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I was never thinking that the seascape shooting can be so adventurous like this morning. I went with Michael to Shelly Beach-Manly to take some shots but I must have misunderstood his email. Seriously, when he told me that this was going to be an adventure, he was right!!

We decided that instead of walking for half an hour to our destination we would take the shortcut via a steep road down to the cliff in pitch black darkness (5.30 am). Well Michael had a flash light and I forgot mine at home, bottom line – we finally reached our destination with some additional scars, bruises and scratches on my legs and feet. I had slipped a couple of times and fell despite my Spiderman powers and my new wet shoes!!

 

We met Oat ( Hangingpixels) and few more photographers; good thing is to see how many people enjoy photography, sunrise and seascape shooting.

 

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Single RAW shot at F: 16 E: 1/60 – filter: Cokin P ND 0.4x and Grey to increase contrast, post processing: Lightroom / Tone Mapping / Photomatix / B&W Styler

  

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:::: Goodbye 2009...... welcome 2010!, St-Paulin, Québec, Canada

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Saskia Laroo on the Pink Trumpet. View On Black

  

Goa is more acclaimed for its flamboyant music and dance and the spirit of happiness then for anything else.

 

You have all kinds of music permeating the state of Goa from its local Konkani to the international trends of trance and oft times,lamentably, the Britney Spears variety of popular music performed by some Goan bands. Jazz as is usual does not have a vast popular audience but there are some earnest believers in that genre of music.

 

Jazz in Goa is in a state of creative ferment with the efforts of the Amando Gonsalves and his merry band of jazz organisers

 

You can read more on them at the Heritage Jazz www.heritagejazz.com/

 

Artists from around the world arrive and play in and around the heritage area of Campal in Panjim right next door to the heritage Gonsalves Mansion.

 

Saskia Laroo was performing in Goa on the night of 7th December 2008, soon after the Bombay terrorist carnage on 26the November. She is magic on the trumpet and as I said earlier, a consummate artist.

 

The line up on that night was the following -

 

1. Ms. Saskia Laroo (Trumpet)

 

2. Warren Byrd on keyboard and vocals

 

3. Andy Valkenburg (bass)...(( I better do his shots fast..)

 

4. Ms. Dorota Piotrowska (Drum)

 

5. Mr. Alexander Beets on the Saxophone

 

Some of the shots of that night, in no strict order are here.

   

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(thank you Shannon for this song. I absolutely love it)

 

I reached a million views a while ago:

And never got to thank every single one of you.

I mean it when I say I cannot put into words how many good people I have met through this site, how much I have learned, and how much I have taken out of this.

You all, every single one of you, do have such a place in my heart.

I can't imagine my life if I have never started putting my work on here.

That may sound odd, but I can't imagine it.

 

AND IF YOU ARE OUT THERE

I think I ran into someone who knows me from this site today.

I was crossing the cross walk here at school and I passed you, whoever you are, brown haired girl carrying a camera?

I think you must have recognized me or something because of the way you were watching me....so if you read this, hello, and I am really praying I smiled at you as I passed. I know I was on the phone.

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(I do apologize for this, I was without a tripod and remote so this was all I could manage)

 

Happy Easter everyone.

 

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Sunflowers...........you gotta love them. This was taken a few months back and I just realised I still had them in the vault.

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:::: Nature morte...reflexions!!!!, Rouge-Mattawin wildlife reserve, Québec, Canada

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EXPLORE #57 20.07.09

 

Taken on a sunset trek last night after a 12 hour shift at work, Rob my friend text me he was meeting Opobs at Rest bay i so was not going to go out with camera as work was hell but the weather was so stormy , while they were at Rest bay i chose Ogmore as it was less of a drive well i had to be in work 4.30am the following day - and guess what i left work 3.30pm i have " SWINE FLU " being a Diabetic im in the @ RISK CATEGORY :-(

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Accompanying music: "Little Wing" - Jimi Hendrix (either the original, or any of the covers done by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Derek & The Dominoes)

 

I am obviously very interested in props nowadays.

 

I love my eyes and lips here. My hair could use a brushing.

 

Secret #8: Ok, this is pretty morbid. When I was three or four, I had a bunch of goldfish. Well, I had ONE goldfish named Swimmy, and he was a cannibal who ate and killed all of his tank mates. We'd keep replacing them and replacing them, and no matter what, Swimmy ended up alone (though sated) in the tank. Anyway, one day I was pissed at Swimmy and wanted to give him a taste of his own medicine. Either that, and I had a really advanced psychology at an early age, or, more likely, I was masochistic. I took Swimmy out of the tank in the little net thing and held him in the air laughing until my aupair came in and made me stop.

 

I was a devil child. Now I'm an angel :)

 

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La Fuente Mágica de Montjuic

La inauguración de la fuente mágica de Montjuic tuvo lugar el 19 de mayo de 1929, durante la Exposición Internacional de Barcelona. El diseñador Carles Buigas envió los planos un año antes de la exposición y muchos pensaron que el proyecto era demasiado ambicioso para ser creado y muchos menos creían que fuera a finalizarse para la fecha en que comenzaba la Exposición.

Más de 3000 trabajadores estuvieron a cargo del proyecto y, tras menos de 1 año, la fuente mágica estaba terminada.

La fuente mágica es una espectacular exhibición de color, luz, movimiento, música y acrobacias acuáticas. Si mezclas todos estos elementos y los combinas correctamente ¡obtienes magia pura! La fuente mágica es un espectáculo “obligado” y altamente recomendado si vienes a Barcelona.

 

Magic Fountain of Montjuic

The inauguration of Magic Fountain of Montjuic took place on May 19, 1929, during the International Exhibition of Barcelona. The designer Carles Buigas sent the planes a year before the exhibition and many thought that the project was too ambitious to be created and far fewer thought they were finished for the day on which the exhibition began.

More than 3000 workers were in charge of the project and, after less than 1 year, the source Magic finished.

The magic source is a spectacular display of color, light, movement, music and acrobatics waterfowl. Combining all these elements and combines them correctly you get pure magic! The source is a magic show "obligatory" and highly recommended if you come to Barcelona.

Now everything is reflection

As I make my way through this labyrinth

And my sense of direction

Is lost like the sound of my steps...

 

Elisa, Labyrinth

 

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Contrariamente alle apparenze NON è una spiaggia tropicale!

Qui siamo a casa, nella spiaggia di Piscinas (costa occidentale della Sardegna) circondata dalle dune tra le più alte d'Europa.

Situata in una zona isolata e di grande bellezza naturalistica, la spiaggia di Piscinas, lungo l'arenile della Costa Verde, è circondata per qualche chilometro da dune altissime ancora vive e modellate dal maestrale, il cui colore giallo ocra è interrotto, a tratti, da cespugli pungenti, dalla carota spinosa, dal giglio di mare e, verso l'interno, da ginepri e vecchi olivastri che diventano dei piccoli boschetti.

  

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El sábado último nos juntamos unos amigos para pillar este amanecer en el Fitu, creo con sinceridad que sin ser uno de esos amaneceres espectaculares, ha sido un bonito amanecer y más al tener la compañía de estos amigos a los que se las quiero dedicar. Anusska-Raquel Marquez-Nachocamacho-El magüetu- Nikar- Jesus, Marino en tierra y a Murill@ que no pudo acompañarnos.

Gracias por vuestra compañía y amistad.

 

Para tod@s vosotros desearos un feliz martes

Fishing boats on the beach at Torup Strand, Nordjylland in Denmark. The boats are hauled on to the beach.

 

Hebron (A126). Home port: Torup Strand. Build 1962. Hull: wood. LOA: 11.49 m.

Marianne (HM70). Home port: Torup Strand. Build 1977. Hull: wood. LOA: 11.55 m.

Pia (A65). Home port: Torup Strand. Build 1975. Hull: fiber / plastic. LOA: 8.23 m.

 

Handheld HDR from three exposures. See it on black.

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God really wants you to pick the right road - the road that lines up with His great plans for you. And He can see what's on all the roads out there. He can see which one is best, and He wants to let you know. Our word for today from the Word of God, Isaiah 48:17, "This is what the Lord says - your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. 'I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.'" Man, what a promise!

 

Remember, the real issue here is getting closer to your Heavenly Father. He uses our "which way?" struggles to draw us into a deeper dependency on Him. Showing us the plan is the easy part; getting us to trust Him is the hard part.

 

As you look ahead to your journey, make sure you are tuned to the frequency where the guidance is, to your Father in heaven who sees it all and has all the inside information on the road ahead.

  

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Taken Saturday morning following our temple run.. the B/W mini khlong series . The Prawet Burirom is unique in that it dates back to 1877 and part of a network that extends 46KM..in an around BKK.. The kids we bathing in the khlong and were far from hostile.. as can be seen

 

Canal life has long been a part of Thai culture. The Europeans used to call Bangkok "Venice of the East". That was fifty years ago, when Bangkok still had hundreds of canals (klongs). In the mid-nineteenth century, the mighty Chao Phraya River flowed through a city with two-thirds of its residents living on floating houses. Then they started filling in and paving over the canals, to make roads.

 

Today there are many fewer klongs and most people take the roads instead of the waterways, but a klong is still an attraction. The many klongs that snake through Bangkok offer multiple opportunities and provide a unique look into the everyday lives of the population.

 

Many Thais live along the waterways, in small wooden houses that rise out of the water on wooden stilts. As you pass by, you can see them doing laundry or bathing while small children are playing. They are wonderful people..

 

Long flat boats can be seen laden with exotic produce and colorful fare plying the waterways as they have done for centuries. This pic depicts in some ways a feel for life as it was decades ago. Truly impressive ... and hot.. :-) enjoy my man in blue (MIB).. LOL..

 

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Prise lors de ma sortie de Samedi.. cette photo lance une mini serie sur la vie et les images que l'on peut trouver le long des canaux renommes de Bangkok.. On s'est bien amuse a marche sur pres de 6 Km. A vous maintenant de decouvrir et la serie continue.. .. On a rencotrer les gamins qui s'amusaient dans la flotte du canal. Cliche N/B.. d'autres a venir..

 

Bon Mardi a toutes et a tous.. :-)

Cadaqués, Girona (Spain).

 

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Cadaqués is a town in the Alt Empordà comarca, in Girona province, Catalonia, Spain. It is on a bay near the Cap de Creus peninsula, on the Costa Brava of the Mediterranean Sea. It is only a 2 1/2 hour drive from Barcelona, therefore it is very accessible and not only attracts tourists, but people who want a second house to have on the weekends and summers. In 2002 it had a population of 2,612 people.

 

Artist Salvador Dalí often visited here in his childhood, and later kept a home in Port Lligat, a small bay next to the village. Other notable artists, including Mei Fren (see his commanding charcoals of the nineteenth century Cadaques beleaguered by a winter tramontan in the Cadaques museum. He was the first artist to live in Cadaques and gave the town many of his works and a marble top table on which he sketched many of its turn of the century fishermen), Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Marcel Duchamp, Antoni Pitxot, Henri-François Rey, Melina Mercouri and Maurice Boitel also spent time here.

 

The village of Cadaques has its own variant or "speech" of the Catalan language. One of the most notable features is that the definite articles are different from standard Catalan, namely, they are "sa" (feminine) and "es" masculine instead of the normal Catalan definite articles "la" and "el". This feature is interestingly shared with the variant of Catalan spoken in the Balearic Islands. The explanation for this (see "El Vocabulari de Cadaques" Ernesta Sala i Bruses) is that when the Catalan ruler Jaume I conquered the Balearic Islands in the Middle Ages he re-colonized the islands with people from the Emporda region of Catalonia. Because Cadaques has remained relatively isolated from the surrounding region (owing to its geography), the mediaeval speech patterns have been preserved.

 

More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaqu%c3%a9s

 

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CASTELLANO

Cadaqués es el pueblo más oriental de la Península Ibérica. Su término municipal ocupa la mayor parte de la costa de levante del macizo del Cabo de Creus. Aislado por las montañas del Pení del resto del Ampurdán, el pueblo pesquero de Cadaqués vivió de cara al mar y prácticamente separado, por tierra, del resto del Ampurdán, hasta finales del siglo XIX.

 

El aislamiento del pueblo, no obstante, se convirtió en un factor de prosperidad: a principios del siglo XX comenzaron a llegar turistas que se fueron diseminando entre las diferentes zonas de más fácil acceso, mientras ignoraban sus parajes más recónditos y, como consecuencia, conservaron la virginidad urbanística. El cultivo de los olivos se abandonó con la helada de 1956, pero hoy en día múltiples olivares están siendo recuperados a pesar de la dificultad burocrática.

 

Varias familias de Barcelona, Figueras, Gerona y otras ciudades cercanas veranean en Cadaqués desde hace muchos años, a partir del 1905.

 

Cuando el pintor surrealista Salvador Dalí volvió de Nueva York, se instaló en Port Lligat (una de las calas del término), y su presencia atrajo a celebridades tan destacadas como Federico García Lorca, Pablo Picasso, Rafael Durancamps o Joan Miró.

 

Cadaqués ha atraído a otros pintores más jóvenes como Antoni Pitxot, Gustavo Carbó Berthold o Maurice Boitel.

 

El pueblo de Cadaqués tiene su propia variante de catalán. Una de las características más notables es que los artículos son diferentes que el catalán estándar, es decir, que en lugar de "el" y "la" tienen "es" y "sa". Esto coincide con el catalán que se habla en las Islas Baleares, y la explicación de ello es que Jaume I, tras conquistar las Islas Baleares en la Edad Media las repobló con población de las comarcas del Empordà, y como Cadaqués ha permanecido relativamente aislada se han conservado los patrones lingüísticos medievales.

 

Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaqu%c3%a9s

Port Vell - Barcelona (Spain).

 

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In January 1918, a schooner sporting three masts and named Carmen Flores was launched at the beach of Torrevieja. The vessel was active for almost 80 years, during which time it underwent various modifications and changes of name. Between 1928 and 1975 it was a motor sailer and went by the names of the Puerto de Palma and the Cala San Vicenç. As of 1975, by which time it was called the Sayremar Uno, it operated as an auxiliary ship for underwater work. The vessel continued to work in that capacity until 1997, the year in which the Museu Marítim de Barcelona acquired it through an auction. Now the schooner is renamed Santa Eulàlia in honour of one of Barcelona’s patron saints.

 

More info: www.museumaritimbarcelona.com/default.asp?idApartado=109

 

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Saint Eulàlia (Aulaire, Aulazia, Ollala, Eulària) (ca. 290-12 February 303), co-patron saint of Barcelona, was a thirteen-year-old Roman Christian virgin who suffered martyrdom in Barcelona during the persecution of Christians in the reign of emperor Diocletian. There is some dispute as to whether she is the same person as Saint Eulalia of Mérida, whose story is similar.

 

For refusing to recant her Christianity, the Romans subjected her to thirteen tortures; including:

 

- Putting her into a barrel with knives (or glass) stuck into it and rolling it down a street (according to tradition, the one now called Baixada de Santa Eulalia "Saint Eulalia's descent").

 

- Cutting off her breasts.

 

- Crucifixion on an X-shaped cross. She is depicted with this cross, the instrument of her martyrdom.

 

- Finally, decapitation.

 

A dove flew from her neck after decapitation. This is one point of similarity with the story of Eulalia of Mérida, in which a dove flew from the girl's mouth at the moment of her death. In addition, Eulalia of Mérida's tortures are sometimes enumerated among the Barcelona martyr's, and the two were similar in age and year of death.

 

Eulalia is commemorated with statues and street names throughout Barcelona. Her body was originally interred in the church of Santa Maria de les Arenes (St. Mary of the Sands; now Santa Maria del Mar, St. Mary of the Sea). It was hidden in 713 during the Moorish invasion, and only recovered in 878. In 1339, it was relocated to an alabaster sarcophagus in the crypt of the newly-built Cathedral of Santa Eulalia. The festival of Saint Eulalia is held in Barcelona for a week around her feast day on February 12.

 

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Eulalia_of_Barcelona

 

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CASTELLANO

En enero de 1919 se botó en la playa de Torrevieja un pailebote de tres palos que fue bautizado con el nombre de Carmen Flores. Durante los casi ochenta años en los que el barco estuvo en activo sufrió diferentes transformaciones y cambios de nombre. Entre 1928 y 1975 fue motovelero con los nombres de Puerto de Palma y Cala San Vicenç. A partir de 1975, con el nombre de Sayremar Uno, fue barco auxiliar para trabajos submarinos, actividad que realizaba cuando el Museo Marítimo de Barcelona lo adquirió en subasta en 1997. Actualmente recibe el nombre de Santa Eulàlia en honor de la compatrona de la ciudad.

 

Más info: www.museumaritimbarcelona.com/default.asp?idApartado=109&...

 

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Eulalia de Barcelona (llamada también Ollala o Eulària) (h. 290 - 12 de febrero de 303), mártir cristiana.

 

Según la tradición cristiana, Eulalia de Barcelona vivió cerca de Barcina, Hispania (actual Barcelona, España) en los tiempos del emperador Diocleciano (284-305) durante el siglo III o IV, siendo papa Marcelino.

 

Durante la persecución de los cristianos en la región, Eulalia, una muchacha de entre 13 y 15 años escapó de una casa de campo donde sus padres la habían encerrado para que no se entregase a las autoridades, abiertamente confesó su fe y fue entregada al martirio.

 

Fue víctima de diferentes tormentos y murió en la cruz, si bien hay serias dudas sobre la historicidad de la narración de su martirio.

 

De acuerdo con la tradición, uno de estos tormentos consistió en lanzarla rodando dentro de un tonel lleno de vidrios rotos por la calle (actualmente llamada Baixada de Santa Eulàlia -Bajada de Santa Eulalia-), donde hay una imagen de la santa en una pequeña capilla.

 

Dice la leyenda que fue clavada desnuda en una cruz de forma de 'X' (forma conocida como cruz de Santa Eulalia). En aquel momento para preservar su intimidad le crecieron los cabellos y comenzó a nevar.

 

Al final de su oración de que el Señor la tomara a Su Reino, la gente vio volar hacia el cielo de su boca una paloma blanca.

 

Fue canonizada y se considera santa tanto por la Iglesia Católica Romana, como por la Ortodoxa.

 

Sus despojos fueron localizados en 878 por el obispo Frodoi y trasladados solemnemente a la catedral.

 

Fuente: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulalia_de_Barcelona

This is an example of the type of post-processing I sometimes do... I drop brightness and exposure way down which compacts the tonal resolution artificially, and then adjust light levels accordingly. This reduction of the number of tones in the image can produce nice drama in scenes with light/dark contrasts. At the extreme, you could have a monotone (pure black and pure white); the image above probably contains about 10 or 15 tones. (Note: In the original post I called this "Low Dynamic Range"; I believe "Low Tonal Resolution" is more accurate.) (Explore)

 

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An old pier by Rock Ferry, Wirral, on the River Mersey, UK.

Long exposure shot just after sunrise.

 

Exposure- 237 seconds !

Aperture- F11

ISO 100

Focal length- 14mm.

 

There is a story behind this image. I'd visited this location 3 times after only recently discovering it about 15-20 minutes drive away.

I managed some nice long exposure shots on the first 2 visits(dawn), but the light wasn't that interesting although the tide was right, and the place looked quite clean and interesting.

On this 3rd trip, the light was looking really quite special, but along with the rising tide which was flowing left to right in the picture was masses of dirty brown scummy looking foam floating on the water!

I guessed rightly that with a very long exposure using my 10 stop ND filter, the foam floating past wouldn't show up. That worked very nicely, but a lot of this stuff had collected just to the left of the jetty, and left a blurry mess in the final image! So I had to clone that area out in photoshop to clean up the image! I only took one shot for this image and made adjustments in Camera Raw.

Thank you all again for your support!

 

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También de la sesión ayer con luz natural y sin flash, esta es en otro sector de mi casa, había mas luz, lo cual me permitió congelar mejor las gotas, pero también mas reflejos en el vidrio que tuve que clonar... Llevo mas trabajo de edición que la otra.

Espero les guste!

Que tengan una linda noche y un jueves excelente!!

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"A murderer would never parade his crime in front of an open window..."

 

R is for Rear Window: the classic film directed by one of my favorites, Alfred Hitchcock. A thrilling taste of voyeurism, telephoto lenses, and romance between an invalid photographer and a piece of the Upper East Side's upper crust.

 

I thought of this shot about ten days ago, and have looked forward to it ever since. I really wanted to have a shot that was clearly inspired by one of my favorite directors and/or films, and I had great success doing it with Lost In Translation. But what sealed the deal with Rear Window was the fact that my stepfather had foot surgery and is in a cast/boot thing for six weeks. Pretty fortuitous ... plus, Jordy already did Psycho (props to him for making it funny and getting away with it), I am not even close to being able to have a scene from The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, or No Country For Old Men and, well, those covered my favorite films by my favorite directors. I mean, okay. Yeah, I could have done the last two with a lot of time and effort, but it's not my fault the letter 'R' fell on a Monday I had work and two doctors' appointments!

 

I don't liken myself to Grace Kelly at all, and not just because she's blonde and infinitely more beautiful and royalty, (though those don't help) but because she is much more ladylike and, well, graceful. So ideally, this shot would be without me and in my place, a blonde and/or evidently graceful woman. However, I don't have either of those at my disposal; I was going to use my mother, since it felt a little weird (in theory) to be the Grace Kelly to my stepfather's Jimmy Stewart, but I got over it -- all for art's sake! :)

 

p.s. It's grainy for the old film feel -- but maybe it would be better without. Any thoughts??

 

p.p.s. two stills from the original movie: one and two

 

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I was looking through some old photos tonight for a family project and this one from the La Sal Mountains in Utah jumped out at me so I decided to share it.

 

This was shot with my ancient Nikon 4500 4 mp point and shoot digicam. The resolving power is nowhere near my Nikon 17-35 2.8 on an SLR for landscapes, so some fine detail isn't there. Still it's fun to use a simple point and shoot to focus more on composition and the artsy details of an image and just work within the tech's limitations.

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I love white roses and so this bouquet made me so happy, so I wish to share with you ...for dear Chris , a great co-adm and flickr friend for her Birthday which falls just on the St. Valentine's day - I wish you the best joy , love, health and serenity .... so to all of you also a very Happy Valentine's Day , full of Happiness and Love as well as nice begging of the week (and do remember EVERYDAY is or can be Valentines Day) ... Do enjoy!

 

Do enjoy Mozart: www.youtube.com/watch?v=df-eLzao63I&feature=related

  

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I am sorry but I am a mostly OFF - so I cannot comment on all of you but will catch up as soon as I can,I am so behind and busy -

 

EXPLORE January 9, 2009 #297

 

Vista de Rattenberg des del turó Rat // Rattenberg view from Rat Mountain

 

Rattenberg és una cituat situada a la vall de l'Inn, al Tirol (Àustria). Amb una població de 440 habitants, és la ciutat més petita del país.

 

Fundada al segle XII, la ciutat fou edificada literalment a l'ombra del turó Rat per a protegir-se dels bandolers. La protecció té - però - un preu: a l'igual que altres 60 comunitats del Tirol, durant els mesos d'hivern Rattenberg no rep pràcticament il·luminació solar. De fet és un dels pocs indrets situats a una certa distància al sud del Cercle Polar Àrtic que durant els mesos d'hivern té un periode de foscor permanent.

 

El novembre de 2005 la ciutat va anunciar un pla per a construir una sèrie de miralls mòbils (anomenats heliostats) amb la intenció de reflectir cap a la ciutat la llum solar durant els mesos d'hivern.

 

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Rattenberg, Austria is a town on the Inn River, near Rat Mountain and Innsbruck. With a population of 440, it is the smallest town in the country.

 

Founded in the 1300s, it was built in the literal shadow of Rat Mountain to protect itself from marauders. The protection, however, comes at a price. Like an estimated 60 other communities nested in the Tyrol region of the Alps, Rattenberg receives little-to-no sunlight during the winter. It is one of the few places at a significant distance from the Arctic Circle that has a time of permanent darkness.

 

In November 2005, the town announced they were building 30 specialized rotating mirrors called heliostats to reflect sunlight into parts of the town during the winter months. The $2.4 million operation was suggested by Bartenbach Lichtlabor GmbH, a lighting design company. The EU plans to foot half the bill as of November 2005.

 

Source: Wikipedia

 

More info: Tendencias Tecnológicas

 

Standard 3-exposure photo (-2/0/+2 EV), handheld. 2 HDR created with Qtpfsgui (Fattal and Manituk, using default values). Then merged in GIMP.

 

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The vestals... SO MUCH BETTER LARGE and View On Black

  

Hippeastrum, these plants are popularly but erroneously known as Amaryllis and are cultivars of bulbous plants in the family Amaryllidacea.

The botanic name Amaryllis is taken from a shepherdess in Virgil's pastoral "Eclogues"(An eclogue is a poem in a classical style on a pastoral subject. Poems in the genre are sometimes also called bucolics. Virgilius wrote the Bucolica, consisting of 10 Eclogues).

As a flower symbol it has come to mean "Dramatic", which seems most fitting here!

 

Hippeastrum is a popular bulb flower for indoor growing, it is Greek for "horseman's star" (also known today as "knight's star").

Another Macro+++.

I am doing a series... with a purpose...

I love the curves and lines in this.

Hope you do too.

    

Have a great w-e and thanx for your comments and visits, M, (*_*)

  

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Listen along

 

"Feels like you're miles from here,

in other towns with lesser names.

Where the unholy ghost doesn't tell

Mary or William exactly what they want to hear.

You remember the house on Ridge Road

told you and the Devil to both just leave me alone.

If this is salvation, I can show you the trembling.

You'll just have to trust me. I'm scared.

 

I am the patron saint of lost causes.

Aren't we all to you just near lost causes?

Aren't we all to you just lost

 

Tommy, you left behind

something that will mean everything right before you die.

What if you gained the whole world?

You've already lost four little souls from your life.

Widows and orphans aren't hard to find.

They're home missing daddy who's saving the abandoned tonight.

Wish your drinking would hurry and kill you.

Sympathy's better than having to tell you the truth.

 

That you are the patron saint of lost causes.

All you are to them is now a lost cause.

All you are to them is now, causes.

 

Billy, don't you understand?

Timothy stood as long as he could and now

you made his faith disappear.

More like a magician and less like a man of the cloth.

We're not questioning God.

Just those he chose to carry on His cross.

We're no better, you'll see.

Just all of us, the lost causes.

 

Aren't we all to you just lost causes?

Are we all to you lost?

Lost causes

So all we are to you,

Is all we are, is all we are

All we are is all we are

 

Patron Saint, are we all lost like you?

 

Take what you will and leave.

Could you kill, could you kill me

If the world was on fire

and nothing was left but hope or desire

And take all that I could require, is this love?

Or am I on the floor over-desperate?

Hold hands streaming of blood again?

And then take full weight of me

Guard my dreams, figure this out,

It's me on my own. Helpless, hurting, hell.

Will you stay strong as you promised?

Cause I'm stranded and bare.

Meanness is washed up and all that I have

is God. Take this and all,

Then grace takes me to a place

Of the father you never had

Ripping and breaking and tearing apart

This is not heaven

This is my hell."

 

Song: Fin

Played by: Anberlin

  

Heard this song coming home tonight, and while alot of the words are of Stephen Christian's own personal life experiences, the message and meaning behind this song hit me pretty hard, so i figured instead of going out and ruining it with a self portrait again, ill just do my regular post for today and share the song so you can listen and see if you like it or not. its basically about the dangers of putting your hope in wolves wearing sheep's clothes, and the last few lines are about the pain of purification and the suffering he endured for his faith.

 

This is another shot from the "secret" spot that John and i went to last week. have a great tuesday everyone!

Feed the addiction.

 

I've been a bokehddict for some time now. I started off just doing the odd one here and there. Nothing dangerous, I thought. I can cope with this. I could stop anytime. I had the right kind of lens, that's all - but when I look back now, I can see that everything was just right to encourage it, to feed the habit.

 

And then it all started to get more frequent. It might be every other day. Then every day. Then most shots. It was just bokeh, bokeh, bokeh.

 

Then I fell in with some others. They were addicts too. And it was all good, you know? There wasn't any problem. We would all bokeh together. There was a site for it! We had groups where we'd bokeh. Lots of groups. Special days for special kinds of bokeh. But we thought there was nothing wrong with it! We'd celebrate the really good stuff. Breath it in and inhale it, bokeh after bokeh after bokeh after bokeh! Such a rush when those sparkles just fell into place, when that hazy background smoothly showed just what I wanted.

 

And now? Now I can't stop. I need that bokeh fix. I have to make those spots show me their worth. I plead with them to give me what I want. I'm dreaming in little dots of light.

 

My name is harold. I need help.

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It is not a great photo, but it's my way to celebrate that today two years ago I quit smoking, and that has changed my life for better. I take advantage to encourage all the smokers to leave the vice, that although is difficult, it's possible. After 24 years smoking without stop, I chose the difficult walk, to leave it suddenly and without aid of nothing nor of nobody... and I can tell it.

 

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CASTELLANO

No es una gran foto, pero es mi manera de celebrar que hoy hace dos años que dejé de fumar, y eso me ha cambiado la vida para mejor. Aprovecho para animar a todos los fumadores a dejar el vicio, que aunque es difícil es posible. Tras 24 años fumando sin parar, yo elegí el camino difícil, de golpe y sin ayuda de nada ni de nadie... y puedo contarlo.

 

¡¡En el puesto 204 de Explore el 12/11/2008!!

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What:

Part 2 of the Peggy's Cove tour! :-)

 

When:

Just as the sun was setting last Sunday evening. About 5 minutes before the last shot I posted.

 

Where:

Peggy's Cove

Nova Scotia, Canada

 

About:

So, continuing from yesterday's photo... this was taken from exactly the same spot on the dock in PC but I turned about 90 degrees to right. Guess where the next shot will be taken from? Yep! another 90 degrees right. I bet you just can't wait to see what's at the end of this cove?! LOL

Believe it or not I didn't jack up the saturation here (well maybe a little bit :-), you can see how low the sun was in the last shot and with it behind me instead of in front of me it just made everything absolutely glow! In June it is even better as the sun sets right at the mouth of the cove. It's pretty amazing to be down here after 9pm in June and watch the sun set. There is a group of people that come down every night with lawn chairs and sit up near the lighthouse for the sunset every night.

 

Processing:

This was shot with the normal 3 frames bracketed (0,-2,+2ev) and I manually blended the exposures in photoshop so I could get the proper sky combined with the proper foreground exposures. I did a layer of curves and a little tweak of the shadows/highlights.

 

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.First of all credit for this shot goes to Mary who took this on Friday morning while I was struggling to get into work. She took it from our bedroom window and I think it’s a really fine shot (had to say that obviously). Looking at the pic it looks like we live in the middle of nowhere in fact we are fairly close to the City centre, Hull University is just behind the trees. We have lived here 20 years and have never seen it look so wintryTHANKS FOR YOUR VISIT HAVE A GREAT DAY

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Mein Wald, mein Leben

 

Ich sah den Wald im Sonnenglanz,

Vom Abendrot beleuchtet,

Belebt von düstrer Nebel Tanz,

Vom Morgentau befeuchtet:

Stets blieb er ernst, stets blieb er schön,

Und stets mußt' ich ihn lieben.

Die Freud' an ihm bleibt mir besteh'n,

Die andern all zerstieben.

 

Ich sah den Wald im Sturmgebraus,

Vom Winter tief umnachtet,

Die Tannen sein in wirrem Graus,

Vom Nord dahingeschlachtet;

Und lieben mußt' ich ihn noch mehr,

Ihn meiden könnt' ich nimmer.

Schön ist er, düsterschön und hehr,

Und Heimat bleibt er immer.

 

Ich sah mit hellen Augen ihn,

Und auch mit tränenvollen;

Bald hob er meinen frohen Sinn,

Bald sänftigt' er mein Grollen.

In Sommersglut, in Winterfrost, -

Konnt' er mir mehr nicht geben, -

So gab er meinem Herzen Trost;

Und drum: Mein Wald, mein Leben!

 

Emerenz Meier

 

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Here is my first published work even though i did it as a freebie its great seeing your work on a web site !

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Here is the flickr set

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Explored #85. Thanks!

 

Dear friends, a quick hello from Helsinki where I am traveling now. Yesterday I had a great night photo outing with local flickr buddy and excellent landscape photographer Rob Orthen. We will go out together again for a sunset and sunrise shooting.

 

I am on a busy schedule here so won't have much time to visit your streams. Sorry about that!

 

Helsinki Set | Digital Blending Set | Night Photography Set | Most Interesting shots

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Madrid (Spain).

 

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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

 

Presa de Rules, Granada (Spain).

 

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The Rio Guadalfeo is a small river in Andalucia, Spain between the Sierra Nevada mountain range and the coastal ranges of Sierra de la Contraviesa and Lujar.

 

This river is formed by the merging of three rivers, the Rio Poqueira, Río Trevélez, and Cadiar. The Poqueira and the Trevelez join shortly before the confluence with the Cadiar near the town of Orgiva. The river flows through the region of La Alpujarra for much of its course and enters the sea near Motril after passing through a spectacular gorge between the Lujar and Chapparal mountains. Although it is often dried up by this point, its waters are often used for agricultural purposes. The Rules dam was recently built across the river near Velez de Benaudalla at the head of the gorge, resulting in the creation of a large reservoir and the flooding of a section of the river valley.

 

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalfeo_River

 

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CASTELLANO

El Guadalfeo es un río de la provincia de Granada, en el sur de España. Nace en el término municipal de Bérchules y desemboca en el Mar Mediterráneo, entre Salobreña y Motril, en la provincia de Granada. Se trata de un río de marcado carácter nivopluvial y torrencial, de una longitud de 71 km. Sus principales afluentes son: río Ízbor, río Sucio, río Chico, río Poqueira y río Trevélez. Su desembocadura riega la fértil vega de Motril.

 

Fuente: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalfeo

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[...]

 

Quando meno mi stimo

 

più mi vengono riconosciuti meriti,

 

quando meno chiedo

 

più mi si offre,

 

quando meno sono disposta a prendere di più

 

mi si chiede di accettare,

 

quando necessito di tutte le braccia possibili

 

è il momento in cui vi sento più lontani

 

e non riesco a credere che sia solo una mia percezione.

 

[...]

 

Stefania Contardi

  

Nello spazio che adesso riempi c’è

Succo acerbo di densi silenzi che

Colleziono da tempo

Come schegge d’inferno

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Hello Everyone!

-This is my first attempt at trying to create a "Golden Hour" type photo. This location is actually about 50 ft away from a fire that happened in town last summer and destroyed tons of pretty homes. After seeing the landscaping there i can already tell ill be back there with more ideas! The trees were covered in black ash (Colton took a picture on one and got himself covered in it) . But all in all yesterday was an extremely fun photo experiment day and hopefully i can go back there and get some more!

 

So i figured out this whole golden hour thing is not as easy to capture! First off because the sun sets so freaking fast, and second of all my lens does not like how much light it has to take in for their to be any glimpse of my model and not just one giant flare. So if you guys have any suggestions i should do on my nikon to maybe get a better shot lemme know! I'm still learning myself.

Mejor pincha aquí para ver en grande sobre negro o pulsa 'L'.

Better click here to view this large on black or press 'L'.

© Derechos de Autor. Esta fotografía no podra usarse sin mi consentimiento escrito.

© All rights reserved, don´t use this image without my permission.

Huesca: Album/Set

Castillos/castles: Album/Set

Paisajes/landscapes: Album/Set

Panoramics: Album/Set

 

Explore: 16 Jan 2011 in # 9 [Frontpage]

 

Canon 450D + CANON EF24-105 4L IS USM, @24mm, 1/40 sec, f/22, ISO 100

No Tripod, Date 04/08/2010 19:28:20

 

Panoramica compuesta por dos tomas, de la cara oeste del Castillo de Lorarre.

Panoramic of two shots, of the west side of Loare´s castle.

 

Hoy hace un año de mi comienzo en flickr, comienzos casi siempre duros, sino conoces gente que esté introducida en este pequeño mundo. Yo creo que flickr es un cajón en el que hay miles de buenas fotos y personas, que están por descubrir. Mención especial quiero hacer a mi cuñado Jesús, quien me introdujo en este mundo de flickr y me ayudo en mis comienzos.

Quiero agradecer a todos los que vitáis mi galería con asiduidad, a los que la han visitado en alguna ocasión, a los que os gusta comentar, etc... Porque gracias a todos tengo las fuerzas y la motivación para seguir adelante.

Esta fotografía que os quiero mostrar, posiblemente representa una de las variantes fotográficas que más me gusta. En exteriores, donde en gran medida intervienen las condiciones climatológicas y tienes que conjuntarte con ellos para conseguir algo irrepetible. Llevo un tiempo pensando en la fotografía que quería subir este día, y después de varias candidatas esta ha sido la elegida, el resto de ellas están o estarán pronto en mi galería.

En este tiempo, he tenido encuentros y desencuentros, pero sobre todo buenos momentos. He conocido a un grupo de personas con las que he tenido una mayor afinidad y ha crecido una bonita amistad, de la ahora estoy muy orgulloso. Entre ellos están Gema, Eber, Pilar, Teresa, Toñy, Anna, Nathalie, Javi, Raúl, Juanma, Jesús, Rafael, Jesús CM. Con algunos he compartido técnicas, opiniones o simplemente momentos inolvidables e incluso en algún caso conocernos en persona.

Espero seguir compartiendo con todos mi forma de ver las cosas bajo el prisma de mi cámara. Yo como apasionado de la fotografía, disfruto viendo vuestras fotografías, e incluso en muchos casos aprendo de vosotros.

  

English:

Today makes it a year since I opened my Flickr account. It is always difficult to begin in a place like this when you don't know anyone who has been around here for a while. I believe Flickr is like a big drawer where there are thousands of good photographs and people to be discovered. I'd like to thank my brother-in-law Jesús, who introduced me to Flickr and helped me in my beginnings.

I would also like to thank all the people who visit my photostream regularly, those who visit it occasionally, those who like leaving comments, etc.... because thanks to all these people I have the strength and the motivation to keep going.

This picture that I want to share with you, possibly represents one of the photographic variations I like the most. It's taken in the open, where the weather conditions play an important part and you have to adjust to them to capture something special. I have been thinking for a while which picture I would like to publish today and this has been my choice; the rest of the pictures that were in my final selection will also be published soon.

In this past year I have had good times and also misunderstandings. I got to know a group of people with whom I've shared more and become friends, of which I am very proud; among these: Gema, Eber, Pilar, Teresa, Toñy, Anna, Nathalie, Javi, Raúl, Juanma, Jesús, Rafael, Jesús CM. With some of them I've shared techniques, opinions or simply special moments and I have even met a few in person.

I hope to be able to go on sharing the world as I see it through my camera lense. Being myself passionate about photography, I enjoy looking at your pictures and in many cases, learning from you.

Cunit, Tarragona (Spain).

 

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... with this song.

 

... con esta canción.

 

ENGLISH

The Carnival of Cunit is the oldest of the region of the Baix Penedès as we understand it at the moment since it is being celebrated of uninterrupted way from 1988; they are practically 2 weeks of different playful acts and celebration that has like central event great the cavalcade of carnival.

 

The cavalcade is celebrated the Saturday of carnival and is headed by Her Majesty Carnestoltes, “king of insolents” and the queen of carnival and her ladies (chosen in an act celebrated in the middle of August of the previous year); behind them it follows to him more than 60 groups of krewes and floats of all Penedès and part of Tarragona with a participation in 2006 of more than 4,500 different people disguised of thematic. The cavalcade leaves the railway station and finalizes in the square of Catalonia (square of the Casal). The route of cavalcade has a length of 3.5 kilometers where they are possible to be reunited up to 30,000 watching people (as much disguised as not). At the end of the cavalcade most of groups they go to the Platja de Calafell to make another cavalcade there.

 

The midnight after cavalcade is celebrated the great dance of carnival where they are distributed the prizes to the best groups as well as to the more original individual disguises, balconies and showcases of stores better adorned.

 

Sunday is celebrated the infantile carnival infantile with groups of animation and a "chocolatada" for the assistants when finalizing the act.

 

The carnivals finalize Wednesday with the burial of the sardine, in which is made a small cavalcade by the town taking for a walk the body of the Carnestoltes and finalizes in the station where is made popular "sardinada".

 

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CASTELLANO

El Carnaval de Cunit es el más antiguo de la comarca del Baix Penedès tal y como lo entendemos actualmente ya que lleva desde el 1988 celebrándose de manera ininterrumpida; prácticamente son 2 semanas de diferentes actos lúdicos y de fiesta que tiene como evento central la gran rúa de carnaval.

 

La rúa se celebra el sábado de carnaval y es encabezada por S.M. el Carnestoltes, "rei dels pocasoltes" y la reina de carnaval y sus damas (elegidas en un acto celebrado a mediados de agosto del año anterior); detrás de ellos le sigue más de 60 grupos de comparsas y carrozas de todo el Penedés y parte de Tarragona con una participación en el 2006 de más de 4.500 personas disfrazadas de diferentes temáticas. La rúa sale de la estación de ferrocarril y finaliza en la plaza de Cataluña (plaza del Casal). El recorrido de la rúa tiene una longitud de 3,5 kilómetros dónde se pueden reunir hasta 30.000 personas espectadoras (tanto disfrazadas como no). Al termino de ésta la mayoría de grupos se dirigen a La Platja de Calafell para realizar allí otra rúa.

 

La medianoche después de la rúa se celebra el gran baile de carnaval dónde se reparten los premios a los mejor grupos así como a los disfraces individuales más originales, balcones y escaparates de tiendas mejor adornados.

 

El domingo se celebra el carnaval infantil con grupos de animación y chocolatada para los asistentes al finalizar el acto.

 

Los carnavales finalizan el miércoles con el entierro de la sardina, en el cual se realiza una pequeña rúa por el pueblo paseando el cuerpo del Carnestoltes y finaliza en la estación dónde se realiza una sardinada popular.

 

Fuente: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunit

 

3 min. @ f5.6.... moon about 97%.... looking in a westerly direction, the glow on the horizon is the lights from Windsor / Detroit, about 55 miles away.....

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Clin d'oeil à Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté (vaguement inspiré par ceci et cela)... Voir aussi cette discussion du thème des oignons dans la nature morte au Québec.

 

Pentax DA 35mm F/2.8 Limited. Yongnuo YN560-III in 40x40cm softbox at camera upper-right, plus gold reflector at camera upper-left and white reflector below the camera.

 

UPDATE: Explored late in the morning for January 11th, at #80 (and at #111 by the next morning).

 

IMPORTANT:

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