 12 instrumentos tocados por 11 músicos. Cuatro de estos instrumentos (tenora, tible, flabiol y tamboril) son instrumentos típicamente catalanes o versiones diferenciadas sólo usadas en Cataluña. Los otros (trompeta, trombón, fiscorno y contrabajo) son más convencionales.
Aunque su repertorio incluía diversas danzas sociales europeas de la época (vals, mazurka), corresponde principalmente a Pep Ventura la formación actual de la cobla y la estabilización del patrón rítmico fundamental en torno al compaseo en 6/8. Muchas sardanas tienen letra, pero sólo las versiones instrumentales suelen ser usadas para bailar.
En Cataluña y Rosellón, existen aproximadamente ciento treinta coblas activas, la mayor parte de las cuales no son profesionales. La única cobla existente fuera del territorio catalán es la Cobla La Principal, en Ámsterdam (Países Bajos).
Existen dos modos básicos de marcar los pasos la llamada empordanesa y la selvatana. Hasta la década de 1920, la variante empordanesa se caracterizaba también por mantener constantemente los brazos en posición alzada.
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The sardana (Catalan plural sardanes) is a type of circle dance typical of Catalonia.
There are two main types, the original sardana curta (short sardana) style and the more modern sardana llarga (long sardana), which is more popular. Other more unusual sardanas are the sardana de lluïment and the sardana revessa.
Nobody knows when the sardana originated, but it has been popular since the 16th century. Some believe the sardana is two thousand years old, but such theories have few adherents. Modern choreography was established as late as the end of the 19th century and features slight differences from the original North-Catalonian dance. Pep Ventura's band is credited for stabilizing different variants around a clear 6/8 rhythm and fixing the instrumental ensemble. Though some Iberian and Mediterranean circle dances follow similar patterns, instrumental music for the sardana has achieved a complexity of its own. As a non-performance dance, sardana does not require special fitness. Moreover, the circle can be opened to a highly variable number of dancers.
Music for the sardana is played by a cobla, a band consisting of 10 wind instruments, double bass and a so called "tamborí" (very small drum) played by 11 musicians. The cobla has five woodwind instruments: The flabiol is a kind of Block flute. The tenora and the tible (two of each) belong to the oboe family. These instruments plus the tamborí are typical of Catalonia. The brass instruments include: two trumpets, two fiscorn (a tipe of saxhorn created by Adolph Sax during the 19th century), and one keys-trombone. The double bass is normally a three-goat-stringed one.
In Spanish and French Catalonia about one hundred and thirty coblas are active, most of which are amateur orchestras. Outside Catalonia there is one more cobla: Cobla La Principal d'Amsterdam.
Many sardanas have lyric versions and were widely sung in the 20th century, but mostly instrumental versions are used for dancing.
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El monasterio benedictino de Ripoll fue fundado por el conde Guifré el Pilós en el año 879. El 20 de abril del año 888 el monasterio de Ripoll fue solemnemente consagrado y dedicado a Santa María.
La creciente importancia del monasterio de Ripoll como centro cultural, con biblioteca,scriptorium y escuela monástica medieval, motivó sucesivas ampliaciones del edificio, siendo la efectuada por el abad Oliba (1008-1046) la que conformaría sus formas definitivas : 60 por 40 metros en un edificio petreo de formas austeras y macizas, de cinco naves, con un cuerpo de edificio delantero encima del cual se levantaron dos torres de campanarios y en la parte posterior un grandioso transepto coronado por un ábside central y tres absidiolos a cada lado.
El templo ha sufrido diversas restauraciones. En especial la realizada tras el terremoto de 1428 y la de 1830 que redujo a tres las cinco naves originales.Las dimensiones de la nave principal son las originales : 60 m. de largo por 9 de ancho. En el crucero y en los muros de la nave central se hallan las tumbas de muchos delos condes de Besalú y Barcelona como Guifré el Pelós, Ramon Berenguer III y IV.
La obra principal del monasterio y de la escultura románica de Catalunya, es la portada del siglo XII. Se divide en siete franjas horizontales donde se representan escenas bíblicas, históricas y alegóricas. La rica iconografía combina los grupos temáticos entre motivos florales de gran exuberancia y ornamentaciones de líneas geométricas, sin ningún lugar en que el cincel no se haya dejado sentir.A ambos lados del portal están las imágenes mutiladas de San Pedro y San Pablo.
El claustro del templo consta de dos pisos. Fué iniciado en siglo XII, quedando paralizada la construcción hasta fines del siglo XIV. La galería superior quedó completada en el siglo XVI. Tiene forma trapezoidal y consta de 112 arcos semicirculares y 252 columnas de capiteles esculpidos con motivos religiosos, mitológicos y populares.
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I'd say there are two photographers who were primarily responsible for inspiring me to take up photography. One of them is famous. His name is Galen Rowell. The other one is not. His name is Charles Uibel, and I don't remember how I came across his photos but he was one of my first flickr contacts. I followed his work for years before I became seriously interested in photography and decided to buy my first "real" camera. I was mesmerized by the relationship he had with the Great Salt Lake. It seemed like every day he could go out and find something completely new and fascinating, yet familiar. Featured in many of those photos is Antelope Island -- sometimes dominant, sometimes looming in the distance. It's often an anchor and a thread that weaves his images together. Always the same place, always seen in a new way.
Anyway, despite what my title suggests, I don't have hundreds of photos from this place. But Mickey Butte did remind me of Antelope Island. And the Mickey and Alvord basins are places worthy of the same sort of attention Uibel gives the Great Salt Lake. This was the third time I had been out here, and I plan to return as often as I can. I'm much more interested in seeing a place captured in a hundred different ways than I am in seeing a single trophy shot.
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ok guys, this one is a bit depressing...
I dedicate this pic to Liz - she is a single mom with a four year-old, a brother and a grandmother who she cares for. She got laid off 15 minutes after me. If you ever see this, Liz, I hope you smile - beautiful, caring, silly girl... ((((((hugs))))))
Guys, please appreciate everything you have.
I also want to thank you my dear friends for your support - it means so so much to me! THANK YOU!
xoxo
If I had a day that I could give you
Id give to you a day just like today
If I had a song that I could sing for you
Id sing a song to make you feel this way
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high.
By John Denver "Sunshine om my shoulders"
And of course, another Colossal Castle Contest XVI entry! This is number 16, for the Forest Lair category. Out of all the amazing categories Forest Lair is my favorite, so I wanted to do something extra special for it. And strangely enough I hadn’t done a snowy scene for the CCC this year, which made it easy to settle on this landscape idea. Many of the designs have already been explained in our tutorials: Chris Maddison’s Pine Trees, Snow, and Slanted Rockwork. And I’ll have a tutorial up on my palisade technique next year.
This group of Wolfpack bandits has built themselves a small hidden camp not too far from one of the main trade routes in Mitgardia. The cliff face gives shelter from the biting winter winds and with the added palisade protects against attacks.
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'The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.'
Steve Jobs
February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011
The architecture of BSSR House is the physical expression of a way of being: the form does not follow a particular fashion, it follows a particular life. BSSR House is designed and built on the principles of “less is more”, “doing more with less” and “less but better”.
The name of the house is “Minimum to the Max!” which I believe also aptly describes the feel of this room. In the desk and workspace area, there are only computers, desks, task lighting, and chairs.
Likely, when the space is in use, there are also project materials strewn about the desks. However, at the end of the day, all items are put away and stored on the bookcase.
The bookcase is built into the wall and was part of the original design of the home. Without the bookcase, the space would feel empty or impersonal. With the bookcase, the space transforms into an inspiring studio that can provide clarity and creativity.
The long window that runs along the wall opposite of the bookshelf is also nice for bringing natural light into the space.
BSSR Office Space seen in several lifestyle magazines and E-zines. Below a random selection 'discussion threads'. Comments and Critics welcome!
Explore BSSR House
www.flickr.com/photos/55176801@N02/sets/72157625373026635/
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'Went through the slideshow on Flickr and absolutely love the home.'
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'Sorry but this just looks like an old schoolhouse renovated.'
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'All the (Continental) European homes I’ve ever visited have all looked pretty much the same, with white walls, lots of bookshelves and uncarpeted floors. That kind of style is not to my taste at all – it’s just not cosy enough – and nor is this office, but I have to say it is beautifully done. It looks a bit like a library with the identical desks and chairs. And I can’t imagine any other computer but a Mac in that space.'
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'Maybe the low windows are motivation to stay seated and finish your work — you can’t gaze out the window while standing?? I do like the large bookshelf, though.'
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'I do like how neat and clean it is.'
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'The design is a little stark for my tastes, but I am inspired by the modern lines and clean, functional spaces.'
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'What’s striking to me is that even though the bookcases are used for organizing supplies, books and related documents, the shelves aren’t overflowing. So often wall-spanning bookcases like this can be a clutter magnet, but in this picture, some of the cubbies have barely anything in them. Impressive.'
'Where is the file cabinet? Are we to understand that this office is completely paperless?'
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'Not to my taste but it works, by the standards of that style.'
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'Fun to find a house only a few miles from mine on a website written on the other side of the world. The windows are not as small as you’think by seeing the pictures.'
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'I *don’t* like how it looks, but I feel like that might be the point. It would be a perfect craft studio for me – nothing distracting from the task at hand, plenty of storage for supplies and works-in-progress. It’s a blank slate of a room, empty of all but potential and the means to achieve it. If this were intended to be an entertaining area or a living space it would fail horribly – but as a workspace, it’s right on target.'
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'W-o-w! Really, really great minimalist design.'
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'The windows next to the desk seem positioned so that you would have an open horizon if you were sitting at the desk. Maximizing window space, maybe?'
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'I thought the architect’s statement at the beginning of the album summed it up perfectly:
The only universal measure is whether the space feels comfortable and right to the people who use it (emphasis mine). Minimalism – or, as the sculptor Donald Judd preferred to put it, the simple expression of complex thought – is only one valid response of an aesthetically diverse society, answering the needs of particular individuals and provoking debate in society at large about how we choose to live and how we expect architecture to support these choices.
The windows make sense to me, both as frames for a specific view of the surrounding countryside and as a way of minimizing resource use: great big windows can equal “great big opportunity for heat loss”.'
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Untitled 2011 Oil and paint on canvas, 150 x 120 cm by Ron Schouten (550). One of eight oil paintings on canvas by Ron Schouten acquired in the permanent Art collection of the BSSR House - Ambassador of Abstract Art - in the Maastricht Region.
Link Art Ron Schouten and the power of creativity
View in all its grainy glory on black
Lyrics from Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls.
This is the hardest thing. I find it so hard to be honest with myself, let alone other people. I constantly find myself becoming somebody I'm not. Somebody I don't want to be.
I feel like I'm going in the completely wrong direction.
Love:
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
--Reinhold Niebuhr
I will never get tired of this.
(edit: I just realized this looks a lot like some of Meagan's photos. That was completely unintentional, although she is amazing.)
Malacca Strait
Transportation service:
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Servicio de transporte:
Service de transport:
خدمة النقل:
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I always feel weird when I go shooting in the middle of the night alone. The little kid in me seems to have some fear and respect for the dark of night. Last night, the little kid's voice in my head was going overtime trying to talk me out of going to the coast to shoot this image. I finally at length decided this voice is useless (mostly). I feel much better now.
I mean, after all, next month I'll be trotting all over the place all by myself in dangerous conditions across the central plains, both day and night, and so I better grow a pair now if I'm going to ever respect myself. Seriously, I'm now glad I listened the my inner sense of reason.
Once I was at the lighthouse, it was about Midnight and the wind was howling and cold. I got my jacket on, and went to my camera bag and discovered I left my remote at home once again. The moonlight was plenty strong, so I knew I'd get a shot, but I wanted to try some real long exposures, and now it wasn't going to happen. The atmosphere was quiet, other than the crashing waves against the cliffs and the high winds, and I would actually call it peaceful and calming, at least that's how I felt at the time.
I wound up taking all the usual shots, and was feeling sort of frustrated until I came up to the fence line here. Immediately, I knew what I wanted to get. This feels like an Edward Hopper Painting to me. I like the shadows, and the fence-line a lot. Clouds were flying by, and I got some cool shots with blurred clouds, but this shot seemed to sum up the feeling of the night best.
I'm sure glad I didn't chicken out this late evening.
Best Viewed LARGE on Black: bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=3689734390&size=large&...
One Saturday morning in late June I decided to try out my new DSLR on one of the shaded streets in this beautiful area. If you click on the set to the right and run the SLIDESHOW in Full Screen Mode you can follow me up and down this street and get an idea of the architecture of the area.
"Druid Hills is an upper-class neighborhood east of Midtown, Atlanta, in DeKalb County, Georgia. The planned community was initially conceived by Joel Hurt, and developed with the effort of Atlanta's leading families, including Coca-Cola founder Asa Candler. It contains some of Atlanta's historic mansions from the late 19th and early 20th Century. Druid Hills includes the main campus of Emory University, which relocated to Atlanta in 1914. Ponce de Leon Avenue bi-sects the community.
Druid Hills was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and was one of his last commissions. A showpiece of the design was the string of parks along Ponce de Leon Avenue, designated as Druid Hills Parks and Parkways and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 11, 1975."
Some find it hard to believe that this magnificent urban neighborhood was conceived and executed as one of Atlanta’s first suburbs. Yet it remains today essentially unchanged and was recently described by the U.S. Department of the Interior to be "significant as the finest example of late 19th and early 20th century comprehensive planning and development in the Atlanta area, and one of the finest period suburbs in the Southeast."
There is a beautifully done Tour of Homes and Gardens each April during the peak bloomtime for the thousands of dogwoods and azaleas that fill the neighborhood. Here are some links:
www.druidhills.org/overview/index.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid_Hills,_Georgia
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This is a watercolour (40 by 30cm) I painted from a photo I found in an RGU mag. The painting now belongs to my brother in law Stuart. Best to View On Black
The Château de Chambord in the Loire Valley is a impressive sight and the largest château in the region. Originally built as a hunting lodge the Chateau has only been lived in for a handful of years throughout its history. It is particularly famous for its double helix staircase in the centre of the keep (you can just see it at the top in the centre).
Taken with a 10x stop ND (3.0) and GND filters, giving an exposure time of ~48 secs. Minor editing (levels, sharpening, etc) in Capture NX.
© Scott Thistlethwaite 2009. All rights reserved.
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Pasen los que quieran ver el circo alucinante de un amor que va
tentado por el precipio a punto de tirarse
patinando, confundiendome.
Dejaste tus palabras sobre la mermelada
de un un desayuno tibio que volvía a darse contra la pared
yo te ví caer... Yo te ví caer...
Sabrás comprender mi vicio tengo viejo el cuerpo ya de excesos
porque tanto duele... Tanto...
Tiene que haber un lugar distinto en donde el tiempo no quiera golpear
donde exista el fruto quitapenas que brote del sauce...
♫ Toxi - Juan Rosasco en Banda ♫
Buen Sábado!!!!
No usar esta imagen en páginas web, blogs u otros soportes sin mi autorización, © Todos los derechos reservados.
Don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=hyperantus
Ringlet
Aphantopus hyperantus (a-fan-TOH-puss hy-per-AN-tuss)
Wingspan
Male: 42 - 48mm
Female: 46 - 52mm
Checklist Number
59.009
Family:NymphalidaeRafinesque, 1815
Subfamily:SatyrinaeBoisduval, 1833
Tribe:ManioliniGrote, 1897
Genus:AphantopusWallengren, 1853
Subgenus:
Species:hyperantus(Linnaeus, 1758)
Introduction
This is a relatively-common butterfly that is unmistakable when seen at rest - the rings on the hindwings giving this butterfly its common name. The uppersides are a uniform chocolate brown that distinguish this butterfly from the closely-related Meadow Brown. Despite this uniformity, a newly-emerged adult is a surprisingly beautiful insect, the velvety wings providing a striking contrast with the delicate white fringes found on the wing edges. The dark colouring also allows this butterfly to quickly warm up - this butterfly being one of the few that flies on overcast days.
Variation in this butterfly is primarily focused on the rings on the hindwings, the lanceolata aberration being particularly striking, where the rings are elongated to form teardrops. Other aberrations occur where the rings are greatly reduced or completely absent. Huggins (1959) also describes a form in Kerry, Ireland, that is of normal size until 600 feet, when it starts to be replaced by a dwarf form that, at 1,000 feet, takes over completely.
This butterfly can be found throughout most of the British Isles, south of a line between the South Ebudes in the west and Banffshire in the east. It is also absent from the western parts of northern England, north-west of the Midlands, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. This butterfly forms discrete colonies where numbers vary from a few dozen to several thousand.
Aphantopus hyperantus
This species was first defined in Linnaeus (1758)
Conservation Status
This is one of the few species that is doing well, with evidence of increases in both distribution and population. It is not, therefore, a priority species for conservation efforts.
Habitat
A variety of habitats is used, although sites characterised as being sheltered and damp are preferred, such as woodland clearings, woodland edges and rides, meadows, hedgerows, road verges and country lanes, where the full heat from the summer sun can be avoided and where the foodplant is lush. The butterfly is not typically found in open areas, such as grassland or heathland.
Life Cycle
There is one generation each year, with adults emerging in the second half of June, peaking in mid-July, with a few individuals continuing into August. The flight period is relatively-short when compared with its close relatives.
Imago
Male and female are almost identical in appearance, although it is just possible to make out the feintest of sex brands on the forewings of the male, which contains special scent scales used in courtship. Males adopt an exclusive strategy of patrolling for mates and are often seen in ones and twos fluttering among the grasses that typify their habitat.
A mated female lays her eggs in a somewhat-chaotic fashion, typically perched on a grass stem and ejecting a single egg at random, often into the air, causing it to land in the vegetation. Both sexes take nectar from a variety of sources, Bramble and Thistle being particular favourites.
Adults feed primarily on Bramble (Rubus fruticosus), Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica), Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum), Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria), Marjoram (Origanum vulgare), Privet (Ligustrum vulgare), Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) and Thistles (Cirsium spp. and Carduus spp.).
Ovum
Eggs are a pale yellow when first laid, but soon turn a pale brown. The stage lasts between 2 and 3 weeks.
Larva
The larva is nocturnal and hides by day at the base of a grass tussock, emerging at night to feed on the tenderest parts of the foodplant. The larva hibernates while in the 3rd instar, but will feed on particularly warm evenings during the winter. Regular feeding resumes in the spring when the larvae can be found by torchlight feeding on grass stems, although they will fall to the ground with the slightest disturbance. There are 4 moults in total.
The primary larval foodplants are Cock's-foot (Dactylis glomerata), Common Couch (Elytrigia repens), False Brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum), Meadow-grasses (various) (Poa spp.) and Tufted Hair-grass (Deschampsia cespitosa).
Pupa
The pupa is formed in a flimsy cocoon, comprising just a few strands of silk, at the base of a grass tussock. This stage lasts around 2 weeks.
Hoy les propongo un pequeño paseo por el Abasto, barrio de tango. Un barrio al que se lo puede definir como histórico, emblemático, bucólico y forjado por obreros inmigrantes y nucleados por el gran Mercado de Abasto, abierto en el año 1893.
En su entorno se abrieron fondas, cafetines y bodegones, así como también teatros y cines. Vivía y cantaba por el barrio, Carlos Gardel, el "Morocho del Abasto", seguido de otros tangueros de peso como Aníbal Troilo, Osvaldo Pugliese y Roberto Rufino.
La zona cambió con el cierre del Mercado. Parecía agonizar, pero inspiró a más de uno, por ejemplo, al rockero ítalo-inglés Luca Prodan, renovador del rock nacional, quien le dedicó un tema al Abasto.
En 1998, reabrió el Mercado ahora convertido en un centro comercial gigantesco junto con un hipermercado y el primer hotel cinco estrellas temático de tango.
Un barrio que intenta reconstruir su identidad y en donde conviven mundos cultulares, étnicos y sociales diametralmente diferentes. Y entre ellos, podemos descubrir un mundo de color y artistas callejeros que le dan un toque particular y colorido al lugar.
¡Bienvenidos al barrio del Abasto!!!
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¡ESPERO QUE DISFRUTEN DEL PASEO!!! ¡TENGAN TODOS UN EXCELENTE DÍA!!!
¡UN BESOTE INMENSO PARA TODOS!!!
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Música: César Isella
Letra: Héctor Negro
Si algún golpe de suerte, a contrapelo,
a contrasol, a contraluz, a contravida,
te torna pájaro que quiebra el vuelo
y te revuelca con el ala herida...
Y hay tanto viento para andar las ramas.
Tanto celeste para echarse encima.
Y pese a todo, vuelve la mañana.
Y está el amor que su milagro arrima.
Por qué caerse y entregar las alas.
Por qué rendirse y manotear las ruinas.
Si es el dolor, al fin, quien nos iguala.
Y la esperanza, quien nos ilumina.
Si hay un golpe de suerte, a contrapelo,
a contrasol, a contraluz, a contravida.
Abrí los ojos y tragate el cielo.
Sentite fuerte y empujá hacia arriba.
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AFRIKAANS gelukkige nuwejaar
ALBANIAN Gëzuar vitin e ri
ALSATIAN e glëckliches nëies / güets nëies johr
ARABIC aam saiid / sana saiida
ARMENIAN shnorhavor nor tari
AZERI yeni iliniz mubarek
BAMBARA bonne année
BASQUE urte berri on
BELARUSIAN З новым годам (Z novym hodam)
BENGALI subho nababarsho
BERBER asgwas amegas
BETI mbembe mbu
BOBO bonne année
BOSNIAN sretna nova godina
BRETON bloavezh mat / bloavez mad
BULGARIAN честита нова година (chestita nova godina)
BIRMAN hnit thit ku mingalar pa
CANTONESE kung hé fat tsoi
CATALAN bon any nou
CHINESE xin nian kuai le / xin nian hao
CORSICAN pace e salute
CROAT sretna nova godina
CZECH šťastný nový rok
DANISH godt nytår
DUTCH gelukkig Nieuwjaar
ESPERANTO felicxan novan jaron
feliæan novan jaron (Times SudEuro font)
ESTONIAN head uut aastat
FAROESE gott nýggjár
FINNISH onnellista uutta vuotta
FLEMISH gelukkig Nieuwjaar
FRENCH bonne année
FRIULAN bon an
GALICIAN feliz aninovo
GEORGIAN gilotsavt aral tsels
GERMAN ein gutes neues Jahr / prost Neujahr
GREEK kali chronia / kali xronia
eutichismenos o kainourgios chronos (we wish you a happy new year)
GUARANÍ rogüerohory año nuévo-re
HAITIAN CREOLE bònn ané
HAWAIIAN hauoli makahiki hou
HEBREW shana tova
HINDI nav varsh ki subhkamna
HUNGARIAN boldog új évet
ICELANDIC farsælt komandi ár
INDONESIAN selamat tahun baru
IRISH GAELIC ath bhliain faoi mhaise
ITALIAN felice anno nuovo, buon anno
JAPANESE akemashite omedetô
KABYLIAN asseguèsse-ameguèsse
KANNADA hosa varshada shubhaashayagalu
KHMER sur sdei chhnam thmei
KIRUNDI umwaka mwiza
KOREAN seh heh bok mani bat uh seyo
KURDE sala we ya nû pîroz be
LAO sabai di pi mai
LATIN felix sit annus novus
LATVIAN laimīgu Jauno gadu
LINGALA bonana / mbula ya sika elamu na tonbeli yo
LITHUANIAN laimingų Naujųjų Metų
LOW SAXON gelükkig nyjaar
LUXEMBOURGEOIS e gudd neit Joër
MACEDONIAN srekna nova godina
MALAGASY arahaba tratry ny taona
MALAY selamat tahun baru
MALTESE sena gdida mimlija risq
MAORI kia hari te tau hou
MONGOLIAN shine jiliin bayariin mend hurgeye (Шинэ жилийн баярын мэнд хvргэе)
MORÉ wênd na kô-d yuum-songo
NORWEGIAN godt nytt år
OCCITAN bon annada
PERSIAN sâle no mobârak
POLISH szczęśliwego nowego roku
PORTUGUESE feliz ano novo
ROMANI bangi vasilica baxt
ROMANIAN un an nou fericit / la mulţi ani
RUSSIAN С Новым Годом (S novim godom)
SAMOAN ia manuia le tausaga fou
SANGO nzoni fini ngou
SARDINIAN bonu annu nou
SCOTTISH GAELIC bliadhna mhath ur
SERBIAN srecna nova godina
SHONA goredzwa rakanaka
SINDHI nain saal joon wadhayoon
SLOVAK stastlivy novy rok
SLOVENIAN srečno novo leto
SOBOTA dobir leto
SPANISH feliz año nuevo
SRANAN wan bun nyun yari
SWAHILI mwaka mzuri
SWEDISH gott nytt år
SWISS-GERMAN es guets Nöis
TAGALOG manigong bagong taon
TAHITIAN ia orana i te matahiti api
TAMIL iniya puthandu nalVazhthukkal
TATAR yana yel belen
TELUGU nuthana samvathsara subhakankshalu
THAI สวัสดีปีใหม่ (sawatdii pimaï)
TIBETAN tashi délek
TURKISH yeni yiliniz kutlu olsun
UDMURT Vyľ Aren
UKRAINIAN Z novym rokom
URDU naya saal mubarik
VIETNAMESE Chúc Mừng Nǎm Mới / Cung Chúc Tân Niên / Cung Chúc Tân Xuân
WALOON ("betchfessîs" spelling) bone annéye / bone annéye èt bone santéye
WELSH blwyddyn newydd dda
WEST INDIAN CREOLE bon lanné
YIDDISH a gut yohr
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To all friends Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Danish (Dänisch): Glaedelig Jul og Godt Nytt Aar.
Dutch (Niederländisch, Holländisch): Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig Nieuwjaar.
English (Englisch): Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Flemish (Flämisch; z.T. in Belgien): Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig Nieuw Jaar.
French (Französisch): Joyeux Noel et une Bonne Année.
German (Deutsch): Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein Glückliches Neues Jahr.
Greek (Griechisch): Kala Christougenna Kieftihismenos 0 Kenourios Chronos/ Kala Khristougena kai Eftikhes to Neon Ethos.
Italian (Italienisch): Buon Natale e Felice Nuovo Anno.
Hindi (Hindi; Indische Landessprache.): Krist Janm Parb Mubarak Ho, Nutaan Varshki Mangalkamna Hne.
Japanese (Japanisch): Shinnen omedeto Kurisumasu Omedeto.
Kurdish (Kurdisch): Seva piroz sahibe u sersala te piroz be.
Luxemburgish (Luxemburgisch): Schéi Kreschtdeeg an e Schéint Néi Joer.
Norwegian (Norwegisch): God Jul og Godt Nytt Aar.
Polish (Polnisch): Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia i Szczesliwego Nowego Roku.
Portuguese (Portugiesisch): Boas Festas e un Feliz Anno Nuovo/ Feliz Natal e un Ano Novo cheio de prosperidade.
Romanian (Rumänisch): Craciun fericit si un An Nou fericit/ Sarbatori Fericite La Multi Ani.
Russian (Russisch; transskribiert aus dem Kyrillischen.): Pozdravljaem vas s prazdnikom Rozhdestva Hristova i s Novym Godom.
Spanish (Spanisch): Feliz Navidad y Próspero Ano Nuevo.
Swahili (Kisuaheli; Afrika.): Heri ya Krismasi na Mwaka mpya.
Swedish (Schwedisch): God Jul och Gott Nytt Ar.
Tamil (Tamil; Landessprache in Indien und Sri Lanka.): Christmas Puthandu vazhthukkal.
Turkish (Türkisch): Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun.
Ukranian (Ukrainisch; transskribiert,s.o..): Vselich svjat Rizdva Xristovoho i Sjtsjaslivoho Novoho Roku.
Vietnamese (Vietnamesisch): Chuc mung nam moi va Giang Sing vui ve.
Yiddish (Jiddisch): Gute Vaynakhtn un a Gut Nay Yor.
Sorry for eventually made mistakes! Please tell me, what's correct!
Thanks a lot!
c U - effi . . from Germany
Archive from 2007
camera roll - recent turn
HDR image processed from 7 exposures with Photomatix Pro.
Captured pretty much at the beginning of our Scotland trip in Saint Andrews ... just a bit north of Edinburgh. A lovely old cathedral from the 11th century.
My clunky Nikon 14-24mm monster unleashed the necessary dramatic perspective :-)
I just love this old stuff ... castles, churches, whatever ... standing there, being aware that people walked around these same places a thousand years ago. How was life by then, what did they think, what did they feel ...
Please check this one in Large and discover all the details. Use the new flickr or check in Large and on Black!
Please don't use this image on any media without asking for permission.
© All rights reserved.
Lyrics from Again by Flyleaf.
Large and a little out of focus =l
I went back to my super-secret location again and brought my dog with. =] Unfortunately my original idea didn't really work out because my remote is broken and running up a steep hill, multiple times, under a self-timer is a very tiring process =P My second idea didn't work either because I'd forgotten a hair-tie. But on my third attempt I got creative XD lol. I don't recommend shoving sticks and briars into your hair, though. It's a pain to get out =P
Last minute idea inspired by Vivien =]
And is anyone interested in a print trade? I have an idea for redecorating my room... {Flickrmail me!}
It's going to storm tonight for the first time this year that I'm actually home XD
Dear Friends,
This is an image I took last December while out with Joel Tjintjelaar and Kees Smans in Rotterdam.
I don't think my photographic life will ever be the same; Joel introducted me to architecture and I have been extremely impressed by how beautiful is shooting buldings.
After finishing the project I'm working on now, I will devote myself to architecture: many ideas about that!
By the way, this is my first ever attempt at architecture.
Details
- CANON 5d Mark II ir, TS-E 24, f/7.1, 183 s, ISO 100
- Mirror Lockup, Remote Shutter
- Lee Big Stopper (10 stops ND filter)
- Tripod
The shot
Rotterdam, Netherlands
The Processing
Photoshop:
- Added many soft light layers to adjust light;
- Added a few curves to improve contrasts;
- Applied Noise Reduction
- Resized for the Web (1200px);
- Applied an Unsharp Mask to slightly improve contrast;
- Smart Sharpen + More accurate (On luminosity 'blending mode', at low opacity, building only);
- Framing and Signature.
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Foggy winter morning at Pitt Meadows near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
About this photo: Well, we've been battered by some snow storms here on the west coast of Canada in the last couple of weeks. In the area where I live we must have received about a foot (about 30cm) of snow if not more. The last dump of snow came to us on Monday morning and since then it has been freezing cold with temperatures below freezing, but the snow was replaced by blue skies and sunshine. I finally have been able to go out and enjoy the sunshine in the last couple of days.
That morning I had to take my mother in law to the hospital in Maple Ridge for cataract surgery. She would be there for about 3 hours and while she was getting her eye drops done and the procedure I decided to venture out and drive to beautiful Pitt Lake which was not far away. As I approached the lake I see lots of fog and when I am walking towards the lake the sun starts hitting the fog and I am in awe standing there while the fog rises and swirls around me. What an amazing sight. I cannot capture that feeling in a photo, but I hope this photo will give you an idea of how beautiful it was to stand there! As I looked back, the sun was hitting the fog while those 3 people were standing there flying a drone. It looked so serene.
~Camera Settings:
*Camera Model: Sony ILCA-77m2
*Focal Length: 16mm
*F-Number: F/8
*Exposure Time: 1/40 sec.
*ISO Speed: ISO-100
*Exposure Program: Shutter Priority (A)
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Some information on the Pitt Lake area: Pitt Lake is located in Grant Narrows Regional Park in Pitt Meadows which is about 45 minutes east of downtown Vancouver. Pitt Lake is the second-largest lake in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, being about 53.5 square km (20.5 square mi) in area. It is about 25km (15.6mi) long and about 4.5km (2.8mi) wide at its widest, and is also one of the world's largest tidal lakes, its confluence with the Fraser being only a few miles upstream from that river's estuary into the Strait of Georgia. Its southern tip, where the Pitt River resumes, is 40km (25mi) east of downtown Vancouver.
The upper Pitt River valley is a typical U-shaped glacial valley in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia. The over-deepening of the lower end of the valley over the span of the Wisconsin glaciation created a trough over 140m (462ft) below current sea level. After initial glacial retreat at around 13,000 years ago a saltwater fjord occupied this basin when relative sea levels were still ca 120m (396ft) to 140m (462ft) above current levels in the region. Unlike neighbouring Indian Arm and Howe Sound farther west this fjord basin became cut off by sedimentation of the lower Fraser River by ca 10,500 years ago and is now considered a tidal fjord lake.
The community of Pitt Meadows occupies the marshy lowland at the southern end of the lake, some of which has become drained and is known as the Pitt Polder. Just southwest of the lake is the community of Port Coquitlam, which is across the Pitt River from Pitt Meadows. At the north end of the lake is a locality named Alvin, which is a transport and shipping point for logging companies and their employees. The Upper Pitt, meaning the valley upstream from the lake, is considered BC's best fly-fishing rivers and one of its best steelhead streams.
The lake is popular with boaters and canoeists, but is prone to heavy winds and rains as well as big waves (due to its great depth). The mountain range on its east flank comprises Golden Ears Provincial Park, its basin to the north is in southern Garibaldi Provincial Park, while the mountain range on its west, northeast of Vancouver's Coquitlam Lake watershed reservoir, is Pinecone Burke Provincial Park. The waterfront and foreshore of the lake and river are public-access and include extensive migratory wildfowl habitat. There is a destination golfing resort in the Pitt Polder area called Swan-e-set.
The area along the east side of the lake is somewhat famous for being the reputed location of Slumach's lost gold mine, the location of many failed and sometimes disastrous searches for the alleged murderer's lost gold mine. (Info from Wikipedia)
Excerpt from fpf.ccidahk.gov.hk/en/location/detail.php?id=76:
Tsuen Wan Jockey Club Tak Wah Park was designed along the classical Chinese garden theme. The park, with an area of about 1.63 hectares, is located in Tsuen Wan town centre. Being a Chinese-style garden that is rarely found in Tsuen Wan, Tak Wah Park provides a fine place for relaxation in the bustling town area. Sponsored by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, construction works of the park were carried out in 2 phases. Phase I was completed in 1989, while Phase II was completed in 1995. Modelled on the setup of a classical Chinese garden, the park has rock mountains made from Taihu rock, thick foliage, ornamental lakes, ancient village houses, a "pai lau", stone bridge, a stone boat, a pavilion and a verandah. A "Chess Garden" was built in the park, where giant stone-carved pieces of Chinese chess are used to display the endgame for the deliberation of chess lovers. In addition, there are 2 theme gardens in the park, namely, "Camellia Garden" and "Herb Garden", where different species of Camellia and herb are grown. Tak Wah Gallery and Environmental Resources Centre are converted from ancient village houses on the site. They are managed by Leisure and Cultural Services Department and Environmental Protection Department respectively.
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Durante la mayor parte del año los archibebes comunes son aves sociables, que se mezclan con otros limícolos en las riberas abiertas y fangosas, reuniéndose con frecuencia en considerables bandos; pero cuando llega la época de cría, las parejas prefieren anidar por separado en algún rincón herbáceo o marisma.
El grito del Archibebe Común es un resonante «tiubebe» al cual hace referencia su onomatopéyico nombre.
Al volar, el Archibebe Común muestra el borde posterior de las alas de color blanco, detalle que lo identifica también cuando el ave estira sus alas al descansar; ningún otro limícolo de tamaño parecido tiene un borde blanco tan ancho en el ala. Cuando desconfía hace un movimiento de cabeceo y al espantarse vuela errático.
En España cría repartido por casi todo el país, tanto en zonas costeras como en puntos apropiados del interior, aunque generalmente en muy pequeño número a excepción de algunas localidades, como las Marismas del Guadalquivir, en las que anida en gran cantidad, particularmente en ciertos años. Muy común en pasos y como invernante en zonas adecuadas.
Identificación: Pardo-grisáceo con marcas más oscuras; por debajo, claro; patas largas rojo-anaranjado; obispillo [Rabadilla de los pájaros] blanco y marcas blancas en el dorso de las alas; es más oscuro en verano que en invierno; sexos iguales.
Nidificación: Ambos sexos hacen hoyo en el suelo pantanoso, en general bien oculto por manojo de hierba; hembra lo forra con hierba seca; pone, mediados de abril-junio, 4 huevos con forma de pera, ocráceos con puntos y marcas marrón oscuro; incubación, unos 23 días, por ambos padres; los pollos, alimentados por la pareja, dejan el nido al nacer, volando unas cuatro semanas después.
Alimentación: Principalmente insectos, pequeños moluscos y gusanos; alguna materia vegetal.
Hábitat: Marismas y zonas palustres.
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One of my favorite things is to drive up and down the Northern California
Pacific coastal highway looking for new areas to photograph. I have
collected a number of shots of the Pigeon Point Lighthouse and swear I will
avoid it this next time but inevitably I stop and take more images and it
seems to always pay off.
As you head south from San Francisco you first get a glimpse of the
lighthouse as you pass around a bend in the road. It grabs your attention
as the area is generally flat. A flashing Coast Guard light replaces the
magnificent 24 beam first order Fresnel lens. Fortunately each November
they revert back to the days of old and light the main 24 beams of light
which extend to the horizon. The lighthouse is one of the tallest on the
California coast and was constructed after the Carrier Pigeon and several
other sailing ships ran aground on the rocks just off shore. Modern
technology has since made the structures obsolete and there is not much of
any effort by the government to maintain the lighthouses. Pigeon Point now
belongs to the State of California and is in a sad state of disrepair which
is why you see the unattractive chain length fence surrounding the base.
When I first visited the lighthouse it was open to the public and I took my
then young kids to the top for a view they still remember to this day. It
was quite a climb to the top up the spiral staircase but once there the view
was stunning. Point Arena Lighthouse looked exactly like this one at
Pigeon Point unit it was destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake. It has
since been replaced by a large cement structure that while functional lacks
the beauty of design seen in the Pigeon Point Lighthouse.
This image makes a great Windows (and probably Macintosh) desktop
background.
Click here to view the lighthouse on the California Coastal Records Project
Enjoy!
Darv
© Darvin Atkeson
See where this picture was taken. [?]
No tripod needed for this one. There's a nice chest high wall that's plenty deep enough to rest a camera on. A beanbag certainly helps and is one of the most useful things in my camera bag... The reason the log at the top of the hill is "frozen" even though this is a 30sec exposure, is ride's flash for the on ride photo. If you look really closely at the "stream" towards the bottom of the picture you can see the blur from other logs coming through.
Pictured:
Splash Mountain
Frontierland
Magic Kingdom
Walt Disney World Resort
Bay Lake, Florida
November, 2008
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Yesterday I returned to the scene of the crime to see if that big puddle was still there and if there would be anything nice reflected in it again. It was quite a different scene then the two days before, and I was absolutely delighted to find that this time I didn't need to stand in the puddle in order to get a nice reflection shot, and also that I could shoot in the opposite direction and get a more interesting background (with the closer oak trees and such)
It was kinda crazy, but I literally got out of my car, walked over to this spot, set up the tripod, fired off the camera ... and this is the first shot I took. OMG! It was the first shot I took and when I looked in the viewfinder I couldn't believe how sweet it was. I don't think I got another great shot all afternoon but I really didn't care.
This was also my first time using a tripod for landscape work. Wow. Can't believe the difference. Doesn't it look sharper than my other landscapes? I used to do everything hand-held, then very recently moved on to using a monopod, then after my last sunset shoot I was really wishing I had a tripod so I ordered a good one yesterday (decided to spring for a manfrotto after reading all the reviews). The tripod I used yesterday was my friend's that I borrowed. It was cheap and I was grateful to have it but it made me so happy that I had sprung for a higher-quality one!!
Using a tripod also made me think a LOT more about each shot, and whether or not it was really worth it, which I think will be good for me. I tend to take a lot of mediocre shots just because I can and then when I get home I have to wade through so much junk and do a lot of culling. If I am forced to be more selective about what I shoot I think that will be an improvement!
More pictures in comments - Detalle de mola y abalorios más abajo. View On Black
La mujer Kuna usa la tradicional blusa con las mangas cortas y holgadas, cortado en un tejido impreso muy coloreado, y en el cuál, en frente y detrás, se integran las extraordinarias molas. La falda a media pierna (saburete), es un simple pedazo de tela, enrollado alrededor de la cintura, con colores mas apagados. También usan el pañuelo (muswe) generalmente rojo y naranja: para protegerse el pelo corto del sol.
Enrollados sobre sus antebrazos y piernas, los “Uinnis” largas cadenas de pequeños abalorios de colores, se enhebran una a una para formar adornos geométricos. Los estilos de los brazos y de las piernas son una muestra de la belleza para los Kunas.
Un anillo de oro en la nariz, collares de oro y aretes de oro son las joyas tradicionales.
sanblassailing.com/San Blassailing/espa/kuna.html
Cómo se hace la Mola- Esta es una técnica de "appliqué" inversa: consiste en apilar 3 o 5 capas de tela de diversos colores, y cortar el contorno en forma de adornos, a partir de la primera capa para mostrar el color de las que están debajo. El corte entonces se dobladilla finalmente. El color de la capa más baja crea el contorno de la imagen. Solo la última capa no es cortada.
ES- Etnia Kuna - es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuna_(etnia)
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The mola forms part of the traditional costume of a Kuna woman, two mola panels being incorporated as front and back panels in a blouse. The full costume traditionally includes a patterned wrapped skirt (saburet), a red and yellow headscarf (musue), arm and leg beads (wini), a gold nose ring (olasu) and earrings in addition to the mola blouse (dulemor)
How is a mola made?
This is a technique of appliqué/inverse: it consists of stacking 3 to 5 layers of fabric of different colors, and it cutting the outline of motifs, from one layer to show the color of the one below. The cutting are then finely hemmed. The color of the lowest layer creates the outline of the image. Only the last layer will not be cut.
EN Kuna people - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuna_(people)
Mola (art form) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mola_(art_form)
The Kuna indians thorup.com/cuna.html
sanblassailing.com/San Blassailing/kuna.html