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A shot from recently concluded national day celebrations of Qatar
Qatar National Day takes place every year on Dec. 18.
It marks the day in 1878 that Sheikh Jassim Bin Mohammad Bin Thani succeeded his father as leader of the tribes of Qatar.
Fighting for independence from the Ottomans, the British and other Arabian Peninsula tribes, Sheikh Jassim is considered the founder of Qatar for unifying oft-divided local tribes under his leadership, and winning autonomy for them.
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¿Quién eres tú, la que me canta?
Recuerdo ahora el mar. ¡El mar! Si yo pudiera
volver al mar a aquella playa
donde llovía siempre. Allá arriba las verdes colinas
y más allá la tierra escarlata, y la Gran Cordillera
que vigila volcanes, el viento que sopla desde allí,
y el cielo de cristal.
Nadie en las dunas.
La lluvia ahuyenta
y me deja solo en esta playa de pronto interminable.
Miguel Arteche. De pronto en una playa interminable
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I took a trip to the east coast yesterday afternoon with the sole intention of being arty (just for you Craig:). I've noticed on Flickr that a good effect can be obtained by using a star filter on the lens. After reading up on these things I realised that by closing the aperture a similar and cheaper effect can be achieved. Well to cut a long story short I got a few shots taken into the sun of which the above is one.
While I was shooting a guy behind me remarked as he walked past that by shooting into the sun I would hurt my eye. I told him he would do the same if he didn't keep his nose out.............
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CANTARES
Vino, sentimiento, guitarra y poesía
hacen los cantares de la patria mía.
Cantares...
Quien dice cantares dice Andalucía.
A la sombra fresca de la vieja parra,
un mozo moreno rasguea la guitarra...
Cantares...
Algo que acaricia y algo que desgarra.
La prima que canta y el bordón que llora...
Y el tiempo callado se va hora tras hora.
Cantares...
Son dejos fatales de la raza mora.
No importa la vida, que ya está perdida,
y, después de todo, ¿qué es eso, la vida?...
Cantares...
Cantando la pena, la pena se olvida.
Madre, pena, suerte, pena, madre, muerte,
ojos negros, negros, y negra la suerte...
Cantares...
En ellos el alma del alma se vierte.
Cantares. Cantares de la patria mía,
quien dice cantares dice Andalucía.
Cantares...
No tiene más notas la guitarra mía.
( Manuel Machado )
out of all the custom shaped bokeh i've tried, i think i like the simplicity of square the best. you can find a recipe for custom shapes on my snowberries photo.
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ruby γλυκειά
έλα ξανά
έλα ξανά κοντά μου
έλα πρωί
σαν την αυτή
χρυσή σαν ηλιαχτίδα
ruby μου μικρή
- cat stevens
tr:
ruby glykeia (ruby my sweet)
ela xana (come again)
ela xana konta mou (come again close to me)
ela proi (come in the morning)
me tin avgi (by dawn)
hrisi san iliahtida (gold as a sunbeam)
ruby mou mikri (my little ruby)
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I saw the 1st show of Jimmy Eat World's Clarity 10X10 tour - 10 shows celebrating the 10th anniversary of the release of their first album. As an encore, they played this song off an old EP, and I'm a little bit in love with it right now. Hope you all enjoy it as much as I do =)
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I've got my car, we could go and sit a while.
I know it won't turn over but we'll get somewhere just the same
I'm through talking
(it's the strangest thing, I feel safe when I'm lonely)
don't take too much
you'll get burned if it's all at one time
take it easy don't you get it?
it's just an expression
would you raise your voice every time a little dirt gets under?
cry if you want
(it's the return of no sensitivity)
you don't have to scream to say something that you honestly mean
the world won't turn without you
and I am amazed you're standing still
your problems, they aren't problems
be glad they never will
I'm taking my kisses back
I want my kisses back from you
when you hear those footsteps calling
it's O.K. if you don't answer
isn't it obvious?
I thought it was obvious.
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"niña, te quiero decir
que tengo en computadora
un gigabyte de tus besos
y un floppy de tu persona
Niña, te quiero decir
que sólo tú me interesas
y el mouse que mueve tu boca
me formatea la cabeza
Niña, te quiero decir
que en mi pc sólo tengo
un monitor con tus ojos
y un cd-rom de tu cuerpo
Niña, te quiero decir
que el internet de mis sueños
lo conecté a tu sonrisa
y al módem de tus cabellos
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North Star Roller Girl Rhea Lentless is also a very talented wedding photographer. She asked me to come along as second shooter this past Saturday. We had lots of fun in the small arboretum by the Walker Art Gallery in Minneapolis, before moving to the ceremony itself in the (gorgeous) flower-pool garden of the McNeeley Conservatory in Saint Paul.
Rhea let me stage a few on my own. I just 'saw' this in my head but we couldn't find the groomsmen so we almost bailed on it. I'm glad now we didn't! It's one of my favorites from the whole day! :-)
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Preface:
When I posted this photo three days ago, my first thought after exporting it from Lightroom was to delete it. I didn't like it, but I felt I needed more human elements in my stream, and not just landscapes.
The Man On The Horse
This shot was taken at La Presa de Huascato. I remember him making his way along behind me. I thought it would make an interesting photo, but I hesitated. I had yet the courage to photograph a stranger in their environment, head on. Face-to-face, with them aware of me photographing them. I shook off the hesitation, swung around quickly, composed, and fired. I turned back to viewing the water, and he kept on his way.
Yesterday: I was talking to my Sister-in-law (Ame). She told me she had shown some co-workers my photos. And when she came upon this one, one of her co-workers became emotional.
While in Mexico, and a few days after I had taken this photo, Ame's Brother told us of some news...news that had me knowing more of this man, before I realized it. Until yesterday, when one of Ame's coworkers recognized the man on the horse.
During the Mother's Day celebrations, this man and two others were driving along the highway. By the sounds of it, they were intoxicated. Subsequently, they crashed. Two men survived. The man on the horse, did not.
It's a strange feeling knowing I may have taken some one's final photograph.
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Ahora En Español!/Now in Spanish! - Traducido con Google Translate - Unas partes salen un poco chistoso/raro por la traducion, asi k perdon!
Now that my birthday celebrations are finally over [ ;o) Lol ], it's time to get back to some serious Fashion!
Enjoy the song...one of my favs..."The Eyes of Truth" by Enigma
The Eyes of Truth
are always watching you.
Alsyn Gazryn Zeregleenn
Aduu shig mal shig torolzonoo khuoo
(In the distance the mirage stands out like horses and cattle.
Very glad to see my beloved son.)
Je me regarde
Je me sens
Je vois des enfants
Je suis enfant !
(I look at myself
I feel myself
I see the children
I am a child!)
Have a great week ahead everyone!! :o))
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Saw these flowers that had fallen in the grounds of the local library and took Dasher back for an early Saturday morning shoot. He was very happy to sniff around and check out the place. He got a little dirty, but for him it was all part of the fun. He likes a good photo outing.
I have a few shots from this shoot that I like, but this is the one I like the most amongst all the pink and the soft light and shadows.
Hope you like it too.
Happy Sunday when you get there ;) Car x
Today's Carsounds - Who Knew
Abbaye de Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle - Église du monastère
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L'abbaye de Saint-Wandrille, anciennement abbaye de Fontenelle, est une abbaye bénédictine de la congrégation de Solesmes située dans le département de la Seine-Maritime, en Normandie (France). L'abbaye fondée en 649, a connu une longue histoire avec trois grandes périodes de destructions : celle de l'invasion des Vikings, puis celle des Huguenots, et enfin la Révolution française. C'est aujourd'hui une abbaye de moines bénédictins.(source Wikipédia) - Wikipedia in English
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Approximately 86 kilometers northeast of the city of Beirut in eastern Lebanon stands the temple complex of Baalbek (Known as Heliopolis, the ‘City of the Sun.' during the Roman era). Situated atop a high point in the fertile Bekaa valley, the ruins are one of the most extraordinary and enigmatic holy places of ancient times. Long before the Romans conquered the site and built their enormous temple of Jupiter, long even before the Phoenicians constructed a temple to the god Baal, there stood at Baalbek the largest stone block construction found in the entire world.
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Could you use a good fish story today? Once upon a time there were these beautiful fish who lived five miles under the ocean. How do I know? They were the subject of a PBS television special. So this is a for real fish story. Because these fish are really striking - they are incredibly colorful - some folks thought they might look good in someone's tropical fish aquarium. So, they tried to bring these fish to the surface. They didn't make it. They blew up when they got near the surface! They were designed to live under that pressure at the bottom. No happy ending - except they're leaving the rest of them where they belong - five miles under the ocean. That's where they were created to be!
It really works this way in all of God's creation. There's an environment that things and people were created to be in, and things really work when they're in that place. They really don't work very well when they're not where they were designed to be. Thankfully, God makes very clear the environment you and I were created for, so we don't have to waste our lives searching for it. In fact, probably the single most important question you have to answer while you're on earth is this: Why am I here?
God answers that question in six simple, life-changing words in His book the Bible. Our word for today from the Word of God comes from Colossians 1:16. Speaking of Jesus Christ, the Bible says, "All things were" - now here are the six words - "created by Him and for Him." Try putting your name in that Biblical statement. Here we go. "(Your name) was created by Jesus and for Jesus." Just like those fish were created to be in the pressure of that deep-sea environment. Just like the earth was created to be in an orbit around the sun, you were created for Jesus. You were created by Jesus for a relationship with Jesus, where you live for Jesus.
All these years you've been away from the one that your heart's been searching for all along. Isn't it time to experience the relationship you were made for - to finally be where you were born to be?
_Ron_Hutchcraft
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La cabaña de vuelta es un pequeño y sencillo habitáculo muy típico de las comarcas interiores, desde la Noguera hasta la Terra Alta, sin descartar su presencia en otros lugares de la geografía catalana, al igual que tipologías diversas de barracas de viña, por ejemplo, también se pueden dar en estos lugares. En cuanto a la cronología parece que la verdadera expansión de estas construcciones se da entre mediados del siglo XVIII y mediados del siglo XX, con una etapa de mucha mayor incidencia constructiva entre la segunda mitad del siglo XIX y primer cuarto del XX, vinculado al aumento de la superficie cultivada, por venta o cesión de las tierras improductivas de los señores, de la conversión de los bosques comunales o por la privatización de extensiones de terreno considerables tras la desamortización.
Gnarly tree, yellow ragwort, and red diamorpha: spring flora in a granitic landscape.
DeKalb County (Stonecrest), Georgia, USA.
27 March 2024.
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▶ Not quite the summit of monadnock Arabia Mountain, but an 840-foot high plateau (256 m) located about 2,500 feet (760 m) northwest of the true summit.
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spent the early hours of sunday morning with IAN,at St.Marys Island,Whitley Bay.
we steered clear of the causeway (which attracted half a dozen or so other photographers) and headed around the bay instead.the problem being we were out of sight of the sunrise,so instead had to put more emphasis on the coastal features.that said,i was still struggling to control the very bright sky,which was pretty cloudless and not as moody as i would have liked.still you cant have everything all the time i suppose.(clear blue skies and the north east of England in november do not normally go hand in hand).i have 4 or 5 shots to post this week,from this shoot,and although they all may look similar at first glance,i think you will see that the main compositions are all totally unique.i enjoyed this trip as i think it made me look harder for compositions as there was no great sunrise to hide behind.
i hope you like the results :)
NEXT SUNDAYS MEET AT HOLY ISLAND IS STILL A CERT,SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING SOME OF YOU FOLKS,BOTH NEW AND OLD.UNTIL THEN,HAVE A GREAT WEEK EVERYONE
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Sentiamoci amici, ecco una bella occasione per fare qualcosa per questa meravigliosa Città , qui anche i leoni volano...che rischia di scomparire!!
BUONA DOMENICA AMICI
MANIFESTAZIONE 30 NOVEMBRE
Dettagli
NO GRANDI OPERE – NO CONSUMO DI SUOLO
PER LA DEMOCRAZIA E I BENI COMUNI
PER IL DIRITTO DI RESPIRARE, LAVORARE, VIVERE IN VENETO
Giornate di mobilitazione regionale in difesa della qualità della vita
Sabato 16 novembre : iniziative di sensibilizzazione nei Comuni del
Veneto
Sabato 30 novembre ore 14 – stazione FS di Santa Lucia –
manifestazione regionale a Venezia
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Title from the song made popular by Debbie Boone.
So many nights I sit by my window
Waiting for someone to sing me his song
So many dreams I kept deep inside me
Alone in the dark but now
You've come along
You light up my life
You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights with song
Rollin' at sea, adrift on the water
Could it be finally I'm turning for home?
Finally, a chance to say hey,
I love You
Never again to be all alone
You light up my life
You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights with song
You light up my life
You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights with song
It can't be wrong
When it feels so right
'Cause You
You light up my life
Ronda was first settled by the early Celts, but its subsequent Roman and then Moorish rulers are reflected most prominently in its architecture. The forces of Catholic Spain took control of the town in 1485, during the Reconquista.
Ronda is situated in a very mountainous area about 750 metres (2,500 ft) above mean sea level. The Guadalevín River runs through the city, dividing it in two and carving out the steep, 100 plus meters deep El Tajo canyon upon which the city perches.
Three bridges, Puente Romano ("Roman Bridge", also known as the Puente San Miguel), Puente Viejo ("Old Bridge", also known as the Puente Arabe or "Arab Bridge") and Puente Nuevo ("New Bridge"), span the canyon. The term "nuevo" is a bit of a misnomer, as the building of this bridge commenced in 1751 and took until 1793 to complete. The Puente Nuevo is the tallest of the bridges, towering 120 metres (390 ft) above the canyon floor, and all three serve as some of the city's most impressive features.
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An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
And isn't it ironic... don't you think
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
"Well isn't this nice..."
And isn't it ironic... don't you think
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face
tunes: alanis morisette . ironic www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v9yUVgrmPY&feature=related
View Large If you use this texture bokeh please link back to this image and please leave a comment so I can see what you have done with it :) Enjoy! Happy St. Patrick's Day. I used a sparkly basket with a cutout of shamrock over lens. Explored 3/15/10 #20
A menudo es bueno echar la vista atrás y recordar aquellos años en los que despertabamos al amor, quién no recuerda a ese su primer amor, a ese que le dejó tanta huella que ni el tiempo logró borrarla….Ya han pasado muchos años desde esos primeros amores de juventud, ...y en alguna ocasión, estoy convencida, hemos pensado en aquella persona que por entonces nos hizo vibrar por primera vez....y hemos pensado qué sería de ella, por donde andaría, si le habría ido bien en la vida......lo que nos gustaría volver a verle o verla.....sin nada más....
Esta imagen quiere servir de homenaje a todas aquellas personas que tocaron nuestro corazón en aquella juventud…y en su memoria ,en su recuerdo, va también esta preciosa canción del gigante Serrat que os invito a escuchar a todos....
Palabras de amor, sencillas y tiernas
Que echamos al vuelo por primera vez......
Apenas tuvimos tiempo de aprenderlas,
Recién despertábamos de la niñez....……………………………………………………………………..............................
Y Palabras de Amor que todos deberíamos saber decir en el momento oportuno.
Si se pudiesen cambiar bofetadas… por palabras de amor sencillas y tiernas el mundo iría mucho mejor…..
María
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Kate Ryan - Désenchantée Remix. . . Its an awesome version^^
Kate Ryan- Desénchantée or Mylène Farmer - Désenchantée
Nager dans les eaux troubles
Des lendemains
Attendre ici la fin
Flotter dans l'air trop lourd
Du presque rien
A qui tendre la main
Si je dois tomber de haut
Que ma chute soit lente
Je n'ai trouvé de repos
Que dans l'indifférence
Pourtant, je voudrais retrouver l'innocence
Mais rien n'a de sens, et rien ne va
Tout est chaos
A côté
Tous mes idéaux, des mots
Abimés
Je cherche une âme, qui
Pourra m'aider
Je suis d'une
Génération désenchantée,
Désenchantée...
English^^
To swim in troubled waters
for days,
To wait here for the end.
To float in air, too heavy
from almost nothing.
To whom to reach out a hand?
If I must fall from high,
May my fall be gentle.
I found rest only in indifference.
Still, I would like to find innocence again,
But nothing makes sense and nothing goes right.
All is Chaos,
On all sides,
All my ideals; the words overwhelmed,
I look for a soul who is able to help me.
I am of a disenchanted generation.
Disenchanted ...
Taken at "Dead man´s Chest" pure SL
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View On Black (Best with 20" monitor or bigger) San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers is a large botanical greenhouse in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, constructed in 1878. It houses an important collection of exotic plants. It is the oldest building in Golden Gate Park and the oldest municipal wooden conservatory remaining in the United States. It is also one of the first municipal conservatories constructed in the country. For these distinctions and for its associated historical, architectural, and engineering merits, the Conservatory of Flowers is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Here is another photo of the Conservatory: www.flickr.com/photos/michelk/2579638366/ For more info, visit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatory_of_Flowers
View from the top of 'Levant Terril' at Mons in Belgium.
A 'terril' is a hill made from mining waste. There are still a lot of them in the old mining regions like Mons, now being appreciated as green areas.
I've used a ND1000 filter in order to have an 'evening effect' even if the sun was high in the sky.
This is NOT a tone-mapped HDR but a digital blending of 3 exposures. The main exposure was of 30 sec.
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aLieNS aRe eVeRYWHeRe … HBW!!!
Last night I woke up because my cat was very nervous…….when I had a look out of the window, I have seen the Dandaliens have landed with their spacecrafts.
This morning I wanted to see them but they were already gone……….maybe they land this night in your garden?
HBW !!!
Still my connection is not a fast gun, so sorry and forgive me when you don´t see me on your streams………
Oh and have a look at Francois Cactus. today a big alien you see there.
Maybe you like this ………
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It was a misty morning, the rays of the rising sun flooded more and more the new day with light.
This created such a beautiful and overwhelming mood, that i wanted to capture it .
I really struggled with my camera adjustments, but under the helpful guidance of a friend this is finally the result i got - as closest to the feeling as it was possible for me.
I'm looking forward to your opinion from an emotional as well as from a technical point of view :-))