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Avalaible @ BOHO CHIC EVENT @ SWANK!
Get your Boho on @ Swank! Come join us for this Free-Spirited Event and put some Boho vibes and Chic style in your SL. We have it all! Dont forget to try your luck in the MIEPONS! and subscribe for the 5,000L Raffle, you just never know!
V8 UNDERGROUND - **MOIRA BLUE HIPPIE BOHO STYLE COMPLETE OUTFIT**
Sizes : Legacy, Maitreya, Reborn
!! See in XL !! => View On Black
My shot :
Location : Grenoble : my kitchen
Time & Date : Friday 24 of September : 15H02
Camera : Nikon D300s
Lens : AF-S Nikkor 60mm micro f/2.8 G ED
Exif : ƒ/18 | ISO 200 | 1/200s |
Flash/Strobist info : Cactus KF36 under the camera into a softbox at 1/16 power; Cactus KF36 a the left into a softbox at 1/16 power; Nikon SB-900 at the right into a softbox at 1/8 power; triggered by cactus trigger V4
Tripod : Manfrotto 190XPRO + head 804RC2
Filter(s) : —
Postraitement : Saturation of all and contrast
Toutes vos critiques, commentaires et fav sont les bienvenus !
All criticisms, comments, and fav are welcome !
Si vous souhaitez utiliser une de mes photos merci de me contacter.
If you plan to use one of my picture, thanks to contact me before.
Merci / Thanks
Tôi gặp anh. Chúng tôi nói với nhau không nhiều, bởi vì tôi không biết phải bắt đầu từ đâu. Mọi thứ về anh còn ám ảnh, nó vẫn thế, vẫn bí ẩn. Thứ tình cảm với anh tôi không biết gọi là gì, mà tôi cũng chẵng thèm đặt tên vì sợ nó không còn như thế
Với Khói, sẽ có Người tình và Người yêu. Anh sẽ là gì, là Người tình anh nhé vì em đã có một người yêu. Chúng ta mỗi người có một thế giới riêng, một người yêu riêng, em vẫn rất yêu người yêu, nhưng em thích gặp anh người tình àh. Thích gần, nhưng không thích hôn, muốn chạm nhưng sợ cái nắm tay, muốn âu yếm nhưng sợ một cái vuốt ve, chỉ muốn nhìn là đủ!
_Mày đang ngoại tình đấy Khói àh!
Bạn tôi nói thế. Ngoại tình àh_từ ấy tôi dành cho những cặp vợ chồng! Tôi với anh là người yêu thì nói gì đến từ ấy, không đúng. Nhưng có dạo, tôi mắng nhiết anh, dỗi hờn vài ngày vì từ ấy. với một tư cách của Vợ!
_Tôi là vợ anh ấy!
Đầu dây bên kia im bặt! Hai người đã cưới nhau rồi àh?
Tôi cố gắng giữ bình tĩnh có thế! Rít thuốc, khói bay khắp phòng, cay quá! Tôi với anh là gì nhỉ, người yêu về tư cách chẵng hơn cô gái ấy, nhưng cái đại từ nhân xưng tôi vừa thốt ra thì đầy quyền lực. Tính cho cùng tôi là kẻ đến sau, là người chen ngang trong hai 2 họ yêu nhau. Lấy 6 tháng của mình để đổi từng 24 tháng ấy, tôi thấy thẹn thùng. Giây phút ấy, lòng kiêu hãnh tôi cao hơn tình yêu tôi dành cho anh. Cái “tôi” trong tôi lớn hơn tất cả, mọi gai góc lại trở về chen vào những ngày tháng hạnh phúc ít ỏi với anh. Tôi không giận nhiều khi đọc những dòng tin nhắn anh dành cho tình yêu 2 năm ấy. Tôi không rơi nước mắt tiếc nuối nhưng gì mình từng có với anh, trong Khói chỉ có mỗi ý nghĩa :”Tao hơn con người ấy!”
Tôi là kẻ ích kỉ, nhưng nhiều yêu thương và cả lòng tự trọng! Không cho phép mình yếu đuối, không thích van xin ủy mị trước một kẻ khác. Và lúc ấy tôi biết mình thắng, khi con người kia rơi nước mắt vì anh, còn tôi thì không. Người ta van nài tôi trả tình yêu về cho họ còn tôi thì không! Người ta kể lể với tôi đã hy sinh thế nào, yêu nhau thế nào, tôi thì không. Như thế là đủ, tôi biết với tôi, anh như thế là đủ. Buông đi cũng được, đã không còn yếu đuối sau nhiều chuyện xảy ra, đủ bình tĩnh để biết tôi đứng nơi đâu trong cuộc tình này. Như thế tôi gọi là chiến thắng.
_Anh ấy ngoại tình với chị, và hôm nay tôi biết!
Tôi đang nói với cô đấy, cô gái àh. Cô hãy suy nghĩ câu ấy, ý tôi là chồng tôi ngoại tình với cô, hiểu những gì tôi nói chứ. Cô là kẻ phá bĩnh cái hạnh phúc gia đình tôi.
Như thế cũng đủ cho người ta sợ hãi. Đanh đá vừa đủ, chanh chua vừa đủ, lời lẽ vừa đủ! Đang khiếp sợ đấy nhỉ?
Đã chọn em thì đừng có lần thứ hai, Khói không quen tha thứ, và đừng làm gì để em biết! Thế là đủ! Chỉ cần thế tôi vẫn có thể tiếp tục! Tôi có nhiều thứ hơn cô gái kia, tôi biết tôi có đủ tình yêu để giữ anh theo một cách khác.
Và cô gái bé nhỏ àh..tôi thắng cô chỉ một từ Vợ!:)
Đừng làm gì vượt quá giới hạn cho phép, cứ ngắm nhìn những ai anh thích, cứ nghĩ đến những gì anh từng có. Nhưng xin một điều, hãy biết hiện tại, có một lần anh đã gần như mất em!
Hear: ... Ich hab noch einen Koffer in Berlin - Hildegard Knef (I have still a suitcase in Berlin ) ... AND see SLIDE Show: from our Newest or Unvalued ... or look ... bigly . or . map
Unser Garten ist "unser Koffer in Berlin"
Our garden is "our suit-case in Berlin"
Ort.: Unsere ersten Kirschen im ♦ Garten ♦ Kladow ♦ Spandau ♦ Land Berlin • Deutschland
Place.: Our first cherries in ♦ Garden ♦ Kladow • Spandau • Land Berlin • Germany
Kommentar: → Klick "Links" ↑oben↑ für mehr Infos (alle in neuem TAB)
Comment: → Click "Link" ↑above↑ ) for more infos (all in new TAB)
my first picture of my 365!:D
happy new year everyone!! :DD
its officially january 1st, 2011.
hooooly crap. whoaa. that was fast. :\
lets all hope this will be a goood year <3
sorry, this is a really cruddy picture.. i dont really like it :\
my newspaper nails:D
inspired and learned from this.
thank you, jess!
haha i really suck at painting my nails, as you can tell. but it brings me joy:)
ahhh thank you all for your wonderful support <3 i love you all so muchh!
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if you join ill love you forever:D
Happiness.Is.You. / © All rights reserved
A hidden cove we stumbled upon (see story below) on the way back.The sun was about to set which further saturated the already amazing color of these rock formations. This really needs to be viewed Large On Black or with B l a c k M a g i c.
Canon 5D Mark II + EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM. 17mm 5sec at f/18, ISO400,Tripod.
After testing our Hummer in deep sands the previous afternoon, we decided that it may be the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attempt the arduous unmarked 4-wheel drive on sandy track to the remote South Coyotte Buttes area in the Paria Canyon Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness Area. The next morning we tried our luck again at the Paria ranger station for the 10 walk-in permits to the North Coyote Buttes (the famous "Wave") and not too surprisingly, didn't get it 2 days in a row. The permits to the South Coyote Buttes, on the other hand, are easily available due to the difficulty of access.
So the journey began.
Planning to shoot around Cottonwood access area at dusk, we entered the wilderness area in the afternoon. Most people have finished their day hikes and left this 112,500 acres region south of highway 89. Not maintaining enough revs at the first ascent after Paw Hole, our Hummer got buried in the sands and refused to go any further. The afternoon storm decided to drop in at the perfect timing while we used shovels, floor mats, tree trunks..etc to bring this monster out of the sands again. The rest of the road until the Cottonwood Cove access is more enjoyable after this lesson.
The evening light was unflattering so we just scouted the Cottonwood Teepees area before heading back to the tent.
The rain came in again around midnight and stayed on and off until 10am next morning. The color of the sandstone was deeply saturated under overcast sky and I just kept finding more and more bizarre formations around this otherworldly place.
We were sitting at the north end of the Cottonwood Teepees after the sun came out, gazing at the distant North and South Teepees, about 1.5 miles away. North Coyote Buttes is probably another 1.5 miles further, we were guessing. The Wave seemed so close. After quite some discussions the two of us decided to march north and perhaps accidentally enter the North Buttes...
All we have was one GPS location of The Wave, which is accurate according to Google Earth. Our GPS, however, led us to a place turned out to be half mile away from The Wave, after 4 hours of walking in deep sands and scrambling on the slickrock.
The Anasazi spirits were probably messing with us.
Frustrated, exhausted, and more importantly, out of water, heading back before sunset was the only option. The camera equipments seemed to gain weight with every step and we had to take naps whenever we found big enough trees to offer shades. I was tortured by the thirst, but lying under the trees and watching the lazy clouds over us was strangely relaxing...
On the way back to Cottonwood Teepees the sun started to set. Knowing that we had roughly the right direction, we headed toward the middle section of these alien rock formations instead of following the outer path where we came from. We stumbled upon a nice hidden sand cove after scrambling up a ridge, but only to find that there is no way to get down the other side which happened to be hundreds feet of vertical drop on slick rocks. It's 7pm and the daylight had almost faded with only a hint of color in the sky. We backtracked and decided to follow the outer edge in hope to find the way we came. With only one headlamp we climbed one sand dune after another in darkness. The waypoints and tracks on our GPS were so entangled that we didn't know what to follow any more. Bushes and rocks, near and far, were all mixed together under the moonlight that we found ourselves in the middle of a maze. Lack of water for hours I might have slight delusion and started to believe that we have to stay right there in the desert for the night, without any water, and exposed to all sorts of unknown beasts in the wilderness.
We took a final look at the GPS and carefully examined the track record. At some point our track did intercept with the earlier ones we left the previous day when scouting. Forgetting all the conflicting messages the surrounding landscape was casting on us, we decided to blindly follow the GPS.
Another hour later, we were finally back at the tent.
one of my long term contacts Rob Hudson is currently undertaking a project that pushes creative thinking and thoughts its a total turn around from his usual inspiring work that i so hoped to do one day reach when i first joined flickr
I have processed this image many months ago and have been thinking of images i can re work and process how i saw them on the day this morning was @ Talybont with my usual friends it was dark , bitter cold , misty due to water levels in the river it was my first time here since i have returned so many times , next time i go i will think along different lines im sure now i have learnt PS .I spent around 3 hours processing this
The original post
www.flickr.com/photos/10141102@N08/3215337961/in/set-7215...
Best View On Black
The Summer Palace or Yihe yuan (traditional Chinese: 頤和園; simplified Chinese: 颐和园; pinyin: Yíhé Yuán; literally "Gardens of Nurtured Harmony") is a palace in Beijing, China. The Summer Palace is mainly dominated by Longevity Hill (60 meters high) and the Kunming Lake. It covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometers, three quarters of which is water. The central Kunming Lake covering 2.2 square kilometers was entirely man made and the excavated soil was used to build Longevity Hill. In its compact 70,000 square meters of building space, one finds a variety of palaces, gardens, and other classical-style architectural structures.
The Summer Palace started out life as the Garden of Clear Ripples (traditional Chinese: 清漪園; simplified Chinese: 清漪园; pinyin: Qīngyī Yuán) in 1750 (Reign Year 15 of Emperor Qianlong). Artisans reproduced the garden architecture styles of various palaces in China. Kunming Lake was created by extending an existing body of water to imitate the West Lake in Hangzhou. The palace complex suffered two major attacks--during the Anglo-French allied invasion of 1860 (with the Old Summer Palace also ransacked at the same time), and during the Boxer Rebellion, in an attack by the eight allied powers in 1900. The garden survived and was rebuilt in 1886 and 1902. In 1888, it was given the current name, Yihe Yuan. It served as a summer resort for Empress Dowager Cixi, who diverted 30 million taels of silver, said to be originally designated for the Chinese navy (Beiyang Fleet), into the reconstruction and enlargement of the Summer Palace.
In December 1998, UNESCO included the Summer Palace on its World Heritage List. It declared the Summer Palace "a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design. The natural landscape of hills and open water is combined with artificial features such as pavilions, halls, palaces, temples and bridges to form a harmonious ensemble of outstanding aesthetic value." It is a popular tourist destination but also serves as a recreational park. - Wiki
I am not afraid as I descend,
step by step, leaving behind the salt wind
blowing up the corrugated river.
The damp city streets, their sodium glare of rush-hour headlights pitted with pearls of rain;
For my eyes still reflect the half remembered moon.
Already your face recedes beneath the station clock,
a damp smudge among the shadows mirrored in the trains wet glass.
Will you forget me? Steel tracks lead you out past cranes and crematoria,
boat yards and bike sheds,
ruby shards of roman glass and wolf bone mummified in mud,
The rows of curtained windows
like eyelids heavy with sleep,
to the city's green edge.
Now I stop my ears with wax, hold fast
the memory of the song you once whispered in my ear.
Its echoes tangle briars in my thick hair.
You turned to look.
Seconds fly past like birds,
my hands grow cold. I am ice and cloud.
This path unravels.
Deep in hidden rooms filled with dust
and sour night-breath the lost city is sleeping.
Above, the hurt sky is weeping,
soaked night gales have ceased to sing.
Dusk has come early.
I am drowning in blue.
I dream of a green garden where the sun feathers my face
Like your once eager kiss.
Soon, soon I will climb
from this blackened earth
into the different light.
SUE HUBBARD
I was on a days photography last Saturday with Leeechy and Mike Spriggs and we ended up at the lighthouse at the Point of Ayr in north Wales at dusk.
There were quite a few photographers there but the anticipated sunset never really materialised and everyone but John and I had left the beach as night fell. I'm glad we didn't leave with the others as 'out of the blue' we were lucky enough to witness the most amazing moonrise that either of us has ever seen.
You can see John's version here: www.flickr.com/photos/leechypics/5543542696/in/photostream/
Happy Tall Ship Tuesday everyone! LOL
What:
The Virginia
(State Ship of Virginia)
Where:
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
When:
During the Tall Ships Festival of 2009
About the Ship:
Two-masted pilot schooner 122' sparred length, 24' beam, 99 gross tons
Owner - Virginia Maritime Heritage Foundation,
The schooner Virginia is a reproduction of an early 20th century Virginia pilot schooner, originally used to help guide vessels into Virginia’s ports at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Launched in December 2004, the Virginia is one of the newest Tall Ships in the United States.
Links:
Tall Ships Festival Nova Scotia
Please, no invites or crazy glittery graphics. Just a simple comment is nice.
Thank You
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Nikon D90 : Nikkor 18-200mmVR : B&W polarizer @ 48mm : 1/200s @ f/8 : ISO 200
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Winter 2005 @ Leslie Spit
I spend alot of time at Leslie Spit seems every winter is getting warmer & warmer the next series of pics are from that winter.
Record Breaking Warm Day - 17 January 2005
Toronto, Ontario: A breath of Spring in the middle of Winter as Toronto's temperature soars to 18°C (64°F), the highest January temperature recorded here since records began in 1840.
Winter's Worst Days - January 22
A vigorous Alberta clipper which swept through southern Ontario on January 22 brought treacherous blizzards, blinding whiteouts and dangerously low wind chills. The highest snowfall totals were recorded near the west end of Lake Ontario where easterly winds blew embedded lake-effect squalls inland. Blowing snow created large drifts and reduced visibility to near zero. The OPP reported more than 800 accidents, mostly in the Toronto and Niagara region, and stretches of Highway 401 were closed with whiteouts and black ice.
A couple of days later, cold arctic air engulfed Ontario with temperatures dipping to below -25°C in the southern reaches of the province. It was the beginning of the coldest time of the winter. In Kitchener-Waterloo temperatures dipped to -31.1°C, one of the coldest days in its history.
Castello del Boccale, Livorno, Italia, 18/09/2013
Primo scatto fatto al bellissimo Castello del Boccale vicino a Livorno, la giornata prometteva alla grande ma appena prima del tramonto il sole è rimasto intrappolato dietro alle nuvole facendomi pensare che ogni speranza fosse persa. Fortunatamente poco dopo ho potuto sfruttare questo squarcio di luce per portare a casa questo scatto che è solo il primo di una serie di 3 di un bellissimo tramonto.
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Boccale Castle, Livorno, Italy, 18th Sep 2013
First shot taken of the wonderful Boccale Castle, near Livorno. The day was very promising but just before the sunset, the sun hid behind the clouds making me lose hope. Luckily, just after that, I saw this burst of light that made it possible for me to take this shot which is just the first of a series of 3 shots of a wonderful sunset
France just beat Brazil 1-0 in the quarter finals. Paris took to the streets to celebrate, invading the whole Champs-Elysées. No manipulation, this is straight out of the camera: the red color comes from the "fumigènes" (flares ? not sure of the word in English).
Part of World Cup 2006
Pezzi di storia, pezzi di divisione
Pezzi di Resistenza, pezzi di Nazione
Pezzi di Casa Savoia, pezzi di Borbone
Pezzi di corda, pezzi di sapone
Pezzi di bastone, pezzi di carota
Pezzi di motore contro pezzi di ruota
Pezzi di fame, pezzi di immigrazione
Pezzi di lacrime e pezzi di persone
Ognuno è figlio della sua sconfitta
Ognuno è libero col suo destino
Butta la chiave e vai in Africa, Celestino!
"Vai in africa, Celestino" - F. De Gregori
Nikon N8008s
Ilford Hp5 400
Sant Romà de Sau, Girona (Spain).
ENGLISH
The reservoir of Sau, constructed between 1949 and 1962, covered the town of Sant Romà de Sau, the rest of which, specially of the bell tower of the romnesque church of 11th century, they are visible when the level of the dammed water is low and at times of drought prolonged the town is in the open and even it is possible to visit.
The origins of Sau go back to year 917, and the parochial church to 11th century. The present population formed in 1962 when finalizing the construction of the dam and the waters had to cover the old town of Sant Romà de Sau. Although he was enough uninhabited (in the nomenclator of 1860 the parish appeared like “uninhabited”), counted with some masias, a Romanesque bridge and a Romanesque church of 11th century of Lombard style.
At the moment of the photos the reservoir is approximately at 10% of its capacity, its historical minimum, mainly because the long run drought that has been undergoing this part of Catalunya for years. The proliferation of nonnative fish introduced by practisers of sport fishing, the low water level and the high insolation of the zone cause a high level of plancton and microscopic seaweed that contaminates the water, reason why in autumn of the 2005 began a draining of this dam in the one of Susqueda to improve the quality of the drinking water, and the collection of fish before they die by lack of oxygen and gets worse still more the quality of the water. Rains of October 2005 temporarily interrupted the draining, that has become to reactivate at beginning of 2008.
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CASTELLANO
El pantano de Sau, construido entre 1949 y 1962, cubrió el pueblo de Sant Romà de Sau, los restos del cual, especialmente del campanario de la iglesia románica del siglo XI, son visibles cuando el nivel del agua embalsada es bajo e incluso en épocas de sequia prolongada el pueblo queda al descubierto y es posible visitarlo.
Los orígenes de Sau se remontan al año 917, y la iglesia parroquial al siglo XI. La población actual se formó cuando en 1962 al finalizar la construcción del embalse y las aguas debían cubrir el antiguo pueblo de Sant Romà de Sau. Aunque estaba bastante despoblado (en el nomenclátor de 1860 la parroquia figuraba como "deshabitada"), contaba con algunas masías, un puente románico y una iglesia de estilo románico lombardo del siglo XI.
En el momento de las fotos el embalse está aproximadamente al 10% de su capacidad, su mínimo histórico, debido principalmente a la larga sequía que sufre esta parte de Catalunya desde hace años. La proliferación de peces no autóctonos introducidos por practicantes de pesca deportiva, el bajo nivel de agua y la alta insolación de la zona provocan un alto nivel de plancton y algas microscópicas que contaminan el agua, por lo que en otoño del 2005 se inició un vaciado de este embalse en el de Susqueda para mejorar la calidad del agua potable, y la recogida de peces antes de que mueran por falta de oxígeno y empeore aún más la calidad del agua. Las lluvias de octubre del 2005 interrumpieron temporalmente el vaciado, que se ha vuelto a reactivar a primeros del 2008.
Antigonish
As I was going up the stair I saw a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
Oh, how I wish he’d go away...
When I came home last night at three The man was waiting there for me
But when I looked around the hall
I couldn’t see him there at all!
Go away, go away, don’t you come back any more!
Go away, go away, and please don’t slam the door... (slam!)
Last night I saw upon the stair A little man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
Oh, how I wish he’d go away
- By Hughes Mearns.
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Camera & Glass Info:
Canon Digital Rebel XS/ 1000D
Sigma 70-300mm F/4-5.6 DG Macro
Flash - NO
Photo Info:
Focal Length : 81mm
Shutter Speed: 10 sec.
Lens Aperture: F/22
ISO Speed : ISO-100
Tripod Used : Yes
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VER GRANDE SOBRE FONDO NEGRO I VIEW LARGE ON BLACK
Mañañana, jueves, día 16 de mayo de 2013, a las 20.00 horas, será proyectado en el Salón de Actos del Centro Cívico Juan de Austria, el audiovisual CANCIÓN DE MAR, realizado por un servidor, en versión ampliada del que fuera presentado el jueves, día 19 de abril de 2012, en el marco de la celebración del II Maratón Audiovisual Ciudad de Valladolid , en la cuarta jornada de dicha edición.
Este trabajo ha sido elaborado conjuntamente con una exposición y una publicación, integrantes de un proyecto fotográfico que inicié en el año 2006, hasta darlo por concluido en el año 2010, bajo el título "De boquerones y marengos", que trata de contar a través de imágenes el día a día de las duras jornadas de trabajo de los pescadores del litoral malagueño. Para poder elaborar el proyecto, en el que inicialmente trabajé sobre un total de más de 2.000 instantáneas, me embarqué en un pesquero de arrastre patroneado por un buen amigo, Sebastián, durante los veranos de los años 2006, 2007 y 2010. A él, a su tripulación, y al resto de marineros del litoral de la Axarquía está dedicado esta pequeña muestra del proyecto.
Eivissa. Pitiüses.
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Ibiza (Catalan: Eivissa [əjˈvisə])[p] is an island in the Mediterranean Sea, 79 kilometres (49 miles) off the coast of the city of Valencia, in eastern Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. Its largest cities are Ibiza Town (Catalan: Vila d'Eivissa, or simply Vila), Santa Eulària des Riu, and Sant Antoni de Portmany. Its highest point, called Sa Talaiassa (or Sa Talaia), is 475 metres (1,558 feet) above sea level.
While it is one-sixth the size of nearby Majorca, Ibiza is over five times the size of Mykonos (Greece), or ten times the size of Manhattan Island. Ibiza has become famous for the association with nightlife and the electronic music that originated on the island. It is well known for its summer club scene which attracts very large numbers of tourists, though the island's government and the Spanish Tourist Office have controversially been working to promote more family-oriented tourism.
Ibiza is the home of the noted port in Ibiza Town, a popular stop for many tourists and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[1]
Ibiza and the nearby island of Formentera to its south are called the Pine Islands, or "Pityuses".
en Rosario se huele el mar,
se nota el relajo de sus habitantes,
se para a contemplar cada una de sus esquinas...
el reloj se olvida y el stress es un fantasma lejano...
en Rosario pareciera que tiene apuro,
esos lugares que apenas lo pisas te sientes de vacaciones,
y te das la libertad para sentarte si te gustó una vista,
de parar a sacar la foto, o a comerte un helado...
ahora, esto no sería raro, ni tendría tanta gracia si les estuviera describiendo un pequeño balneario de brasil, o un pueblo perdido en un campo,
pero Rosario es (junto a Cordoba) la segunda ciudad más grande de Argentina!...
A pesar de que vivan millones de personas, y de estar tan cerca del kaos porteño (que también tiene un encanto mágico, no me malentiendan) se respiran aires de relajo, de mar, de buena vida, de belleza...
bueno en fin, hay que vivir la simpatía y el encanto de Rosario
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La ultima de la mini serie.....no voy a aburrir mas...
Die Letzte der mini Serie....will nicht langweilen...
Buena semana, amigos mios...
Schöne Woche, meine Freunde...
Happy week, dear friends...
Casa Asia tiene su Sede Social en la ciudad de Barcelona, en el Palau Baró de Quadras, un edificio modernista del arquitecto Puig i Cadafalch. El palacete, catalogado como Monumento Histórico Artístico de Interés Nacional, se encuentra en el número 373 de la Avenida Diagonal, en Barcelona. Se trata de un edificio singular que cuenta con unas instalaciones que permiten albergar las diversas iniciativas que Casa Asia desarrolla en los diferentes ámbitos de trabajo, que se ha convertido en centro de información cultural y de referencia sobre Asia y el Pacífico, que ha dotado a la ciudad de un espacio que fomente el encuentro entre la sociedad española y el mundo asiático.
Casa Asia has its headquarters in Barcelona, in the Palau Baró de Quadras, a Modernist building designed by the architect Puig i Cadafalch. The building, which is classified as an Artistic and Historical Monument of National Interest, is located at number 373 of Avinguda Diagonal in Barcelona. It is a unique building, with facilities well suited for accommodating Casa Asia's wide range of initiatives. Casa Asia has become a reference point and a center for cultural information on Asia and the Pacific and has provided the city with a meeting point between the Spanish society and the Asian world.
Zoo - Barcelona (Spain).
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The Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species. The Red Deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor and parts of western and central Asia. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains region between Algeria and Tunisia in northwestern Africa, being the only species of deer to inhabit Africa. Red Deer have been introduced to other areas including New Zealand and Argentina. In many parts of the world the meat (venison) from Red Deer is widely used as a food source.
Although at one time Red Deer were rare in some areas, they were never close to extinction. Reintroduction and conservation efforts, especially in the United Kingdom, have resulted in an increase of Red Deer populations, while other areas, such as North Africa, have continued to show a population decline.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Deer
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CASTELLANO
El ciervo común, ciervo rojo "ciervo colorado" o venado (Cervus elaphus) es una especie de ciervo ampliamente distribuida por el Hemisferio Norte. Se han documentado unas 27 subespecies distintas con un rango de distribución que se extiende desde el Magreb, la Península Ibérica y Gran Bretaña hasta gran parte de América del Norte, que se diferencian entre sí por el tamaño, longitud y color del pelo y forma de las cuernas. Las seis subespecies de uapitíes norteamericanos, antaño clasificados en la especie propia Cervus canadensis, se clasifican actualmente como subespecies de Cervus elaphus.
El ciervo común es un ciervo de gran tamaño (sólo superado por el alce dentro del conjunto de los cérvidos vivos), con un tamaño ordinario de 160 a 250 centímetros de longitud y un peso en los machos de hasta 200 kilos. Esta especie presenta dimorfismo sexual, siendo las hembras más pequeñas y menos corpulentas que los machos. Los individuos de sexo masculino presentan cuernas que renuevan cada año y, en algunas subespecies, una densa melena de pelo oscuro en cuello y hombros. El color del pelo es normalmente pardo en todo el cuerpo salvo en el vientre y los glúteos, blanquecinos, y puede variar en la intensidad de su tonalidad según los individuos. Las crías de pocos meses presentan una coloración rojiza, con manchas y rayas blancas que les ayudan a esconderse de los depredadores.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervus_elaphus
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Horses in the middle of Iceland main road, less than 200 km from Reykjavik. Just had time to stop the car, grab my camera and pull out in the middle of the road to take a couple of shots :-)
Part of Iceland
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The term Haveli was applied by the Vaishnava sect to refer to their temples in Gujarat. In the northern part of India havelis for Lord Krishna are prevalent with huge mansion like constructions. The havelis are noted for their frescoes depicting images of gods, goddesses, animals, scenes from the British colonization, and the life stories of Lords Rama and Krishna.
Later on these temple architectures and frescoes were imitated while building huge individual mansions and now the word is popularly recognized with the mansions themselves. Between 1830 and 1930, Marwaris erected buildings in their homeland, Shekhawati and Marwar. These buildings were called havelis. The Marwaris commissioned artists to paint those buildings which were heavily influenced by the Mughal architecture.
The havelis were status symbols for the Marwaris as well as homes for their extended families, providing security and comfort in seclusion from the outside world. The havelis were to be closed from all sides with one large main gate.
The towns and villages of Shekhawati are famous for the embellished frescoes on the walls of their grandiose havelis. Such is the magnificence and artistry of these frescoes, that they attract tourists from all over the world. In this context, the Patwa havelis & Chirriya Haveli of Jaisalmer deserve special mention. Tourists from all over the world come down to Jaisalmer to glimpse the Patwa havelis & Chirriya Haveli intricate stone-carved jharokhas (balconies).
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Dad's Cameras Inheritted On Black
Photochange Day #263: Camera
Dad had few beautiful cameras!! We were not allowed to touch!! I still remember the clicks, the rewinding sounds and how we had to stay still for him to focus and him saying "I need your nose" for profile portrait, or "without moving raise your index" for full face individual or family portraits!! When he realized how poor quality prints I had with my automatics/instamatics he gave me his Kodak Retina III C (the lower from the two)!!! The Argus stayed with my brother after dad passed 20 years ago!!!
Last year my brother said you can have the Argus if you like you're crazier than I am about photography and cameras!!!
Today these two cameras, in their original cases, the way dad had them set and all are showcased in place of honor in my wall unit. Pull them out little while ago, and memories rushed into my mind. It took me few hours to decide should I take a shot? should I post? Here they are a little piece of my past with today's photochallenge assignment.
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Benvenuto raggio di sole, a questa terra di terra e sassi
a questi laghi bianchi come la neve, sotto i tuoi passi stanchi
a questo amore a questa distrazione, a questo carnevale
dove nessuno ti vuole bene, dove nessuno ti vuole male.
A questa musica che non ha orecchi, a questi libri senza parole
benvenuto raggio di sole, avrai matite per giocare
e un bicchiere per bere forte, e un bicchiere per bere piano
un sorriso per difenderti e un passaporto per andare via lontano
Benvenuto a questa finestra, a questo cielo sereno
a tutti i clackson della mattina, a questo mondo gia' troppo pieno
a questa strana ferrovia, unica al mondo per dove può andare
ti porta dove porta il vento, ti porta dove scegli di ritornare
A questa luna tranquilla, che si siede dolcemente
in mezzo al mare c'è qualche nuvola ma non fa niente
perché lontano passa una nave, tutte le luci sono accese
benvenuto figlio di nessuno, benvenuto in questo paese.
View Mauna Kea Sunset on Black
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Haley and I drove up past Waimea to Saddle Road and steadily climbed towards the top of Mauna Kea. Unlike Maui's volcano, the drive seemed to take very little time - maybe because I was looking forward to it so much.
We ended up at the visitor's center at around 9200 feet and went for a short hike up to the crest of a small butte to watch the sunset from. We settled in and I ended up down the crest of the hill a bit to get out of other's folks' way while still being able to compose from a variety of angles.
This was taken just after the sun had dropped below the horizon. Soon thereafter, it got bitter cold. I stayed out for another 30-45 minutes to watch the stars rise, and was the last person to leave the hilltop.
Haley and I then finished off our awesome night by gazing at the Orion Nebula, Venus, and the moon through a number of scopes the astronomical society had set up.
19°45'14" N 155°27'32" W, 9452.1 ft
Mauna Kea Visitor's Center, Mauna Kea
Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
Taken on 01.09.2017, uploaded on 01.21.2017.
©2017 Adam James Steenwyk. Please contact me at ajamess [at] gmail [dot] com if you would like to use this photo. Blog: www.f128.info
HMS Illustrious, the Nation's Strike Carrier will be paying a high profile visit to Liverpool from 22 - 27 October 2009 as the centrepiece of the Royal Navy's continuing celebrations to mark this year's Centenary of Naval Aviation ~ Fly Navy 100 !
The ship, which will be moored at the City of Liverpool Cruise Terminal berth close to the Royal Liver Building, will be taking part in a busy programme of events, the highlight of which will be a Centenary Fly Past over the Carrier on Friday 23 October 2009 !
The flypast will consist of 40 current and historic Royal Navy aircraft including Merlin, Sea King and Lynx helicopters, Falcon and Hawk jets, 2 GR9 Harriers, 4 Fireflys and classic Naval favourites, the Seafire and Sea Fury ! The aircraft will form a sequence of formations flying along the River Mersey and passing directly over the carrier !
(notes prepared 22-10-'09) !
( Aircraft Below )
[fr]: Belle soirée au café Louis-Philippe, Paris, France
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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.
Seen in Paris streets during the demonstration of March 19, 2009 against Nicolas Sarkozy's politics (the "Petit Nicolas", little Nicolas, is in fact a famous comic book's character, created by Sempé and Goscinny).
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On March 19, 2009, between 1.2 (police source) and 3 million (organizers) people demonstrated in France to protest against Sarkozy's policies and his handling of the crisis. Clashes with the riot police erupted at the end of the demonstration place de la Nation , where 300 people were arrested and 49 convicted.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Part of Manifestements Manifestifs de Manifestations (Recommended as a slideshow)
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Mjedë je vesnice v severní Albánii, nacházející se v okrese Shkodër a spadající pod administrativní jednotku obce Vau i Dejës. Leží v úrodné nížině Zadrima, přibližně 17 kilometrů jihozápadně od města Shkodër. Tato lokalita je historicky spojena s významným albánským šlechtickým rodem Mjeda, který sehrál klíčovou roli v kulturním, náboženském i politickém životě Albánie a Kosova během 19. a počátku 20. století. Rodina Mjeda pochází právě z této oblasti a její členové se výrazně podíleli na formování národního obrození a moderní identity Albánců.
Je krátce před půl sedmou ráno dne 7. května 2024 a na místním nádraží právě zastavil osobní vlak číslo 2 [Shkodër – Laç Gjorm] v čele s lokomotivou T669.1044, který je vypravován v období od března do června každé úterý. Do vlaku nastoupilo přibližně dvacet místních obyvatel, jejichž cílem je převážně poutní místo ve městě Laç. Tento spoj slouží především poutníkům a věřícím, kteří každoročně navštěvují zdejší svatyni svatého Antonína, jedno z nejvýznamnějších poutních míst v Albánii.
Na pozadí se rozprostírá mírně zvlněná pahorkatina, která představuje přirozený geomorfologický přechod mezi albánskou pobřežní nížinou jihozápadně od Skadarského jezera a masivem Albánských Alp (Bjeshkët e Nemuna, známých také jako Prokletije). Ačkoliv tato oblast nedosahuje tak výrazného a dramatického reliéfu jako severní horské partie, tvoří významnou přechodovou zónu – místo, kde se rovinný charakter nížiny postupně transformuje v členitý horský terén.
Especially for my German Flickr friends!
Just click the link to hear Der Bitburger Song:
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The company slogan is, "Bitte ein Bit." This is literally, "Please, a Bit," or "a Bit, please." In the 1970s a second slogan was introduced, "Abends Bit, morgens fit" ("Bit in the evening, fit in the morning") implying that the consumption wouldn't lead to a hangover. During that time either of the slogans could be found on Bitburger glasses. [...]
Bitburger is a 4.8% abv Pilsner with annual sales of 1.2 million hectolitres. The popularity of Bitburger extends beyond the local area of Bitburg. Although Germans generally prefer local breweries, it is a popular beer throughout Western Germany, and is favored in many areas of North Rhine Westphalia over even Alt beer or Kölsch, which are popular in Düsseldorf and Köln.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitburger
Prost!
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Dne 28. února 2025 se stala ve stanici Hustopeče nad Bečvou vážná železniční nehoda, při které došlo k vykolejení několika cisteren ložených benzenem a jejich následnému rozsáhlému požáru. Vlivem toho byl zcela přerušen provoz v úseku Hranice na Moravě – Lhotka nad Bečvou, a to na delší dobu. Nákladní vlaky, které měly tímto úsekem projíždět, byly odkloněny, což byl i případ vlaku loženého sklářským pískem pro sklárnu ve slovenském městě Nemšová. Jeho odklonová trasa ovšem vedla netradičně přes Staré Město u Uherského Hradiště, Uherský Brod, Bylnici a Vlárský průsmyk. Po této trase již tento vlak jezdil v roce 2022, kdy došlo k sesuvu svahu v úseku Valašská Polanka – Horní Lideč. V té době se vozba ložených vlaků odehrávala v noci nebo nad ránem, což se mělo dít i nyní, ale vlivem husté osobní dopravy se jízda vlaku protáhla o několik hodin a bylo možné ho tedy spatřit za denního světla. To dokazuje snímek pořízený dne 6. března 2025 nedaleko bývalé stanice Pitín, na kterém je zachycena lokomotiva 744.179 v čele 1774 tun těžkého vlaku Nex 52755 [Jestřebí–Nemšová]. Na postrku na plný výkon pracovala dvojice strojů 742.075+426. Vlak již měl v tomto místě nejnáročnější stoupání za sebou, tím bylo stoupání okolo obce Pitín, ale do vrcholového bodu tratě před Slavičínem mu ještě chybělo několik kilometrů. Jednalo se tak, na místní poměry, o nevšední podívanou, jelikož v úseku Bojkovice–Bylnice již není provozována žádná pravidelná nákladní doprava. Zachytit tak nákladní vlak s dvěma nejvýznamnějšími památkami mikroregionu Bojkovska - kostelem sv. Vavřince a zámkem Nový Světlov, vyžaduje notnou dávku štěstí.
You really need to look at it here. And I never ask this, so you know that it's a must.
Something completely different for once.
Usually I hatevertical photos, but this one is different.
But I am sorry for two weeks of black and white, but this just looked best in black and white!
Edit by the talented Elizabeth Brooke.
Two more in the comments!
Cool car + cheap plastic camera + bad processing = interesting vintage effect? View large on black.
I've now made it most of the way through my stockpile of exposed black and white film, but meanwhile my stockpile of exposed color film has kept growing and growing. I've got a new C-41 kit waiting to be mixed up, but I was curious to find out if my old batch of Arista C-41 chemistry still had any life in it. I had mixed that batch last May and hadn't used it since July, so I knew it was risky, but I decided to sacrifice a roll of Kodak Ultra Max 400 that I had shot with my Ancso Pix Panorama on the altar of science. I increased developing time to try to compensate for the age and exhaustion of the developer, but I evidently didn't increase the time enough, as the negatives came out extremely thin. Even so, I was able to get some scannable images. Normally I'd try to clean up all those drying marks and other junk in the image, but here I think they contribute to the overall effect.
Ansco Pix Panorama with "panoramic" mask removed, Kodak Ultra Max 400 developed in outdated/used up Arista C-41 liquid kit chemistry.
Montserrat, Barcelona (Spain).
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The monastery of Santa Maria de Montserrat is a benedictine monastery located in the mountain of Montserrat, in the Catalan region of the Bages, at 720 meters height of 720 on the level of the sea. It is a symbol for Catalonia and it has become a point of pilgrimage for believers and visit forced for the tourists.
The origin of the monastery is uncertain. It is know that in 1011 a monk coming from the monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll to be in charge of the monastery of Santa Cecilia, beign therefore the monastery under the orders of abbot Oliva de Ripoll. Santa Cecilia did not accept this new situation reason why Olive decided to found the monastery of Santa Maria on the place in which was one old hermitage of he himself name. As of the 1082, Santa Maria passed to have own abbot and let depend on the abbot of Ripoll.
This hermitage had become most important of all those that existed in the mountain thanks to the image of the Virgin who in her venerated from the 880. The monastery soon became sanctuary which benefitted to him, since the donations and received alms allowed him to be growing of constant form. At the end of century XII, the abbot runs asked for that he allowed himself to extend the community of monks to 12, required minimum so that abbey was considered. The following century was the one of the beginning of the fight of Montserrat to obtain its independence of the monastery of Ripoll. This independence did not arrive until the 10 from March of 1410 and was granted by Pope Benedicto XIII.
In 1493, Montserrat lost its independence again. King Fernando the Catholic sent to the monastery 14 monks coming from Valladolid and Montserrat passed to depend on the congregation of this Castilian city. During the following centuries the Catalan and Castilian abbots followed one another. That same year of 1493, the minimum friar Bernat Boil, before hermit of Montserrat, accompanied to Cristóbal Columbus in one from its trips to America which caused the expansion of the cult to the virgin of Montserrat in that continent.
19th century was specially tragic for Montserrat: it was set afire twice by the Napoleonic troops, in 1811 and 1812; and in 1835 it underwent the excloistration due to the confiscation of Mendizábal. The monastery was sacked and set afire and many of their treasures were lost.
The excloistration lasted little and in 1844 the life in the monastery recovered. The congregation of Valladolid had disappeared reason why Montserrat became independent again. The whole monastery had to recover since they had not been more than the walls. Since then the monastery of Santa Maria de Montserrat has not let grow and at the present time (2006) it contains one of the best libraries of the country. The present congregation is formed by a hundred of monks. In addition, in the monastery the children reside who compose the Escolanía de Montserrat, considered the school of song of more antiquity in Europe since he was founded on century XIII.
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CASTELLANO
El monasterio de Santa María de Montserrat es un monasterio benedictino situado en la montaña de Montserrat, en la comarca catalana del Bages, a una altura de 720 metros sobre el nivel del mar. Es un símbolo para Cataluña y se ha convertido en un punto de peregrinaje para creyentes y de visita obligada para los turistas.
El origen del monasterio es incierto. Se sabe que sobre el 1011 un monje procedente del monasterio de Santa María de Ripoll llegó a la montaña para encargarse del monasterio de Santa Cecilia, quedando así el cenobio bajo las órdenes del abad Oliva de Ripoll. Santa Cecilia no aceptó esta nueva situación por lo que Oliva decidió fundar el monasterio de Santa María en el lugar en el que se encontraba una antigua ermita del mismo nombre. A partir del 1082, Santa María pasó a tener abad propio y dejó de depender del abad de Ripoll.
Esta ermita se había convertido en la más importante de todas las que existían en la montaña gracias a la imagen de la Virgen que en ella se veneraba desde el 880. El monasterio pronto se convirtió en santuario lo que le benefició, ya que los donativos y las limosnas recibidas le permitieron ir creciendo de forma constante. A finales del siglo XII, el abad regente solicitó que se permitiera ampliar la comunidad de monjes a 12, mínimo requerido para que se considerara abadía . El siguiente siglo fue el del inicio de la lucha de Montserrat para conseguir su independencia del monasterio de Ripoll. Esta independencia no llegó hasta el 10 de marzo de 1410 y fue concedida por el Papa Benedicto XIII.
En 1493, Montserrat perdió de nuevo su independencia. El rey Fernando el Católico envió al monasterio 14 monjes procedentes de Valladolid y Montserrat pasó a depender de la congregación de esta ciudad castellana. Durante los siglos siguientes se sucedieron los abades catalanes y castellanos. Ese mismo año de 1493, el fraile mínimo Bernat Boil, antes ermitaño de Montserrat, acompañó a Cristóbal Colón en uno de sus viajes a América lo que propició la expansión del culto a la virgen de Montserrat en ese continente.
El siglo XIX fue especialmente trágico para Montserrat: fue incendiado dos veces por las tropas napoleónicas, en 1811 y en 1812; y en 1835 sufrió la exclaustración debido a la desamortización de Mendizábal. El monasterio fue saqueado e incendiado y se perdieron muchos de sus tesoros.
La exclaustración duró poco y en 1844 se restableció la vida en el monasterio. La congregación de Valladolid había desaparecido por lo que Montserrat se convirtió de nuevo en independiente. El monasterio entero se tuvo que restaurar ya que no habían quedado más que las paredes. Desde entonces el monasterio de Santa María de Montserrat no ha dejado de crecer y en la actualidad (2006) contiene una de las mejores bibliotecas del país. La congregación actual está formada por un centenar de monjes. Además, en el monasterio residen los niños que componen la Escolanía de Montserrat, considerada la escuela de canto de más antigüedad en Europa ya que fue fundada en el siglo XIII.
by Pablo Neruda
I want you to know
one thing.
You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.
Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.
If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.
If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.
But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine.
Went to Springbrook to shoot sunset tonight and had excellent conditions. After several windy days, we finally got a nice calm evening. The eastern and western skies took turns lighting up tonight, and my shooting buddy, Manuel and I kept running back and forth from one side of Plainfiled-Naperville road to the other chasing the color.
Sorry for posting so many images from this same location lately, but this time of year the appearance of the prairie changes almost daily. I love watching the different waves of color wash across these landscapes from now through autumn.
*Explored*
Stumbled upon a group from the us forest service who were using an airfield in Fredricksburg, Texas to fight forest fires in West Texas. This was a helicopter contracted by the forest service to help. Talked with the folks at the airfield and the crew for a while and they were nice enough to let me check out their helicopter. They even gave me a tour of the inside and let me snap of some pics. This helicopter is the little brother of Marine 1, the helicopter used by the President of the United States.
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recently discovered that this is actually a
Sikorsky S-61N helicopter, not a kestral
Shot it at Kumbha Mela 2010.Its a greatest show on Earth.
In Hindu mythology, its origin is found in one of the popular creation myths and the Hindu theories on evolution, the Samudra manthan episode (Churning of the ocean of milk), which finds mention in the Bhagavata Purana, Vishnu Purana, the Mahabharata, and the Ramayana.
The Gods had lost their strength, and to regain it, they thought of churning the Ksheera Sagara (primordial ocean of milk) for amrit (the nectar of immortality), this required them to make a temporary agreement with their arch enemies, the demons or Asuras, to work together with a promise of sharing the nectar equally thereafter. However, when the Kumbha (urn) containing the amrita appeared, a fight ensued. For twelve days and twelve nights (equivalent to twelve human years) the gods and demons fought in the sky for the pot of amrita. It is believed that during the battle, Lord Vishnu flew away with the Kumbha of elixir, and that is when drops of amrita fell at four places on earth: Prayag, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik, and that is where the Kumbh Mela is observed every twelve years.
First written evidence of the Kumbha Mela can be found in the accounts of Chinese traveller, Huan Tsang or Xuanzang (602 - 664 A.D.) who visited India in 629 -645 CE, during the reign of King Harshavardhana.
Source:-Wikipedia.
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I'm so so sorry I have no idea what to title this photo :( AHHH!
I really thought every photo would end up as a disaster, I'm thankful they did not.
I tried playing with the lighting using a lamp.
I had this feeling I would not be able to come up with a proper photo and end up uploading a crappy one, I hope this isnt crappy, I tried playing with different tones, I hope they look ok on your computer because as usual, I'm having colour problems, it looks pretty fine on my laptop so I hope it looks fine on your screen! :)
I'll be uploading the other shots from this shoot, this is my new white wig, I love it! It's so cute and fun!
Christmas is coming! I hope everyone's having fun!
*I dont know if anyones reading my descriptions but can you see my mole? I never actually knew I had one there until a few days ago*
*This photo got explored thank you all!*
Au fond d'une vallée, douce et accueillante, se blottit à la croisée des chemins le château d'Escorolles... ou du moins ce qu'il en reste.
Les châteaux s'égrènent dans la vallée de Cheylade comme dans un pays de Cocagne !
De celui d'Escorolles, propriété privée agricole, s'élève encore de nos jours la tour du XVème siècle avec ses corbeaux soutenant le sommet portant la poivrière couverte de lauzes.
Elle est attenante au logis du XVIIIème, remanié au XIXème. L'architecture en pierre et les toits couverts de lauzes illustrent parfaitement la traditionnelle robustesse de l’habitat cantalien.
On distingue en arrière-plan le célèbre Puy Mary, sommet emblématique des Monts du Cantal qui domine fièrement par sa forme pyramidale le plus grand volcan d'Europe... De ses 1787 mètres d’altitude, le Puy Mary offre un panorama époustouflant, sept vallées glaciaires rayonnent en étoile autour du sommet. Le Puy de la Tourte qui sur la photo semble vouloir donner un coup de tête à la tour du château, côtoie le grand seigneur avec humilité... pour nous offrir de merveilleuses randonnées.
( Château d'Escorolles, vallée de Cheylade, Cantal, "Parc national des volcans", Auvergne, France - www.parc-volcans-auvergne.com )