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Supporters of the PPP at a popular rally in Nasirabad, in the suburbs of Rawalpindi on Jan.4, 2008. At some point, people (incl. children) were praying for Benazir Bhutto, a scene that I've seen repeatedly at every gathering. As in many other aspects of life in Pakistan, it seems that politics and religion are closely intricated.

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Linkin Park - In The End from the album Hybrid Theory

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It starts with

One thing I don't know why

It doesn't even matter how hard you try

Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme

To explain in due time

All I know

Time is a valuable thing

Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings

Watch it count down to the end of the day

The clock ticks life away

It's so unreal

Didn't look out below

Watch the time go right out the window

Trying to hold on / but didn't even know

Wasted it all just to

Watch you go

I kept everything inside and even though I tried / It all fell apart

What it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory / of a time when

I tried so hard

And got so far

In the end

It doesn't even matter

I had to fall

To lose it all

In the end

It doesn't even matter

One thing / I don't know why

Doesn't even matter how hard you try

Keep that in mind / I designed this rhyme

To remind myself how

I tried so hard In spite of the way you were mocking me

Acting like I was part of your property

Remembering all the times you fought with me / I'm surprised

It got so [far]

Things aren't the way they were before

You wouldn't even recognize me anymore

Not that you knew me back then

But it all comes back to me

In the end

You kept everything inside and even though I tried / it all fell apart

What it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory / of a time when

I tried so hard

And got so far

In the end

It doesn't even matter

I had to fall

To lose it all

In the end

It doesn't even matter

Ive put my trust in you

Pushed as far as I can go

And for all this

There's only one thing you should know (x2)

I tried so hard

And got so far

In the end

It doesn't even matter

I had to fall

To lose it all

In the end

It doesn't even matter

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Baguio City is home to many tourist spots and is a weekend getaway of those living in Metro Manila. Baguio City remains a prime tourist destination area in North Luzon because of its cool climate, fresh, green and peaceful environment unlike other tourist destinations in the Philippines. This makes it a favorite destination especially for those who would like to relax and stay away from the excessive heat of the lowlands and also a favorite venue of seminars and conferences.

Baguio is the midway to the wonders of Northern Luzon. The calm beaches of La Union; the fabled Hundred Islands of Pangasinan; the ancient churches, Spanish influenced houses, historical and cultural relics of Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte and is also the gateway to the Cordilleras where you could find the world famous Banaue Rice Terraces in Ifugao; the Kabayan mummy caves of Benguet; and the distinct culture and colorful traditions of the tribes of Benguet, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Kalinga, Apayao and Abra.

The name Baguio conjures, for both the international and domestic traveler, a highland retreat in the Grand Cordillera in Northern Luzon, with pine trees, crisp cold breezes and low luxuriant knolls and hillocks. Through the numerous decades Baguio has morphed from what was once a grassy marshland into one of the cleanest and greenest, most highly developed cities in the country. It has made its mark as an opening tourist destination in the Northern part of the Philippines with its cool climate, foggy hills, panoramic views and lovely flowers. Being the ideal union zone of neighboring highland places, Baguio is the melting pot of different peoples and cultures and has enhanced its ability to provide a center for education for its neighbors. Its rich culture and countless resources have attracted numerous investments and business opportunities to the city.

Baguio City, the Summer Capital of the Philippines promises a harbor to anyone who seeks its comfort where you could leave all your cares behind. With its numerous tourist attractions and panoramic scenes and refreshing pine scented fresh air it seeks to provide a relief to any traveler, a hideaway to the romantics and breather to the weariest soul. Encapsulate this one of a kind feeling as you look around through the stunning and exciting scenes of the Summer Capital of the Philippines.

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Children’s star

As a shooting star landed on the ocean pier, it has lighten up the dark playground into children’s wonderland. The lights shined like kinder stars, the ferris wheel brighten the whole beach front, and the carnival enlightened the cheering crowd.

The hours have passed by, children have gone home, shooting star has dimmed and the pier turned dark into loneliness again.

Even though, all the children have returned with smiles in their dream, the dream that the shooting star has brought, the children’s star.

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So this Build marks the 6th year Eli and I have displayed together at Brickvention. Every year we both build one half of a diorama. Together we then place our two sides together and the final model comes together for 4 days only at the convention... Sounds tough right? Well add the additional factor of both of us living on opposite sides of Australia (I'm in Perth, Eli is in Brisbane) and we have to fly our MOC down to Melbourne to set up and display. This year we added the challenge of placing Eli's sides on top rather then next to mine, another fun challenge. Lots of hard work and planning go into these annual collaborative builds, and I speak for both of us when I say we've very proud with the end result this year.

I meet and caught up with so many talented and kind hearted people at Brickvention 2018 this year and it was honestly one of the best years yet! We were lucky enough to win the commendation prize as pictured above, couldn't have done it without Eli!

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The Kingdom of Rhorevia is at peace once again, the various Kingdoms are united after the 'High King's Accords' were signed by many across the Realm... However the Golbin and Orc armies united under the Shadow Triad have returned staging daring protests and attacks, every day their power grows, threatening to return to what it once was prior to the Destruction of Bahnhof. The High King fears that the treaty may not be enough to stop the mystical power of the Shadow Triad! To ensure the safety of the Kingdom, he tasks the Wizard Arakoth to use his knowledge of the mystic arts to find something that can end The Shadow Triad before it's power destroys the Kingdom.

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Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi

Following, a text, in english, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or "Fountain of the Four Rivers" is a fountain in Rome, Italy, located in the Piazza Navona. Designed by Gianlorenzo Bernini, it is emblematic of the dynamic and dramatic effects sought by High Baroque artists. It was erected in 1651 in front of the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone, and yards from the Pamphilj Palace belonging to this fountain's patron, Innocent X (1644-1655).

The four gods on the corners of the fountain represent the four major rivers of the world known at the time: the Nile, Danube, Ganges, and Plate. The design of each god figure has symbolic importance.

Design

Bernini's design was selected in competition. The circumstances of his victory are described as follows:

So strong was the sinister influence of the rivals of Bernini on the mind of Innocent that when he planned to set up in Piazza Navona the great obelisk brought to Rome by the Emperor Caracalla, which had been buried for a long time at Capo di Bove for the adornment of a magnificent fountain, the Pope had designs made by the leading architects of Rome without an order for one to Bernini. Prince Niccolò Ludovisi, whose wife was niece to the pope, persuaded Bernini to prepare a model, and arrange for it to be secretly installed in a room in the Palazzo Pamphili that the Pope had to pass. When the meal was finished, seeing such a noble creation, he stopped almost in ecstasy. Being prince of the keenest judgment and the loftiest ideas, after admiring it, said: “This is a trick … It will be necessary to employ Bernini in spite of those who do not wish it, for he who desires not to use Bernini’s designs, must take care not to see them.”

Paraphrase from Filippo Baldinucci, The life of Cavaliere Bernini (1682)

Public fountains in Rome served multiple purposes: first, they were highly needed sources of water for neighbors in the centuries prior to home plumbing. Second, they were monuments to the papal patrons. Earlier Bernini fountains had been the Fountain of the Triton in Piazza Barberini, the fountain of the Moor in the southern end of Piazza Navona erected during the Barberini papacy, and the Neptune and Triton for Villa Montalto, whose statuary now resides at Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Each has animals and plants that further carry forth the identification, and each carries a certain number of allegories and metaphors with it. The Ganges carries a long oar, representing the river's navigability. The Nile's head is draped with a loose piece of cloth, meaning that no one at that time knew exactly where the Nile's source was. The Danube touches the Papal coat of arms, since it is the large river closest to Rome. And the Río de la Plata is sitting on a pile of coins, a symbol of the riches America could offer to Europe (the word plata means silver in Spanish). Also, the Río de la Plata looks scared by a snake, showing rich men's fear that their money could be stolen. Each is a river god, semi-prostrate, in awe of the central tower, epitomized by the slender Egyptian obelisk (built for the Roman Serapeum in AD 81), symbolizing by Papal power surmounted by the Pamphili symbol (dove). In addition, the fountain is a theater in the round, a spectacle of action, that can be strolled around. Water flows and splashes from a jagged and pierced mountainous disorder of travertine marble. A legend, common with tour-guides, is that Bernini positioned the cowering Rio de la Plata River as if the sculpture was fearing the facade of the church of Sant'Agnese by his rival Borromini could crumble against him; in fact, the fountain was completed several years before Borromini began work on the church.

The dynamic fusion of architecture and sculpture made this fountain revolutionary when compared to prior Roman projects, such as the stilted designs Acqua Felice and Paola by Fontana in Piazza San Bernardo (1585-87) or the customary embellished geometric floral-shaped basin below a jet of water such as the Fontanina in Piazza Campitelli (1589) by Giacomo della Porta.

Unveiling

he Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi was unveiled to the populace of Rome on 12 June 1651. According to a report from the time, an event was organised to draw people to the Piazza Navona. Beforehand, wooden scaffolding, overlaid with curtains, had hidden the fountain, though probably not the obelisk, which would have given people an idea that something was being built, but the precise details were unknown. Once unveiled, the full majesty of the fountain would be apparent, which the celebrations were designed to advertise. The festival was paid for by the Pamphili family, to be specific, Innocent X, who had sponsored the erection of the fountain. The most conspicuous item on the Pamphili crest, an olive branch, was brandished by the performers who took part in the event.

The author of the report, Antonio Bernal, takes his readers through the hours leading up to the unveiling. The celebrations were announced by a woman, dressed as the allegorical character of Fame, being paraded around the streets of Rome on a carriage or float. She was sumptuously dressed, with wings attached to her back and a long trumpet in her hand. Bernal notes that "she went gracefully through all the streets and all the districts that are found among the seven hills of Rome, often blowing the round bronze [the trumpet], and urging everyone to make their way to that famous Piazza." A second carriage followed her; this time another woman was dressed as the allegorical figure of Curiosity. According to the report, she continued exhorting the people to go towards the piazza. Bernal describes the clamour and noise of the people as they discussed the upcoming event.

The report is actually less detailed about the process of publicly unveiling the fountain. However, it does give ample descriptions of the responses of the spectators who had gathered in the Piazza. Once there, Bernal notes, the citizens of the city were overwhelmed by the massive fountain, with its huge life-like figures. The report mentions the "enraptured souls" of the population, the fountain, which "gushes out a wealth of silvery treasures" causing "no little wonder" in the onlookers. Bernal then continues to describe the fountain, making continuous reference to the seeming naturalism of the figures and its astonishing effect on those in the piazza.

The making of the fountain was met by opposition by the people of Rome for several reasons. First, Innocent X had the fountain built at public expense during the intense famine of 1646-48. Throughout the construction of the fountain, the city murmurred and talk of riot was in the air. Pasquinade writers protested the construction of the fountain in September 1648 by attaching hand-written invectives on the stone blocks used to make the obelisk. These pasquinades read, "We do not want Obelisks and Fountains, It is bread that we want. Bread, Bread, Bread!" Innocent quickly had the authors arrested, and disguised spies patrol the Pasquino statue and Piazza Navona

The streetvendors of the market also opposed the construction of the fountain, as Innocent X expelled them from the piazza. The Pamphilij pope believed they detracted from the magnificence of the square. The vendors refused to move, and the papal police had to chase them from the piazza. Roman Jews, in particular, lamented the closing of the Navona, since they were allowed to sell used articles of clothing there at the Wednesday market.

Navona Square (Piazza Navona).

Following, a text, in english, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Piazza Navona is a city square in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in first century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium.[1] The ancient Romans came there to watch the agones ("games"), and hence it was known as 'Circus Agonalis' (competition arena). It is believed that over time the name changed to 'in agone' to 'navone' and eventually to 'navona'.

Defined as a public space in the last years of 15th century, when the city market was transferred to it from the Campidoglio, the Piazza Navona is a significant example of Baroque Roman architecture and art. It features sculptural and architectural creations: in the center stands the famous Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or Fountain of the Four Rivers (1651) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini; the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone by Francesco Borromini and Girolamo Rainaldi; and the Pamphilj palace also by Rainaldi and which features the gallery frescoed by Pietro da Cortona.

The Piazza Navona has two additional fountains: at the southern end is the Fontana del Moro with a basin and four Tritons sculpted by Giacomo della Porta (1575) to which, in 1673, Bernini added a statue of a Moor, or African, wrestling with a dolphin, and at the northern end is the Fountain of Neptune (1574) created by Giacomo della Porta. The statue of Neptune in the northern fountain, the work of Antonio Della Bitta, was added in 1878 to make that fountain more symmetrical with La Fontana del Moro in the south.

At the southwest end of the piazza is the ancient 'speaking' statue of Pasquino. Erected in 1501, Romans could leave lampoons or derogatory social commentary attached to the statue.

During its history, the piazza has hosted theatrical events and other ephemeral activities. From 1652 until 1866, when the festival was suppressed, it was flooded on every Saturday and Sunday in August in elaborate celebrations of the Pamphilj family. The pavement level was raised in the 19th century and the market was moved again in 1869 to the nearby Campo de' Fiori. A Christmas market is held in the piazza.

Other monuments on the Piazza Navona are:

Stabilimenti Spagnoli

Palazzo de Cupis

Palazzo Torres Massimo Lancellotti

Church of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore

Palazzo Braschi (Museo di Roma)

Sant'Agnese in Agone

Literature and films

The piazza is featured in Dan Brown's 2000 thriller Angels and Demons, in which the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi "The Fountain of the four rivers"(the Danube, the Gange, the Nile and the River Plate) is listed as one of the Altars of Science. During June 2008, Ron Howard directed several scenes of the film adaptation of Angels and Demons on the southern section of the Piazza Navona, featuring Tom Hanks.

The piazza is featured in several scenes of director Mike Nichols' 1970 adaptation of Joseph Heller's novel, Catch-22.

The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi was used in the 1990 film Coins in the Fountain. The characters threw coins into the fountain as they made wishes. The Trevi Fountain was used in the 1954 version of the film.

A Fontana Dei Quattro Fiumi, é maior das três fontes, localizada no centro da praça. Na fonte dos rios, Bernini projetou quatro estátuas representando os rios dos quatro continentes: o Nilo, o Danúbio, o rio da Prata e o Ganges. As estátuas estão montadas sobre um obelisco egípcio, sendo circundadas por leões e outros animais fantásticos, tendo no cume uma pomba em bronze, símbolo da paz no mundo e da família Pamphili. Para realçar a rivalidade entre Bernini e Borromini, que fez a igreja de Santa Agnese, os romanos criaram uma lenda em torno da fonte dos rios, que fica em frente a esta igreja. Segundo os romanos, as estátuas duvidam da solidez do projeto de Borromini. A que retrata o rio da Prata, tem a mão erguida, a proteger o corpo do desabamento da igreja; a que retrata o Nilo, traz a cabeça coberta por um véu, a recusar a ver a obra de Borromini.

A seguir um texto, em português, da Wikipédia a Enciclopédia Livre:

Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi

Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fonte dos Quatro Rios), foi esculpida por Gian Lorenzo Bernini entre 1648 e 1651, artista do barroco italiano, foi concebida por uma ordem do Papa Inocencio X o Papa da familia Pamphili, cujo tinha sua casa nesta praça.

Esta localizada na Praça de Navona, em Roma. Ela representa os quatro principais continentes do mundo cortados por seus principais rios: Rio Nilo, na África; Rio Ganges, na Ásia, Rio da Prata, na América e o Rio Danúbio, na Europa.

A seguir, texto em português do site Wiki lingue:

A escultura da Fonte dos Quatro Rios, encontra-se na Piazza Navona de Roma (Itália) e foi criada e talhada pelo escultor e pintor Gian Lorenzo Bernini em 1651 baixo o papado de Inocencio X, em plena época barroca, durante o período mais prolífico do genial artista e cerca da que em outro tempo fué a Chiesa dei San Giacomo de gli Spagnoli

A fonte compõe-se de uma base formada de uma grande piscina elíptica, coroada em seu centro de uma grande mole de mármol, sobre a qual se eleva um obelisco egípcio de época romana, o obelisco de Domiciano .

As estátuas que compõem a fonte, têm umas dimensões maiores que na realidade e são alegorias dos quatro rios principais da Terra (Nilo, Ganges, Danubio, Rio da Prata), a cada um deles em um dos continentes conhecidos na época. Na fonte a cada um destes rios está representado por um gigante de mármol .

As árvores e as plantas que emergem da água e que se encontram entre as rochas, também estão em uma escala maior que na realidade. Os animais e vegetales, gerados de uma natureza boa e útil, pertencem a espécies grandes e potentes (como o leão, cavalo, cocodrilo, serpente, dragão, etc.). O espectador, girando em torno da fonte, descobre novas formas que dantes estavam escondidas ou cobertas pela massa rocosa. Com esta obra, Bernini quer suscitar admiração em quem olha-a, criando um pequeno universo em movimento a imitação do espaço da realidade natural.

A fonte foi submetida a restauração, um trabalho que se deu por concluído em dezembro de 2008. Constitui um dos palcos finque da novela e o filme Anjos e Demónios, à qual é arrojado um dos cardeais sequestrados, e Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) se lança à água para lhe salvar.

Os animais da fonte

A fonte apresenta figuras de sete animais, além de uma pequena pomba e o emblema dos Pamphili. Para poder observá-las basta com dar uma volta ao redor da fonte. As figuras são: um cavalo, uma serpente de terra (na parte mais alta, cerca do obelisco), uma serpente de mar, um delfín (que funciona também como desagüe), um cocodrilo, um leão e um dragão. Notar também a vegetación esculpida que parece real.

Praça Navona.

A seguir, um texto em português, da Wikipédia a Enciclopédia livre:

A Praça Navona (em italiano: Piazza Navona) é uma das mais célebres praças de Roma. A sua forma assemelha-se à dos antigos estádios da Roma Antiga, seguindo a planificação do Estádio de Domiciano (também denominado entre os italianos de Campomarzio, em virtude da natureza rude e esforçada dos exercícios - manejo de armas - e desportos atléticos que aí se realizavam). Albergaria até 20 mil espectadores sentados nas bancadas. A origem do nome deve-se ao nome pomposo que lhe foi dado ao tempo do Imperador Domiciano (imperador entre 81-96 d.c.): "Circo Agonístico" (do étimo grego Agonia, que significa precisamente - exercício, luta, combate). Actualmente o nome corresponde à corruptela da forma posterior in agone, depois nagone e finalmente navone, que por mero acaso significa também "grande navio" na língua italiana.

As casas que entretanto e com o passar dos anos foram sendo construídas sobre as bancadas, delimitariam e circunscreveriam até à actualidade o tão afamado Circo Agonístico.

A Navona passou de fato a caracterizar-se como praça nos últimos anos do século XV, quando o mercado da cidade foi transferido do Capitólio para aí. Foi remodelada para um estilo monumental por vontade do Papa Inocêncio X, da família Pamphili e é motivo de orgulho da cidade de Roma durante o período barroco. Sofreu intervenções de Gian Lorenzo Bernini (a famosa Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fonte dos Quatro Rios, 1651) ao centro); de Francesco Borromini e Girolamo Gainaldi (a igreja de Sant'Agnese in Agone); e de Pietro de Cortona, que pintou a galeria no Palácio Pamphilj, sede da embaixada do Brasil na Itália desde 1920.

O mercado tradicional voltou a ser transferido em 1869 para o Campo de' Fiori, embora a praça mantenha também um papel fundamental em servir de palco para espectáculos de teatro e corridas de cavalos. A partir de 1652, em todos os Sábados e Domingos de Agosto, a praça tornava-se num lago para celebrar a própria família Pamphili.

A praça dispõe ainda duas outras fontes esculpidas por Giacomo della Porta - a Fontana di Nettuno (1574), na área norte da praça, e a Fontana del Moro (1576), na área sul.

Na extremidade norte da praça, por debaixo dos edifícios, foram postas a descoberto ruínas antiquíssimas, a uma cota muito abaixo da actual, comprovando a primeva utilização daquele imenso terreiro. Outros monumentos com entrada para a praça:

Stabilimenti Spagnoli

Palazzo de Cupis

Palazzo Torres Massimo Lancellotti

Church of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore

Curiosidades

Na Piazza Navona, está localizado o Palazzo Pamphilj, propriedade da República Federativa do Brasil, sede da Embaixada Brasileira e da Missão Diplomática do Brasil para a Itália.

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A beautiful Niagara Falls sunrise for you to start the week :) I tell you there's nothing like waking up and seeing the sunrise over majestic Niagara Falls. Good thing I'm an early riser to begin with ;) Whenever we go I try to always get "different" takes on the Falls. However, somehow I'm drawn to the "LEFT EDGE" for some reason lol I can't understand why I just am lol..You can just see the left Edge of Goat Island covered by snow.

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"Straddling the Canadian-United States International Border and both in the Province of Ontario and the State of New York, Niagara Falls attracts some 12 Million tourists to her majestic awesome beauty each year. The Niagara is a fairly young river, only 12,000 years old!, a microsecond in geological time. The Niagara Escarpment, which was created by erosion is much older. The glaciers pressed down on the land during the last ice age and laid down layers of sediment, then the slow process of erosion of ice and water ate at the surface of the escarpment"

"The mighty river plunges over a cliff of dolostone and shale. Niagara Falls is the second largest falls on the globe next to Victoria Falls in southern Africa.

One fifth of all the fresh water in the world lies in the four Upper Great Lakes-Michigan, Huron, Superior and Erie. All the outflow empties into the Niagara river and eventually cascades over the falls."

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Estoy pensando en ti (Eros Ramazotti & Tina Turner)

Ay los domingos...¡que mal se llevan :(! Todo se ve negro o gris oscuro...

MELANCOLÍAS

Como es sabido la melancolía

no es sinónimo de soledad

aunque una y otra lleguen

con un llanto sequísimo

una ternura en trozos

una tristeza que no tiene nombre

con la melancolía no se juega

sobre todo si sube desde los huesos

y se abre temblorosa y delirante

hay una melancolía que se engancha a la vida

y otra melancolía que se asoma a la muerte

pero los melancólicos no son candorosos

conocen por lo general de qué se trata

la asumen como una fiebre recurrente

como una propensión a la dulzura

o un modo inédito de respirar

normalmente

la soledad y la melancolía

tienen vergüenza de mostrarse

sólo el amor les infunde coraje

y las convierte en pájaros de fuego.

Mario Benedetti

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"The Ashopton Viaduct is a major bridge in the Peak District, where the A57 crosses the Ladybower Reservoir. It was built along with the rest of the reservoir works, and opened in 1943. It is the only major crossing of the whole reservoir.

The viaduct itself stands directly on top of the old village of Ashopton, which was controversially demolished and flooded to make way for the reservoir. Construction began in 1935, but like many other projects was interrupted by the Second World War, which slowed progress.

In 1947, due to low water levels following a drought, the spire of the old Ashopton church reappeared next to the viaduct."

www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Ashopton_Viaduct

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Tutshi was constructed at Carcross and launched on June 12, 1917. She had a crew of 29 and could carry 135 passengers. Her last trip was in 1956.

In the 1970's she was purchased by the Government of Yukon and extensive restoration was done. A fire destroyed her in 1990. All that remains is this small portion of the bow and the boiler .

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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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è un piccolo paesino in provincia di Lecco, posto su un piccolo rilievo montuoso, il primo venendo da Milano, dalla cui sommità è possibile scrutare l’intera pianura Padana. La favorevole posizione ne ha favorito il turismo sia grazie al parco naturale circostante il paese, che alla fama enogastronomica dei suoi prodotti tipici, che alla bellezza della val Curone.

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Montevecchia, detto anche Monte delle veglie, volgarmente Montaveggia. Era un tempo un fortissimo castello, sui di cui fondamenti è fabbricata la moderna parrocchiale. L'oratorio di s. Bernardo, fabbricato dal canonico di s. Maria della Scala in Milano Giovanni Antonio Scaccabarozzi, fu consacrato dall'arcivescovo Gaspare Visconti l'anno 1592.

Un Resta vi lasciò alcuni fondi per l'erezione d'un monastero per le Clarisse, ma impossibilitata la fabbrica, s. Carlo aggregò i fondi al monastero di s. Apollinare di Milano. Recaronsi quassù i Milanesi condotti da Roberto Gallo per discacciare da Calco Francesco Sforza, che impediva i Veneti dal soccorrerli. Giacomo Brivio nel 1713 diventò feudatario di questa sua patria. Il feudo era indi passato negli Agnesi. La celebre Agnesi vi si recava. In quell'aere purissimo, in quell'amenità di siti la mente di lei doveva elevarsi ai profondi calcoli matematici, che tanto l'onorano. E maestosa la gradinata che mette alla chiesa parrocchiale, che è posta sulla vetta del monte.

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Firefighters' demonstration in Paris.

Right before the Pont d'Austerlitz, some of the firefighters clashed with the riot police, which defended themselves with tear gases. No zoom for this, and no crop (just B&W conversion) ;-)

Part of "Au feu, les pompiers !" (please watch in the order of the set, to better understand the chronology of events)

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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.

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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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Part 1 of the new series on long exposures simply called Exposed

I will use this series to capture either motion or the presence of human beings with long exposure shots. That is not that easy since long exposures will often eliminate the presence of humans and the feeling of movement. So I need some luck and good timing in this series.

In this shot I've captured both movement and the presence of humans on the pier. The waves are the result of a boat that just moved out of the frame. The man on the right on the pier was 'hypnotized' by the boat. So that was my moment of luck...

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Una parte delle mura del Castello di Riva di Ponte dell'Olio (PC).

Questa è una parziale visione del fossato che circonda il Castello.

da Wikipedia:

"I castello di Riva è un complesso fortificato che si trova a Ponte dell'Olio, in provincia di Piacenza. Posto sulla riva destra del torrente Nure tra il corso d'acqua e la strada provinciale che collega Piacenza a Ferriere, controllava il passaggio nella val Nure. La sua collocazione, nel punto in cui la pianura finisce e la vallata si strige addentrandosi tra le colline, era strategica poiché permetteva il controllo del passaggio verso il mare, in Liguria, attraverso la val d'Aveto, (Ponte dell'Olio deve il suo nome ai magazzini di olio d'oliva) e in Lunigiana attraverso la val di Taro.

Costruito con le pietre del fiume, è parzialmente circondato dal fossato. Ha pianta a forma di triangolo isoscele, con una torre semicircolare, e due quadrate, poste ai vertici e lungo il lato più lungo. Le mura con merlature ghibelline, sono sovrastate dal cammino di ronda. Un elegante loggiato, costruito nel 1703 dai Maggi, con archi a tutto sesto, collega la torre maggiore con una torre intermedia. L'ingresso si trova sul lato sud-est, è protetto da una torre con porta a saracinesca e ponte levatoio.Una quarta torre si trova all'interno, e serviva per controllare il ponte levatoio. La torre maggiore si trova a nord-ovest, nel punto d'incontro dei lati maggiori del perimetro, è un'imponente mastio quadrato cinquecentesco, ornato di beccatelli collegati da archetti sui quali sono appoggiati i merli a coda di rondine. Ospitava nel sotterraneo la prigione e il pozzo del taglio, a piano terra la sala delle armi con quattro stanze sovrastanti. La base del torrione è lambita dalle acque del fiume che da quel punto si incanalano nella bocca del canale, chiamato Rio San Giorgio, che, costruito nel medioevo a scopo irriguo, dagli Anguissola di Vigolzone, attraversa la pianura oltrepassando San Giorgio Piacentino.

Due sono le leggende che aleggiano intorno al maniero. Secondo la prima, esiste un cunicolo sotterraneo che, partendo dalla torre rompitratta posta sul lato nord, passava sotto il fossato e si collegava ad un edificio adiacente al maglio di ferro*, dove probabilmente venivano conservate armi da fuoco. Un'altra versione narra di un condotto che metteva in comunicazione il castello di Riva con quello di Bicchignano, correndo addirittura al di sotto del greto del torrente.Di questa galleria si sostiene che se ne siano perse le tracce attorno al 1310, poiché gli abitanti del castello, visti a mal partito, vi si sono rifugiati all'interno, i nemici però preferirono farne franare le parti terminali, murandovi all'interno vivi gli avversari. Più probabile è che fosse presente un tunnel, di cui non vi sono comunque tracce, per garantire la fuga in caso di assedio.

La seconda leggenda ricorda la storia della figlia del fiorentino Niccolò Soderini, che era ospite della moglie del signore di Riva Gian Giacomo Anguissola, Beatrice Tedeschi, che divenne ladra per amore. Ella era innamorata di un uomo rozzo, sempre bramoso di denaro, difatti la figlia di Soderini rubò il tesoro al castellano e lo sotterrò sotto il mastio quadrato, in attesa che fosse arrivata l'occasione propizia perché il suo fidanzato lo andasse a dissotterrare, la quale, però, non si presentò mai ed il tesoro rimase sepolto dove l'aveva deposto la bella fiorentina.Lei fu la prima ad essere sospettata e venne gettata nel pozzo del taglio*. Per questo si dice che nelle notti di luna piena l'acqua del Nure (che passa direttamente sotto al mastio) emani bagliori di color verde smeraldo come la figlia di Niccolò Soderini, fatta ladra per amore.

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hope you are enjoying the various sunsets, and are going to my friend Judy, Trinimusic www.flickr.com/photos/29482098@N04/

Who is also doing a sunset each day, and beautiful ones,

I have had to pull some from my archives as the weather here has been not so good and either have I, but I hope yo like them any way,

This is one of my fav's. hope you like it.

Have a marvelous day.

Thanks all for your love and comments. As I said, still a bit under the weather so, a slow at commenting, but will catch up as fast as I can,

so said the turtle.

hugs billie.

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I look out for this Rosehip bush on my walk as I have noticed groups of Northern Cardinals quite often feasting on the berries. I find it hard to get a clear shot through all the branches..However, I was happy with this one ;) I hope you enjoy him too.....especially in this light. (Who needs textures? lol This is nature's texture!!)

"The brilliant red of a male Northern Cardinal calls attention to itself when males are around. You can also find cardinals by getting a sense of the warm, red-tinged brown of females – a pattern you can learn to identify in flight. Away from backyards, cardinals are still common but inconspicuous owing to their affinity for dense tangles. Listen for their piercing chip notes to find where they are hiding."

Enjoy your weekend everyone :)

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After sunset at Indian Beach, Oregon

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The following description came from National Geographic.

www.nationalgeographic.com/destinations/Taos/Taos_Drive.html

The highway between Tres Piedras and Tierra Amarilla is one of New Mexico’s most scenic, threading the Brazos Mountains, where grassland basins and forests of evergreen and aspen at 10,000 feet [3,048 meters] are so cleanly delineated they look like landscaping. The Brazos Cliffs, composed of 1.7- to 1.8-billion-year-old Precambrian quartzite (the cliffs contain the oldest known rock in New Mexico), plunge 2,000 feet [609.6 meters] to the Rio Chama Valley.

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"Inspiration" is what our little rescue Annie brought to our senior dog, Boo. Her effervescence brought out the puppy in our old girl and she learned how to really play with a doggie friend for the first time in her life. Boo is 14 and can still run like the wind, and although she might pull a few tricks out of her natural herding bag like cutting corners, she can keep up with her little youngster friend (who's a fast little bullet herself for being so low to the ground!). Thanks, Annie!! You've changed all our lives for the better.

Inspiration texture by temari09

phoebe texture by kim klassen

all that glitters by thebline.amy bethune

glitter II brushes by obsidiandawn

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en Pemisera a Salou, gaudint dels darrers instants d'estiu ... tot s'acaba, les tempestes de tardor ja amenacen per l'horitzó, i el segon llibre del Larsson també arriba a la seva fi, ... una vegada el va acabar, es va aixecar i va fer aquesta fotografia www.flickr.com/photos/pemisera/3916336463/ .... minuts després tots corriem per les primeres gotellades, que es van acabar en això, en quatre gotes ...

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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.

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The Monastery of Sant Benet de Bages is a former Benedictine monastery, in the Catalan comarca of Bages. The Romanesque monastery was thoroughly restored at the beginning of the twentieth century by the Catalan architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch. The monastery was founded about 950 by the noble Salla and his consort Ricarda, of the house of the viscounts of Osona . According to the founding legend, Salla traveled to Rome to have his institution authorized, and to have it depend directly on the Holy See, the usual method for preserving the community from interference from the bishop— in this case of Vic— in whose diocese it lay. The abbey church was consecrated 3 December 972, witnessed by a gathering of notables: Borrell II, Count of Barcelona, the bishops Frugifer of Vic, Guisad of Urgell and Pere of Barcelona, the viscount Guadald of Osona, and three of the four offspring of the recently deceased founder, his son Isarn and the sisters Quíxol and Ego, at the head of witnesses both laymen and priests, in a grand ceremonial recorded in the surviving act of consecration. The community was dedicated to the Holy Trinity and to Benedict of Nursia (Sant Benét in Catalan) founder of the order, and Peter and Andrew, all guarantors of its future orthodoxy. The founder secured dispensations that the future abbots would be chosen from among their descendents, making the abbey a form of proprietary church, an agreement that would soon lead to disputes among the various branches of their lineage as to choice of abbots.

From 965, the abbey church held the supposed relics of Saint Valentine, enclosed in a wooden reliquary with plates of silver depicting miracles of Saint Valentine, which was rediscovered in 1863 in the church of Navarcles. At the beginning of the eleventh century the monastery passed under the direction of the Abbey of Saint Peter of Tomeras at Narbonne, from which the community freed itself in 1108. In 1125 Sant Benet de Bages suffered from an attack by Moors that required a rebuilding, financed by local nobles who required in return the right to be buried in its consecrated ground. The most splendid age of Sant Benet de Bages was in the fourteenth century, until the Black Death left the community with only two survivors, in a period that witnessed the beginning of its decline. On 9 November 1593, by order of Pope Clement VIII the community passed under the direction of the Abbey of Montserrat, and remained so until it was suppressed in 1820, serving as a place of retirement for Montserrat's community of monks. By the "law of desamortización" of 1835, all religious orders in Spain were required to render upo their possessions. The crumbling ancient structure attracted the interest of intellectuals who organised visits to it in the late nineteenth century. The architect Puig i Cadafalch and the painter Ramon Casas encouraged the mother of Casas to buy the property in 1907; in 1910 it passed into the hands of Casas, who commissioned Puig i Cadafalch to restore it. Since 2000, when it was purchased from Casas' heirs it has belonged to the Caixa de Manresa, a financial institution that has undertaken its maintenance.

Listen Less Than A Pearl Enya

Everytime the rain comes down

Close my eyes and listen

I can hear the lonesome sound

Of THE sky as it cries

Listen to the rain

Here it comes again

Hear it in the rain

Feel the touch of tears that fall

They won't fall forever

In the way the day will flow

All things come, all things go

Listen to the rain... the rain

Here it comes again... again

Hear it in the rain... the rain

Late at night I drift away

I can hear you calling

And my name is in the rain

Leaves on trees whispering

Deep blue seas, mysteries

Even when this moment ends

Can't let go this feeling

Everything will come on again

In the sound falling down

Of the sky as it cries

Hear my name in the rain

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Noční vlaky jsou nedílnou součástí železniční dopravy v Itálii, přičemž relace, směřující z vnitrozemí na Sicílii, patří k nejvytíženějším. Jen ze samotného Říma jezdí hned dva páry spojů, doplněné o vlak z Milána, který cílů na ostrově ve Středozemním moři dosahuje až odpoledne, a i ve směru do Milána vlak odjíždí z obou sicilských destinací nedlouho po poledni. Cestujícím zejména posledně jmenovaného páru se tak naskýtají překrásné výhledy na Tyrhénské moře, neboť železniční trať je vedena v těsné blízkosti pobřeží od Sicílie až téměř po Neapol. Vzhledem ke zmíněné vytíženosti jsou všechny tři páry vlaků složeny pouze ze spacích vozů a poté, co se přepraví ze vnitrozemské italské železniční sítě přes Messinskou úžinu na tu sicilskou pomocí trajektu, se ve stanici Messina Centrale rozdělují Zatímco jedna část vlaků je vedena po severním břehu ostrova do stanice Palermo Centrale, druhá část vlaků směřuje na jih přes Katánii do Syrakus.

Na snímku vlaku ICN 1963 "Intercity Notte" [Milano Centrale – Siracusa], pořízeném dne 23. března 2024 u letoviska Praia a Mare, lze spatřit všechny tři typy spacích vozů, kterými lze v těchto vlacích cestovat. Nejpočetnější lehátkové vozy, nabízející pouze čtyřmístná a o poznání komfortnější kupé, než bývá v Evropě zvykem, představují zástupce dvou sérií, které vznikly v letech 1996–2001 přestavbou starších vozů konstrukce UIC-X ze 60. a 70. let v celkovém počtu 230 vozů. Lůžkový vůz je zde zastoupen v západní Evropě nejrozšířenějším typem MU rovněž po modernizaci. Na vzniku celkem 283 vozů během let 1963 a 1990 se podílely hned tři společnosti a vozy tohoto typu jezdily i ve Francii či v zemích Beneluxu. Zatímco zcela původní francouzské vozy dnes dožívají v Černé Hoře, všechny dnes provozované italské vozy prošly modernizací a jsou dodnes v provozu, jak se lze na tomto snímku přesvědčit. S celkovou kapacitou až 36 osob nabízí jedno-, dvou- či třílůžková kupé standardních parametrů.

Nejzajímavější je ale třetí vůz na snímku – jedná se o lůžkový vůz typu T3S, který vznikl v počtu 11 vozů v letech 2007–2008 ve firmě RSI Costa Masnaga přestavbou starších lůžkových vozů typu T2S z roku 1982. Jedna polovina vozu je tvořena standardními třílůžkovými oddíly, druhá polovina pak představuje netradičně provedená čtyřlůžková kupé s vlastním WC a sprchou. Vozy tohoto typu byly mj. nasazeny v letech 2017–2020 na páru nočních vlaků Benátky–Paříž, avšak po ukončení provozu tohoto spoje v důsledku pandemie viru Covid-19 v roce 2020 byly staženy do vnitrostátního provozu a dnes jsou vozy nasazovány na všechny tři páry nočních vlaků na Sicílii, avšak pouze do skupiny vozů Miláno/Řím – Syrakusy a zpět.

Praia a Mare je obec v regionu Kalábrie, která je známá jako plážové letovisko u Tyrhénského moře. Celkem dva kilometry dlouhá pláž je částečně pokryta atraktivním černým lávovým pískem. Na jižním konci se nachází skalní ostrov Dino, kde se nachází několik velkých mořských jeskyní, přístupných malými plavidly. Na nejjižnějším výběžku pláže se na výběžku sopečné skály tyčí středověká věž Fiuzzi, postavená byzantskými silami k ochraně pobřeží.

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Em in Capones lighthouse

I don't usually do people shots, or portraits for that matter. I take and post pictures here in my stream primarily to my own liking. If I think the shot makes me happy, then that's all that matters (not that your wonderful comments and faves don't send me to flickr heaven. Oh, they do. And I always, always appreciate every single one of them. (",) you guys rock!).

Portraits are different. The idea of somebody else's --- the subject's --- opinion weighing in on the shot is too much pressure for me. What may look good in my eyes may not necessarily be so for the subject. I can be a people pleaser at times, so taking shots of others and them actually appreciating it, means so much to me.

And when they display my shots of them as profile pics on facebook, multiply or friendster, my heart dances a lil bit inside.

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by the way, this is Em, a new travel buddy I met on my last trip. She takes pretty pictures too with a camera that has way too many buttons. :D

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Trying to be as objective as I can, I think this is probably the best Monochrome photograph that, to date, I have up-loaded to flickr ! So I'm Pleased As Punch !

Subjectively I know that there is a small ' hot spot ' on her nose and ear, and the glass could've been cleaner, but hey, I'm not a professional !

I think the dark space behind her head pushes the eye to the subjects delightful profile and the out of focus neon lights take care of any ' negative space ' !

An early attempt at using a new external flash Canon Speedlite 430EX II !

All Comments, Subjective or Objective, More Particually Praising, Lol, Welcomed !

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Thank you for all of the views, awards, comments and faves. They are greatly appreciated.

This is a Douglas DC-3 (C-47 military version) used by the Israeli Airforce (IAF) for training paratroopers. The DC 3 was manufactured in Santa Monica, California, Long Beach, Califonia and Oklahoma City. This aircraft is currently being reconstructed by the current owner.Although it is on the apron adjacent to the Camarillo Museum the aircraft is not one that is owned by the C.A.F.

This is the only image in this set on which I did not use textured overlays. There is, however, also a textured version. If you like you can compare this original (a single RAW processed with PS CS-5 and Dynamic Photo HDR software and saved as a jpeg) with the earlier overlaid image. This is my favorite image in the series.

For those wanting the technical data as follows: The shot was hand held and taken with a Nikon d90, Tamron 18-270 lens at 32mm. Manual mode, manual focus. Exposure 1/640 of a second at f13, ISO 200 -4/3 E.V. No filters on the lens.

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A quarry @ Halibut Point, Rockport, MA. 65°F in January. The ocean is actually visible between the trees to the right. Always a nice place to see a sunset but this was just spectacular.

I've been told there are a pair of freshwater eels that live here.

This is an HDR spanning -3 to +3EV, processed and tone mapped in Photomatix. I try to make my HDR shots look as close as possible to the scene I viewed and the view really was this amazing. I only applied moderate ("normal") contrast and pretty light unsharp mask..

-Added to the Cream of the Crop pool as my personal favorite.

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Lighting Info:

SB800 in Shoot Thru Brolly Camera Left

Sun Behind Camera Right as Rim

Nikon D300

Nikkor 50mm 1.4

Pocket Wizard Plus II

This is probably my favorite portrait that I have taken, it is not a great photo or some kind of masterpiece, but it speaks volumes to me. I have a younger brother that is my best friend, I have always felt this need to really watch over him. You see, my parents did not speak English when they first came to this country. The culture and country was completely new to them, me and my brother felt lost sometimes. Me and Steve saw these young brothers walking home from school, they had just gotten off the bus. The youngest one, Dee, had his ice cream cone and it was melting and running down his hands. His older brother, Darrell, took the ice cream cone and fixed it up for him and then handed his brother a napkin to clean his hands off. He then put his arm around him and they began walking. I watched all this and was reminded of the many times I did the same for my younger brother. It was a very endearing and awesome scene to watch unfold.

Enjoy,

Hector

Where do they come up with these names?

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