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www.dvca.co.uk/sale-results-view.php?classic-cars=Spartan...
Make: Spartan
Model: Sports Tourer
Year: 1971
Registration Number: HUY 829K
Chassis Number: BABFS42106
Engine Number: SL42106
Transmission: Manual
Steering: Right Hand Drive
MOT Test Expiry: 6 October 2017
Mileage: 55800
Sold For: £1650
Road Tax Exempt
Lot No: 250
Spartan Cars was established in the early Seventies in a village called Pinxton in east Derbyshire. Just four model kits were produced up until 1995, initially with the chassis based on the Triumph Herald, but after 1980, components for the chassis were used from the Ford Cortina. Today, the models are highly sought after and a lively and useful owner’s club offers essential support for both seasoned and new enthusiasts.
This inexpensive, sporty fun car has two plus two seating and full weather equipment. The Spartan is powered by a Ford 2.0 litre engine driven through a four speed gearbox that gives more than adequate power to transport its occupants on a trip to the seaside or to a classic car event. Indeed, HUY 829K has been on many such outings, offering reliability and enjoyment for its current custodian and his grandchildren! With a Triumph Herald chassis and running gear, the Sports Tourer is relatively simple to maintain and reasonably priced parts are easily obtainable. When the British weather is inclement, we are told that the hood is serviceable. Sensibly, a battery master switch is fitted for security.
The file includes the V5C registration certificate, MOT test certificates and some invoices.
Auction Date: 8 June 2017
I decided to have a New Year's Rant about litter! It seems to becoming more and more of a problem here from people with a couldn't care less attitude to casually tossing away anything they are carrying rather than putting it in a rubbish bin right up to those who recently drove a truckload of old carpets up to a local beauty spot one night, reversed into the woods and dumped the lot. The education system here pays no attention to this; indeed the most litter-filled place round here is a 500 yard radius around the local High School.
A few weeks ago we saw a large family having a picnic on the Cathedral Green in Wells with lots of styrofoam containers and coffee cups, chip packets, wine bottles and plastic glasses. When they'd finished eating and drinking they simply got up and walked off leaving everything where it lay. Every footpath round here is strewn with discarded soft drink bottles and plastic bags. This photo shows a soft drink bottle dumped on the ice covering a frozen field beside the river Brue on the edge of Glastonbury yesterday. Next to it is a supermarket trolley (see below) which is a long way from its home, the nearest Tesco supermarket being at least a mile away. There was even a supermarket trolley in the moat at the Bishop's Palace in Wells recently thanks no doubt to a group of Friday night feral youths.
Next time I go for a walk I'm going to have to carry a rubbish bag with me again and pick up some more of everybody else's mess! Thankfully my parents taught me to take these things home with me and to leave nature the way I'd like to find it. Sadly these days they would probably not have been allowed to teach me that sort of thing!
Exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA; en el Centro del Agua de Daimiel del 21 de diciembre al 20 de febrero.
Hoy con nuestro agradecimiento a Bárbara Barrera por su precioso artículo sobre diatomeas en la revista Vidriooh!
Artículo LA BIODIVERSIDAD OCULTA
Cuando el verde Pediastrum boryanum es iluminado con una intensa luz azul, devuelve en rojo la energía recibida transformándose en flor de pascua del agua. Algunos compuestos químicos como las clorofilas, fundamentales para la vida de los organismos fotosintéticos, presentan esta propiedad singular y devuelven en fluorescencia de baja intensidad la energía recibida con otra longitud de onda de más energía . Éste es el fundamento elemental de la microscopía de fluorescencia que ha permitido obtener esta imagen.
Los cloroplastos de Pediastrum boryanum ocupan el interior de las células que construyen el edificio estrellado de estas algas coloniales que flotan en equilibrio y bajo la superficie del agua en las lagunas y en los ríos de poca corriente en los que estas algas pueden llegar a ser abundantes.
La luz azul despoja de sus vestiduras a Pediastrum y nos deja ver su alma completa de estrella y flor a la vez, flor de mosaico construido por las fuerzas de la naturaleza para lograr ese equilibrio necesario en todos estos seres que necesitan recibir la luz del sol equitativamente repartida.
La fotografía, realizada a 400 aumentos con un microscopio de epifluorescencia, procede de una muestra recogida en una pequeña laguna situada en las inmediaciones de Ajamil en La Rioja y como una flor de pascua se abre aquí con los mejores deseos para estos días en estos próximos días y en los que vengan después.
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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.
Umaid Bhavan Palace ( View it, Large On Black) was built with superficial intentions of providing employment to famine stricken farmers. The Palace now is a five star deluxe palace hotel. The museum of the palace is highly recommended for its display of weapons, an array of stuffed leopards, a huge banner presented by Queen Victoria and an incredible collection of clocks.
Maharaja Umaid Singhji who built this palace was fascinated with western lifestyles so he marshalled the services of a well-known Edwardian architect, Henry Vaughan Lanchester, a creditable equal of Edward Lutyens (architect of New Delhi) to construct a three hundred and forty seven roomed Umaid Palace.
This was to become India last of the great palaces and the biggest private residence in the world.
Image-Processing : HDR from 5 Exp. Color enhancement via digital blending of selectively masked regions. Curves and adjustments in PS. Perspective correction applied!
Exploring Further : You can take a look at my new set Jodhpur 2008 which contains latest images from my travels. I shall be updating this set!
More interesting photos: High Dynamic Range images — Night Shots — People — Paris — I Love You
© 2008 Ayush Bhandari
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: SHIN'S BASS SOLO (1 of 1) /
EL SOLO DE SHIN (1 de 1)
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 05 of 48) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48.
FOTOHISTORY: In English / En Español
Shin: I can follow you with anything (Sit tight...)
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Shin: Yo te sigo lo que quieras. (Te vas a enterar...)
LINKS:
- FOTOHISTORIAS en casa de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Hilo de las Fotohistorias de Shin y Yashiro en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Hilo de la Relación entre Shin y Yashiro en la sección de Penpals de Pullip .es
- Ayrin and Sheryl PHOTOSTORIES at Flickr
Taken on a mini meet with some of the great folks that make up the a little corner of Flickr "The Cleveland Camera Club" One of our local land marks the Transporter Bridge at Middlesborough recently celebrated its birthday, and the local council lit the structure up with a moving light show, a static image like this fails to show the moving light etc.
Once again please view large on black
Explore: 11.02.08
First try Infrared Photography: the Photoshop way
Sometimes you'll hear someone called a "Renaissance man." That means he's a man of many interests, gifts and pursuits - skilled in many areas. If there is such a thing as a "Renaissance boy," I think our five-year-old grandson might be one. He's interested in so many things - and actually, he's good in a lot of them. To round out the other areas of his life, he recently got involved in a soccer league for kids his age. Which makes his mother a "soccer mom," I guess. Which means everybody wants her vote. Right? Well, our grandson didn't have the benefit of having an older sibling to learn from as some other members of his little team did. The soccer learning curve for him was a little steep, but he's been doing well. But something really special happened in one of the last games of the season. The team's two little stars came late - players who the others tend to lean on. But they weren't there to lean on. Now it was clearly up to kids who were usually in the shadow of those stars. Well, our favorite soccer player really stepped up. Suddenly, he was more focused, more aggressive than he'd been all season - and right away he scored two goals for his team, and they won that night.
guess our grandson looked around and said, "Well, if it is to be, it's up to me!" And suddenly he stepped up to make a difference like he'd never made before. It may be that time in the game for you right now - time to step up and really make a difference.
You've got a great example to follow in our word for today from the Word of God in 1 Samuel 17, beginning with verse 23. The Israelis and Philistines are lined up facing one another on opposite sides of a valley. Every day the Philistine giant comes out and he challenges the Israelites to send out a man to fight him, with the people of the loser serving the people of the winner from that day on. Young David, the youngest brother in his family, arrives to bring food to his warrior brothers just as Goliath is coming out to issue his challenge for the fortieth day in a row.
The Bible says, "Goliath ... shouted his usual defiance, and David heard it. When the Israelites saw the man, they all ran from him in great fear ... David said to Saul, 'Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.'" None of the big varsity players in their nice uniforms will get in the game - so the kid does, with just a slingshot. He doesn't have the training the others do, he doesn't have the experience, he doesn't have the weapons, but he's willing to step up because he believes, as he tells Goliath, "The battle is the Lord's." And Goliath went down because an unlikely, seemingly unqualified, hero stepped up.
This is a time when the Goliaths of hell are holding the field all around us. Not because the darkness is so strong, but because no one will step up and fight the battles. Right now God is summoning you, as unlikely and unqualified as you may feel, to get out of the shadows and onto the front lines. Someone has to take that assignment no one else is rising to. Someone needs to step up and change the atmosphere in your church, or in your school, or in your home, or where you work. Someone has to fight for your marriage. Someone has to be the one to confront what's wrong, to bring people together, to lead a prayer effort, to talk about Jesus.
In Isaiah's day when God asked, "Who will go for us?" Isaiah answered, "Here am I, send me" (Isaiah 6:8). Maybe you've been holding back saying, "Here am I, send him." But God is summoning you to step up for this one - like our grandson on that soccer field, making a greater difference than he'd ever made before because he knew it was up to him this time! And this assignment from God is up to you - even if there are defiant giants standing in the way. It's your time to shine, and you will, because the battle is the Lord's!
-Ron Hutchcraft
Currently this is one of my favorite shot, for the (her) beauty, for the use of light, for the treatment and post-production.
It reminds me a lot of the album "Adore" by The Smashing Pumpkins (...yeah, i'm a bit obsessed by this band...).
angel. you know it's not the end
we'll always be good friends
but the letters have been sent on
so please. you always were so free
you'll see, i promise we'll be perfect
perfect
perfect
strangers when we meet
strangers on the street
lovers while we sleep
perfect
you know this has to be
we always were so free
we promised that we'd be
(Perfect - The Smashing Pumpkins)
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Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: DATING AT CINEMA (5 of 5): The cliff lookout /
CITA EN EL CINE (5 de 5): El Mirador
(Read in this order) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286.
PHOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Dom: Hahaha, is that okay? Are you happy now? (well, it worth to spend an embarrassing moment if she gets happy)
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Dom: Jajaja, ya? Ya estás contenta? (bueno, merece la pena pasar vergüenza si es para que ella esté contenta)
COLLABORATION:
- Dom y Akari en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Cinema's diorama by Minao. Sweets shop's diorama by Sheryl and Minao Collaboration.
- Little interpretation of Mad_Pullip's Emily as a MUSE fan.
SHERYL LINKS:
- Pullip .es: Las Fotohistorias de Sheryl
- Sheryl's Flickr: Photostories 2011 - Sketches 2011 / Photostories 2012 - Sketches 2012
RAMMSTEIN
Youtube: Dream Factory
SONISPHERE FESTIVAL
25/26/27 JUNE 2010 BJK INONU (İNÖNÜ) STADIUM
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY: THE BIG FOUR
+ Sonisphere Festival Istanbul © <---- My blog. Do you want to see?
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
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This is one of artist Dale Chihuly's glass art displays at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona. The exhibition at the Garden is named "Chihuly: The Nature of Glass" and Chihuly's work is displayed from November 22, 2008 to May 31, 2009. The Nature of Glass exhibit features new and unique works of glass artfully located throughout the Garden. Dale Chihuly is known for his innovative glass sculptures, and his work is immediately recognizable for its grand scale and vibrant colors. This is Chihuly's first exhibition in an outdoor desert environment.
“The artist permits and encourages photography of the artwork in this exhibition for educational and non-commercial use only.”
INFORMATION ON ARTIST DALE CHIHULY:
Dale Patrick Chihuly (b. September 20, 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, United States) is an American glass sculptor. Chihuly graduated from high school in Tacoma. Supported by his mother, after his brother George's death in a flight-training accident in Florida and his father's death of a heart attack, he enrolled at the College of the Puget Sound (now University of Puget Sound) in 1959.
In 1967, he received a Master of Science in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chihuly lives and works in his 25,000 square foot (2300 m²) studio, nicknamed "The Boathouse" for its former use, on Lake Union. Since losing the vision in one of his eyes in a car accident in 1976, Chihuly (who wears an eyepatch) no longer has the depth perception necessary to handle the molten glass himself. Instead, he conceptualizes each project with paint and canvas and then employs a team of artists to do the work.
About his work: His fascination with abstract nature forms comes from his mother's garden in Tacoma, Washington. One of his sculptures would be prominently displayed on the sitcom Frasier, which is set in nearby Seattle. His love for the ocean and its creatures is also reflected in his art.
Over the past forty years, Chihuly's glass sculptures have explored color, design, and assemblage. Although his work varies in size and color, he is best known for his multipart blown masterpieces. Also interested in Irish culture, he has produced a sizeable volume of "Irish cylinders," which are more modest in conception than his blown glass works.
Some of Chihuly's works cover whole ceilings of casinos and hotels, while others are hand-sized abstract flowers. Chihuly uses intense colors to bring his work to life. He is also known for using neon and argon.
Chihuly uses nature as a setting for his pieces, and tries to create his pieces as though they are part of nature. He sometimes entwines his pieces around tree branches and trunks. He also suspends them in space and floats them in water. Although it is not widely known, some components of Chihuly's installations (for example, the stacked aqua-colored chunks that decorate the Tacoma "Bridge of Glass") are made of an acrylic-type material rather than glass.
Source: Wikipedia
INFORMATION ABOUT THE DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN:
Nestled amid the red buttes of Papago Park, the Desert Botanical Garden hosts one of the world’s finest collections of desert plants. One of only 44 botanical gardens accredited by the American Association of Museums, this one-of-a-kind museum showcases 50 acres of beautiful outdoor exhibits. Home to 139 rare, threatened and endangered plant species from around the world, the Garden offers interesting and inspiring experiences to more than 300,000 visitors each year.
A charter member of the Museum Association of Arizona and National Center for Plant Conservation, the Garden is fully accredited with the American Association of Museums and American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta. It continues to build on its 63-year legacy of environmental stewardship, and has become nationally and internationally renowned for its plant collections, research and educational programs.
Source: www.dbg.org/index.php/about
Here is my second photo of today :).
This is my other younger sister who is visiting this week.
I wanted to get a little more creative with my composition, and this is the result. I really like how it turned out :). Lately I have been a big fan of black and white photos as you can see XD.
Enjoy!
Strobist
Bare B800 camera right and behind subject.
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Well, we did it, we went camping. It was so nice when we got there. We got the tent set up had some beers and mom some wine. I went and got us some firewood so we could have a campfire that night. The campfire didn't happen because the rain came in. It was scary, with the lightening and then seconds later the thunder. That storm last a long time and by the time it was over, it was to dark to have a fire and make dinner over it. So we had a sandwich for dinner. The next day the we went fishing in this beautiful little lake but we didn't catch anything but the rocks on the bottom of the lake. After fishing I drove mom around the campground and then around Show Low. When we returned the Ranger told us that the storm the night before was the worst storm they had all summer. We got back to the tent and guess what....you got it, it started to rain. This time it rained for 7 hours straight. It did lighten up enough for me to start a quick campfire to grill our hot dogs but that didn't last long and back to the downpour. In the few days that we were gone, we go to know the inside of our tent very well. I told mom she had to go again because this wasn't what it was suppose to be. So, we will be heading off again one of these weekends.
Thanks to Kim Klassen for the use of your textures.
Yesterday, I went back to the nesting spot and I have to tell you I have good luck..As soon as I got there they were changing "shift" They don't waste time..In out and that's that. (I like that) I watched the head popping in and out for quite sometime..too long...actually. I decided to pack it in.........Of course as soon as I looked the other way one flew back & they changed shift again..I missed a great shot of the two parents completely out of the nest..just for a few moments.(figures right?) I have been wanting to catch the two of them "chatting" together outside the nest..for days now lol...I watched as one flew off and the other took over the nest ;) Anyway, here's the shot I got of the two happy parents. They don't waste time either..
"Northern Flickers are large, brown woodpeckers with a gentle expression and handsome black-scalloped plumage. On walks, don’t be surprised if you scare one up from the ground. It’s not where you’d expect to find a woodpecker, but flickers eat mainly ants and beetles, digging for them with their unusual, slightly curved bill. When they fly you’ll see a flash of color in the wings – yellow if you’re in the East, red if you’re in the West – and a bright white flash on the rump".
"It takes about 1 to 2 weeks to build the nest which is built by both sexes of the mating pairs. The entrance hole is roughly 5 cm to 10 cm wide."
"Northern Flicker feeding juvenile at nest cavity entrance. A typical clutch consists of 6 to 8 eggs whose shells are pure white with a smooth surface and high gloss. The eggs are the second largest of the North American woodpecker species, exceeded only by the Pileated Woodpecker's. Incubation is by both sexes for approximately 11 to 12 days. The young are fed by regurgitation and fledge about 25 to 28 days after hatching."
Enjoy! Best viewed LARGE..Have a great long weekend to all my Canadian flickr friends ;)
Combat skills (at least at my base) is a two day course that helps prepare you for combat situations when you deploy. If you go to somewhere more hostile where you'll arm up, they send you through a longer training course, but two days is plenty when you aren't even going to be carrying a weapon at your deployed location. The class is surprisingly a lot of fun, even if it is exhausting. The first day is all classroom instruction with a brief overview of the weapon, refreshing your memory on how painful the low crawl is...that kind of thing. The best part of the course is the last part of day 2 where you actually get to fire off blank rounds. It's challenging and reminds you that "Hey, I really am in the military." I was hoping I would actually be able to take pictures of us in the field the M16 during lunch was all I had. I wish I could say that I'm mad in this picture, I'm just physically exhausted. I'm definitely out of shape...
HDR image processed from 5 exposures with Photomatix Pro.
Captured close to one of the main entrances of the Forbidden Palace in Beijing about a week ago ...
Please don't use this image on any media without asking for permission.
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Gay & Lesbian Pride March 2010
It’s back in 2010, the event that stops traffic… On Sunday February 7th, the 15th annual Pride March takes over Fitzroy St, St Kilda in a blaze of colour, noise and movement!
Pride March 2010 is an open air celebration culminating in a Pride March down Fitzroy Street St Kilda and finishing with performances on the foreshore. Pride March is to express courage, solidarity, pride, diversity and a strong sense of community.
Gay & Lesbian Pride March
Down Fitzroy Street to Catani Gardens
Sunday 7 February 2010
Fitzroy St, St Kilda Victoria 3182 Australia.
Telephone: 03 9513 3054
Turning 30 in 2010, St Kilda Festival is one of Australia’s best known and Melbourne’s most loved events. It utilises St Kilda’s stunning foreshore and celebrates the cream of Australia’s musical talents.
Saturday 6 February is Yalukit Wilam Ngargee: People, Place Gathering, an outdoor Indigenous festival featuring music, dance, children’s activities and more that welcomes people to St Kilda for the week ahead, O’Donnell Gardens.
From 7-13 February experience Live N Local: St Kilda venues throw open their doors to host a variety of local bands, musicians, performers, artists and comedians in a series of one off and special events - everything you love about St Kilda and more.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: THE DATE (1 of 1) /
LA CITA (1 de 1)
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 13 of 36) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36.
LINKS:
- FOTOHISTORIAS en casa de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr
View Haley and Norine on Black
View Haley and Norine Map/EXIF
Nikon D800E + 400 mm f/2.8 @ 400 mm - 1/160 sec at f/2.8, ISO 50
Manual mode @ 1/3 EV E.C - Pattern metering - no flash
Subject Distance: unknown
Two minutes after I took this, the sun streaked across where they were standing. I didn't make them stay, though, to avoid holding up foot traffic.
48°25'24" N 122°26'49" W, 9.8 ft
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, Skagit Valley
Mount Vernon, Washington, United States
Taken on 04.14.2013, uploaded on 04.17.2013.
©2013 Adam James Steenwyk. Please contact me at ajamess [at] gmail [dot] com if you would like to use this photo. Blog: www.f128.info
Ahhhh Canada. Being from Michigan and growing up less than an hour from the border, I've had the kind of access to Canada that many Americans don't. See, here when we turn 19, it's time to celebrate because we can drive across the border to Windsor and drink in the bars. Or, if you'd rather, sometimes we simply get lost on our way home from Red Wings games and accidentally find ourselves on the Ambassador Bridge on our way into Ontario where we then have to explain to the border guard that we are simply trying to get some dinner at Chicken Chalet. We also get constant access to the Candaian television station CBC, which, if you're a hockey fan (which we all are here in the Detroit area), means that you get Hockey Night in Canada and Coach's Corner with Don Cherry. I don't know any of my friends who voluntarily chooses to watch hockey on any channel other than CBC. Much better commentating.
So, Happy Canada Day to all of my Canuck friends (and there are many!). Thank you for the great beer (Labatt Blue), great sports (hockey and curling), great music (who didn't love Alanis Morissette in her prime?), and mostly for the great people. :)
365 Days (self portraits): Day 92
FGR & TRP: Happy Canada Day, Canucks!
TOTW: Accessorize: these cat eye glasses always make me think of Lisa Loeb.
Finally met up with neil 45 minutes late :-)
As most of you are aware i cannot read a map so was sent the sat nav postcode of a pub just past Dan - yr - ogof caves, Sat nav wanted to go past these and a further 39 miles - We were in the car park of a pub at 4.50 am and were not meeting till 5.30 am lol Sat nav said it would take us 1 hour 17 minutes DOH !! so no phone signal as we were deep in the Black mountain we decided to go to Fan Brycheiniog .On the way after avoiding a complete idiot in a 4 x 4 my mobile rang it was Neil , so we turned around and headed back to the Pub but no Neil lol So we did a U turn at Dan yr Ogof caves and went back to Fan Brycheiniog , When Neil rang us lol - So back we went only to find out we were at the wrong pub lol So we set off in search of a world war 2 wellington bomber Neil had a map - we found nothing in the dark so last minute dash up Fan Brycheiniog the Black mountains highest peak aaaaaaaaaaaaargh Killer Neil when we go to find the bomber best i follow you like we did at Treorchy lol after todays madness im sure your never gonna wanna go with me again lol
So sorry Neil what a total sat nav screw up - The end
Ever picked up a 60 kg Bull mastiff over a 5 foot wall :-)
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The darkness of the temple was all-encompassing. Their hololamps felt like comically weak attempts to fight back, as dim and small as they were. The huge, empty halls seemed to call out to them as they passed. More than once, Nathan thought he’d heard someone.
“What was that?” he’d asked Ozz, who stared at him with concern.
“Nothing, kid. Just like last time. Get a grip, would ya?”
Something glinted in Ozz’s light. He peered at it, trying to get a closer look.
Eefo, their guide, (and current victim of blackmail) led from the front.
“Come,” she said. “The deep archives are this way. If there are any records related to Balaam’s Heart, we will find them there.” Then she added, more bitterly, “We can only hope this excursion does not doom the known galaxy.”
Nathan frowned over at her. “Or maybe it’ll keep it safe. If we don’t find the Heart, Pyerce might. It’s worth the risk.”
“Woah, woah, woah!” Ozz exclaimed, and his excited cry echoed in the tunnel. He hurried over to what he’d found—a pile of artifacts, gleaming beneath the dust and sand. “These babies look valuable!”
Eefo and Nathan stood in the entrance of another hall, pausing to look back at him. Eefo couldn’t hide her disgust with his priorities.
“Artifacts for processing, not what you seek.”
“Yeah, not what we came here for,” Nathan said. “Come on, Ozz. Sooner we get out of here, the better.”
Of course, Nathan should never have said that, because that’s the exact kind of thing that leads to ironic catastrophe. And so it did.
The rumbling began quietly, but was deafening before they had a chance to react. The walls were trying to shake apart. The ground bucked underneath them. The tunnel was filled with the cacophony of shouting and the crashing of rock as they all dodged rubble dropping from overhead and dived for cover. What felt like forever was over in just a few seconds.
Nathan pushed himself off the ground and looked frantically for his friend.
“Ozz, Ozz!”
“Nerd?” came the weak reply, through a layer of fallen rock.
“Ozz!” Nathan shouted again, trying to pull away rubble. His efforts were in vain.
“I’m alright, kid! Just…in a different room. You got our bounty?”
Nathan felt a mixture of relief and annoyance surge through him, and he took several deep breaths. Eefo was getting to her feet nearby.
“You okay?” he asked. She replied with a thumbs up.
“Yeah, she’s okay,” he told Ozz. “Hey, we’re gonna make it out of this. Listen, try and go back the way we came, or find another path out. We’ll all join back up at the entrance, got it?”
“Sure, sure. Me, worried? About the dark? Nah. See ya in a bit, no problem.”
Nathan took a moment to rest after the stress of the cave-in. “He’ll be fine,” he told himself.
“Perhaps he will,” Eefo replied dryly. “Forgive me for my lack of concern.”
“Okay, Ozzie, okay. You’re gonna be okay,” Ozz whispered, casting his hololamp around the rubble to find a good path out. The way they’d come in was blocked, so he chose the next best doorway and started trudging along. “No worries, no worries. Think happy thoughts. You’ll get paid! Oh—“ he turned back and—at least something was going right—a few of the gleaming artifacts were strewn across the floor.
“Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo!” Ozz hooted in glee, scooping up a few golden discs to stuff into his jacket. “Come to Ozzie! Now we just gotta find a way outta this pit, and Papa Ozzie can find a nice fence to hock to you to!”
He was glad Nathan wasn’t here to see him talk to treasure.
Now weighed down with future fortunes, Ozz trudged ahead into the dark tunnels and empty halls of the temple, all by his lonesome. He hummed to himself to ward off any fears. He really needed to start carrying a blaster. Nothing like a blaster to make you feel safe.
“Your pockets are heavy, thief.”
Ozz spun around, looking for the source of the voice. “Whosaidthat!” he cried, brandishing one of the discs.
“A denizen of this sacred place,” said the voice from nowhere.
“Oh…oh great, now I’m really going crazy. Amazing. Just ignore it, Ozzie, keep walkin’…”
“Ignoring a thing does not make it go away. Your name is Ozzie?”
“What? No, it’s…Ozzamandes. Hey, I’m not talkin’ to you. You’re just a voice in my head. Guy might look crazy talkin’ to himself like that.”
“I am not a manifestation of insanity, but of the force.”
“Ha, the force! Good one, brain.”
Suddenly, a creature appeared before him, a woman who seemed both there and not there at the same time, who shone with a ghostly blue glow. Ozz froze in place and stared at her, stunned.
She spoke with power and grace, and her face was severe. “A faith is a necessity for a creature, Ozzamandes. Woe to them who believes nothing. Woe to you, for I sense this void...within you.”
Shocked, Ozz’s grip went limp. A disc fell to the floor with a ‘clang’.
“Follow me,” Eefo said. “I will find us a way out of the tunnels.”
Nathan stopped in his tracks. “Wait a second. I want to get out too, but not before we find what we came for.”
Eefo’s face twitched. “Don’t you want to find your friend?”
“Yeah, but he’ll be fine, and ticked off at me if we leave this place with nothing to show for it. Can we still get to the archives after the cave-in?”
Eefo had been caught trying to wiggle out of showing him the archives, and she looked accordingly hateful.
“…Yes,” she spat. “Come, do not lose the way.”
As they walked, Nathan questioned her.
“The Scriptist’s madness, or whatever…he mentioned spirits. That’s just you, right? You’re gaslighting your mentor?”
“The spirits are real. The sabotage is mine, but the drain on his mind…the spirits are real. Dark things.”
This was not exactly the answer Nathan had wanted to hear while spelunking in a pitch-black tunnel.
“Oh, I see,” he said, shining his light behind him and hurrying to catch up.
“So what was your life like around here, huh? See any good holos?”
“As a Jedi scholar, I forbade myself from material pleasures, if that is what you ask.”
“Sheesh, aren’t you a bucket of fun.”
Ozz now continued his journey through the tunnels with the ghost woman at his side.
"You scoff. There is moral grandeur in this, no? The renunciation, the sacrifice this station requires? The self-exile, the remembrance of mortality, the committing of one's spirit to mystery and thought rather than toil?"
"Hah, I'd love to see you tell that to my pops. He loved toil."
"You use the past-tense. Your father is one with the force?"
"He's dead, if that's what you're askin'. We didn't see eye-to-eye, so wouldn't make much of a difference if he wersen't."
“But now you have another family? One of your own?”
“Hah! A family, nah. Just this kid mooching off my ship.”
“You have a child?”
Ozz shook his head, muttering to himself before replying. “No, no. Human’s name is Nathan, we’ve been working together for a few weeks. Can’t stand the guy, honestly. Always going on about safety and stuff. Takes himself too seriously. Got me fired once! For something I didn’t do, I’ll have you know.”
The woman smiled softly. “I sense care in your voice.”
“Pah! You’re hearin’ things too, then.”
“Love finds us in unlikely places. When it crosses our path, we are often slow to embrace it. We deny ourselves the comforts of familial care in order to protect our vulnerable, fragile egos.”
Ozz raised an eyebrow up at her and grimaced. “Geez, you get personal, lady. Bet you were a weirdo as a kid.”
They were stopped by sounds up ahead, strange howls and whispers that seemed to slither by in a tunnel before them. The woman flew in front of Ozz, her expression stern.
“What the keff was that!” Ozz cried, covering his head and looking around for danger.
“Dark spirits. My counterparts. The other side.”
“Well geez, terrible roommates! You just all hang out in the temple together? Just a big spirit party, good and bad?”
“I do not wish it to be this way. Their presence is a desecration.”
“Okay, okay…why don’t you evict ‘em then? You’re all glowly, I bet you could get rid of ‘em.”
“It’s not a question of my power, but of my purpose. I pledged myself in life to study and knowledge, it is not my place to raise hands against evil, but to equip those who do. I put them out of mind, and avoid their distraction.”
“Hm, couldn’t you make, like, an exception?”
She rounded on him, her expression fierce, her eyes wide.
“Does my life sound like one of exceptions, Ozzamandes?”
Ozz shrunk back from the frightful display. “Well, no. No, that’s a good point. But…”
The look on her pale face told him not to continue, but he was never good at listening to warnings.
“Well, you don’t really have a life, anymore. You’re—sorry if I’m the first one to tell you this—but you’re dead, lady.”
“I know this. Don’t insult my intellect.”
“Well then, you did good! You held to your pledges! They were pledges for life, right?”
She looked thoughtful, her brow knit. She said nothing.
“Besides, weren’t you the one that told me…ignoring something doesn’t make it go away?”
The deep archives were once locked behind doors that required power to open, powers neither Nathan nor Eefo had. But time and war wears away all things, this time to Nathan’s benefit. The doors were long since destroyed, and their access unblocked.
It was a narrow hall. Rows and rows of old books, many of them destroyed, lined the shelves.
Eefo gestured forward. “Feast away, you fool.”
Nathan shot her a look. “Kind of unnecessary, but…thank you for bringing me here. Where do I start?”
“Balaam’s Heart? I recommend ‘B’.”
“Oh, it works like that? Huh, I expected something weirder,” he said, and he stepped forward to scan the massive stacks.
Eefo looked on the shelves—the sheer amount of terrible, dangerous knowledge—and at the young man now searching amongst the tomes. Fear clutched at her heart. Her mind went to the blaster under her robes.
“You speak sense. Most unexpected,” the ghostly woman said.
“Oh, nice,” Ozz grunted. “I’ll try not to be offended about how you said that.”
“My apologies. Perhaps, as a spirit, my purpose is something different than what I was bound to in life. Perhaps I must evolve, as my being has evolved. Perhaps I must oppose the dark things here, and purify this temple. Thank you, Ozzamandes, for speaking with me. It has been most enlightening.”
“Sure, sure, any time. Now, I gotta get outta here, any chance…?”
“We have been following that path for some time. I have been leading you to your friends while we talked. They are just ahead.”
Ozz blinked in surprise. “No kidding? You’re alright, lady.”
“Ozzamandes,” she said, and her voice became serious and heartfelt. “Do not deny your care for your friend. You would rob yourself of greater riches than those you carry in your coat.”
Ozz avoided her gaze, nodding vaguely. “Oh, uh, sure, sure. Yeah, thanks for the advice.”
“And Ozzamandes,” she said again.
“What?”
“Please leave behind the things you’ve pilfered from my temple, if you please.”
“Oh,” Ozz blushed, and he casually removed the golden discs from his pockets and dumped them on the floor as gently as he could. “Sure thing, of course.”
She smiled. “Thank you. Farewell, I hope we meet again.”
“Me too, ‘cept I got no plans to come back to this joint. But uh, I’ll see ya when I see ya.”
A fondly amused expression was the last thing on her face before she faded away, and he was left in the dark. A door stood in front of him.
Ozz smiled proudly. “’Most enlightening’…Old Ozzie, who woulda thought!”
Ozz entered the deep archives. The first thing he saw was Eefo, hand on her blaster, and an unaware Nathan. Something in his chest swelled up, and his eyebrows furrowed. She was gonna blast his partner? Not on her life.
“Hey, what’s the big idea?” he shouted, and Eefo spun in alarm. She hastily drew her blaster. “Nate, look out!”
Ozz threw himself into the Rodian researcher, knocking both of them to the floor. The blaster went off harmlessly, a bright red bolt striking an ancient tome and completing its transition to nothing more than a pile of ashes.
Nathan ducked and swiveled. He stared at the prone Eefo. A few seconds and he would’ve been toast.
“Woah, woah! Thanks Ozz!” He suddenly grasped that Ozz was here, and grinned widely. “Ozz! You made it!”
“Yeah, yeah,” Ozz said, dusting himself off. Eefo looked trapped. “Had some help. I’ll tell ya about it later. Geez, once a spy, always a spy, huh!”
Eefo glared at him defiantly. “You’ll bring ruin to the galaxy!” she said, her voice trembling.
She stood on shaking legs, and occasionally her eyes darted towards the shelves, wide with fear. She was like an animal, and Nathan felt, most of all, pity. He understood what was driving her.
Nathan grabbed Ozz's arm and pulled him aside. He whispered, "Hey, I'm trying to honor what you said on Yavin, I'm telling you before I do something crazy."
Ozz looked at him warily. "...Kid, whatever you're thinking, you better not risk our profit, here. We're in a golden spot with this!"
"No, I'm not okay with how we've done this. Catching spies is one thing, but blackmailing, threatening deserters to get what we want?" He shook his head firmly. "That's not how I want us to do things."
Ozz looked between his eyes, searching for a way to convince him otherwise. There was no chance. He had no choice but to back down.
"That's...another payout lost, kid. I hope you know what you're doing: we need credits! Finding your girl is gonna take credits, you understand?"
"I know, we'll figure it out! I'm sure we can pick up a side job or something, but...I want to let Eefo go free. She's not even a spy anymore."
Ozz threw up his hands. "Have it your way. But you're the least lucrative partner I've ever had."
"This pays off in other ways, Ozz.” He turned back to the Rodian, approaching her cautiously.
“Hey, I’m not mad that you wanted to shoot me, alright? It’s…well, it’s not okay, Eefo. But I get it.” He stepped forward, and she flinched. “I don’t want to hurt you,” he told her. “We’re going to let you go free. You don’t have to worry about us leaking anything, or telling anyone where you are, okay?”
Eefo raised a brow skeptically. She waited for him to continue.
“Now, I know you think what we’re doing is wrong. But…I wish you could trust me. My intentions are nothing but good, I swear. You’re right that this is dangerous stuff. The Empire is looking for it, and I can’t leave whether they find it or not up to chance. Please, you don’t have to agree, but…don’t shoot me?”
She met his gaze, and gradually seemed to calm. Her eyebrow still twinged in frustration, but she sighed, and the fight had left her.
“Yes. Alright.”
“Great,” Nathan nodded. “Ozz, help me find this book!”
Ozz was already by the stacks, and held up an old pile of slates bound together with rope. “Was it ‘Balaam’?”
“Yeah, why—“
“Here ya go.”
He passed the slates to Nathan. Sure enough, Balaam’s name was on them.
“No way,” Nathan said, staring. “Ozz, thank you!”
“No problem,” he shrugged, unaware of his partners efforts to do what he’d just done in one glance.
“We’ve got what we needed. Let’s go see sunlight again, huh?”
Eefo led them back through the tunnels until they found the staircase they’d originally descended. They were cheered to see the light flooding through the open archways of the temple doors. Cold wind filled their ears as they crossed the old atrium floor and ventured out into the open air.
They gasped in horror when they saw the sky.
An Imperial Light Cruiser lay in the upper atmosphere. A small, white shape was gliding down towards them; a shuttle.
“Aw, hell,” Ozz grunted, slumping hopelessly.
“No!” Eefo screamed. “No! They’re coming for the temple!”
Nathan blanched, and held Balaam’s slates tightly under his arm. “We’ve got to get out of here. We can’t fight that thing.”
“The temple is bad enough, but we must not lead them to the Searchers! The unencrypted archives, the research, they cannot be allowed to have it!”
His jaw firmly set, Nathan made a decision. “Ride back to the outpost, I’ll hold them here.”
“Kid,” Ozz said weakly. “What the keff are you gonna do?”
A plan was formulating in his mind. Nathan approached the small conductor Eefo had planted in the ground when they’d arrived.
“Eefo, show me how to work this thing. Then you both go, get to safety!”
“Hey, kid,” Ozz said, his tone full of worry in a way Nathan had never heard.
“Yeah?”
“We’re gonna come back for you. Just hold out, okay? Trust in the…the force, or whatever. You better be alive when I get here.”
“I’ll do my best,” Nathan shrugged. “Chances aren’t great.”
A grin broke on Ozz’s face. “Oy, bring back the optimism. You’re downright depressing, you know that?”
“I’ll bring back the optimism when we make some money, how about that.”
“Oh, so never.”
“Well, never say never!”
“Ha! There it is,” Ozz grinned. He patted Nathan on the side. “Take care, kid. Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.”
“Geez, what’s gotten into you?”
“Oh, shut up. I dunno, had some time to think while I was in those tunnels. Anyway, enough dwaddling! Let’s get this show on the road!”
“Yeah, I’ll see you in a bit, Ozz.”
A few minutes later, Ozz and Eefo sped back towards camp, Balaam’s slates in hand.
Alone at the entrance to the temple, Nathan waited for the shuttle to touch down.
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Nikon D800E + 24-70 mm f/2.8 @ 26 mm - 1/5 sec at f/16, ISO 50
Manual mode @ -2/3 EV E.C - Pattern metering - no flash
Subject Distance: unknown
Haley and I had a wonderful dinner at Merriman's an hour or so after this was taken. She was also a good enough sport to stand in the water and let me take some long exposure shots of her right near where this was taken :).
21°0'4" N 156°40'4" W, 17.1 ft
Kapalua Bay, Maui
Lahaina, Hawaii, United States
Taken on 09.17.2012, uploaded on 09.26.2013.
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Biosphere, Environment Museum, St. Helen's Island, Montreal:
From the Environment Canada website:
"The United States Pavilion was the most popular at Expo '67, and welcomed no less than 11 million visitors in six months. Of the 62 countries present at Montreal’s World Fair, the United States stands out for its truly exceptional contribution, due not only to the impact of its geodesic dome on the Île Sainte-Hélène landscape, but also to the spectacular aspect of the pavilion's popular and sophisticated content.
The first noteworthy element is the structure itself. Richard Buckminster Fuller was the father of the geodesic dome in the 20th century. In 1963, he was asked by the U.S. Information Agency to design the sphere that would become the United States Pavilion at Expo '67.
In addition to its shape, the United States Pavilion had another major feature to attract visitors: it was the only pavilion to straddle the tracks of the Minirail transportation system that circled the Expo site on Île Sainte-Hélène. For people who were put off by the endless line-up at the dome's entrance, this was sometimes the only way of obtaining a closer look at the wonders that generated such enthusiasm among the crowd."
Photo details:
Canon 24 - 105 lens
Setting sunlight
SOOC except for signature, added in Picnik
Esta foto es muy parecida a una que subí anteriormente, y que os la recordaré en el primer comentario, en dicha foto, es más que nada para usarla como fondo de escritorio, y esta que os pongo es un encuadre similar pero esta vez en vertical, y cada vez que hago más fotos verticales sobre el mar, las rocas. Etc., mejor es el resultado, muchas veces le pregunto a mis amigos, que porqué no hacen fotos verticales, y la respuesta es porque no se ve bien en el ordenador, con el tiempo me he dado cuenta que las fotos verticales para sacarlas en papel también quedad muy bien, después de esta reflexión os explicaré el procesado:
Nota: El procesado como siempre, un doble revelado a partir de un mismo RAW, una foto para el cielo y otra para el reflejo, siempre estoy hablando con objetos inteligentes, cuando más o menos he tenido el resultado a mi gusto, he seleccionado la parte del cielo, le he creado una, máscara de capa, he desenfocado las máscara con un desenfoque gaussiano con unos parámetros a gusto del consumidor para unir las dos fotos.
Una vez terminado con el cielo, me he ido al reflejo, aplicando unos ajustes muy similares a los del cielo para que parezca aún más real, después procesado por zonas en la parte del reflejo para obtener más textura aún si cabe, y aplicando sus respectivos desenfoques, cuando más o menos he tenido la foto a mi gusto, he acoplado todo en una foto, luego he duplicado otra vez, le he aplicado un desenfoque gaussiano con un valor de 8 pixeles, y me he ido a capas y le he cambiado el modo de fusión a luz suave, y le he bajado la opacidad a un 20% más o menos, para eliminar un poco la mini aparición de ruido por la parte más oscura.
Cámara: D40
Modo De Exposición: Manual + Trípode
ISO: 200
Velocidad: 0.3
Focal: 19.0 mm
F/ 22.0
Filtro: PL
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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Montreal Art & Tattoo Expo 2013
Took out my Fujifilm X100S for the first time and I'm learning how to use it ...
I also brought my Canon EOS M with 50mm 1.4 lens but I never took it out as the Fujifilm X100S made me learn how to take a photo all over again with a fixed lens...
Timing of my shots were off but it was fun...
I missed a lot of good photo opportunities but at the same time thinking out my shots before taking them so those opportunities will be less missed where my timing will be better as I get to understand how this Camera works...
Photos were shot with JPEG only and straight out of the Camera with no editing...
This was my first Montreal Art & Tattoo Expo Event as it always falls during the Anniversary of my Mother's Death where I always goto Toronto to see My Family and visit her at the Cemetery...
I was able to get the first evening in for a couple of hours before leaving and I'd really like to go again for the next Expo so we will see...
On this evening I've chosen to capture the setting of the Expo and the person getting the Tattoo as well as the Tattoo Artist...
Tattoos are Personal so for me the Tattoo is secondary and is an Accessory in the Photo...
My Vision for My Photos... The Event - The Setting - The Client and the Tattoo Artist...
I just want to Capture the Moment but the Tattoo Artists are the Main Focus...
FYI... I saw the product and I can vouch that the Tattoos being done in these Photos are Spot On... Beautiful Art!
I only have a couple of Photos because unfortunately I was only there a couple of hours and the lighting was not great because the Event started @ 6pm and I was also learning how to use the Camera...
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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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Langtang trekking region mixture of three beautiful trek taking us straight into some of the wildest and most pretty areas of Nepal. Starting from the lovely hill town of Syabrubensi our trek winds during gorgeous rhododendron and conifer forests throughout the Langtang National Park on the way to the higher slopes. Leads up to the high alpine yak pastures, glaciers and moraines around Kyanging. Along this route you will have an chance to cross the Ganja La Pass if possible from Langtang Valley. Trail enters the rhododendron (National flower of Nepal) forest and climbs up to alpine yak pastures at Ngegang (4404m). From Ngegang we make a climb of Ganja La Pass (5122m). We start southwest, sliding past Gekye Gompa to reach Tarkeghyang otherwise we take a detour and another unique features of trekking past, the holy lakes of Gosainkund (4300 m.) cross into Helambu via Laurebina to Ghopte (3430 m) and further to Trakegyang. Northern parts of the area mostly fall within the boundaries of Langtang National park.
Peak Climbing in Nepal is great view of Himalayas and most various geological regions in asia. Climbing of peaks in Nepal is restricted under the rules of Nepal Mountaineering Association. Details information and application for climbing permits are available through Acute Trekking. First peak climbing in Nepal by Tenzing Norgey Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hilary on May 29, 1953 to Mt. Everest. Trekking Agency in Nepal necessary member from Nepal Mountaineering Association. Our agency will arrange equipment, guides, high altitude porters, food and all necessary gears for climbing in Nepal. Although for some peaks, you need to contribute additional time, exertion owing to improved elevation and complexity. Climbing peaks is next step beyond simply trekking and basic mountaineering course over snow line with ice axe, crampons, ropes etc under administration and coaching from climbing guide, who have substantial mountaineering knowledge and for your climbing in mountain.
Everest Base Camp Trek well noon its spectacular mountain peaks and the devotion and openness of its inhabitants, the Everest region is one of the most popular destination for tourists in Nepal. While numerous of the routes through the mountains are difficult, there are plenty places to rest and enjoy a meal along the way. Additionally, don't worry about receiving lost. Just ask a local the way to the next village on your route, and they will direct you. Most Sherpas under the age of fifty can at least understand basic English, and many speak it fluently.
Annapurna Base Camp Trek is the major peaks of the western portion of the great Annapurna Himalaya, Annapurna South, Fang, Annapurna, Ganagapurna, Annapurna 3 and Machhapuchhare and including Annapurna first 8091 meters are arranged almost exactly in a circle about 10 miles in diameter with a deep glacier enclosed field at the center. From this glacier basin, known as the Annapurna base camp trek (Annapurna sanctuary trek), the Modi Khola way south in a narrow ravine fully 12 thousand ft. deep. Further south, the ravine opens up into a wide and fruitful valley, the domain of the Gurungs. The center and upper portions of Modi Khola offer some of the best short routes for trekking in Nepal and the valley is situated so that these treks can be easily joint with treks into the Kali Gandaki (Kali Gandaki is name of the river in Nepal) region to the west.
Upper Mustang Trekking name Make an escapade beginning from world deepest gorge Kaligandaki valley into world's highest area of Lo-Mangthang valley that passes through an almost tree-less barren landscape, a steep stony trail up and down hill and panorama views of high Annapurna Himalaya including Nilgiri, Annapurna, Dhaulagiri and numerous other peaks. The trek passes through high peaks, passes, glaciers, and alpine valleys. The thousands years of seclusion has kept the society, lifestyle and heritage remain unaffected for centuries and to this date.
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Kathmandu Pokhra Tour is an exclusive tour package specially designed for all level travelers. Kathmandu Pokhara tour package is effortless tour alternative for Nepal visitors. This tour package vacation the historically significant and ethnically rich capital (Kathmandu ) of Nepal and the most stunning city of world by the nature, Pokhara. Mountain museum and world peace stupa are another charming of Pokhara tour. Pokhara is the center of escapade tourism in Nepal. Package tour to Kathmandu Pokhara is design to discover highlighted areas of Kathmandu and Pokhara valley. Nepal is the country which is socially and geographically different that’s why we powerfully recommend you discover Nepal to visit once in life time. It is hard to explore all Nepal in one Nepal tours trip in this way we design this trip to show you the highlights of Nepal especially in Kathmandu and Pokhara.
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View in Large On Black Sorry, forgot to add this link when I posted the image.
This piece was inspired by a review done by a television critic who had recently discovered the series Battlestar Galactica. He'd never seen the show as he didn't normally watch “Sci-Fi”, but as the show is now coming to an end he was convinced to watch it by fellow staff members. That's when he realized what most of us have known for five years; that Battlestar Galactica is one of those shows that transcends its genre to become one of the best dramas on TV. So, now a convert, the critic wrote a short piece championing the show and describing to viewers unfamiliar with it about how the show revolves around an old war vessel called Galactica and the last survivors of humanity being led to a promised land (or planet in this case) by her captain; a man by the name of “Commander Odama”.
“Commander Odama”?! For those unfamiliar with the show the “leader of the human survivors” is actually named Commander Adama.
Now, how could I let THAT one go by?! Just a brilliant typo! And so very fitting! I knew I had to do something with this!
So here is Commander Odama and his stalwart crew.. err cabinet... of the Battlestar America, joined together to lead the beleaguered people towards the promised land.
Finally, it's done!
No idea how many hours went into this. There's a ton of images that had to be found, reviewed, and selected for trying. Most were rejected. The final image has 17 original images. There were also 5 associated files I had to create for items like the logo, the White House seal, etc.. Finally, the master file contained nearly 12 layers, most with associated masks so I could work on to blending everything together, arranging the items, adjusting the colours and lighting, etc.. When it was all ready I then outputed to one master JPG where the final painting and touch-ups took place to produce this.
GAWDS IT WAS FUN!
Never worked on an image with so much to it. Learned a lot, and now I'm feeling much better prepared for some of the real digital pieces I want to create. Soon….
In the meantime I hope you all enjoy this one. Please give me your honest feedbacks. I hope those of you who haven’t see Battlestar Galactica can still enjoy the image cause I think it’s kind of funny even without a knowledge of the show. And, of course, I hope those of you who know the show get an extra kick out of seeing this!
Finally, if you haven’t seen the show I can’t more strongly recommend it. It truly is one of the best dramas to come along in the last ten years. American dramatic television has come a long way. I think it’s currently the best being produced in the English world right now (sorry Britain, up until 7 years ago you were Drama Queen, but the rise of HBO, AMC and Showcase has finally freed American creativity to do high quality short-run series of the kind which British viewers are so familiar with). BSG ranks up there with shows like Dexter, House, MadMen, ROME, The Tudors, Sandbaggers, Upstairs,Downstairs, etc.
Try it. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
i took like 60 different shots for today. i love the way this turned out.
shannon is not here cause shes pet sitting. 7 dogs, 2 cats, 5 miniature horses and a llama. no i'm not kidding.
this week is gonna be all about reading the script for the show im designing at the begining of Sept. y'all gotta stay on me to get it done!
365 - 7.26.09
Lumbier, Navarra (Spain).
ENGLISH
The Foz de Lumbier is carved out of the limestone rock by the river Irati at the western end of the Leyre range of mountains, at the foot of the Navarrese Pyrenees. It is one of the most spectacular gorges in Navarre, a landscape created over millions of years by the waters of the river Irati, which have left their mark on this sanctuary of nature day by day. The gorge was declared a Nature Reserve in 1987.
Lumbier is a narrow and small gorge, just 1,300 metres long, but of spectacular beauty. Its vertical walls reach a maximum height of 150 metres and large birds of prey live in the cracks and ledges, with species such as griffon vultures whose flights will accompany you in your visit to the gorge. It is also a refuge for foxes, boar, badgers and owls, and is strewn with gall and kermes oaks and bushes such as thyme, lavender and gorse that hang from the cracks, vegetation that is transformed into woods of poplars, willows and ash trees at the entry and exit of the gorge.
In contrast to many other canyons, you can walk through Lumbier along an easy track that runs along the bottom of the cliffs for 2.6 kilometres. The route was created for the old Irati train (the first electric train in Spain) that linked Pamplona with Sangüesa between 1911 and 1955.
The signposted path runs along the river and crosses the rock through two tunnels (206 and 160 metres long) that do not have artificial light. Towards the end of the path the route goes around the rock and reaches the remains of the Puente del Diablo (Devil's Bridge), which was built in the 16th century with a raised arch 15 metres above the river. It was destroyed by the French in 1812 during the War of Independence, and owes its name to a legend that says that its builder asked the devil for help to finish it.
More info: www.visitnavarra.es/eng/organice-viaje/recurso/relacionad...
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CASTELLANO
La foz de Lumbier es un desfiladero excavado por el río Irati sobre la roca caliza en el extremo occidental de la sierra de Leire, al pie del Pirineo navarro. Es una de las gargantas más espectaculares de Navarra, un paisaje labrado a lo largo de millones de años por la acción del río Irati que, día a día, sigue marcando su huella en este santuario de la naturaleza, reserva natural desde 1987.
La de Lumbier es una hoz estrecha y pequeña, de 1.300 metros de longitud, y de una belleza espectacular. Sus paredes verticales alcanzan en su cota máxima 150 metros de altura, y en sus grietas, roturas y repisas viven grandes rapaces, entre los que abundan los buitres leonados, cuyo vuelo le acompañará en su visita al desfiladero. La foz, que también sirve de refugio para zorros, jabalíes, tejones y alimoches, está poblada de quejigos y coscojas, además de arbustos como tomillo, espliego y ollaga que se cuelan por las grietas, vegetación que se transforma en bosques de álamos, sauces y fresnos a la entrada y salida de la foz.
A diferencia de otras gargantas, la de Lumbier puede ser recorrida a través de un sencillo camino que discurre al pie de los acantilados, a lo largo de 2,6 kilómetros. El trazado fue realizado para el tren Irati, el primer tren eléctrico de España, que comunicó Pamplona con Sangüesa entre 1911 y 1955.
El camino está señalizado, discurre junto al río y atraviesa la roca a través de dos túneles, de 206 y 160 metros de longitud, que no poseen luz artificial. En la parte final del sendero, el camino bordea la roca y llega hasta los restos del Puente del Diablo, construido en el siglo XVI, con un arco elevado 15 metros sobre el río. Destruido por los franceses en 1812, durante la Guerra de la Independencia, debe su nombre a una leyenda según la cual su constructor pidió ayuda al diablo para levantar el puente.
Más info: www.visitnavarra.es/esp/organice-viaje/recurso.aspx?o=303...
I never used to drink coffee. After I moved to Guelph a few years ago I tried it. Then I tried our local Planet Bean Coffee...... and it was all over. I now buy freshly roasted coffee every week or so.... and grind it in my new burr grinder right before I brew it in my french press. I have somehow become a coffee snob. Never saw it coming.
A bonus of drinking Planet Bean coffee is that it is Fair Trade and Organic!
Camera: Nikon D700 [ISO 200]:[5s] Lens:135mm 2.8 AIS [f4]
Strobist: SB900 @ 17mm 1/8th power, into 28" wescott softbox camera right. Used a whiteboard to attempt to reflect some of the light back to left side of subject.
Triggered by PWII's.
After the flash went off, I used a small pen flashlight and made quick circles in the air during the remainder of the 5 second exposure. I kind of like this one because the "halo" is all messed up. it sure is hard to draw a straight line while reaching over your setup in the dark. single exposure, no photoshop editing.
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Cunit, Tarragona (Spain).
ENGLISH
The Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis) is a pine native to the Mediterranean region. The range extends from Morocco and Spain north to southern France, Italy and Croatia, and east to Greece and northern Libya, with an outlying population (from which it was first described) in Syria (including Aleppo), Jordan and Israel. It is generally found at low altitudes, mostly from sea level to 200 m, but can grow at an altitude of up to 1000 m in southern Spain, and up to 1700 m in the south, in Morocco and Algeria.
A cone (in formal botanical usage: strobilus, plural strobili) is an organ on plants in the division Pinophyta (conifers) that contains the reproductive structures. The familiar woody cone is the female cone, which produces seeds. The male cones, which produce pollen, are usually herbaceous and much less conspicuous even at full maturity. The name "cone" derives from the fact that the shape in some species resembles a geometric cone. The individual plates of a cone are known as scales.
The male cone (microstrobilus or pollen cone) is structurally similar across all conifers, differing only in small ways (mostly in scale arrangement) from species to species. Extending out from a central axis are microsporophylls (modified leaves). Under each microsporophyll is one or several microsporangia (pollen sacs). The photo (right) shows mature male pine cones shortly after pollen release.
The female cone (megastrobilus, seed cone, or ovulate cone) contains ovules within which, when fertilized by pollen, become seeds. The female cone structure varies more markedly between the different conifer families, and is often crucial for the identification of many species of conifers, in as much as seeing the foliage alone may be insufficient to differentiate between closely related species.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleppo_Pine, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conifer_cone
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CASTELLANO
El pino carrasco o pincarrasco (Pinus halepensis) es un árbol de la familia Pinaceae, género Pinus, también conocido como pino de Alepo o pino blanco, de hoja perenne en forma de aguja. Puede alcanzar los 20 m de altura. Tronco macizo y tortuoso, de corteza gris rojizo y copa irregular. Estróbilos rojizos de forma oval de unos 10 cm de longitud. Muy resistente a la aridez.
Está presente en bosques secos, de tipo mediterráneo, de Europa y Asia occidental y África del norte. Ha sido llevado también para utilizar su madera a África y otros continentes, donde ha entrado en competencia con la vegetación local. También se le utiliza en la producción de resina.
Crece, por lo general, a bajas cotas entre el nivel del mar y los 200 m, aunque en el sur de España puede alcanzar los 1000 m.
En Botánica un cono o estróbilo es una estructura basada en un eje terminal, alrededor del cual se despliegan hojas reproductivas con una disposición generalmente helicoidal. En este sentido más amplio cono es sinónimo de estróbilo, término que suele preferirse en las publicaciones científicas.
Cono (conus) es el nombre que en latín se empleaba para designar lo que en español se llama piña. Muchos prefieren restringir el uso del término a este significado original o, al menos, al grupo biológico de las coníferas (división Pinophyta), aunque sea incluyendo también a las estructuras masculinas.
Los conos femeninos están formados por un eje alrededor del cual se ordenan de forma helicoidal escamas gruesas e inicialmente apretadas, llamadas brácteas tectrices (portadoras), sobre cada una de las cuales se encuentran una o varias brácteas seminíferas. Éstas se interpretan como megasporofilos (hojas portadoras de megasporas) y sobre ellas aparecen los primordios seminales, que después de la polinización y la subsecuente fecundación, deben transformarse en semillas.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_halepensis, es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estr%c3%b3bilo
Abandoned mansion of Baron de Viron in Bellegem. The baroness still lives in the house next to it.
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Update 14/06/2011:
Apparently, this photo is subject to some discussion at the urbanexplorersforum.nl forum.
I have no access, so I'm not sure what it's all about. I did receive a polite message from a person that probably is a forum member, with the suggestion to remove the address of this mansion from the page:
"Hoe u met uw info omgaat is uw goed recht. Echter, om het adres op en bloot op Flickr te plaatsen omtrent maison Viron is niet zo handig. Het is een bekende plaats waar een bepaalde groep fotografen heen gaan en het niet zo prettig vinden dat deze info vrij op het net staat. Er komen ook andere personalia op af zoals meubeldieven etc. Er zijn nogal wat interieurfoto's die ook online staan.
Het zou dus prettig zijn deze te verwijderen. "
Translated:
"How you deal with your info is your own right. However, to post the 'maison Viron' mansion's address on Flickr is not so convenient. It is a known place visited by a certain group of photographers, which don't like this information to be freely available on the net. It also attracts other people, such as furniture thieves, etc. There are quite a few interior photos that are online.
So it would be nice to remove it."
My reply simply stated that any information provided on this photo page is already freely available on the net. I do not add any information not yet publicly available.
I would also like to get a chance to read what that forum discussion is all about, and express my opinion. If there are any good arguments, I'm willing to comply to the request. But I doubt there will be. Can anyone help me to register on urbanexplorersforum.nl ? I was unable to find a register page.
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Update 28/06/2011:
A bit late with posting this update :-)
The reply I got on my email (that same day), goes like this:
"Maar heb je wel toestemming gekregen van de eigenaren van de webpagina's die je weergeeft, volgens mij geven die daar geen toestemming voor. Sterker nog, dit weet ik wel zeker, ik ken er een aantal persoonlijk.
Op het forum zult u geen toegang krijgen omdat dit een urbexforum betreft. Ieder die al een poos die hobby uitoefent en al de nodige resultaten kan laten zien wordt aangenomen, de ander resoluut geweigerd om deze praktijken tegen te gaan.
En nogmaals, u mag met de info doen wat u wilt omtrent Viron. Maar dat het open en bloot op het internet al staat wil nog niet zeggen dat u er aan moet bijdragen dit uit te breiden. Ter uwer info, ik heb het bewuste draadje geopend op dat forum om elkaar scherp te houden wie er goed en wie er slecht met info omspringt.
Hier eindigt alle contact tussen u en mij....."
Translated:
"But did you get permission from the owners of the webpages that you provide a link to? According to me they don't give permission. In fact, I know for sure, I know some of them personally."
I can only repeat what I have said before: I provide what's already available on the internet.
If the 'owners' of the webpages I link to would ask if I'd remove the links, I will. If they can prove they are the owners, of course.
"You won't get access to the forum because it's an urbexforum. Anyone that exercises this hobby for a while and can show the necessary results is accepted, any others are resolutely denied in order to prevent such practices."
I don't get this. I am denied access to this forum because I'm not an 'urbex'. So far, I can follow. But how is not allowing me on the forum going to prevent me from posting the information that I have? If they would grant me access, they might convince me to remove that information.
"I repeat, you can do what you want with the info on Viron. That it is already freely available on the internet does not mean you should contribute on its availability. FYI, it was I who started the thread on that forum to keep each other sharp on who handles info in a good way or bad."
I guess I'll be one of the bad guys, then. If I don't get a chance to defend myself, or give 'them' a chance to convince me to follow their rules, so be it.
"Here ends all contact between you and me...."
Well, OK, then. That's very mature.
Even if I wasn't allowed on that forum, at least I had one contact to exchange ideas with. But if this person chooses to end a discussion that hasn't had a chance to really start, I'll respect that. I haven't answered that mail. And because all contact has ended, I doubt that person will come back to read my thoughts in here.
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The baroness does not appreciate visitors, but many have entered to take pictures:
www.flickr.com/photos/x-itje/sets/72157601106012373/with/...
www.urbexannie.nl/locatiesbelgie/MaisondeViron.htm
web251.webgo24-server8.de/maison_de_viron/
www.residues.net/viron_uk.html
gallery.jurgroessen.nl/main.php?g2_itemId=6891
www.noplaceto.be/Viron/index.html
www.talkurbex.com/2009/08/a-walkthrough-maison-de-viron/
www.luxurbex.com/gallery-maison-de-viron.html
www.brunas.nl/pixelpost/index.php?showimage=467
www.flickr.com/photos/cvanfleteren/sets/72157601106051893/
Beschrijving
Walleweg nr. 13. Z.g. "Mortagnekasteel". Landhuis in cottagestijl van ca. 1925, opgetrokken in opdracht van en naar ontwerp van baron de Viron. Gelegen in groot park met twee dreven één vanuit Walleweg en een tweede vanuit Bellegemseplaats. Typerend materiaalgebruik, i.e. gediversifieerde geel-oranje baksteen afgewisseld met gecementeerde delen (geschilderd) en imitatievakwerk. Combinatie van volumes met centraal blok onder pannen schilddak. Dakkapellen met hellende daken of zadeldaken, boven inkom uitgewerkte dakkapel. Drieledige, korfbogige en overluifelde inkompartij met bordestrap. Erboven driezijdige houten erker. Rechthoekige en segmentvormige vensters in (simili)natuurstenen omlijsting met negblokken. In tuin romantische waterput en tuinpaviljoen. ( inventaris.vioe.be/dibe/relict/60577 )
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Llancarvan monastery in Glamorganshire, three miles from Cowbridge, and not far from the British Channel, was founded in the latter part of the fifth century by St. Cadoc (Dranc, "Christian Schools and Scholars", I, 56). He was the son of Gundleus (Swynlliw), a prince of South Wales, who some years before his death renounced the world to lead an eremitical life near a country church which he had built. Cadoc, who was his oldest son, succeeded him in the government, but not long after followed his father's example and received the religious habit from St. Tathai, an Irish monk, superior of a small community at Swent near Chepstow, in Monmouthshire. Returning to his native county, Cadoc built a church and monastery, which was called Llancarvan, or the "Church of the Stags". Here he established a monastery and college, which became the seminary of many great and holy men. The spot at first seemed an impossible one, and almost inaccessible marsh, but he and his monks drained and cultivated it, transforming it into one of the most famous and attractive religious homes in South Wales. The plan of the building included a monastery, a college, and a hospital. The ancient Iolo manuscript (Welsh) gives an account of the numerical strength of this monastery: "The College of Cattwg [Cadoc] in Llancarvan with three cells [halls or subject houses] and a thousand saints [monks], together with two cells in the Vale of Neath"
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: SHIN'S BASS SOLO (1 of 1) /
EL SOLO DE SHIN (1 de 1)
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 02 of 48) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48.
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- FOTOHISTORIAS en casa de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
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- Ayrin and Sheryl PHOTOSTORIES at Flickr
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This Timber Wolf was trying to ensure that he got a piece of the beaver meat. The Alpha Male of the pack had already tossed this poor fellow into the snow more than once......claiming the good meat of his choice..........leaving only leftovers to be picked through by the rest of the pack.
I did tone down the blood in the photo using Lightroom 2.......was a little too bright and gorey. So if your a little squeamish about blood....sorry about that. But it was a great look at Nature at it's wildest.
i dont want to live in a gated community, i dont want to bend to society's expectations, i dont want to live my life pretending, im okay, things are okay, we are okay. I want to live, without limitations. I've been spending all my life, pushing to get to college, and now that im actually doing it, i dont want this. i want to go backbacking through europe, and open a fruit stand in mexico, i want to live.
i want to live.
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New group: Overschie!
I started a new group - couldn't believe it didn't exist yet - about Overschie, Rotterdam!
Overschie is a neighbourhood in the north of Rotterdam, with +15.000 inhabitants. It has a lot of beautiful spots, but also the A13 running through it and the Kleinpolderplein traffic junction (another group I started, btw). Feel free to throw all your Overschie shots in this new group. Ta!
About the picture
Trying to slipstream the Dutch Masters... ;-)
With the sun coming up behind my back I suddenly noticed this atmospheric view of 'vintage' Overschie, a rootsy Rotterdam neighbourhood - all this while I was reporting the demolition of a modern appartment at the other side of this bridge.
This is HDR, but I processed it in a different way, I was trying to make it look like an old Dutch painting, or something. :-)
Hope you enjoy it. Ta!
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Date: Taken on January 24, 2012 at 8.51 am CET
Exif data
Camera Nikon D700
Exposure 3x (1/125) for HDR
Aperture f/2.8 / f/5.6 / f/8
Focal Length 50 mm (Nikon 50mm f/1.4)
ISO Speed 200
3 shots into Photomatix Pro into Photoshop CS5 for further processing.
Madrid (Spain).
ENGLISH
The Jardines del Buen Retiro or Parque del Buen Retiro (literally "Gardens" or "Park of the Pleasant Retreat"), or simply El Retiro, the "Lungs of Madrid", is the main park of the city of Madrid, capital of Spain.
The Parque del Buen Retiro is a large and popular 1.4 km² (350-acre) park at the edge of the city center, very close to the Puerta de Alcalá and not far from the Museo del Prado. A magnificent park, filled with beautiful sculpture and monuments, galleries, a peaceful lake and host to a variety of events, it is one of Madrid's premier attractions. The park is entirely surrounded by the present-day city.
In 1505, at the time of Isabella I (r. 1474–1504) the Monasterio de Jerónimos was moved from an unsuitable location elsewhere to the present site of Iglesia de San Jerónimo el Real, and a new monastery built in Isabelline Gothic style. The royal family had a retreat built as part of the church.
King Philip II (r. 1556–1598) moved the Spanish court to Madrid in 1561. Philip had the Retiro enlarged by his architect Juan Bautista de Toledo, and formal avenues of trees were laid out. Here, at the Palacio del Buen Retiro, the king could withdraw during Lent, bringing the court with him.
The "Jardines del Buen Retiro" were extended in the 1620s, when Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Philip IV's powerful favourite, gave the king several tracts of land in the vicinity for the Court's recreational use. Olivares determined to build, in a place that the king liked, a royal house which should be superior to those villas that Roman nobles had lately been setting up in the hillyt outskirts of Rome. Although this second royal residence was to be built in what were then outlying areas of Madrid, it was actually not far from the existing Alcázar or fortress residence, and the location in a cool, wooded area proved to be ideal.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parque_del_Buen_Retiro
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CASTELLANO
Los Jardines del Buen Retiro, popularmente conocidos como El Retiro, son un parque de 118 hectáreas situado en Madrid. Es uno de los lugares más significativos de la capital española.
Los Jardines tienen su origen entre los años 1630 y 1640, cuando el Conde-Duque de Olivares (Don Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel), valido de Felipe IV (1621–1665), le regaló al rey unos terrenos que le habían sido cedidos por el Duque de Fernán Núñez para el recreo de la Corte en torno al Monasterio de los Jerónimos de Madrid. Así, con la reforma del Cuarto Real que había junto al Monasterio, se inició la construcción del Palacio del Buen Retiro. Contaba entonces con unas 145 hectáreas. Aunque esta segunda residencia real iba a estar en lo que en aquellos tiempos eran las afueras de la villa de Madrid, no estaba excesivamente lejos del alcázar y resultó ser un lugar muy agradable por estar en una zona muy boscosa y fresca.
Bajo la dirección de los arquitectos Giovanni Battista Crescenzi y Alonso Carbonell se construyeron diversos edificios, entre ellos el teatro del Buen Retiro que acogió representaciones teatrales de los grandes del Siglo de Oro, Calderón de la Barca y Lope de Vega. Perduran aún el Casón del Buen Retiro, antiguo Salón de Baile, el Museo del Ejército, antaño Salón de Reinos con sus paredes decoradas con pinturas de Velázquez, Zurbarán y frescos de Lucas Jordán y los jardines.
Éstos se levantaron al mismo tiempo que el palacio, trabajando en ellos, entre otros, Cosme Lotti, escenógrafo del Gran Duque de Toscana, y edificándose una leonera para la exhibición de animales salvajes y una pajarera para aves exóticas. El estanque grande, escenario de naumaquias y espectáculos acuáticos, el estanque ochavado o de las campanillas y la ría chica pertenecen a este período inicial.
A lo largo de la historia, en este conjunto se han ido efectuando modificaciones, no siempre planificadas, que cambiaron la fisonomía del jardín, como el Parterre diseñado durante el reinado de Felipe V (1700–1746), la Real Fábrica de Porcelana del Buen Retiro en tiempos de Carlos III (1759–1788) o el Observatorio Astronómico, obra de Juan de Villanueva, reinando Carlos IV (1788–1808). El rey Carlos III fue el primero en permitir el acceso de los ciudadanos al recinto, siempre que cumpliesen con la condición de ir bien aseados y vestidos.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buen_Retiro