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Built on top Colina da Penha or Penha Hill, also known as Bishop Hill because of the Bishop Residence, is a Chapel of Our Lady of Penha which was first built in 1622.
The first chapel was erected by the crew and passengers of a ship which had a narrow escape from the Dutch.
Later the chapel served as shrine for sailors embarking on often hazardous voyages.
The chapel today dates back to 1837 when it was completely rebuilt along with the Bishop's Palace.
It is open daily from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm.
The bell tower of the Church is very distinctive and can be seen anywhere from the harbor.
On one side of the large open courtyard fronting the church is a marble image of the Blessed Virgin Mary facing the border of China, as if praying for that magnificent land.
Her prayers are definitely bearing fruit because now thousands of Chinese tourist dutifully climb up her little hill.
At the foot of a flight of stone steps is a popular grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes.
Along the grotto is also a nice garden with fountains, seating and children's playground.
Nearby is a bronze gravestone with Portuguese inscriptions indicating the resting place of Bishop John Bouner of Macau who was buried here on 18 February 1918
On a clear day the panoramic view from here includes not only Macau but across the Pearl River into China.
One can see the whole harbor and a great collection of old and modern architecture: the Chief Executive's Palace, other colonial residences, the Macau Tower, and the man-made lakes.
macauEvery year, on the 13th of May, thousand of faithful joins the image of Our Lady of Fatima for a pilgrimage and procession.
The procession begins from Sto. Domingo Church and meanders through the narrow streets of Macau.
The procession finally ends in the little courtyard of Penha Church.
Every year at this day, thousands of devotees coming from all over, never fails to accompany the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Nel loro Territorio!
Osservare tutto questo è un dono, innAMÒRarsene una ricchezza!
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Meravigliosa Natura!
Privilèges de Montagne...
Inn AMÒR ati della NATURA anche tu!
Il mio tempo in Montagna!
Preoccupiamoci della Natura il nostro futuro dipende da essa!
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La Vallée d'Aoste à ma guise - La Valle d'Aosta a modo mio - Aosta Valley in my own way
Vivre en Montagne, au quotidien, pour satisfaire la Curiosité de la Photographie de la Nature...
Valle d'Aosta - Vallée d'Aoste
(Une Montagne d'émotions...)
Clickalps Photography - Troise Carmine - Washi
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Fotocamere:
Canon EOS 7D Mark ll
Canon 6D Mark ll
Obiettivi:
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM II
Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Treppiede Manfrotto 190 X Prob
Testa Manfrotto a sfera compact nera con attacco rapido 496RC2 con frizione
Piastra a sgancio rapido 200PL
A winter Fairytale Wedding - at least a photoshoot - at Trakai castle, Lithuania.
Trakai castle was originally built in the 14th century with Trakai being one of the main centers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, as well as being the old capital city of Lithuania. The castle was built in various stages and destroyed in various stages. The vast majority of the renovation was completed in 1961, and when viewed large you can still see the remains of the original castle along the bottom.
During the summer months the castle, being one of the prettier ones with its lake like setting - is used for a backdrop in wedding photos. I was lucky enough to find a wedding party here during winter - and may God Almighty bless them with the peace happiness and success which all married couples seek, in the years to come, amen.
[fr]: Le vieux passage vers la porte de bois, Conflent, Pyrénées Orientales, France
[image info]: HDR from 3 exposures - Photomatix + PS - EXIF from +0ev - Nikon 18-200mm@36mm
[Level of Retouching]: 75% (removal of unwanted objects, brushuing, Border, texture, HDR processing, levels, general and local curves, blending modes) - total processing time: 40 minutes
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اهل الخير - gold - اذاعة - القران الكريم - استضافة المواقع - مواضيع - الطفل - الاسرة - الديكور والازياء - الاخبار - الصحف الاسرائيلية - رياضة - المسلمة -الفتاة المسلمة - الاسلام - تاريخ -مأكولات وصحة - نكت وتسالي - فيديو - اغاني واناشيد - خطب - افلام - برامج - اناشيد - هكر - برامج -دليل المواقع - فلسطين - اليوتيوب - بنات الضفة - توبيكات - العاب - تصميم فلاش - تصميم فوتوشوب - معا - القدس - العاب - بلياردو - فيس بوك - عشاق الحور- منتدى- جوالات- جوال - عشاق- رسائل- استضافة- الدعم الفني-المصارعة-صور-الحياة الزوجية-الحور-منتديات فلسطينية-العاب 2011-مقالات - تقارير
fr: Le Dépanneur très coloré, Plateau Mont-Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
HDR from 5 different exposures - Photomatix - EXIF later (lol) - Very few basic levels and curves adjustments - 11.5mm
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taken in Phi Phi Island - Krabi - Thailand - Jun '08
My Most interesting photos for a guy called Isaias
The Phi Phi Islands (Thai: หมู่เกาะพีพี) are located in Thailand, between the large island of Phuket and the western Andaman Sea coast of the mainland. Phi Phi Don, the larger and principal of the two Phi Phi islands, is located at [show location on an interactive map] 7°44′00″N, 98°46′00″E. Both Phi Phi Don, and Phi Phi Leh, the smaller, are administratively part of Krabi province, most of which is on the mainland, and is located at [show location on an interactive map] 8°02′30″N, 98°48′39″E.
Ko Phi Phi Don ("ko" (Thai: เกาะ) meaning "island" in the Thai language) is the largest island of the group, and is the only island with permanent inhabitants, although the beaches of the second largest island, Ko Phi Phi Lee (or "Ko Phi Phi Leh"), are visited by many people as well. There are no accommodation facilities on this island, but it is just a short boat ride from Ko Phi Phi Don. The rest of the islands in the group, including Bida Nok, Bida Noi, and Bamboo Island, are not much more than large limestone rocks jutting out of the sea.
Phi Phi Don was initially populated by Muslim fishermen during the late 1940s, and later became a coconut plantation. The Thai population of Phi Phi Don remains more than 80% Muslim.But the actual population if counting laborers, especially from the north-east, from the mainland is much more Buddhist these days.
Ko Phi Phi Leh was the backdrop for the 2000 movie The Beach. Phi Phi Leh also houses the 'Viking Cave', from which there is a thriving bird's nest soup industry. There was criticism during filming of 'The Beach' that the permission granted to the film company to physically alter the environment inside Phi Phi Islands National Park was illegal. [1] The controversy cooled down however, when it was discovered that the producers had done such a decent job of restoring the place that it finally looked better than it had done before.
Following the release of The Beach, tourism on Phi Phi Don increased dramatically, and with it the population of the island. Many buildings were constructed without planning permission.[citation needed]
Ko Phi Phi was devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, when nearly all of the island's infrastructure was wiped out. Redevelopment has, however, been swift, and services like electricity, water, Internet access and ATMs are up and running again, but waste handling has been slower to come back online.
My Most interesting photos for a guy called Isaias
"Hark, I hear a robin calling!
List, the wind is from the south!
And the orchard-bloom is falling
Sweet as kisses on the mouth.
In the dreamy vale of beeche
Fair and faint is woven mist,
And the river's orient reaches
Are the palest amethyst.
Every limpid brook is singing
Of the lure of April days;
Every piney glen is ringing
With the maddest roundelays.
Come and let us seek together
Springtime lore of daffodils,
Giving to the golden weather
Greeting on the sun-warm hills."
-Lucy Maud Montgomery, Spring Song
Special gratitude and appreciation for the following generous contributors:
playingwithbrushes for fancy back texture
h_roach for Helen's Textures #2
EnragedLioness for the adorable bunny
diamonddavej for the robin
Degu Mischief for the almond branch
and tamakisono for the babies breath
HDR image processed from 5 exposures with Photomatix Pro.
From Alberta's lovely landscape back into the big city.
Saw this scenery in downtown Toronto a few weeks ago ... in a hurry to catch my 5 shots and not to get killed by a car :-)
To get all the details, maybe give it a try and check this one in Large and on Black!
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That panorama I have taken from jabal al-Madhbah (above the Great Theatre)
An impressive view ...is itn't it??:)))))))))) achhhhhh.....
Have a good and veeeery pleasent weekend my dear Friends!
Yours
Bea Jones;)))
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Texas Bindweed
Convolvulus equitans
Convolvulus equitans Benth.
Texas Bindweed, Bindweed
Convolvulaceae (Morning-Glory Family)
Synonym(s): Convolvulus hermannioides, Convolvulus simulans
USDA Symbol: COEQ
USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Source: www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=COEQ
Texas Bindweed
Convolvulus equitans Benth., texas bindweed. Perennial herb, trailing, taprooted but also creeping horizontal, not rosetted, several–stemmed at base, principal branches procumbent (decumbent), < 15 cm tall; shoots with only cauline leaves reoriented to upper side, blades variable, somewhat velveteen and soft–hairy; latex milky.
Stems
Stems cylindric, typical 1.5 mm diameter, tough, green, ± tomentose–velutinous.
Leaves
Leaves helically alternate, simple but typically with a pair of basal lobes, petiolate, without stipules; petiole channeled, to 20 mm long, villous–tomentose with most hairs upward–pointing; blade mostly arrow–shaped with backward–pointing basal lobes but to 5–lobed, < 20—70 × < 15—30 mm, cordate at base with basal lobes to 15 mm long, crenate or with sublobes to entire and often wavy on margins, the teeth and sublobes rounded to obtuse at tips, palmately 3–veined at base and pinnately veined above with principal veins sunken on upper surface and raised on lower surface, with a principal vein to each sublobe or tooth, surfaces ± villous but having fewer hairs on upper surface.
Inflorescence
Inflorescence cyme, (1—)2–flowered, axillary at successive nodes, bracteate; peduncle ascending to spreading, at anthesis to 50 × 1—1.4 mm (the widest just below fork), < leaf, increasing to 60 mm long and wiry in fruit, short–tomentose; bractlet subtending pedicel and at fork bractlets 2 and subopposite, awl–shaped with enlarged base, 1.5—4 mm long, ± short–strigose with upward–pointing hairs, the first bractlet keeled; pedicel of the oldest flower wider but shorter, ca. 10 mm long, with bractlet of future flower at pedicel midpoint.
Flower
Flower bisexual, radial, ca 20 mm across; sepals 5, helically alternate and tightly encircling, outer 2—3 stiff, the outermost 2 sepal roundish and cupped, 7—7.5 × 6 mm, reddish and green, wavy on margin above midpoint, densely short–tomentose to short–strigose (including margins) on exposed surfaces, inner sepals upper portion membranous to scarious, green often tinged purple–red, sepals increasing to 8 mm wide in fruit; corolla broadly and shallowly 5–lobed, ca. 15 mm long, pleated in bud on exposed surface with midveins and dense, ascending stiff hairs; tube and throat narrowly funnel–shaped, white and 5–sided at base (tube) and sericeous white panels and glabrous pink and rose panels; stamens 5, fused to base of corolla decurrent ca. 2 mm; filaments free portion 9—11 mm long, pale purple to white, channeled to above midpoint, glandular–papillate on decurrent base; anthers dorsifixed, dithecal, 1.5—2 mm long, light purple to purple, longitudinally dehiscent; pollen white; nectary disc surrounding base of ovary, 0.3 mm long, 1.5 mm diameter, light yellow, producing nectar; pistil 1, 8.5—13 mm long; ovary conic, 1.5—2 × 1—1.2 mm, greenish white, at top indistinct from style, 2–chambered, each chamber with 2 ovules attached to center; style tapered from ovary, 2–branched, green at base white above, the branches 2.7—3.2 mm long, bladderlike (vesicular).
Fruit
Fruit capsule, loculicidal, 2–valved, 4–seeded, ovoid–subspheroid to broadly obovoid, 5.5—6 × 5.2—7 mm + short beak, pale brown with fine parallel veins; calyx in fruit helically alternate, ovate, outer surface sericeous, margins papery and splitting.
Seed
Seed 3–seeded rounded on back, 3.3—5 × 2.4—4.5 mm, dull dark brown, minutely roughened, with micropyle at base; sepals tightly encircling, to 9 mm long, papery and veiny.
Source: w3.biosci.utexas.edu/prc/K12/pages/Convolvulus%20equitans...
Shot during a mini meet-up with with a Flickr contact of mine DSLR_MANIA
There was a very heavy fog when I took this shot and I had to focus manually to get this one.
If you want to, take a look at downtownlalife magazine , I'm being featured right now
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My New Year's resolutions:
1. Try to improve my photography.
2. Shoot more portraits - portraiture is my first love and I'm a big admirer of portraiture/model photographers like Richard Avedon and Irving Penn.
3. Shoot with film - I'm looking for a good med format film camera, maybe even a large format film.
4. Looking for a job with less responsibilities, less working hours and less stress and more time to shoot photos and spend quality time with my loved ones. That's what really matters.
Technical info:
ND110 - 10 stops.
f/16
ISO100
179 mm
185s (3min05s) exposure
Software:
Lightroom 2.0
PS CS4 - Silver Efex Pro
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View from Bloemendal Restaurant of Table Mountain
Canon EOS350D with Sigma Wide-Angle Zoom Lens (Super Multi Coating)
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 10 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0/2 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire
"Distant view of Table Mountain" CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Thoughts about the mountains
I flew over mountains and reached the sky,
The sun came closer to me,
My eyes were blinded, forever for good,
only mountains I memorize-
At the top of the world, as the king of the hills,
I admired my kingdom of beauty,
The view was so endless, I still see it sometimes
Restored in my dreams by memories.
The things I still feel are the sounds that I hear,
whenever I go back to the hills.
The smells that I recognize, haven’t altered a bit,
wind so balmy ruffles my hair.
I feel contented and couldn’t wish no more,
if only a bigger imagination to add more colors into my dreams …
Kirsi Remmel
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caught up with the extremely busy mike calibre 16 and went up to north curly . the weather was bad and made it near impossible to keep the camera and filters dry . if it wasnt for the catching up with mike i would of stayed in bed . good to catch up though . ninos the poor bugger was busy working .
not happy with the blue coloring on the left hand side of the sky . it was the actual colors in the sky . so i decided to leave it in . on another not , i replaced the original photo today with a slightly bigger border .
loving this much needed rain . enjoy the rest of the weekend ;)
Lighting Info:
Nikon SB-800 Held By VAL (aka Steve Moore)
Triggered via CLS
Nikon D300
Sigma 18-50mm 2.8
This was the absolute last shot of the night, and 2SiiCK's first official wedding shoot. I must take my hat off to ALL the amazing wedding photographers, this stuff is not easy!
Steve and I, had the pleasure to shoot this wedding this past Saturday, at The Prado in Balboa Park. It was my first time as a lead shooter, as I had shot a few as a 2nd before. We had a blast and the wedding was super cool. The band was amazing and everyone had a great time! At the very end of the night as everyone was getting on the buses to take them back to their hotel, the newlyweds were finally alone for the first time. It was quiet, and Steven and I had our cameras in our bags walking back to the car. We turned and saw the bride and groom running out of the reception hall. He turned to me and asked if I still had my camera out, and I said "in a second I will". He wanted a shot alone with his wife, Steven grabbed a flash and I grabbed my camera. I was hoping I could get a good shot, but only had time to take 3 shots, so I was not expecting much. They posed for the first shot, and it was ok, but I did not want a posed moment. So after the 2nd shot we told them we got it and they turned and said something to each other. I told Steven to hold up the flash again, and I said her name right as he kissed her, she turned and smiled, and we got the shot.
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. John and Anne Nolie.
Enjoy,
Hector
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From the Wikipedia entry:
"Hardwick Hall in Doe Lea, Derbyshire is one of the most significant Elizabethan country houses in England. In common with its architect Robert Smythson's other works at both Longleat House and Wollaton Hall, Hardwick Hall is one of the earliest examples of the English interpretation of the Renaissance style of architecture, which came into fashion when it was no longer thought necessary to fortify one's home.
Hardwick Hall is situated on a hill top between Chesterfield and Mansfield, overlooking the Derbyshire countryside. The house was designed for Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury and ancestress of the Dukes of Devonshire, by Robert Smythson in the late 16th century and remained in that family until it was handed over to HM Treasury in lieu of Estate Duty in 1956. The Treasury transferred the house to the National Trust in 1959. As it was a secondary residence of the Dukes of Devonshire, whose main country house was nearby Chatsworth, it was little altered over the centuries and indeed, from the early 19th century, its antique atmosphere was consciously preserved. Hardwick's skyline features six rooftop pavilions with Bess of Hardwick's initials "ES" (Elizabeth Shrewsbury) carved into the balustrade.
Hardwick is a conspicuous statement of the wealth and power of Bess of Hardwick, who was the richest woman in England after Queen Elizabeth I herself. It was one of the first English houses where the great hall was built on an axis through the center of the house rather than at right angles to the entrance. Each of the three main stories is higher than the one below, and a grand, winding, stone staircase leads up to a suite of state rooms on the second floor, which includes one of the largest long galleries in any English house and a little-altered, tapestry-hung great chamber with a spectacular plaster frieze of hunting scenes. The windows are exceptionally large and numerous for the 16th century and were a powerful statement of wealth at a time when glass was a luxury: "Hardwick Hall, more glass than wall" the saying went. There is a large amount of fine tapestry and furniture from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. A remarkable feature of the house is that much of the present furniture and other contents are listed in an inventory dating from 1601.
Hardwick Hall contains a large collection of embroideries, mostly dating from the late 16th century, many of which are listed in the 1601 inventory. Some of the needlework on display in the house incorporates Bess's monogram "ES", and may have been worked on by Bess herself.
Hardwick is open to the public. It has a fine garden, including herbaceous borders, a vegetable and herb garden an orchard. The extensive grounds also contain Hardwick Old Hall, a slightly earlier house which was used as guest and service accommodation after the new hall was built. The Old Hall is now a ruin. It is administered by English Heritage on behalf of the National Trust and is also open to the public.
Architectural historian Dan Cruickshank selected the Hall as one of his five choices for the 2006 BBC television documentary series Britain's Best Buildings"
Another from Holloween day when Skylar and I picked up a couple beautiful action figures and then took them to Mitchell Canyon and hiked all over looking for good light in which to set them up and take photos.
It was a real collaborative effort ... he would scout the locations and set them up, and do things like pull blades of grass or move branches or change their positions, while I snapped away. What a wonderful way to spend Halloween together!
We had a magical time, and got quite a few magical pictures as well! Almost worth the terrible case of poison oak I got from laying on the ground in so many iffy locations.
Cathédrale Saint-Tugdual de Tréguier (Landreger)
Elle est l'une des neuf cathédrales de Bretagne. Construite en style gothique aux XIVe et XVe siècles, le bâtiment comporte cependant une partie romane (tour Hasting) conservée de la cathédrale romane antérieure. La cathédrale a cette remarquable particularité de posséder trois tours, toutes prenant appui sur le transept.
De "Lann" + "Treger" (Trégor). Tréguier était le siège de l'évêché du Trégor. Certains avancent que "Lann" pourrait une évolution de "nant" (vallée). Treger veut dire "les 3 armées". Un territoire de même nom se retrouve en Cornouailles britannique. Tréguier n'est qu'une évolution française du mot "Tregor".
Have you ever listened to some one talking about they falling in love for the first time in life? No matter how long back it happened, they will narrate each and every second of that moment, what went through them and how they reacted, they even talk about the weather that day. No body forgets those moments they were stolen, no matter how their life is today the stolen seconds live with them. Guess why its called stolen seconds? Yeah they stole those seconds from this world its for them and only for them, what about yours...
அவள் கசக்கிப் போட்ட காகிதம் கூட கவிதையாய்த் தெரிந்தது,
அவள் நடந்து போன பாதையாவும் பூக்களாய் இருந்தது,
நான் மறந்து போன பட்டியலில் என் பெயரும் சேர்ந்து கொண்டது,
அவள் என்னைக் களவாடிப் போன நொடிகள் மட்டுமே பசுமையான நினைவுகளாய்
I am continuing with a photo of Mount Rainier National Park. This photo was taken in the Tipsoo Lake area which is located near the Chinook Pass at an elevation of 5,430ft/1,656m.
About this photo: On one of our days in Mount Rainier National Park we visited the Tipsoo Lake area which is really beautiful. The lake offered beautiful views of Mount Rainier, great wild flowers and some good hiking trails. I really enjoyed my day at this lake as it is so serene and so beautiful. While walking along the trails of Tipsoo Lake we had nice views of the wildflower meadows with Mount Rainier as a backdrop, which I thought was so beautiful.
~Camera Settings:
*Camera Model: Sony Alpha DSLR A200
*Focal Length: 55mm
*F-Number: F/16
*Exposure Time: 1/40 sec.
*ISO Speed: ISO-100
*Exposure Program: Aperture Priority (A)
*Exposure Compensation (E/V): -0.7 step
I used a circular polarizer and I added some contrast and saturation in Photoshop to this photo to bring out the colours a little more.
Thank you for dropping by and I hope you like this photo!
Ann :)
Some information about Mount Rainier National Park: Mount Rainier National Park was established in 1899 and has a size of about 235,625 acres (97% is designated Wilderness) and this includes Mount Rainier (14,410ft/4392m). Mount Rainier is an active volcano encased in over 35 square miles of snow and ice. The park contains outstanding examples of old growth forests and subalpine meadows. Whether hiking on its flanks, climbing its summit, snowshoeing or cross-country skiing on its slopes, camping along its glacier-fed rivers, photographing wildflower displays in subalpine meadows, or just admiring the view, nearly two million people go here to enjoy the grandeur and beauty of Mount Rainier each year.
The park is devided into five areas, which are accessible from different areas:
1. Longmire: The Longmire Historic District is located at about 6.5mi/10.5km from the eastern park entrance at an elevation of 2640ft/800m. John Longmire was one of the first men to ever climb Mount Rainier in 1883. After his descend he bumped into an area of hot springs and he was so impressed that he returned a year later with his wife. He built a hotel in this area which was called The Mineral Springs Resort. After 1899 when Mount Rainier and it's surrounding area got the "National Park" status, Longmire was used as the park's headquarters. At the moment this building is a museum, The Longmire Museum which is one of the oldest museums of the National Park Servisce. Other visitor facilities in this area are the Wilderness Information Centre and a hotel.
2. Paradise: Paradise is located further down from Longmire and is one of the most visited areas in the park. Paradise is located at an elevation of 5280ft/1600m and is popular for the beautiful wildflowers in the summer, the enormous amounts of snow in the winter and an amazing view of Mount Rainier. It might be hard to find a parking spot during peak times in this area. There is a visitor centre here (the Jackson Memorial Visitor Centre) and the beautiful Paradise Inn Hotel.
3. Ohanapecosh: The eastside of the park is much dryer and sunnier than the westisde, so this is a good area to visit if it's too wet and foggy at Longmire or Paradise. This Ohanapecosh area is located in a quiet and densly forested area, about 1.9mi/3km north of the park entrance of this side of the park. Near the Ohanapecosh River you can find a visitor centre, a ranger station, the Ohanapecosh campground and picnic area. This area is only open from May until October. State Route 123 is closed during the winter months.
4. Sunrise/White River: This area is found in the north eastern corner of the park and accessibility is only from May until November. In the east a road enters from Chinook Pass (5,430ft/ 1,656m) and a little ways further you can find beautiful Tipsoo Lake which is surrounded by wildflowers in the summer. Via the turn off of the Mather Memorial Parkway you can go to the Sunrise/White River area. There is a turn of to the White River area which offers a Wilderness Information centre where you can get climbing or wilderness permits and information on hiking. If you continue it will take about 11mi/17km to get to the Sunrise area and parking lot which is located at an elevation of 6,400ft/1,950m. This road is only open from the end of June/beginning of July until the end of September/beginning of October. Sunrise is a busy area due to the beautiful views of Mount Rianier, many different hiking trails and of course the beautiful wildflowers that bloom here. In this area there is also the Sunrise Visitor Centre, The Sunrisde Day Lodge where you can have a bit to eat or visit the giftshop.
5. Carbon paper River/Mowich Lake: This area is located in the northwestern part of the park and can be reach from a small place called Wilkeson on Highway 165. Here you can also find a Visitor Centre where you can get permits and information. The highway here turns into a gravel road, so you might need a car with high clearance. The road floods frequently, so make sure you check before you go to visit this area. This area has several hiking trails and beautiful lakes, it is also the area with the heaviest rainfall in the park.
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Lowry Park Zoo
Tampa, Florida
The Vulturine Guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum) is the largest and most spectacular of the guineafowl bird family. It is a resident breeder in northeast Africa, from southern Ethiopia through Kenya and just into northern Tanzania.
It breeds in dry and open habitats with scattered bushes and trees, such as savannah or grassland. It lays its usually 4-8 cream-coloured eggs in a well-hidden grass-lined scrape.
although all other guineafowl have unfeathered heads, this species looks particularly like a vulture because of the long bare neck and head.
The slim neck projects from a cape of long, glossy, blue and white hackles. The breast is cobalt blue, and the rest of the body plumage is black, finely spangled with white.
The sexes are similar, although the female is usually slightly smaller than the male and with smaller tarsal spurs. Young birds are mainly grey-brown, with a duller blue breast and short hackles.
Vulturine Guineafowl is a gregarious species, forming flocks outside the breeding season typically of about 25 birds. This species' food is seeds and small invertebrates. This guineafowl is terrestrial, and will run rather than fly when alarmed. Despite the open habitat, it tends to keep to cover, and roosts in trees. It makes loud chink-chink-chink-chink-chink calls.
The chinese Hall of Friendshop is situated in the Chinese garden nestled in a vineyard (Stuttgart, Germany). The garden and its buildings were built in 1993. Chinagarten Stuttgart
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Die Halle der Freundschaft steht im "Garten der schönen Melodie" in Stuttgart. Ursprünglich 1993 als Attraktion der IGA im Rosensteingarten gebaut wurde der chinesische Garten mit dem Namen Qingyin an der Birkenwaldstraße / Panoramastraße 1996 neu errichtet
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The Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea).
My thanks to Thomas Frejek for the name. See his photostream here: www.flickr.com/photos/thomasfrejek/
This gorgeous, large dragonfly posed for me on our balcony railing long enough for me to take several photos. This is one of them. Hope you like it as much as I do.
The Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea), known as the Blue Darner in the Western Hemisphere, is a 70 mm long species of hawker dragonfly.
It is large, with a long body. It has green markings on the black bodies, and the male also has blue spots on the abdomen.
The Southern Hawker breeds in still or slow-flowing water, but will wander widely, and is often seen in gardens and open woodland. This is an inquisitive species and will approach people.
The adult eats various insects, caught on the wing. The nymphs feed on aquatic insects, tadpoles and small fish ambushed in the pond they frequent until they emerge as adults in July and August after three years’ development.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Hawker
A dragonfly is a type of insect belonging to the order Odonata, the suborder Epiprocta or, in the strict sense, the infraorder Anisoptera. It is characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated body. Dragonflies are similar to damselflies, but the adults can be differentiated by the fact that the wings of most dragonflies are held away from, and perpendicular to, the body when at rest. Even though dragonflies possess 6 legs like any other insect, they are not capable of walking.
Dragonflies are valuable predators that eat mosquitoes, and other small insects like flies, bees, ants, and butterflies. They are usually found around lakes, ponds, streams and wetlands because their larvae, known as "nymphs", are aquatic.
Nymphs can deliver a painful bite when threatened. The wound should be cleaned thoroughly to prevent water-borne infections.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly
Just back from a most relaxing long weekend at our vacation log home on Bluebird Estates, Alberta, Canada.
Hope you also had a wonderful Labour Day weekend and thanks so much for dropping by!
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Luxor, Egypt.
Seguir con gli occhi
un airone sopra il fiume e poi
ritrovarsi a volare
e sdraiarsi felice
sopra l'erba ad ascoltare
un sottile dispiacere
E di notte passare con lo sguardo
la collina per scoprire
dove il sole non fa rumore
e guidare come un pazzo a fari spenti
nella notte per vedere
se poi e' tanto difficile morire
E stringere le mani per fermare
qualcosa che
e' dentro me
ma nella mente tua non c'e'
Capire tu non puoi
tu chiamale se vuoi
emozioni
Uscir nella brughiera di mattina
dove non si vede a un passo
per ritrovar se stesso
Parlar del piu' e del meno
con un pescatore per ore ed ore
per non sentire che
dentro qualche cosa muore
nascere un giorno una rosa rossa
E prendere a pugni un uomo
solo perche' e' stato un po' scortese
sapendo che quel che brucia non son le offese
E chiudere gli occhi per fermare qualcosa che
e' dentro me
Ma nella mente tua non c'e'
Capire tu non puoi
tu chiamale se vuoi
emozioni
tu chiamale se vuoi
emozioni.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: PULLIP.ES - BCN: Parque Guinardo - 26/02/2011
Meeting!! (5 of 5): L y Near Photosession/
Kedada!! (5 de 5): La Sesión de L y Near
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 06 of 06) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06.
FOTOHISTORY: In English / En Español
L: Can you see Near? This is the world we must take care of. We have to save it from any evil, and this means hard work.
Near: I know ^^
/
L: Ves Near? Este es el mundo que tenemos que cuidar. Hay que librarlo de cualquier mal y para eso hay que trabajar duro.
Near: Lo sé. ^^
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
la maison colorée avec la vieille pompe, Village des Éboulements, Charlevoix, Québec
HDR from 3 different exposures - - EXIF from 0ev exposure - Photomatix - local curves adjustments
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Well you pass around the pipe and you all get high
Never even stop and wonder why
Maybe it’s because you wanna die
Maybe it’s just the way things have to be
You stay up late and drink too damn much whiskey
You know that sort of thing is kind of risky
Maybe it’s just because you like to feel frisky
Maybe it’s just because you like to feel free
Saddle Tramp
How many people watch you ridin’ by
Like a thunder cloud that floats
Across the Arizona sky
And wonder if they’re looking
At a mighty happy man
Or just a lonely breeze that drifts
Across the endless desert sand
Well it’s gettin’ kinda cold in Ruidoso
Abilene ain’t gettin’ any closer
One more drink, one more hand of poker
‘Cause a fool and his money’s
Gonna have to part
You’re too proud to ever show your sorrow
You don’t steal and you won’t beg or borrow
You may be here today but you’re gone tomorrow
There ain’t no strings on your boot heels
Or your heart
Saddle Tramp
How many people watch you ride away
Wonder why you never promise
To come back some day
Maybe thinking you were holding
All the pieces in your hand
Or are they slippin’ through your fingers
Like the endless desert sand
Kindred souls and anxious hearts
As the twain met decades apart.
And as the clouds ushered in the stars,
They knelt and said a prayer.
For once more the King of kings,
Had brought love back from Hades.
Once more love had triumphed,
Resurrection, salvation, jubilation
And then they were alone-
Together, many winters apart.
Bitterly they wept silent tears,
And lost themselves in deep embrace.
What life is life without love’s blood?
What spring is spring without rose’s bloom?
No winter could penetrate their embrace tonight-
No typhoons of fate could make them part.
The embrace of two souls-
Lost in each other beyond reckon.
The union of emotions that they share,
Make this a paradise right here.
- Ambarish Singh Roy
" I promise to rain BIG TIME on you in 2 min.... "
Rainbows usually follow AFTER the rain, but on this early morning, it was BEFORE the rain - I was not totally prepared composition wise, so I planted and grabbed this shot before the rainbow faded. If you look in the top right corner, I think it's the start of a 2nd rainbow.
May luck find all of you today!
Strobist Info:
B1600 in Alienbee 22" Beauty Dish Camera Left
Silver Reflector Camera Right
B1600 with 20 degree Grid Behind Subject Camera Right Hairlight
Nikon D300
Nikkor 24-70mm 2.8
Cybersyncs
Makeup and Hair: Cynthia Cruz
I really love this shot, and it was so simple to do and process. But My did such a great job delivering the emotion that I wanted for this shot. She has a very intense stare, and looks through the lens. Will definitely be working with her more in the near future!
I have been watching this little bonsai tree on the shores of loch Katrine for a few years now... I haven't been able to get to it this year due to the height of the loch, this is an archive shot from the beginning of autumn last year, taken with my ND110 ten stop filter, it conveys the isolation and the solitude of this area perfectly...
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For my good friend Ilsebatten, who kindly uploads her textured images along with non-textured versions because she knows I like it better. Here's a textured version to go along with my preferred style. I hope you like!
Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Exposure: 0.8
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Where: Sweden, Skåne, Mölle: google maps
When: 20100327, on a flickr meet
Why: The mostly hidden path between trees in mist, the great mood.
Editing: A fair amount of curves and layer work. Texture on the other version
New York City.
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New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York metropolitan area, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.[6] The city is referred to as New York City or the City of New York to distinguish it from the State of New York, of which it is a part. A global power city,[7] New York exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment. The home of the United Nations Headquarters,[8] New York is an important center for international diplomacy[9] and has been described as the cultural capital of the world.[10][11]
On one of the world's largest natural harbors,[12] New York City consists of five boroughs, each of which is a county of New York State.[13] The five boroughs—the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island—were consolidated into a single city in 1898.[14] With a census-estimated 2013 population of 8,405,837[4] distributed over a land area of just 305 square miles (790 km2),[15] New York is the most densely populated major city in the United States.[16] As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York,[17][18] making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world.[19] By 2013 census estimates, the New York Metropolitan Area's population remains by a significant margin the United States' largest Metropolitan Statistical Area, with approximately 19.9 million people,[20] and is also part of the most populous Combined Statistical Area in the United States, containing an estimated 23.4 million people.
Today iam finishing my Week of July 4 series. I was a bit bored today to post straight forward shots so i wanted to try some processing. I think it has come good but i need all your comments to confirm that :)
The White House has been the official residence of every President of the United States with the exception of George Washington.
The White House is located on a site near the Mall chosen in 1790 by president George Washington and Pierre l'Enfant, the architect who created the master plan for the new capital. Meanwhile the president resided in the President's House at the temporary capital Philadelphia.
Most people seem to think the building was first painted white after it was rebuilt in 1817, but already in 1798 it was made white by a protective lime-based whitewash. It wasn't named White House from the beginning though: it was originally named the 'President's Palace', 'President's House' or 'Executive Mansion'. It was soon nicknamed 'White House' and in 1901 president Theodore Roosevelt made it the official name.
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>> Christina Georgina Rossetti <<
Where sunless rivers weep
Their waves into the deep,
She sleeps a charmed sleep:
Awake her not.
Led by a single star,
She came from very far
To seek where shadows are
Her pleasant lot.
She left the rosy morn,
She left the fields of corn,
For twilight cold and lorn
And water springs.
Through sleep, as through a veil,
She sees the sky look pale,
And hears the nightingale
That sadly sings.
Rest, rest, a perfect rest
Shed over brow and breast;
Her face is toward the west,
The purple land.
She cannot see the grain
Ripening on hill and plain;
She cannot feel the rain
Upon her hand.
Rest, rest, for evermore
Upon a mossy shore;
Rest, rest at the heart's core
Till time shall cease:
Sleep that no pain shall wake;
Night that no morn shall break
Till joy shall overtake
Her perfect peace.
Beloeil (literally "beautiful eye") is one of the largest and most beautiful castle in Belgium. It was founded in the 13th century as a medieval fortress, then was progressively transformed into a residential palace in the 17th and 18th century. The central part of the castle was devastated by a fire in 1900, and rebuilt 2 years later.
Since 1394, the castle has belonged to the Princes of Ligne, one of Belgium's highest ranking noble family. The family has its roots in the village of Ligne, eight kilometres north-east of Beloeil.
The castle has a pleasant French-style park expanding on 120 hectares - the greatest part of which runs across the village of Beloeil, outside the property's boundaries. A rectangular artificial lake faces the castle, with classical statues at each end. Take a look at the enormous carps that swim in the moat surrounding the castles.
The 18th-century classical interior reminds of Versailles and is certainly in accordance with the princely status of the proprietors. It contains an impressive collection of art from the 15th to the 19th century, including an impressive library with some 20,000 books.
This photo is a HDR from 3 exposures.
Rupit, Barcelona (Spain).
The most photographed street of Rupit.
La calle más fotografiada de Rupit.
ENGLISH
Rupit and Pruit (in Catalan Rupit i Pruit) are a municipality of the region of Osona located to the northeast of the region and the east of the Sierra de Cabrera. It is integrated by two urban nuclei: Rupit and Pruit, that they were independent until year 1980. It is the last town of the province of Barcelona in the highway that unites the municipalities of Vic, capital of the region of Osona and Olot, capital of the region of the Garrotxa (Girona).
The origin of the town we found in the castle that was constructed around year 1000, replacing the one of Fàbregues, where they went constructing houses around.
In 14th century the population underwent a reduction but it recovered, arriving in 17th and 18th centuries at the maximum splendor that has never had the town. The church was possibly built between 13th and 14th centuries, and it was dedicated to San Miguel Arcángel.
Pruit already names in year 955, when it belonged to viscounts of Osona. Always there is been united to the castle and jurisdiction of Rupit.
Sources: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupit_y_Pruit and pieraedicions.com/rupitpruitbreuhistoria.htm.
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CASTELLANO
Rupit y Pruit (en catalán Rupit i Pruit) es un municipio de la comarca de Osona situado al noreste de la comarca y al este de la Sierra de Cabrera. Está integrado por dos núcleos urbanos: Rupit y Pruit, que fueron independientes hasta el año 1977. Es el último pueblo de la provincia de Barcelona en la carretera que une los municipios de Vic, capital de la comarca de Osona y Olot, capital de la comarca de La Garrotxa (Gerona).
La iglesia de Sant Joan de Fàbregues y su castillo están documentados desde el año 968. Hacia el siglo XII surgió el pueblo de Rupit habitado por familias nobles. En 1878, la iglesia de Rupit dejó de depender de Sant Joan de Fàbregues y en 1959 el municipio pasó a llamarse Rupit. En 1977 se unieron los municipios de Rupit y Pruit.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupit_i_Pruit
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Season Suite by John Denver (1972)
Open up your eyes and see "the" brand new day
A clear blue sky and brightly shining sun
Open up your ears and hear the breezes say
Everything that's cold and gray "is" gone
Open up your hands and feel the rain come "on" down
Taste the wind and smell the flowers' sweet perfume
Open up your mind and let the light "shine" in
The earth has been reborn and life goes on
"And" do you care what's happening around you
Do your senses know the changes when they come
Can you see yourself reflected in the seasons
Can you understand the need to carry on
"Writing" on the tapestry of all there is to see
So many ways and oh so many things
Rejoicing in the differences, there's no one just like me
Yet as different as we are we're still the same
And oh I love the life within me
I feel a part of everything I see
And oh I love the life "around" me
A part of everything is here in me
La Plaza de la Concordia o en francés, place de la Concorde está situada al comienzo de la Avenida de los Campos Elíseos en el distrito 8, de París, en Francia ( [mostrar el lugar en un mapa interactivo] 48°51′55.81″N 2°19′15.95″E / 48.8655028, 2.3210972). Se trata de la décima más grande de Francia después de la Plaza de Quinconces en Burdeos.
Durante la Revolución francesa, la plaza es el lugar de paso obligado por los cortejos, improvisados o preparados por el protocolo de las fiestas. Será uno de los grandes lugares de alianza del período revolucionario, sobre todo cuando la guillotina estuvo allí instalada.Es donde Luis XVI y María Antonieta fueron ejecutados.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza_de_la_Concordia
La place de la Concorde est située au pied de l'avenue des Champs-Élysées dans le 8e arrondissement à Paris, en France. Il s'agit de la deuxième plus vaste place de France (après la place des Quinconces à Bordeaux). Métro Ce site est desservi par la station de métro : Concorde.
Dès le 12 juillet 1789, les bustes de Jacques Necker et de Philippe d'Orléans y sont exhibés ; le prince de Lambesc et ses dragons chargent les manifestants. Le lendemain, la foule pille les armes du Garde-meuble (situé dans le bâtiment nord-est) pour « aller à la Bastille ». Le 6 octobre, Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, et le dauphin (futur Louis XVII), ramenés de Versailles à Paris par le peuple, font leur entrée au palais des Tuileries en traversant la place Louis-XV.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_de_la_Concorde
The Place de la Concorde is one of the major squares in Paris, France. It is located in the city's eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées.
The center of the Place is occupied by a giant Egyptian obelisk decorated with hieroglyphics exalting the reign of the pharaoh Ramses II. It is one of two the Egyptian government gave to the French in the nineteenth century. The other one stayed in Egypt, too difficult and heavy to move to France with the technology at that time. In the 90's, President Mitterand gave the second obelisk back to the Egyptians.
The obelisk once marked the entrance to the Luxor Temple. The viceroy of Egypt, Mehemet Ali, offered the 3,300-year-old Luxor Obelisk to France in 1831. The obelisk arrived in Paris on December 21, 1833. Three years later, on October 25, 1836, King Louis-Philippe had it placed in the centre of Place de la Concorde, where a guillotine used to stand during the Revolution.
The red granite column rises 23 metres (75 ft) high, including the base, and weighs over 250 metric tons (280 short tons). Given the technical limitations of the day, transporting it was no easy feat — on the pedestal are drawn diagrams explaining the machinery that were used for the transportation. The obelisk is flanked on both sides by fountains constructed at the time of its erection on the Place.
Missing its original cap, believed stolen in the 6th century BC, the government of France added a gold-leafed pyramid cap to the top of the obelisk in 1998.
Without warning, in 2000 French urban climber Alain "Spiderman" Robert, using only his bare hands and feet and with no safety devices, scaled the obelisk all the way to the top.
STOP THE GENOCIDE www.SaveDarfur.org
The Save Darfur Coalition is an alliance of over 180 faith-based, advocacy and humanitarian organizations whose mission is to raise public awareness about the ongoing genocide in Darfur and to mobilize a unified response to the atrocities that threaten the lives of more than two million people in the Darfur region. To learn more, please visit www.SaveDarfur.org.