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I shot it at the festival of CHHATH.
Chhath Puja is a very joyous and colorful festival. Chhath Puja is the holiest Hindu festival of people in northern India. Mostly the Chhath Puja is being observed in Bihar and Jharkhand(INDIA) and the festival comprises rituals for four days. The Chhath Puja begins a week after Diwali. The word Chat denotes the number six in Hindi. The Chhath Puja begins on the sixth day of the Kartik, a holy month as per Hindu calendar. Some people spell Chath Puja as Chat Puja, Chatt Puja, Chhath festival, etc
Chhath Puja is dedicated to worship the Sun God. The Chhath Puja is known as ‘SuryaShashti’. People observe Chhath Puja to thank the Sun for bestowing the bounties of life on earth, as also for fulfilling particular wishes. People believe that by observing the Chhath Puja they can fulfill their desires. The Chhath Puja has been observed since long time in India. On Chhath Puja day, all the people dress up in their best and new clothes are a must. Folk songs are sung both at home and on the riverbank. Millions of people take dip in the holy water of river Ganges, and other rivers.
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EXPLORE: 01.12.2009 #138
There have been a few times in my life…OK, more than a few when I’ve thought I was driving full speed toward the destination I wanted, only to find out that I was hopelessly lost on the wrong road. Now as stupid as those mistakes might have been, there were no lasting consequences. That’s why I’m so glad that someone told me how to get to the one destination I do not want to miss called heaven. Because if I miss the right road on that one, I’ll be lost forever.
I heard a story that tells us a lot about the road to heaven. This missionary was lost in a dense jungle, and he came upon a village in the middle of all these trees, and he asked a resident to lead him out. The villager said, “Okay.” Well, they walked for about an hour, and the villager walked ahead of him chopping his way through the foliage with a machete. Eventually, the missionary said, “Are you sure we’re going the right way? Isn’t there a path somewhere?” The villager smiled and he just said, “Friend, I am the path.”
I’ll tell you, that’s pretty much what Jesus said when He told us how to get to His Father’s Heaven. He said, ”I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6). We live in a culture that encourages pluralism, many ways to God. How can Jesus make this claim? What keeps us out of heaven is our sin; sin has a death penalty and can only be paid by someone dying. Only Jesus could or would die in our place to pay that penalty. The only hope we have is to grab Jesus as our only hope. It’s not Christianity that gets you to heaven. Jesus doesn’t show you the path. He is the path.
John 14:6
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:)
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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
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Explore December 16 2009
Baby gulls, people walking dogs, the seaside, a windfarm, mist/haze, fish 'n' chips - all in Yellow
This is another one from my trip to Bridlington last weekend.
Someone asked when commenting on a previous photo if I have any SOOC or something like that. It sounded very much like an STD to me. I thought to myself, "I like these guys at flickr but that's getting a wee bit personal for even me." So I did what every red blooded male does when faced with an unsureity of a *£$%£al nature - I googled it.
The legend was then revealed - "straight out of the camera." Phew...................
So, I had a look to see if there was anything that I considered worthy of showing you nice folks. Something that I hadn't dressed up with textures and other PP. There's a smidging of sensor dust in the top right third that I would have cleaned up a bit but apart from that It's straight out the box.
So, here it is, shot straight into the sun using a 75-300mm (almost fully extended) proper minolta glass through f.25 @1/100th.
I hope you like it naked!!!!
Build between 1609 and 1616 the Blue Mosque was built in Istanbul, the capital city of the Ottoman Empire in modern day Turkey.
The true name of the mosque is Sultan Ahmed Mosque, however it has got its' Blue Mosque name on account of the 20,000 hand made blue tiles from Iznik, the ancient city if Nicea.
In addition the 200 stained glass windows with intricate designs admit natural light, today assisted by chandeliers which used to have ostrich eggs to avoid cobwebs inside the mosque by repelling spiders.
The ancient pulpit is a work of stunning art and the imam (leader of prayers) who gives the sermon on Fridays never climbs to the top, out of respect for the Prophet Muhammad.
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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
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.
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
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I know, I'm totally crazy, but here's another piece of my wristwatch collection: AVIATOR (АВИАТОР)
This watch was made as tribute to the Russian "Strizhi" pilots (The Swifts), a famous aerobatic performance demonstrator team.
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Movement: SU-3105 (Poljot), handwinding
Functions: hour, minute, sub-second at 9, date at 3
Dial: watch hands and indexes luminescent (Superluminova), Below 12 the "Aviator" logo and the lettering "AVIATOR" in cyrillic letters, at the sub-second the "Strizhi" logo with the lettering "Strizhi" and "Kubinka" (the city near Moscow where they are based), between 4 and 5 a MIG-29 is pictured, above 6 the lettering "MIG-29" in cyrillic letters
Diameter: 45 mm without crown
Back: see through window
Strap: 20 year old Florentine calf leather, handsewed in Germany
Buckle: satined PRE-V buckle, stainless steel L316
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Toy soldiers and plane by courtesy of my son Nino. :)
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.
Now that she's back in the atmosphere
With drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey
She acts like summer and walks like rain
Reminds me that there's a time to change, hey
Since the return from her stay on the moon
She listens like spring and she talks like June, hey, hey
But tell me, did you sail across the sun?
Did you make it to the Milky Way
To see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated?
Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star?
One without a permanent scar
And then you missed me
While you were looking for yourself out there?
Now that she's back from that soul vacation
Tracing her way through the constellation, hey
She checks out Mozart while she does Tae-Bo
Reminds me that there's room to grow, hey
Now that she's back in the atmosphere
I'm afraid that she might think of me as
Plain ol' Jane told a story about a man
Who was too afraid to fly so he never did land
But tell me, did the wind sweep you off your feet?
Did you finally get the chance
To dance along the light of day
And head back to the Milky Way?
And tell me, did Venus blow your mind?
Was it everything you wanted to find?
And then you missed me
While you were looking for yourself out there
Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your best friend always sticking up for you
Even when I know you're wrong?
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze-dried romance
Five-hour phone conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had, and me?
But tell me, did the wind sweep you off your feet?
Did you finally get the chance
To dance along the light of day
And head back toward the Milky Way?
But tell me, did you sail across the sun?
Did you make it to the Milky Way
To see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated?
And tell me, did you fall for a shooting star?
One without a permanent scar
And then you missed me
While you were looking for yourself?
And did you finally get the chance
To dance along the light of day?
And did you fall for a shooting star?
Fall for a shooting star?
And now you're lonely looking for yourself out there
.........Drops Of Jupiter..........
Cactus flower found at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.
INFORMATION ON CACTUS / CACTI:
A cactus (plural: cacti, cactuses, or cactus) is any member of the succulent plant family Cactaceae, native to the Americas. They are often used as ornamental plants, but some are also crop plants.
Cacti are distinctive and unusual plants, which are adapted to extremely arid and hot environments, showing a wide range of anatomical and physiological features which conserve water. Their stems have expanded into green succulent structures containing the chlorophyll necessary for life and growth, while the leaves have become the spines for which cacti are so well known.
Cacti come in a wide range of shapes and sizes. The tallest is Pachycereus pringlei, with a maximum recorded height of 19.2 m,[1] and the smallest is Blossfeldia liliputiana, only about 1 cm diameter at maturity.[2] Cactus flowers are large, and like the spines and branches arise from areoles. Many cactus species are night blooming, as they are pollinated by nocturnal insects or small animals, principally moths and bats. Cacti's sizes range from small and round to pole-like and tall.
Cacti are almost exclusively New World plants. This means that they are native only in North America, South America, and the West Indies. There is however one exception, Rhipsalis baccifera; this species has a pantropical distribution, occurring in the Old World tropical Africa, Madagascar and Sri Lanka as well as in tropical America. This plant is thought to be a relatively recent colonist in the Old World (within the last few thousand years), probably carried as seeds in the digestive tracts of migratory birds. Many other cacti have become naturalized to similar environments in other parts of the world after being introduced by people. The Tehuacán Valley of Mexico has one of the richest occurrences of cacti in the world.
Cacti believed to have evolved in the last 30 to 40 million years. Long ago, the Americas were joined to the other continents, but separated due to continental drift. Unique species in the New World must have developed after the continents had moved apart. Significant distance between the continents was only achieved in around the last 50 million years. This may explain why cacti are so rare in Africa as the continents had already separated when cacti evolved. Many succulent plants in both the Old and New World bear a striking resemblance to cacti, and are often called "cactus" in common usage. This is, however, due to parallel evolution; none of these are closely related to the Cactaceae.
(Source: Wikipedia)
European Balloon Festival. Igualada. Catalonia.
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The European Balloon Festival is the largest hot air balloon festival in Spain and one of the largest in Europe.[1] It takes place every year during the first fortnight of July in Igualada, Catalonia, Spain, a city located within 60 km from Barcelona.
The festival lasts four days (Thursday to Sunday) and attracts thousands of spectators. It includes a hot air balloon competition and recreational exhibitions such as a night glow and fireworks. The flights take place early in the morning and late in the afternoon, when weather conditions are the optimal ones. It also offers visitors the opportunity to fly on a balloon, by booking a flight in advance.
The festival is organized by the Igualada City Council, with technical support from the company Ultramagic, the world's second largest manufacturer of hot air balloons, and Kon-Tiki Balloon Flights, a company specialized in balloon flights.
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
I've been waiting for my dreams
To turn into something
I could believe in
And looking for that
Magic rainbow
On the horizon
I couldn't see it
Until I let go
Gave into love and watched all the bitterness burn
Now I'm coming alive
Body and soul
And feelin' my world start to turn
And I'll taste every moment
And live it out loud
I know this is the time,
This is the time
To be more than a name
Or a face in the crowd
I know this is the time
This is the Time Of My Life
Time of my life
Holding onto things that vanished
Into the air
Left me in pieces
But now I'm rising from the ashes
Finding my wings
And all that I needed
Was there all along
Within my reach
As close as the beat of my heart
And I'm out on the edge of forever
Ready to run
I'm keeping my feet on the ground
My arms open wide
My face to the sun
Excerpts from, "The Time of My Life", by David Cook
Detail: Sayote (chayote) shoot
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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Shhhhhh: I want to be more at peace than I am. I want to be love to everyone I come into contact with – and not my kind of love. Yours. Love is a language, and useless if you do not speak in theirs. I want to see all the beautiful things in life. I want to have a beautiful heart. I believe beauty does not exist unless it is observed. Observation takes time. I want to remember to have time. If I cannot stop, I will not see. I want to be more patient, and I want to be quieter and more soft-spoken. I want to be known as the girl with a good heart. I want to be safe. I want to do more small things: they force you to pay attention. I never want to miss out on experiencing now because the future scares me, and I'm too busy protecting my tomorrow. I want to be like a river. Constant. Sometimes less, sometimes more, sometimes faster, sometimes slower, but always constant. I want to be less concerned with order, and more concerned with content. I want to live in a way that proves less is more. I want to be convicted daily of the fact that you must learn before you can teach, and in order to learn you must be silent and open. I want to love, not accuse. I want to listen. I want to enjoy fully. I want to stop thinking in lists and be okay with resting. I want to reach the end of my life and know that I lived well. I want to be content not because I accomplished or accumulated, but because I loved. Loved God. Loved people. Loved friends. Loved enemies. Loved my husband. Loved my children. Loved all children. Loved strangers. Loved my home. Loved myself. Loved my strengths. Loved my weaknesses. Loved everything I saw. Loved everywhere I lived. Loved everything I did. Loved everything I made. Loved the hard parts. Loved the easy parts. I want to be. And to be fully. I want to set my heart on things above. I want to be a daughter of God, and know it daily. I want to love Jesus. And I want Jesus to love me. I want to be joyful always. I want to know I am enough. And also that I am not.
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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.
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Switzerland (German: Schweiz[note 3] [ˈʃvaɪts]; French: Suisse [sɥis]; Italian: Svizzera [ˈzvittsera]; Romansh: Svizra [ˈʒviːtsrɐ] or [ˈʒviːtsʁːɐ]), officially the Swiss Confederation (Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica, hence its abbreviation CH), is a federal parliamentary republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western and Central Europe,[note 4] where it is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning an area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8 million people is concentrated mostly on the Plateau, where the largest cities are to be found. Among them are the two global cities and economic centres – Zürich and Geneva.
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I was walking along a canal bank in the Louisiana outback and looking for some birds or trees to photograph and this big boy was lying there watching me!!! He is about 10 feet long! I quickly looked about me to see if its twin was lying close! I've seen bigger ones but this is pretty darn big! I don't want to end up on the menu as selection for the day!!! :-)
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I had been looking at these great horse tail (cirrus) clouds in the sky all
day but the forecast was for them to disappear before sunset. Gambling
that there might be a few left I headed out for the hour drive down to the
beaches. When I arrived, most of the clouds left were above the land and
there was not much out to sea. I continued to drive from San Francisco
down the coast looking for a good place to turn out. I arrived at Bean
Hallow beach and took a few quick shots of the waves to the south but it was
rather mushy that day and other than some large splashes there wasn't much
left. I was thinking of heading back but noticed there were some clouds to
the south so I headed that direction hoping to get there before sunset.
After a few minutes in the car we noted the sun was setting and it was now
or never. I really hadn't been paying much attention to where I was and
then right around a turn the Lighthouse came in to view. So I pulled out
off the road and took a look at the sunset to the west. Nothing but the
sun. But to the south there were a few clouds towards Santa Cruz hanging
over the lighthouse. I walked out on to the lush green ice plant which
was in boom and took a few descent shots and was approached by a couple
asking if I could help out and take their picture. As always, I was happy
to help out and we started talking. The sun had long since sank in to the
sea as our conversation continued and I noticed the pink clouds in the
distance and took an without really looking closely took few shots.
Arriving home I discovered those last few shots were some of the best in
part due to the longer exposure. All in all it was worth the trip.
Tentative plans for tomorrow are to head toward the beaches north of San
Francisco. Current weather reports show partly cloudy.
Darv
© Darvin Atkeson
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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
My dear friends, this is my last upload for 2012.
As I did in 2010 and 2011, it is time to take a look back.
This has been an extremely intense year, with great ups and downs.
Many things happened, some of which provided sheer joy, others extreme sorrow. Some were 'caused' by me, some weren't.
Anyway, all these events will be essential to my turning point in 2013.
When I take a look at the resolutions for my 2012, I am definitely happy about how this year actually went.
I was able, for the first time, to concentrate on monothematic projects; I joined some important contests and photographic meetings, receiving a really positive feedback; I attended the greatest number of exhibition I could imagine and I didn't give up training.
I also improved in architecture photography, and bought an Epson 3880 printer and start to experiment with it.
I couldn't set up a full 'printing system' because of the prohibitive costs associated to it; moreover I couldn't spend all the time I wanted with printing, but I will fix that in 2013.
As for #8, I took very little time with multiple lights setups, but I am approaching still life photography and will be experimenting with multiple lights and eventually get proficient with those during this next year.
Time to set out my resolutions for 2013!!! (as always, random order, limited to eight)
1) Keep improving myself: study, read, attend museums and exhibitions, listen to music (gotta celebrate Verdi and Wagner's 200th birthday!);
2) Make my agency, Glass Star Agency, up and running at full speed;
3) Approach Still Life and Portrait photography;
4) Keep up with training;
5) Become proficient with printing, framing and matting;
6) Meet some new people with similar interests - Travel;
7) Complete at least two NEW monothematic projects - Enter them in International Competitions;
8) Last but not least: decide about my future (already made some big improvements over last year, but still far away from my goals!)
I will work all myself into pursuing those, especially #2 (which will eventually help me solving #8).
Anyway, if you want to meet up, I will be in Rome with Michael Diblicek from the 3rd until the 8th of January.
Send me an email with your phone number, I'll be glad to call you back and schedule a meeting!
Hope your 2012 has been extremely good; wish you a fantastic 2013 full of joy, happiness and freedom.
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Cari Amici,
anche per quest'anno è arrivato il momento di 'tirare le somme'.
Il 2012 è stato estremamente intenso, caratterizzato da enormi alti e bassi; sono passato da immense gioie ad una situazione più complessa, caratterizzata da un susseguirsi di diversi momenti difficili.
Sono sicuro che comunque tutto questo contribuirà alla mia crescita personale ed alla mia svolta nel 2013.
Avendo appena letto i proposti per il 2012, non posso che dirmi soddisfatto.
Per la prima volta mi sono concentrato su progetti monotematici, che mi hanno arricchito moltissimo.
Ho partecipato a concorsi e ricevuto i primi importanti riconoscimenti.
Ho speso moltissime giornate in musei, mostre e luoghi magnifici, ho viaggiato quasi quanto avrei voluto e non ho abbandonato l'allenamento.
I punti su cui mi vedo più debole sono il numero 1 ed 8: ho acquistato una stampante (Epson 3880) ma non ho avuto il tempo di sfruttarla come avrei dovuto.
Il punto 8, invece, è stato quello che ho maggiormente trascurato.
Nei prossimi mesi comunque (per cause di 'forza maggiore') affronterò la fotografia Still Life ed aumenterò la mia preparazione nella gestione di sistemi a più luci.
Visto che il passato è passato, è tempo di elencare i propositi per il 2013:
(ordine casuale)
1) Continuare il mio processo di crescita personale: studiare, leggere, visitare mostre e musei, ascoltare musica (anche per celebrare il duecentesimo compleanno di Verdi e Wagner!)
2) Avviare, promuovere e dedicarmi alla mia agenzia Glass Star Agency;
3) Affrontare la fotografia Still Life e di ritratto;
4) Continuare l'allenamento;
5) Perfezionarmi con la stampa, il montaggio e l'incorniciatura;
6) Incontrare nuove persone con gli stessi interessi - Viaggiare;
7) Portare a termine almeno DUE progetti monotematici - Partecipare ad altri concorsi internazionali;
8) Ultimo, ma sicuramente non meno importante: decidere del mio futuro! (ho sicuramente fatto diversi passi avanti dallo scorso anno, ma sono ancora lontano dalla meta)
Dedicherò tutto me stesso per seguire questi propositi, specialmente il numero 2 (che sicuramente aiuterebbe a risolvere il numero 8).
Ad ogni modo, dal tre all'otto Gennaio sarò a Roma, con Michael Diblicek; se vi trovate da quelle parti, mandatemi una mail con il vostro numero: sarò felicissimo di chiamarvi e fissare un incontro!
Spero che il vostro 2012 sia stato estremamente positivo; vi auguro un 2013 fantastico, pieno di gioia, serenità e libertà.
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Details
- CANON 5d Mark II IR, EF 17-40 @ 40 mm, f/8, 91 s, ISO 100
- Mirror Lockup, Remote Shutter
- Lee Big Stopper (10 stops ND)
- Tripod
The shot
Shot during my week workshop in Tuscany, last April
The Processing
Photoshop:
- Black and white conversion using Silver EFEX Pro 2;
- Added many Soft Light layers to adjust light;
- Addes some custom shaped localized gradients to add mystery;
- Added two curve layers to adjust contrast;
- Added a Level layer to improve contast;
- Resized for the Web (1200px);
- Applied an Unsharp Mark to slightly improve contrast;
- Applied some slight noise reduction in the sky;
- Smart Sharpen + More accurate (with the sky masked off);
- Framing and Signature.
Take a look at it, LARGE on Black :
Thank you, I will be visiting your streams tonight
Zoo - Barcelona (Spain).
ENGLISH
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
For the 2013 MocAthalon.
Team:Team Theocracy.
8. Redesign a Classic Lego Set.
Choose any Lego set released in the year 2003 or earlier and redesign it. Add more details, change the minifigures, smooth it out more, do what you want to make it your own! On your entry page, provide the set number and name of the set you redesigned. If you need help finding a Lego set to remake or set name/number, the center column titled "Sets released in…" sorts Lego sets by year released: brickset.com/browse
As soon as I saw this category, I thought of one thing...CASTLE! The CCCX had the same thing, so I decided to try and build another one, except better. :D I found this one, and Bingo! :D Enjoy!
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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Your can still comment on my previous if you like!!
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.
[fr]: Belle soirée au café Louis-Philippe, Paris, France
[image info]: DRI from average (HDR from 5 exposures) and minimum exposures- Nikon D200 - tripod - Sigma 10-20mm@16mm - 5000K WB
[Level of Retouching]: 15% (averaging, blending, perspective correction, basic levels and curves (dodging)) - total processing: 25 minutes
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Lokomotiva 2044.016 v čele vlaku EN 1152 [Split – Bratislava-Nové Mesto] právě opustila tunel Torina Draga o délce 58 metrů a nadále překonává sklonově náročný úsek směrem k vrcholové stanici Labin Dalmatinski. Úsek je charakterizován výrazným podélným sklonem a členitým terénem, typickým pro dalmatské pobřeží. V pozadí je patrný Kaštelský záliv, jehož vodní hladina poskytuje vhodné podmínky pro plachtění, kajakářství a rekreační rybolov.
Na fotografii lze rovněž identifikovat kostel sv. Nofra, předrománskou stavbu několikrát historicky obnovovanou, jejíž vznik je datován do roku 1475. Sv. Onofrij (také známý jako sv. Nofar) byl egyptský poustevník a světec 3.–4. století. V regionální dalmatské kultuře je jeho uctívání spojováno s ochranou místních osad a farností a integruje se do lidových náboženských tradic.
Před tunelem se nachází pevnost, reprezentující jeden z mnoha kaštelů – opevněných sídel obdobného charakteru, rozprostřených podél pobřeží mezi městy Split a Trogir ve Splitsko-dalmatské župě. Historický vývoj oblasti zahrnuje období 15.–16. století, kdy šlechtické rody stavěly venkovská sídla a postupně je opevňovaly pro obranu proti tureckým nájezdům. Z původních třinácti kaštelů se dochovalo sedm, které daly název oblasti Riviéra sedmi kaštelů. Původně obranná architektura byla v průběhu staletí adaptována na obytné účely, přičemž byla zachována většina charakteristických architektonických prvků.
Fotografie byla pořízena dne 12. července 2025 a dokumentuje současný stav železniční infrastruktury, historických staveb a krajinného kontextu v Dalmácii.
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I figure this is a good way to start off the Moab images right?
This is one of my favorite shots of the whole trip. Not just as an image to view, but as being able to enjoy the process as well.
I took this on Friday the 13th. We had just made it to the campsite earlier on in the afternoon and had finally gotten around to getting camp setup and were hanging out around the fire.
The night was perfect, the stars were out, and the moon was nowhere to be found. So after everyone else had gone to bed, I loaded up into the trusty Montero and headed out to take some night shots. This one is by far and away my favorite of the group that night.
The trip out to this location was part planning, part luck. Seeing as in order to get out there you have to go over some pretty tricky 4-wheel drive trails, that during the day look like what you might expect the surface of Mars to look like. This was no easy feat (But it was damn fun).
Once I finally got out to this location about 20 minutes later, and parked the Montero on an insane incline, I setup the tripod, setup the composition the best I could with the flashlight, and started shooting.
My first shot (which I will post later) was a 5 min test shot to make sure I had things lined up properly. After a few adjustments I started this shot.
30 minutes and a quick nap in the Montero with the heater running later I finally had this shot.
Like I said, it's one of my favorites of the trip, and I hope you like it as well.
More to come soon!
Me setting up for the shot.
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Another shot from the Federal Hill series. This one was hard to contrast because of all the tiny details. D700 + 24-70mm f2.8. 35 total images.
Another trek with my friend Mike from WFC , a "challenge" was his words as we hit the beach , grey skies but dramatic and no real light ,before i realised it i had walked into the steel works leaving Mike in the estuary ;-) at times i was running around this beach - must return for sure - i love challenges
This is one of the reasons for going back this beach had some amazing shallow rock pools that were crying out for good light , however i just love the bleakness here - kind of sums up our summer of 2008
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NIKON D810 + 24-70 mm f/2.8 @ 58 mm - 2.5 sec at f/8.0, ISO 31
Manual mode @ 1 EV E.C - Pattern metering - no flash
Subject Distance: unknown
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
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
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)
Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive.
When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again.
When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree.
(Antoine de Saint Exupéry)
Not much to add to this, except maybe, why Saint Exupéry TODAY (tonight) and here!?!
EVERYBODY must know the book LE PETIT PRINCE... if you don't; let me know and I'll organise the library bus to bring you a copy!!!
I have read and re-read this little booklet in German, French, English and most likely even in Italian - it's easy to understand and it contains 'stuff' to re-think for ages.... it's subtly bringing facts of life to the point and it is so lovingly written that you can't hold anything against the writer - even if you sometimes might want to! It is - in short - probably the most lovable book anybody can find.
After having bought copies of a very beautiful CD, read by Will Quadflieg (in German) for my nearly blind mother, my little sister and the children of my bros-in-law, I got a copy of my gift sent back to me by little sis..... and after a very long time I have inserted it in the car CD player, where I listen to it on my way to .... somewhere! It made me aware once again how absolutely wonderful this aviator and writer is expressing himself in his work.
These four-leaf-clovers are my latest pride and joy. The make lovely red flowers and if you care to stroll down in the comments, you'll find more close-up shots of those little darlings. I wish all of you who still live through Thursday, A HAPPY GORGEOUS GREEN THURSDAY and to the rest of us a BEAUTIFUL GREEN FRIDAY!
For the shutter sisters: Hello..... (sunshine, morning, night, happiness, smiles!)
Good night, little princesses, little princes - sleep tight!
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Mmmm, always a favorite! Tried out a new recipe from VegWeb and it's definitely a keeper. =)
Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients:
For the Dough:
1 cup warm soy milk
1 package or 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1/2 cup organic granulated sugar
1/3 cup melted butter substitute (Earth Balance is good)
egg substitute to equal 2 eggs
4 cups all-purpose flour (or as needed)
1 teaspoon salt
For the Filling:
1 cup brown sugar
2 1/4 tablespoon cinnamon
butter substitute to help the filling stick
Directions:
Place the yeast, a pinch of the sugar, and the warm soymilk in a large mixing bowl (I use a Kitchenaid). Let sit for 5 minutes or until foamy. Add the melted butter substitute, granulated sugar, egg substitute, half the flour, and lastly the salt. Stir on low with the paddles attachment on until the ingredients are incorporated, about a minute. Add the rest of the flour in two intervals (I'd switch to the dough hook here and reserve some of the flour - add only as much as needed for good dough consistency). Knead it for about 3 minutes until it's soft and pliable. Let rise for 1 hour (or until double in size).
While the dough is rising, mix the brown sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl.
Once the dough has risen, flour a clean surface as needed and roll the dough out into a rectangle about 16"x21". The dough should be about 1/4-1/8 inches deep. Spread on the butter substitute on the top side to coat (leaving about half an inch on one long side for sealing the dough once rolled), sprinkle on the brown sugar/cinnamon mix to coat. Roll it up width wise, cut into 12 equal lengths (or however many you want) and place them into two cake pans (or large rectangular pan) and bake at 400 degrees for about 10 minutes or more. They should be slightly soft when you take them out.
Serves: 12
Preparation time: about 2 hours
The recipe states 12 servings. I cut mine a little over an inch thick (w/floss) and got 17 rolls so it all depends on how thick you want them.
These will also freeze very well. Once rolled/cut, place on a parchment-lined tray and place in freezer. Once frozen, they can be stored in ziploc or vacuum bags and you'll be able to bake as many (or as few) as you like later on. Just thaw and let rise before baking. (This can even be done in the fridge overnight - place frozen rolls in lightly greased pan and cover with plastic wrap - spray wrap with cooking spray to avoid sticking - and place in fridge the night before, pop in the oven for a yummy breakfast! =)