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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.
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Quiero dejar todas las palomas
en el cedro de tu alma y todo el beso en tus pies
que dejes de mirarme burlón
sé que te estoy dando poco y mucho te pediré
Se la nube sola en mi pradera
seré tu querido verde y serás sombra en mi mitad
y si ves que mi verde se quema
llueve tu llorosa pena y el verde nuevo se hará
Y que no te vayas un Febrero
detrás de aquella bandada azabache hacia el pinar
quiero ser también dueña del cielo y un pinar
pero es preciso que me enseñes a volar
Hazte sol cercano en la distancia
hazte en el recuerdo un leño y quémate en mi interior
no quiero tener más noches frías
ni poder tan sólo en sueños despertarme junto a vos ♪♫
Que tengamos alrededor nuestro
quien berree nuestros nombres y mucha sombra por dar
y cuando lleguemos a la tierra
únete conmigo en savia y así haremos sombra igual
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Villa Elisa - Entre Ríos - Argentina
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“Y estos derechos... a respetarlos, ¿eh? ¡No vaya a pasar como con los diez mandamientos!” (Mafalda)
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Sorry for the wait on this. My plan for this month is to physically integrate text or illustrations into my photos. The point is to experiment with tangible collage techniques; I don't want to fake the text in photoshop.
So no posting until I had time to print it, steal a typewriter, and add the text in by hand. I got two copies of each of my shots, thinking that one backup would be enough....but I already wish I had more than two prints to play with. The spacing is really finickie.
I don't have a scanner though so I had to photograph the image back in. Not very effective when I'm only shelling out for 4x6 prints. It came out so soft that I ended up integrating it back onto the original digital image. Sorry for the cheating. If I had a scanner you'd get more of a literal product!
♫ Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World ♫
Cuando vuelvo la vista atrás y hago balance, sólo encuentro buenos momentos...
Hay bajones, es normal me dicen...
No, no es normal, me digo.
Porque cuando eres capaz de mirar más allá de tu ombligo y abres los ojos al mundo, tus problemas se convierten en granos de arena... Y te das cuenta de la gran suerte que tienes...
Tómate la vida como una prueba. No es una prueba colectiva, sino individual.
Cada cual compite en su propia carrera, con distintos obstáculos... no hay que competir entre nosotros, no hay que luchar por un primer puesto, sino ayudarnos entre todos a completar nuestra propia carrera y superar los obstáculos que aparecen en cada camino... ^^
Gracias a todas esas personas que me dan la mano y me impulsan a superar mis obstáculos :)
Foto: Tremendo atardecer en Santa María del Mar :)
La idea fue mía, pero la foto está realizada por Javi, muchísimas gracias fotógrafo!!!! :)))))
Fue este mismo día.
When she loved me - Sarah McLachlan
My Books:
My book "Discover GUIMERÀ" (preview)
My book "Discover SANTA PAU" (preview)
When she loved me
Sarah mc lachlan
When somebody loved me, everything was beautiful
Every hour we spent together, lives within my heart
And when she was sad, I was there to dry her tears
And when she was happy, so was i, when she loved me.
Through the summer and the fall, we had each other, that was all
Just she and I together, like it was meant to be
And when she was lonely, I was there to comfort her
And I knew that she loved me.
So the years went by, I stayed the same
And she began to drift away, I was left alone
Still I waited for the day, when she’d say "i will always love you."
Lonely and forgotten, never thought she’d look my way,
She smiled at me and held me, just like she used to do,
Like she loved me, when she loved me
When somebody loved me, everything was beautiful,
Every hour we spent together, lives within my heart
When she loved me.
Santa Pau es un municipio catalán, (España), en la provincia de Gerona, ubicado en la comarca de La Garrotxa.
Está situado en el centro mismo del Parque Natural de la Zona Volcánica de la Garrotxa, entre los municipios de Olot y Mieres, de relieve accidentado por los conos volcánicos del Croscat, Roca Negra y Santa Margarita y por las sierras de Finestres, el Corb y Sant Juliá del Mont.
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Shot it at Gangasagar Fair.Gangasagar Mela is the largest fair celebrated in West Bengal (INDIA). This fair is held where the Ganga and the Bay of Bengal form a nexus. Hence the name Gangasagar Mela. This festival is celebrated during January every year and is a major attraction for millions of pilgrims from all over India.
The pilgrims come for a holy dip on Makar Sankranti (last day of the Bengali Month) Negha -Mid January. They take dips in the Ganges and offer water to the Sun God. The dip, as they say, purifies their 'self' and according to them, 'punya' can be obtained thus. When they are done with the ritual obligations, they head towards the Kapilmuni Temple situated nearby, to worship the deity as a mark of respect......
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An early morning scene from the shoreline at Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve. This place is a true gem, not far south of Washington, D.C. along the banks of the Potomac. 225+ species of birds frequent the marsh.
This shot is a little dark, and it's meant to be so. View it on Black and let your eyes adjust to the light and colors. Single 15 sec exposure.
Stay tuned for a future post of the tree and its reflection.
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It's hard to think of a more devastating feeling than losing what you had put all your hopes in. Maybe that's a feeling you know if you've lost your health, the love of your life, your job, your retirement, an anchor person in your life, the thing you've invested so much in, the thing - or the person - that's been the glue sort of holding your life together. I have friends who have been told by their marriage partner of decades, "I don't love you anymore." When I asked one of those friends how he's doing, he just said, "I'm crushed."
So many of us have either lost, or will lose, someone or something that we had put a lot of our hopes in. Hope is snatched away by death, divorce, desertion, disease, disaster. Suddenly, our life is thrown into confusion and anxiety, even despair. What we need is something to put our hope in that's "unloseable" - something that can't be touched by death or disease, or divorce, or disaster; something that will never desert us. Actually, someone who will never desert us. Surprisingly, many people have discovered that in losing the source of their hope, they finally found the one hope they could never lose. It could happen to you.
That hope is spelled out beautifully in Psalm 62 , beginning with verse 1, our word for today from the Word of God. "My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress; I will never be shaken...Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him." The only life-anchor, the only life-hope you can never lose is a personal love relationship with God. God alone. Not a religion, but a relationship. It's possible to have a lot of religion and you totally miss the relationship with God that you were made for. Any hope we get from anyone or anything on earth is just an unsatisfying substitute for belonging to God. When you belong to Him and you know you do, your soul finally can, as the psalmist said, "rest." But until you belonging to God, your soul is rest-less.
That unloseable relationship with God comes only one way, because we're away from the God we need so much; away by our choice, not His. We've repeatedly chosen our way instead of His way and we've built an eternal wall between us and God. A wall that God Himself acted to tear down by sending His only Son, Jesus Christ, to pay for all our sins when He died on the cross. That is how much He loves you. That's how much He wants you. But you've got to want Him bad enough to say, "I'm sorry for my sin, God. I don't want it to be this way anymore. I'm putting all my hope and all my trust in Your Son who gave His life so I could belong to You."
If that's what you want, why don't you tell Him that today. And I'd love to have you get more information and more of what the Bible has to say about being sure you have this relationship by just getting to our website. That's really what it's there for. Just go to YoursForLife.net. And I think you'll find there what many others have found - the assurance that you actually belong to Jesus Christ.
The hope you've lost and the emptiness you feel could actually lead you today to the hope that you will never lose. Hope has a name. His name is Jesus.
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I was still recovering from the flu and was not feeling 100% ok but had to take advantage of the snow and light to get some shots which I had wanted to do for some time. Unfortunately, by the time we had put on the layers and layers of clothing required to survive outside, we had already missed the golden light hour. We drove around a bit trying to find an idyllic snow scene with the sunset but couldn't find anything nice. Was not ecstatic with any of the shots from the day but got a few that were ok. Couple more here and here.
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My Brother in Law has some of the baddest tattoos I've seen. Each tattoo has a personal meaning to his life. This is how he breaks it down:
Palm trees: If you look at the bottom of my veins they are connected to the tree, which means family ( strong roots in family). Also the palm tree is a part of Jesus as he returned to Jerusalem after he rises from the dead ( Palm Sunday) three people greeted him with Palm tree leaves. Trees continue to grow slowly as I too learn to grow as a person.
Tiki is Love and prosperity, one Tiki means strength ( Tiki Ku).
Tribal tats are family ,inner growth and warrior protecting my family.
Ali Bata writing on the tribal tattoo translates to Trust in God.
Japanese tat represents that you are not a follower, you go against the current, you never give up, and are always on the go which means you're goal oriented. The black and gray Koi fish represents fatherhood.
Jose V. Blanco, the folk muralist whose richly colorful and celebratory works of the Tagalog pastorale have been likened to another Angono muralist, the late National Artist Carlos "Botong" Francisco
Born on March 19, 1932, Blanco belonged to a fishing family who thrived on the rich resources of the Laguna de Bay.
But although a folk artist, Blanco was academically trained. He entered the School of Fine Arts of the University of Santo Tomas in 1951. Its faculty included the top firebrand modernists of Philippine art history -- National Artists Victorio Edades, Vicente Manansala and Francisco, as well as Galo Ocampo, Antonio Llamas, Galo Ocampo and Diosdado Lorenzo.
Blanco never abandoned his roots. Even while he was studying, he was still regularly doing his fishing rounds in order to earn enough money for his tuition.
Graduating in 1955 and winning the best thesis award of his batch, Blanco worked for several years as an advertising director.
In 1971, Blanco abandoned advertising in order to paint full-time. It was also the year he held his first one-man show at the Manila Hilton.
Almost instantly, Blanco became known for his murals of Angono life. The Rockefeller Foundation of New York obtained his "Pag-ahon ng Pagoda," a depiction of the fluvial parade in connection with the San Clemente fiesta, in the 1970's.
Art critic Allice Guillermo called Blanco's style "folk realism." Notable is the graphic perspicacity of the work as well as the lushness of its earthy colors.
I've added some radial blur to the original to emphasize movement.
When adding any filter effect I do it on a duplicate layer so the original layer remains unaffected. With the radial blur there are two options in Photoshop, spin or zoom. For this I have used zoom set to 10. I then take a soft eraser set at 50% over the area I don't want to be blurred. I increase this to 100% still with soft edges and erase the area around the main focal point which in this case is Brac's face. I then added 2 hue/saturation layers, one to slightly reduce the saturation of the background and one to increase it slightly on his face. I'm only taking very small amount here so it's not obvious but it does help hold the eye on Brac. To finish I used the patch tool to remove a small piece of brown leaf that was stuck on his side. Once happy with the result the layers can be flattened and saved.
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These two beautiful Mute Swans sharing a tender moment together is a nice way of ending August don't you think? See you all in September!! ;)
•Large, all-white waterfowl.
•Long, curved neck.
•Orange bill and black face.
"The Mute Swan is reported to mate for life. However, changing of mates does occur infrequently, and swans will remate if their partner dies. If a male loses his mate and pairs with a young female, she joins him on his territory. If he mates with an older female, they go to hers. If a female loses her mate, she remates quickly and usually chooses a younger male."
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Snagov Monastery
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Biserica "Intrarea Maicii Domnului în Biserică"
"The Presentation" Church [Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple]
construction from 1517, iconography from1563, other interventions 1815, 1904, 1941, 1953, 1966...
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HAY QUE VERLA EN GRANDE. LARGE VIEW.
Otra Polaroid, un poco alargada para que me entrase el reflejo de abajo. Supongo que ya todos sabeís dónde fue tomada y lo que miraban. Y los que no lo sepan aún que investiguen.
Estas semanas no tendré tiempo de comentaros las fotos, asi es que mi forma de deciros que he visto la foto y me ha gustado será añadirla a favoritos.
These weeks i haven't time to comment on all your photos, so my way of saying that I have seen the picture and I liked, it will add to favorites.
Rome (Italy).
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The Pantheon (meaning "every god" in Greek) is a building in Rome, originally built by Marcus Agrippa as a temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome, and rebuilt in the early 2nd century AD. A near-contemporary writer, Cassius Dio, speculates that the name comes from the statues of many gods placed around the building, or from the resemblance of the dome to the heavens. Since the French Revolution, when the church of Sainte-Geneviève, Paris, was deconsecrated and turned into a secular monument, the Panthéon, the generic term pantheon may be applied to any building in which illustrious dead are honoured or buried.
The building is circular with a portico of three ranks of huge granite Corinthian columns (eight in the first rank and two groups of four behind) under a pediment opening into the rotunda, under a coffered, concrete dome, with a central opening (oculus) open to the sky. Almost two thousand years after it was built, the Pantheon's dome is still the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome. The height to the oculus and the diameter of the interior circle are the same, 43.3 metres (142 ft). A rectangular structure links the portico with the rotunda. It is one of the best preserved of all Roman buildings. It has been in continuous use throughout its history. Since the 7th century, the Pantheon has been used as a Roman Catholic church dedicated to "St. Mary and the Martyrs" but informally known as "Santa Maria Rotonda. [Text adapted from wikipedia]
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Back again at Flickr! Just came back from Hobart, Tasmania with lots of nice shots. This shot was taken somewhere near the Wrest Point Casino, the one and only casino in Tasmania. My wife had her company's conference, while I spent most of time shooting around that area.
About this shot
- 5dmkii
- EF 16-35 F2.8L @ 16mm
- CPL
- 3 exp.
PP workflow
- tonemapped in photomatix
- Curve and level adjustment to get the right light
- increased yellow and cyan saturation to enhance the sky and water
- removed noise using noiseware pro
- unsharp mask as always
All comments and critiques are welcome!
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Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Guimerà, Lleida (Spain).
ENGLISH
Guimerà is a municipality of the region of the Urgell, in Lleida.
It is located in the valley of the Corb river. The main body of houses, formerly walled, rests on the North slope of the valley. The streets and the houses extend above mountain from the river-bed.
Still part of the walls is conserved, with their 9 gates, the watchtower of the castle of Guimerà and centennial houses, as well as the medieval store of snow.
Also Guimerà is known as “the nine Glasses”, since the view of the town from the river is an accumulation of houses on others.
The main activity of the town is the dry land agriculture.
In the middle of August a medieval fair is celebrated, with stands of craftsmen and old offices, and some performances.
The most remarkable buildings of the municipality are the rest of the castle and the church of Santa Maria.
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CASTELLANO
Guimerà es un municipio de la comarca del Urgell, en Lleida.
Se sitúa en el valle del río Corb. El núcleo principal de casas, antiguamente amurallado, reposa sobre la vertiente norte del valle. Las calles y las casas se extienden montaña arriba desde el lecho del río.
Aún se conservan parte de las murallas, con sus 9 puertas, la atalaya del castillo de Guimerà y casas centenarias, así como la nevera medieval.
También se conoce Guimerà como 'El nueve de Copas', ya que la vista del pueblo desde el río es un amontonamiento de casas unas sobre otras.
La actividad principal del pueblo es la agricultura de secano.
A mediados de agosto se celebra una feria medieval, con puestos de artesanos y de oficios antiguos, y algunas actuaciones.
Los edificios más notables del municipio son los restos del castillo y la iglesia de Santa María.
Más info (en catalán): ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guimer%c3%a0, www.guimera.info
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about the magnificent weather on the lakeside of Lago Maggiore in December!
--I don't know the name of the plants in the lake, do you know it?
taken on Lago Maggiore, Piedmont Italy
Lake Maggiore (in Italian: Lago Maggiore or Verbano, the Roman Lacus Verbanus) is the most westerly of the three large prealpine lakes of Italy and the second largest after Lake Garda. It lies approximately at [show location on an interactive map] 45°57′N 8°38′E / 45.95, 8.633.
Santa Caterina del Sasso
It has a surface area of about 213 km², a maximum length of 54 km and, at its widest, is 12 km. The lake basin has tectonic-glacial origins and its volume is 37 km³.
Its main tributaries are the Ticino, the Maggia, the Toce (by which it receives the outflow of Lake Orta) and the Tresa (which is the sole emissary of Lake Lugano). The rivers Verzasca, Giona, and Cannobino also flow into the lake. Its outlet is the Ticino which, in turn, joins the river Po just south-east of Pavia.
The lake’s jagged banks are surrounded by the Prealps of Piedmont and Lombardy. The western bank is in Piedmont (provinces of Novara and Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola) and the eastern in Lombardy (province of Varese), whereas the most northerly section extends thirteen kilometres into Switzerland, where it constitutes the lowest point above sea-level in that entire country.
The climate is mild in both summer and winter, producing Mediterranean vegetation, with beautiful gardens growing rare and exotic plants. Well-known gardens include those of the Isola Madre, Isola Bella and the Isole di Brissago, that of the Villa Taranto in Verbania, and the Alpinia botanical garden above Stresa.
from Wikipedia
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En el camino hacia el santo grial de la fotografía y la iluminación con flash, no podía no cruzarme con un snoot.
Con un poco de cartulina negra en forma de tubo frente al flash se pueden lograr efectos como este.
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On the way to the holy grail of photography and flash lighting, I found a snoot.
A black cardboard tube in front of the flash can achieve effects like this.
Strobist info: SB-900 1/32 power 200mm zoom with 25cm snoot above subject pointing to forhead. Triggered by PW.
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V roce 2008 byla zastavena mezistátní osobní doprava v úseku Rachiv – Valea Vișeului. K jejímu obnovení došlo až po dlouhých jedenácti letech, kdy byl tento úsek v roce 2022 znovu uveden do provozu. V rámci rozsáhlé obnovy hraničních přechodů, vyvolané válečnými událostmi, se zde od 18. ledna 2023 opět objevily osobní vlaky. Jejich provoz však trval pouze do 26. března téhož roku, kdy jej ukrajinská strana přerušila z důvodu výlukových prací. Ty byly ukončeny po dvou měsících, avšak spoje do Rumunska již obnoveny nebyly a doprava byla ukončena v posledním dopravním bodě před státní hranicí – v zastávce Dilove, kde vlaky přestaly jezdit v roce 2011.
V současnosti tak tuto odlehlou oblast v údolí řeky Tisy obsluhuje jediný pár vlaků denně. Provoz zajišťuje depo RPČ-4 Kolomyja (dříve TČ-8), a to vozidly řady D1, podle jejich aktuální provozní způsobilosti. V době pořízení snímku, dne 11. srpna 2025, byla na trati nasazena souprava složená z vozidel D1-628-1 + 745-4 + 2TE10UT-0029B. Tato souprava, jedoucí jako vlak RP 6441 [Kolomyja–Dilove], byla zachycena v bývalé zastávce Vilšanka, ležící mezi stanicemi Rachiv a Berlybaš.
Música: Decidete
Una decisión es la acción de elegir entre alternativas o formas para resolver diferentes situaciones de la vida, a nivel laboral, familiar, sentimental,etc., es decir, en todo momento se toman decisiones; decidir es algo que hacemos todas las personas de forma natural ante diversas situaciones, pareciera ser una acción de lo mas simple y sencillo por hacer; sin embargo, muchas personas se enfrentan a la incapacidad de tomar sus propias decisiones, la causa no es la falta de razón sino la falta de resolución y coraje para tener determinación y perder el miedo a enfrentarnos a dichas acciones que nos hacen elegir un camino, en determinado momento; esta acción se le denomina decidofobia, es decir el miedo a tomar decisiones equivocadas.
Es de vital importancia, creer en nosotros, en nuestros valores y principios, y sobre todo defenderlos, aprender a valorarnos y darle la importancia necesaria, a cada una de las decisiones que definan diversas situaciones a lo largo de nuestra vida.
Hay que vencer la decidofobia: el dejar que las cosas continúen como están: no se crece, no se progresa, no hay éxitos. Lánzate a la piscina.
Cuando uno va a tomar una decisión siempre hay temor a perder, por lo general se piensa que una pérdida nos hará estar muy mal; pero se ha observado que si una persona toma una decisión y por cualquier motivo le va mal, esa pérdida no lo hace estar tan mal como él lo suponía. Esto se debe a que las personas desconocen su resistencia psicológica y la habilidad para racionalizar casi cualquier situación.
Así que amig@s no dejéis que el miedo paralice vuestra vida.
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Isola dei Pescatori (lit. Fishermen’s Island) is an island of Lago Maggiore in northern Italy. As the most northerly of the three principal Borromean Islands it is also known as Isola Superiore and, with a population of about 50, it is the only one to be inhabited all year round. Unlike Isola Bella and Isola Madre, the island no longer belongs to the Borromeo.
The island is about 350 meters long by 100 meters wide. A narrow street running along its spine is joined by cobbled alleys to the promenade which encircles the island. The promenade is frequently flooded and the houses built against it are constructed to allow for this.
While the traditional occupation of fishing still exists—local restaurants providing a ready market for the fish—tourism has become central to the economic life of the island as its picturesque charms have made Isola dei Pescatori a popular destination: particularly for day-trippers but also for more extended visits. In addition to the hotel(s), restaurants and gift-shops there are boutiques selling craft products.
The church of San Vittore (Victor the Moor) retains traces of an ancient chapel which was probably constructed for the monks of Scozzòla (an abbey of San Donato di Sesto Calende founded by Liutardo, bishop of Pavia, in the mid ninth century [1]. The church was previously dedicated to S. Gangolfo (Gangulphus), whose veneration is linked with the Abbey of San Donato.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isola_dei_Pescatori
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In September 2008 I went to London for the first time. The first day I arrived I was exhausted so after resting until the late afternoon I decided to walk "downtown". I took the image of Buckingham Palace about half an hour before this. As I was walking through St James' Park on my way to Westminster a rain storm began. I, of course, didn't have an umbrella: who would expect rain in England? LOL - well in my defence the sky HAD looked clear when I left the hotel.
After the storm I continued walking towards Westminster and as I arrived at Parliament Square the clouds began to clear and the sunset's golden light came through.
I really like the people in this shot; the one woman shopping, the young couple talking behind the fence, they really added something to the shot which would have been a lot more boring without them.
I'm so freaking happy with this one. :-)
I would be even happier if you did you-know-what.
It’s been snowing off and on today, sometimes with those really big, sticky white flakes. So around noon I thought, “I must go outside to take my photo.”
I often have an idea that has to wait to be realized because of circumstances, such as the fact that I assume nudity is illegal in the park down the road (hence the self-portrait I see in my head of me standing on a rock in the creek, in the sun, with my angel wings on, has to wait).
I’m a bit obsessed with the wing theme. It’s an angel obsession, really, and I have a hard time explaining it since I grew up with essentially no religion and the little I did have was Jewish. We don’t really do angels. I chalk it up to the same reasons that my Christian friends growing up who said prayers before bed fascinated me. I wanted that sort of comforting presence in my life. At a very young age I was looking for ways to “prove” there was some sort of force surrounding me; guiding me.
It’s funny, just the other night my daughter mentioned the little rainbow-ish ‘floaters’ that appear if you stare into dead space in a dark room. I was fascinated by them, and convinced myself that they were fairies. I told her that and she didn’t even think it was weird, for a change. If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, however, you may very well think I’m weird.
Since taking self-portraits, that obsession with angels has resurfaced, only now I tend to use it as a metaphor for our human frailties (and I do not mean that in a bad way), and our need for comfort yet not always knowing where to look. I create many of the images as “fallen” or anguished angels…angels who no longer know how to take care of us in this world; angels who find this world heartbreaking.
Today I saw the snow and thought of my white wings and I knew I had to get out there, no matter how cold it was and no matter if my camera might get damp. I put on a white dress with a jacket over it. I set up the tripod with the camera on it, settings ready, remote attached and brought them and a towel in one hand, my wings in the other, into my backyard.
The snow didn’t cooperate as I had hoped…the flakes turned almost invisible for exactly the amount of time I was outside. When I came back in, shivering, and got dressed, I saw the big fat flakes had returned. I was annoyed, but not enough to go through everything again to go re-shoot. Instead I worked with what I had, layering other images of snow and old daguerreotypes to create textured, and painterly images. I worked on three and I really love how they came out. I’ll likely post the other two within the week.
Something about this particular image, however, struck me as different than my previous ‘angel’ images.
It seems hopeful.
oh hai!!!! look a picture....
long time no talk...or like long time no upload....
sorry
i just got back from a trip to vancouver,my life has consisted of working 24/7 and visiting friends in university...i leave for australia in less then three weeks....and i shoot a wedding this weekend....
AKA.........
I THINK IM GOING TO VOMIT.
i have never been so nervous for anything in my whole entire life.
please some one give me some hints to this wedding...like im being paid....a considerable ammount so i like.....
there is a lot of pressure...
....
k gonna go have some mental breakdowns...ILL TALK TO YOU WHEN MY BRAIN ISNT EXPLODING.
Golkonda (or Golconda) Telugu గోల్కొండ , a ruined city of south-central India and capital of ancient Kingdom of Golkonda (c. 1364–1512)., is situated west of Hyderabad.
The most important builder of Golkonda was Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali, the fourth Qutb king. Ibrahim was following in the spirit of his ancestors, the Qutub Shahi kings, a great family of builders who had ruled the kingdom of Golkonda from 1512. Their first capital, the fortress citadel of Golkonda, was rebuilt for defense from invading Mughals from the north. They laid out Golkonda's splendid monuments, now in ruins, and designed a perfect acoustical system by which a hand clap sounded at the fort's main gates, the grand portico, was heard at the top of the citadel, situated on a 300-foot (91 m)-high granite hill.
Golkonda was once renowned for the diamonds found on the southeast and cut in the city. India, at that time, had the only known diamond mines in the world. Many famed diamonds are believed to have been excavated in the mines of Golkonda which include:
* Darya-e Nur
* Nur-Ul-Ain Diamond
* The Koh-i-noor
* The Hope Diamond
* The Regent Diamond
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I found S@ilors Team "World Cup Football 2010" in Livorno Italy :-))) No huligans...
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One of the biggest giant sequoias seen in the Sequoia National Forest, the General Grant. These trees are really impressive with heigths up to 80m and up to 3.000 years of age. A nature jewel that we must preserve.
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Los árboles más grandes de la Tierra son, sin duda, las Sequoias gigantes (Sequoiadendron giganteum), y sólo crecen en Sierra Nevada, California, Estados Unidos. Son una especie de coníferas que ostentan alturas de entre 50 y 80 metros, y alcanzan una edad de tres mil años. El nombre se cree que proviene del líder cherokee Sequoyah, pero no es seguro.
El ejemplar vivo más grande es el apodado General Sherman, que está en el Giant Forest del Sequoia National Park. Este árbol magnífico tiene 83 metros de altura, 31 metros de circunferencia y una edad aproximada de 2200 años. Así que podríamos decir que es el ser vivo más inmenso del planeta. El naturalista James Wolverton le dio ese nombre en 1879 en honor al general William Tecumseh Sherman, un líder de la Guerra Civil de Estados Unidos, ya que él había peleado bajo su mando.
Las sequoias se caracterizan por ser muy altas y anchas, pero sus ramas no son muy grandes, la más larga del General Sherman mide unos dos metros. Pero sus troncos suelen tener un diámetro de entre 5 y 8 metros. Y se encuentran entre los seres vivos más antiguos del planeta, ya que la sequoia más anciana tiene unos 3200 años.
La corteza de las sequoias es muy fibrosa, arrugada y puede llegar a tener unos 60 cm de grosor. Tienen unas hojas muy bellas, con forma de lezna, son perennes, y miden de 3 a 6 milímetros de largo. Se las ve dispuestas en forma de espiral, lo que les da un tine muy pintoresco.
Las semillas de sequoia se las encuentra en forma de piñas, que maduran en unos 20 meses, si bien permanecen cerrados y verdes durante unos 20 años
Su hábitat es muy restringido. Sólo habitan en la parte occidental de Sierra Nevada, California, en un área de sólo 14 mil hectáreas. No hay bosques que sean exclusivamente de sequoias, sino que se los ve aquí y allá, aunque hay pequeñas áreas que podrían llamarse bosque puro. Se calcula que habrá unos 20 mil ejemplares, distribuidos en pequeñas arboledas de unos seis árboles vivos.
http://elblogverde.com/los-arboles-mas-magnificos-del-mundo-sequoias/
I have too much to lose, she said, if I cross that line.
Like what? I said.
She could not think of anything that day so she said she'd get back to me.
Since then I've been thinking what I would lose if I cross my line & I haven't come up with anything either.
There's always another line somewhere.
-Brian Andreas, Story People
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Generally speaking, crossing the line is most often seen as an issue of legality or morality. For some people, the lines are always clear and concise, rules to be followed no matter what and there is always some consequence to be paid when one deviates from what's "right". Their lines represent conformity and they are okay with that. Sometimes, though, the lines are blurred and it's hard to tell exactly where they are, maybe because our thinking is at odds with that of our family or society as a whole, and we need to re-draw the lines once we are clear on where we stand.
I believe it's a good thing to check out the lines that define us, whether those made by personal choices or those that are standards of society. If we look around, I think we will sometimes find that we have drawn ourselves into a box that no longer serves us, and that the only way out of it is to step across a line.
What do you think?
hey guys!!
sorry i wouldve uploaded sooner.. but today i had (wait for it...) HOMEWORK. O___O
yuup, on the third day.
it sucks.
oh well. :P
ALGEBRA IS HARD.
well not really.
but i hate ittttttt.
at least i dont have to take it in highschooooool.
im
sorry
for
typing
like
this.
also, sorry for the sucky picture. it looked a lot better in my mind.
OHHHHH,
and this was inspired by stef! specifically by this. check out her stream, shes amazing!:D
i promise ill catch up on my tags later, im just way super tired right now and im about to drop dead in front of the computer.
hope you guys are having a good week, and have an awesome friday tomorrow!
10,000+ views?! ahhh, thank you guys so much! one of my goals for this year is now compleeete. (:
if you join ill love you forever:D
. . . BIGGER is better . . . View On White . . .
. . . can you tell I am longing for Sping & some colour in my life . . .
1. bee bokeh . . ., 2. to paint the Lily . . ., 3. Dora's cornflower . . ., 4. littl' skipper . . ., 5. a promise . . ., 6. hovering around . . ., 7. Dora's orchid . . ., 8. hoverfly heaven . . ., 9. Dora's phalaenopsis . . ., 10. the ladybird's busy flower . . ., 11. left . . ., 12. . . . right, 13. echinacea II . . .
Esta foto es la última de esta salida nocturna en las calas de Bolnuevo con Gonzalo y Pascual, esta foto apenas lleva retoque, solo doble revelado para dejar el cielo de color blanco, producido por la luna, y el segundo revelado para darle color a las rocas, Playa de Cueva de los Lobos – Bolnuevo.
Nota: En la roca principal, mojada con agua para sacar textura, gracias a Pascual y pintada con linterna de luz cálida.
Cámara: D40
Modo De Exposición: Manual + Trípode
ISO: 200
Hora De Toma: 1:24:04 AM
Velocidad: 418 Segundos
Focal: 18.0 mm
F/ 5.6
Objetivo: 18.0-55.0 mm F/ 3.5 -5.6
Procesado: Light room 2
Camera Raw 4.3
Photoshop Cs 3
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Mezi kultovní místa mongolské železniční sítě patří bezesporu smyčka mezi stanicemi Bumbat a Chonchor. Tato smyčka umožňuje vlakům překonat na krátkém úseku větší výškový rozdíl a nabízí také pěkné pohledy na dlouhé soupravy zejména nákladních vlaků. Výjimku tvoří několik osobních vlaků, které tímto úsekem za den projedou. Mezi tyto vlaky patří i dálkový spoj číslo 275 z města Zamyn-Üüd, které leží v jihovýchodní části Mongolska, do hlavního města Ulánbátaru. Soupravu tohoto vlaku tvoří až 26 převážně lůžkových a lehátkových vozů. V roce 2024 se na tomto vlaku "zabydlela" dvojice nově příchozích strojů TE33AC-1003 a 1004. To dokládá i snímek ze dne 24. září 2024, kdy se vlak vlní skrze zmíněnou smyčku a pozvolna klesá ke stanici Chonchor. V čele vlaku byl stroj TE33AC-1004. Zmíněné dvě lokomotivy jsou jedinými zástupkyněmi své řady v Mongolsku. Vyrobeny byly v roce 2023 v závodě LKZ (Lokomotiv Kurastyru Zauyty) v Kazachstánu.
East African Crowned Crane ~ Wingham Wildlife Park ~ Wingham ~ Kent ~ England ~ Friday January 2nd 2015.
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Grey crowned crane ~ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ~
The grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) is a bird in the crane family Gruidae. It occurs in dry savannah in Africa south of the Sahara, although it nests in somewhat wetter habitats. They can also be found in marshes, cultivated lands and grassy flatlands near rivers and lakes in eastern from the Uganda and Kenya, south to South Africa. This animal does not migrate. There are two subspecies. The East African B. r. gibbericeps (crested crane) occurs from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo through Uganda, of which it is the national bird represented in its national flag, and Kenya to eastern South Africa. It has a larger area of bare red facial skin above the white patch than the smaller nominate species, B. r. regulorum (South African crowned crane), which breeds from Angola south to South Africa. This species and the closely related black-crowned crane are the only cranes that can roost in trees, because of a long hind toe that can grasp branches. This habit, amongst other things, is a reason why the relatively small Balearica cranes are believed to closely resemble the ancestral members of the Gruidae.
Behaviour ~ The grey crowned crane has a breeding display involving dancing, bowing, and jumping. It has a booming call which involves inflation of the red gular sac. It also makes a honking sound quite different from the trumpeting of other crane species. Both sexes dance, and immature birds join the adults. Dancing is an integral part of courtship, but also may be done at any time of the year.
Flocks of 30-150 birds are not uncommon.
Reproduction ~ During the breeding season, pairs of cranes construct a large nest; a platform of grass and other plants in tall wetland vegetation. The grey crowned crane lays a clutch of 2-5 glossy, dirty-white eggs, which are incubated by both sexes for 28–31 days. Chicks are precocial, can run as soon as they hatch, and fledge in 56–100 days.
Description ~ The grey crowned crane is about 1 m (3.3 ft) tall and weighs 3.5 kg (7.7 lbs)and a wingspan of 2 m (6.5 ft). Its body plumage is mainly grey. The wings are also predominantly white, but contain feathers with a range of colours. The head has a crown of stiff golden feathers. The sides of the face are white, and there is a bright red inflatable throat pouch. The bill is relatively short and grey, and the legs are black. They have long legs for wading through the grasses. The feet are large, yet slender, adapted for balance rather than defence or grasping. The sexes are similar, although males tend to be slightly larger. Young birds are greyer than adults, with a feathered buff face.
Many ageing, but otherwise excellent and wholly useable cameras will be consigned to the cupboard or bin because of problems with their light meters.
Either the meter is broken, or out of calibration and too expensive to fix, or the camera may require now unavailable mercury-cell batteries that pollute the environment, in order to meter accurately.
Or perhaps the camera never had a meter in the first place, like loads of mine didn't!
One of the better solutions in my view is the Voigtlander VC meter (in either VCI or VCII version).
This beautifully made little meter is extremely reliable and accurate, and will fit conveniently on virtually any camera that has an accessory/flash mount shoe (no electrical contacts required -the shoe just holds it in place) - and if the camera doesn't have one, it's not beyond the wit of man to fix one on the viewfinder prism housing or top-plate.
I think these dinky little meters are excellent.
And they're not just for fitting on modern Voigtlander rangefinders, or vintage Leicas, and you can buy them from Stephen Gandy's Camera Quest here:
I realise that most of you live too far away to be able to come along but on Tuesday 12 October I'll be giving a talk to North Cheshire Photographic Society about my photos: www.ncps.org.uk/pages/syllabus/syllabus.html
The talk is scheduled to last for about an hour and a half. I've never done any public speaking lasting longer than a few minutes so, as you can imagine, I'm a little apprehensive and I'm now regretting having agreed to the thing! :-)
For the first hour I'll be showing lots of my own photos using a digital projector as well as discussing the work of photographers who have inspired me, like our own Leeechy www.flickr.com/photos/leechypics/ who first showed me over at DPR that photography could be an art form, as well as the work of iconic photographers like Michael Kenna: www.michaelkenna.net/
In the final 30 minutes of the talk (after a tea break!) I'm going to be discussing basic tips on photographic composition.
Anyone who would like to come will be made very welcome!
Ian
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Where: Sweden, Östergötland, Sturefors. google maps.
When: 20091222
How and why: Wonderful winter landscape and the dark river breaking the calm. I took a number of different photos of the river that day, and this was one of the more complete views. Shot through the fence that you see coming back on the sides.
Editing: Minor
Lyme Park....Stockport.
Please.....View On Black
Lyme Park was begun in the Tudor period but the present house was transformed by the architect Leoni into an ornate Italian palace in the 1720s. Within the house traces of the Elizabethan core remain, providing a contrast with Leoni's work.
The showpiece staterooms are festooned with tapestries, a fine collectron of English clocks, and carvings by Grinling Gibbons. Yet the interior is a mix of styles. The Elizabethan long gallery has retained much of its original character, and the royal coat of arms stands over the fireplace in the drawing room. Some fine period furnishings are scattered throughout, though little remains to commemorate the Legh family, who owned the house from the 14th century to 1946. In the library are 3 ancient Greek tombstones brought here by archaeologist Thomas Legh in the 19th century.
Around the house are 17 acres of enjoyable Victorian gardens, including a sunken parterre, rose garden, ravine garden, and a conservatory designed by James Wyatt. The estate surrounding the house stretches to an enormous 1400 acres, with a deer park that existed in the medieval period, moorland, and park containing a hunting tower built in the 18th century.
Lyme Park was featured in the BBC production of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice.
Scale: 1:45
Producer: Safari Ltd (Wild Safari)
Released: 2004
Time: Late Cretaceous North America
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Another shot from the Archives - infact, the first set of pictures that I put up on Flicker.
I took this shot on a beautiful morning in late May, 2007. The Zodiac Clock is also called a "nychtemeron".
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Here is a description from the current Wikipedia article:
Snowshill Manor was the property of Winchcombe Abbey from 821 until 1539 when the Abbey was confiscated by King Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Between 1539 and 1919 it had a number of tenants and owners until it was purchased by Charles Paget Wade, an architect, artist-craftsman, collector, poet and heir to the family fortune. He restored the property, living in the small cottage in the garden and using the manor house as a home for his collection of objects. He gave the property and the contents of this collection to the National Trust in 1951.
There are two aspects of Snowshill Manor: its garden and the manor house, which is now home to Wade's eclectic collection. The garden at Snowshill was laid out by Wade, in collaboration with Arts and Crafts movement architect, M H Baillie-Scott, between 1920 and 1923 as a series of outside rooms seen as an extension to the house. Features include terraces and ponds. The manor house is a typical Cotswold house, made from local stone; the main part of the house dates from the 16th century.
Today, the main attraction of the house is perhaps the display of Wade's collection. From 1900 until 1951, when he gave the Manor to the National Trust, Wade amassed an enormous and eclectic collection of objects reflecting his interest in craftsmanship. The objects in the collection include 26 suits of Japanese samurai armour dating from the 17th and 19th centuries; bicycles; toys; musical instruments and more. On October 5, 2003, the house was closed and its entire contents removed in order to effect a number of repairs. In particular, the electrical wiring needed updating, new fire, security and environmental monitoring systems were installed, and the existing lighting was improved. The house reopened on March 25, 2005.