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Explore Highest position # 252 on Saturday, May 9, 2009
Test photographing a very beautiful painting in a very low light condition.
The above photo was taken from the oil painting of "Our Lady of the Southern Cross" by Paul Newton in the St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, Australia. The light condition is very dark. The shot was taken using ISO 5,000, 1/15 sec, hand held.
St Mary’s Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, currently Cardinal Archbishop George Pell. The cathedral is dedicated to “Mary, Help of Christians”, Patron of Australia. St Mary’s holds the title and dignity of a minor basilica, bestowed upon it by Pope Pius XI in 1930. It is the largest church in Australia, though not the highest.
ภาพ "Our Lady of the Southern Cross" ในโบสถ์เซนต์แมรี่ ซิดนีย์ ออสเตรเลีย
โบสถ์เซนต์แมรี่ เป็นโบสถ์ใหญ่ที่สุดในประเทศออสเตรเลีย
Exposure: 1/15 sec, Aperture: f/4.8, Focal Length:22 mm, ISO: 5,000
Nikon D700, Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED
Single shot hand-held, perspective and light adjusted in PS.
(No multi invitations please.:))
I wanted to capture something different to the usual bluebell carpet/green woodland shots. I tried a few things out and I really like how this one worked. I've seen wildlife photographers do this sort of thing by getting down low and using a heavily out of focus foreground. I like the contrast in colours here and the simplicity of it.
At last the clouds and rain of the last few days cleared and I was able to take a shot of the Moon. This was taken at 5.30pm just before it got dark. It's a waxing, gibbous Moon 83% illuminated, 4 days away from being full.
Highest position in Explore: 219 on Thursday, January 28, 2010
Divided reverse. No correspondence.
Anti-Aircraft position manned by Saxon Hussars from one of the three Saxon Hussar regiments (possibly the 18th):
Kgl. Sächs. 1. Husaren-Regt. ,,König Albert'' Nr.18
Kgl. Sächs. 2. Husaren-Regt. Nr.19
Kgl. Sächs. 3. Husaren-Regt. Nr.20
The Battle of Halen on 12th of August 1914 sounded the death nell for the cavalry in modern warfare. After the advent of trench warfare, cavalry formations were relieved of their horses and the men relegated to an infantry role.
Amtrak 42/NS 04T with P42DC 96 leading passes under the signal bridge in Lilly, PA. These signals have their days numbered as PTC work continues just a few miles down the line.
Happy Valentine's Day! Front page of Explore then poof, #253 highest position. Feb 14 Thank you all!
Checkered White (Pontia protodice) overpositing position, 4-6-2020, The Landing's Sparrow Field, Savannah, Ga.
Covering the nose with a paw
She was in the chair, asleep at the important mission of guarding me as I napped. My nap was so deep that I thought it was Sunday!!
SN/NC: Cocos nucifera, Arecaceae Family
Misterious palms appearing from nothing! Due to the positioning of the camera of course. This is a Pacific Gray sand beach, a volcanic area in El Salvador, Jiquilisco Bay. Corral de Mulas Beach is a hidden gem nestled within the stunning Jiquilisco Bay, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve known for its rich biodiversity and pristine natural beauty. This tranquil beach offers a serene escape with its soft golden sands, calm turquoise waters, and lush mangrove forests. It's a paradise for nature lovers, birdwatchers, and those seeking peace away from crowded tourist spots. The bay is also a critical habitat for endangered sea turtles, making it a unique destination for eco-tourism. Whether you're kayaking through the mangroves, relaxing under the shade of coconut palms, or exploring the vibrant marine life, Corral de Mulas Beach promises an unforgettable connection with nature.
A Praia Corral de Mulas é uma joia escondida aninhada na deslumbrante Baía de Jiquilisco, uma Reserva da Biosfera da UNESCO conhecida por sua rica biodiversidade e beleza natural imaculada. Esta praia tranquila oferece um refúgio sereno com suas areias douradas e macias, águas calmas azul-turquesa e florestas de mangue exuberantes. É um paraíso para os amantes da natureza, observadores de pássaros e aqueles que buscam paz longe de pontos turísticos lotados. A baía também é um habitat crítico para tartarugas marinhas ameaçadas de extinção, tornando-a um destino único para o ecoturismo. Quer você esteja andando de caiaque pelos manguezais, relaxando sob a sombra de coqueiros ou explorando a vibrante vida marinha, a Praia Corral de Mulas promete uma conexão inesquecível com a natureza.
La playa Corral de Mulas es una joya escondida enclavada en la impresionante bahía de Jiquilisco, una reserva de la biosfera de la UNESCO conocida por su rica biodiversidad y su belleza natural prístina. Esta tranquila playa ofrece un escape sereno con sus suaves arenas doradas, tranquilas aguas turquesas y frondosos bosques de manglares. Es un paraíso para los amantes de la naturaleza, los observadores de aves y aquellos que buscan la paz lejos de los lugares turísticos abarrotados. La bahía también es un hábitat crítico para las tortugas marinas en peligro de extinción, lo que la convierte en un destino único para el ecoturismo. Ya sea que esté navegando en kayak por los manglares, relajándose bajo la sombra de las palmeras de coco o explorando la vibrante vida marina, la playa Corral de Mulas promete una conexión inolvidable con la naturaleza.
La plage de Corral de Mulas est un joyau caché niché dans la magnifique baie de Jiquilisco, une réserve de biosphère de l'UNESCO connue pour sa riche biodiversité et sa beauté naturelle immaculée. Cette plage tranquille offre une évasion sereine avec son sable doré et doux, ses eaux turquoise calmes et ses forêts de mangroves luxuriantes. C'est un paradis pour les amoureux de la nature, les ornithologues amateurs et ceux qui recherchent la paix loin des lieux touristiques bondés. La baie est également un habitat essentiel pour les tortues marines en voie de disparition, ce qui en fait une destination unique pour l'écotourisme. Que vous fassiez du kayak dans les mangroves, que vous vous détendiez à l'ombre des cocotiers ou que vous exploriez la vie marine animée, la plage de Corral de Mulas promet une connexion inoubliable avec la nature.
Corral de Mulas Beach is een verborgen pareltje in de prachtige Jiquilisco Bay, een UNESCO biosfeerreservaat dat bekend staat om zijn rijke biodiversiteit en ongerepte natuurlijke schoonheid. Dit rustige strand biedt een serene ontsnapping met zijn zachte gouden zand, kalme turquoise wateren en weelderige mangrovebossen. Het is een paradijs voor natuurliefhebbers, vogelaars en mensen die rust zoeken, weg van drukke toeristische plekken. De baai is ook een belangrijk leefgebied voor bedreigde zeeschildpadden, waardoor het een unieke bestemming is voor ecotoerisme. Of u nu kajakt door de mangroves, ontspant in de schaduw van kokospalmen of het levendige zeeleven verkent, Corral de Mulas Beach belooft een onvergetelijke verbinding met de natuur.
La spiaggia di Corral de Mulas è una gemma nascosta incastonata nella splendida baia di Jiquilisco, una riserva della biosfera dell'UNESCO nota per la sua ricca biodiversità e la sua incontaminata bellezza naturale. Questa spiaggia tranquilla offre una fuga serena con le sue morbide sabbie dorate, le calme acque turchesi e le rigogliose foreste di mangrovie. È un paradiso per gli amanti della natura, gli osservatori di uccelli e coloro che cercano pace lontano dai luoghi turistici affollati. La baia è anche un habitat fondamentale per le tartarughe marine in via di estinzione, il che la rende una destinazione unica per l'ecoturismo. Che tu stia facendo kayak tra le mangrovie, rilassandoti all'ombra delle palme da cocco o esplorando la vivace vita marina, la spiaggia di Corral de Mulas promette un indimenticabile legame con la natura.
Der Strand Corral de Mulas ist ein verstecktes Juwel in der atemberaubenden Bucht von Jiquilisco, einem UNESCO-Biosphärenreservat, das für seine reiche Artenvielfalt und unberührte Naturschönheit bekannt ist. Dieser ruhige Strand bietet mit seinem weichen goldenen Sand, dem ruhigen türkisfarbenen Wasser und den üppigen Mangrovenwäldern einen ruhigen Rückzugsort. Es ist ein Paradies für Naturliebhaber, Vogelbeobachter und alle, die Ruhe abseits überfüllter Touristenattraktionen suchen. Die Bucht ist auch ein wichtiger Lebensraum für gefährdete Meeresschildkröten, was sie zu einem einzigartigen Ziel für Ökotourismus macht. Ob Sie mit dem Kajak durch die Mangroven fahren, im Schatten der Kokospalmen entspannen oder das lebendige Meeresleben erkunden, der Strand Corral de Mulas verspricht eine unvergessliche Verbindung mit der Natur.
شاطئ كورال دي مولاس هو جوهرة مخفية تقع داخل خليج جيكيليسكو المذهل، وهو محمية المحيط الحيوي لليونسكو والمعروفة بتنوعها البيولوجي الغني وجمالها الطبيعي البكر. يوفر هذا الشاطئ الهادئ ملاذًا هادئًا برماله الذهبية الناعمة ومياهه الفيروزية الهادئة وغابات المانغروف الخصبة. إنه جنة لمحبي الطبيعة ومراقبي الطيور وأولئك الذين يبحثون عن السلام بعيدًا عن الأماكن السياحية المزدحمة. يعد الخليج أيضًا موطنًا مهمًا للسلاحف البحرية المهددة بالانقراض، مما يجعله وجهة فريدة للسياحة البيئية. سواء كنت تمارس رياضة التجديف بالكاياك عبر غابات المانغروف أو تسترخي تحت ظلال أشجار جوز الهند أو تستكشف الحياة البحرية النابضة بالحياة، فإن شاطئ كورال دي مولاس يعدك باتصال لا يُنسى بالطبيعة.
コラル デ ムラス ビーチは、豊かな生物多様性と手つかずの自然美で知られるユネスコ生物圏保護区の美しいヒキリスコ湾にひっそりと佇む隠れた宝石です。この静かなビーチは、柔らかい金色の砂、穏やかなターコイズブルーの海、緑豊かなマングローブ林があり、静かな隠れ家です。自然愛好家、バードウォッチャー、混雑した観光地から離れて静けさを求める人にとっては楽園です。この湾は絶滅危惧種のウミガメの重要な生息地でもあり、エコツーリズムのユニークな目的地となっています。マングローブ林でカヤックを漕いだり、ココヤシの木陰でリラックスしたり、活気に満ちた海洋生物を探索したり、コラル デ ムラス ビーチでは、忘れられない自然とのつながりを体験できます。
Highest Explore Position #123 ~ On August 19th 2008.
Baby European Polecat - British Wildlife Centre, Surrey, England - Sunday August 17th 2008.
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European Polecat ~ Mustela putorius ~ A member of the weasel family (Mustelids), polecats were once widespread and common throughout mainland Britain. Relentless persecution by gamekeepers up until the late 1930's resulted in extermination everywhere except for a small population in north Wales. They have since recovered and are now found throughout rural Wales, the Border counties and are spreading across the Midlands, South and into the South-East.
They are solitary in nature and active throughout the year. They favoured habitat is woodland, riverbank and surrounding farmland. They will hunt by night or by day for small rodents, birds and insects using a keen sense of smell to locate their prey.
They emit a pungent musky odour, particularly when threatened. The polecat is the ancestor of the domestic ferret and can interbreed with them.
Origin ~ Native of the United Kingdom.
Size ~ Male length: 55 cm plus 20 cm tail. Female length: 50 cm plus 16 cm tail - about the same size as a ferret.
Description ~ Sexes alike. Fur long, almost black with purple sheen showing buff undercoat. White markings on face and ears.
Habitat ~ Favours lowland country below 500m in woodland, marsh, riverbanks, farmland and farm buildings.
Young ~ One litter of 3 -7 young born May or June after 40 days gestation. Fully grown in 3 months.
Diet ~ Frogs, water voles, trout, eels, rabbits, snakes and ground nesting birds.
Population Pre-breeding season estimated to be 63,000 and increasing.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ~ The European Polecat (Mustela putorius), also known as a fitch, is a member of the Mustelidae family, and is related to the stoats, otters, weasels and minks. Polecats are dark brown with a lighter bandit-like mask across the face, pale yellow underbody fur, a long tail and short legs. They are somewhat larger than weasels, weighing between 0.7 kg for females to 1.7 kg for males, but smaller than otters.
Range, habitat and ecology ~ Polecats are found throughout Europe. They are mainly nocturnal and are found in woodlands, farmlands and wetlands. They often make dens in stream banks or under tree roots. Almost entirely carnivorous, they feed largely on small mammals such as voles and rats and, seasonally, on frogs and toads. Small birds and insects are a much smaller component of their diet. They require a home range of about a square kilometer. The pattern of polecat predation on frogs was found to be sex selective and predation by polecats is found to influence sex ratio, male abundance and sexual conflict in a frog mating system, restricting the opportunity for multiple mating.
Reproduction ~ Though polecats are chiefly polygynous, females can show polyandry and the sexual conflict aspect of the mating system can change with environmental conditions. Sexual conflict may result in sexually antagonistic co-evolution, in which one sex evolves a "manipulative" character which is countered by a "resistance" trait in the other sex.
Hybridisation ~ Polecats (mainly dark phenotype) are able to hybridise with the rare European mink and have fertile hybrids. In some parts of England the abandoning of domestic ferrets has led to ferret-polecat hybrids living in the wild. Often hybrids have a less distinct facial mask, light throat patches and lighter fur especially on the undersides. However there are some hybrids that are almost indistinguishable from pure polecats.
The native polecat has made a recovery across much of central and southern England thanks in part to reintroduction programmes. Recent DNA studies have shown that the pure native polecats have become firmly reestablished and are not becoming greatly hybridised. It has been suggested that the hybrid animals containing domesticated ferret genes are less well adapted to life in the wild than native polecats as the hybrids tend to be distributed near or beyond the main polecat range.
Other species ~ Other species of polecat include the Steppe Polecat (M. eversmanni) and the European Mink (M. lutreola). Most zoologists believe that the domestic ferret (M. putorius furo) is descended from the European Polecat, or possibly from a hybrid of the European and steppe varieties. The Zorilla, also called the striped polecat (Ictonyx striatus), lives in subsaharan Africa.
EXPLORE: Highest position: 254 on Monday, February 9, 2009
Seapoint, south Dublin. Sunday morning, 8 February 2009.
Young woman looking north towards Poolbeg powerstation. (The chimneys are just visible on the horizon above the sea wall.)
Class 20 pairing of 20205 and 20007 whistle past Whitlingham Junction on Monday 29th December 2025. The ROMIC owned locomotives lead the first section of UK Railtours 'The Dead Simple Positioning Move' along the Wherry Lines between Great Yarmouth and Norwich. As the name suggests, this one-way charter to Peterborough, via Norwich, Harwich and London, is in preparation for Uk Railtours charter the next day. This will work between Peterborough and the Bluebell Railway named 'A Simply Awkward Week Adventure', to celebrate the time of year between Christmas and New Year where nobody knows what day it is!
The only position I could get this shot from was shooting into a late afternoon sun. The two baby Barn Swallows were noisily demanding food. I was lucky enough to pre-focus on the near bird and captured the food exchange, which took a fraction of a second.
Highest Explore Position #347 ~ On Saturday August 1st 2009.
Baby Cherry Crowned Mangabey - Colchester Zoo, Colchester, Essex, England - Monday July 27th 2009.
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Well, when this lil guy wasn't eating stuff that disagreed with him, he stuck to the safer option of his Mothers milk, as they say in Little Britain....you can't beat a bit of Bitty....lol...:))
So as I said yesterday, I said goodbye to my old car this morning and took charge of my new VW Golf.....I'm sooooooooo not looking forward to driving that on Sunday, it's a great car, it's just that I hate having to get used to driving something new...it's also a lot smaller then I have been used to and I couldn't even start it, when I got in it for the first time!!!...apparently these days they have new safety features, in that you have to press the clutch pedal whilst turning on the ignition to start it!!!...Hmmmmm, apparently this stops kids and hmmm, me it would appear..lol...from nicking them!!
So hopefully I'll get used to it during the 70 mile journey back to Colchester this weekend...I see a lot of stalling in my future lol
Anyhoo....I hope you all have a wonderful rest of Friday and you also have an awesome Weekend..:))
Mangabeys are some of the most rare and endangered monkeys on Earth. These large, forest-living monkeys are found only in Africa. They look somewhat like guenons but are bigger. Local people call some of them "the ones with the thin waist" or "four-eyed monkeys" because some mangabey species have bright white eyelids. Taxonomists have put mangabeys into two separate genera: white-eyelid mangabeys Cerocebus sp. and crested mangabeys Lophocebus sp., based on physical differences. White-eyelid mangabeys are most closely related to mandrills and drills, and the males are much larger than the females; crested mangabeys are more closely related to baboons and geladas and both males and females are about the same size. All mangabeys have tails that are longer than their bodies, providing balance for them as they scamper through the rain forest canopy.
Depending on the species or subspecies, mangabeys can be golden brown, gray, dark brown, or a soft black, usually with a lighter color on their underbellies. Youngsters are usually darker than the adults. White-collared mangabeys Cerocebus torquatus have reddish hair on their heads, a "beard" on each cheek, and white hair that wraps around their neck like a collar (hence the name!). Black mangabeys Lophocebus atterimus have long, grayish brown whiskers that almost cover their ears and a high crest on their head—a pointy hairdo!
A swingin' home ~
Like most monkeys, mangabeys are very much at home in trees, spending most of their time there. However, white-eyelid mangabeys are also comfortable on the ground, traveling on their hands and feet between patches of forest or to forage in the leaf litter for tasty food items. In some areas of the forest, the ground is swampy, but it’s not a problem for the mangabeys. Webbing between their fingers and toes helps these amazing monkeys to swim! All mangabeys are excellent jumpers, and gray-cheeked mangabeys Lophocebus albigena and white-collared mangabeys have tails that are strong enough to help them hook on to branches as they leap about the forest canopy.
Monkey business ~
Mangabeys live in groups, called troops, of about 10 to 40 individuals, depending on the species and the availability of food and habitat. There is usually one adult male that acts as leader and the troop's defender, but sometimes the larger troops have two or three adult males that split off with their own family units to forage for food. When a male becomes sexually mature he leaves his troop to find another one to join. If he can't find one, he will live alone until he does; single males do not form all-male groups. When there is plenty of food available, mangabey troops will often gather together for a while and even exchange troop members.
This is the third part of a series describing the setup of the photo Berry Hard Work.
The Little Dudes
You might think that positioning the little dudes is easy. Many times, it is. This time, it was not.
I recently purchased some of the figures in this photo and had never used them before. In fact, they were sealed up in their packaging until a few minutes before I started setting up the scene. Unfortunately, when I pulled them out of their packaging, I discovered that three of them were broken.
1. The Headless Ax Man. He sounds like a horror movie villain, but it wasn't as bad as it sounds. The man standing in front of the strawberry had lost his head. So I grabbed some glue and stuck it back on. I let it sit for a few minutes, and he was fine. It was not that big a deal.
2. The Disarmed Wheelbarrow Man. His problem was a little more difficult to solve. His arms were attached to the wheelbarrow, which is good, but they were not attached to his body, which is bad. Again, I applied a little glue, but getting him into a position where the glue could do its thing was a bit of a challenge. His arms kept falling off of the bottom of his white shirt. Finally, after many failed attempts, I found a position where both arms would stay attached to his shirt, and I left him alone to heal. But if you look closely in the final photo, you can see that his right arm still isn't quite 100% attached to his shirt.
3. The One-Armed Dolly Man. What started off as a nightmare ended up as the silver lining. I always knew I would have this guy in front of the wheelbarrow man, with the dolly just out of view so that you might think it's another wheelbarrow full of strawberry bits. What I didn't know is that his right arm was detached from his body at the shoulder, and his left hand was not attached to the dolly at all. That sounds bad, and it was bad, until I discovered that this figure was poorly balanced, and had he been intact, he would have fallen over time and time again. However, since I was gluing him back together, I could choose how best to position his arm such that the dolly would help prop up his ill-designed body. And because I knew I was positioning him in profile, his left arm obscured by his right, it didn't matter if his left hand was attached to the dolly or not. And so, as you might be able to see in this setup photo, I didn't bother trying to fix his left hand. I just angled his right arm, and by extension the dolly, to ensure that this poor guy could stand up. And it worked!
See Also: Setup 1 | Setup 2 | Setup 3 | Setup 4 | Setup 5 | Setup 6 | Setup 7 | Setup 8 | Setup 9 | Setup 10 | Setup 11 | Berry Hard Work
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The J.Gulliem Orient on my sunday autumn ride.
Strolling around, visiting the upper Bergisches Land, getting a nice steady zone 2 endurance workout in and testing the redshift Dual-Position seatpost.
(Yeah, still waiting for the crash replacement of the front wheel)
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Das J.Guillem Orient während meiner Sonntags-Herbst-Ausfahrt.
Spazierenfahren, das Oberbergische besuchen, ein schön gleichmäßiges Zone 2 Grundlagenausdauer-Workout durchführen und die redshift Dual-Position Sattelstütze testen.
(Ja, ich warte immer noch auf das Crash Replacement des Vorderrads)
EXPLORED!!! Highest position: 51 on Sunday, January 3, 2010
This is, of course, my last upload for this year.
Time to draw some conclusions...
I'm gonna be pretty wordy here, I really want to share with you my impressions of the moment; my 'occasional' followers can skip this section and go to my usual shooting details and description!
First of all, 2009 has been, without a doubt, the explosion of my SERIOUS love for visual arts.
I realized I need a stronger knowledge about art and photography. I'm trying to read as much as I can, to broaden my culture. I made a commitment to stop caring that much about gear and spending useless time on photographic forums, serious books provide far more valuable informations.
I'm also trying to learn more and more from the Masters, having increased their 'number', too.
I'm a lot more into subtleties than before, I spend much more time thinking the shot than actually wonder around shooting.
As for my personal life, 2009 made me really stronger. I fully recovered from an important love story which ended.
This recovery made me realize how much strong I am and how much I can give to other people.
Then I fell in love again, and when I look back it's easy to see that those moments of deep pain are now so distant and far, and things are going much better than before.
Those deep changes in life are useful: they let you realize your point of view can dramatically change, much faster than you can imagine.
Now, some 2010 NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS!!! (random order)
1) More stability with work. I want to get a full time occupation and sign an official contract;
2) No laziness: I have to keep up the good work with my body I started last May - June;
3a) No intellectual laziness: Stop wasting time on the Internet (Flickr is NOT wasting time; useless forums, facebook etc.. are);
3b) No intellectual laziness: Read more (Novels, Art books, essays, etc);
4) Attend more art exhibitions;
5) Buy a full-frame camera (is it a resolution?!?);
6) Travel a lot;
Last but not least:
I really want to thank you, my dear Flickr friends. When I write this I really mean it; without you I wouldn't be here;
your constant feedback, comments, faves, notes, helped me immensely.
Many of your artworks truly inspired me, made me struggle to get better and better and open my eyes in many directions.
THANK YOU!!!!
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Una piccola eccezione per la fine del 2009... la descrizione in italiano!!!
Mi scuso con tutti i miei contatti e con i visitatori occasionali per le mancate traduzioni passate;
come ho scritto anche nel profilo la traduzione completa diventerebbe impegnativa;
Questo è il mio ultimo upload per il 2009, ed a corredo voglio inserire alcune riflessioni.
Il 2009 è stato certamente l'anno che ha segnato l'inizio del mio interesse dilagante per le arti visive.
Mi sono reso conto di quanto debba approfondire la mia conoscenza relativa sia alla storia dell'arte in generale che, più nello specifico, alla fotografia.
Mi sto applicando per leggere moltissimo, cercando di evitare di sprecare tempo girovagando in Internet senza una meta.
Cerco di trarre ispirazione dai Maestri, che, con il passare del tempo, stanno aumentando decisamente in numero!
Passando ad aspetti più personali, il 2009 mi ha reso senza dubbio più forte; mi sono completamente ripreso dalla fine di una storia molto importante, e ciò mi ha fatto intendere quanto forte sia davvero e quanto abbia da dare agli altri.
Ora, quando guardo indietro, è facile rendermi conto di come quei momenti di sofferenza siano lontani e quanto adesso le cose funzionino meglio di prima.
Certi cambiamenti radicali nella vita sono senza dubbio utili: permettono infatti di renderti conto di come il tuo punto di vista, i tuoi riferimenti possano mutare in un battito di ciglia.
Ed ora, qualche buon proposito per il 2010!!! (Ordine casuale)
1) Più stabilità lavorativa. Voglio un impiego a tempo pieno;
2) No alla pigrizia: Voglio continuare l'ottimo lavoro con il mio fisico iniziato prima dell'estate;
3a) No alla pigrizia intellettuale: Non sprecare tempo su Internet;
3b) No alla pigrizia intellettuale: Leggere di più;
4) Visitare più mostre;
5) Acquistare una full-frame;
6) Viaggiare molto.
Ultimo, ma non meno impoartante:
Voglio ringrazionare di cuore tutti voi, miei amici di Flickr. Senza di voi non sarei qui; i vostri commenti, le critiche, le preferite, mi hanno aiutato moltissimo.
I vostri lavori mi hanno ispirato, fornendomi motivazione per migliorarmi e mi hanno aperto gli occhi in molto nuove direzioni: GRAZIE!!!
Details
- CANON 400d, EF-S 10-22 @ 10mm, f/10, 1/50s, ISO 100.
- Tripod
The shot
Shot not far from where I live.
The Processing
Photoshop:
- Created 5 Overlay layers to adjust light
- Multiplied the sky and added a gradient mask
- Added a Level layer to improve contrast
- Created a Color-Balance adjustment layer to warm things up
- Improved microcontrast with Unsharp Mask
- Resized
- Sharpened (SS + More Accurate, rocks only)
- Framing and signature.
Take a look at it, LARGE on Black :
@ You all
Comments, faves and critiques are always welcomed!
It is time to wish you, your families and your loved ones the best 2010 you could ever imagine.
Luca
[ E x p l o r e d ] [ Best Position #271 ] on 22 Oct, 2010.
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La basilique Saint-Procope occupe une position éminente de la colline qui domine toute la ville de Třebíč. C'était à l'origine (XIIIe siècle) une église monastique et une partie d'un monastère bénédictin (fondé en 1101). Mêlant des éléments romans et du début du gothique, elle est aujourd'hui reliée au château construit sur le site du monastère après sa destruction au XVIe siècle.
C'est une église à trois nefs et triple chœur, dotée d'un presbytère allongé, d'un porche de plan carré ouvert au nord et de deux tours à l'ouest. Une crypte aux voûtes à nervures brisées se trouve sous l'extrémité orientale et sous le presbytère. La basilique est construite en granit et en grès, l'extérieur en blocs de granit de face carrée. La façade ouest, de style baroque, comporte des éléments gothicisants et des enduits en plâtre. Les murs internes sont aujourd'hui dépouillés, mais des traces de leur revêtement d'origine ont été découvertes dans le chœur. La nef présente des voûtes baroques d'inspiration gothique, avec des registres sculptés.
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The basilica is the only Christian site among Trebic's world heritage entries. The church on the hill was built between 1230 and 1260 as abbey church for the Benedictine convent which had resided there since around 1100. Since the early 16th century the church has been dedicated to St Prokop. After the secularization the convent buildings became a palace.
The church was planned and erected on the brink of change from romanesque to gothic style. The facades of the sides and choir show romanesque features with elaborate stonemason works. Don't miss the beautiful rose window in the wall of the choir.
The plastered western facade and the spires tell of a refurbishment in the baroque era. In the 19th century the church underwent a thorough renovation and "re-medievalization" which has left by far more traces than your tour guide will tell you.
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Lahti. Lakhta ?
This small village on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, about 15 km northwest of the city, is home to human settlements on the banks of the Neva. It was on the territory of Lakhta that the remains of a man’s parking site of three thousand years ago were found.
In official documents, a settlement named Lakhta dates back to 1500. The name is derived from the Finnish-speaking word lahti - "bay". This is one of the few settlements that has not changed its name throughout its 500-year history. Also known as Laches, Lahes-by, Lahes and was originally inhabited by Izhora. In the last decades of the 15th century, Lakhta was a village (which indicates a significant population) and was the center of the eponymous grand-parish volost, which was part of the Spassko-Gorodensky graveyard of the Orekhovsky district of the Vodskaya Pyatina. In the village, there were 10 courtyards with 20 people (married men). In Lakhta, on average, there were 2 families per yard, and the total population of the village probably reached 75 people.
From the notes on the margins of the Swedish scribe book of the Spassky graveyard of 1640, it follows that the lands along the lower reaches of the Neva River and parts of the Gulf of Finland, including Lakhta Karelskaya, Perekulya (from the Finnish “back village”, probably because of its position relative to Lakhti) and Konduy Lakhtinsky, were royal by letter of honor on January 15, 1638 transferred to the possession of the Stockholm dignitary, Rickschulz general Bernhard Sten von Stenhausen, a Dutchman by birth. On October 31, 1648, the Swedish government granted these lands to the city of Nyuen (Nyenschanz). With the arrival of the Swedes in Prievye, Lakhta was settled by the Finns, who until the middle of the 20th century made up the vast majority of the villagers.
On December 22, 1766, Catherine 2 granted Lakhta Manor, which was then in the Office of the Chancellery from the buildings of palaces and gardens, "in which and in her villages with courtyards 208 souls," her favorite Count Orlov. Not later than 1768, Count J.A. Bruce took over the estate. In 1788, Lakhta Manor was listed behind him with wooden services on a dry land (high place) and the villages Lakhta, Dubki, Lisiy Nos and Konnaya belonging to it also on dry land, in those villages of male peasants 238 souls. On May 1, 1813, Lakhta passed into the possession of the landowners of the Yakovlevs. On October 5, 1844, Count A.I. Stenbok-Fermor entered into the possession of the Lakhtinsky estate, which then had 255 male souls. This clan was the owner of the estate until 1912, when its last representative got into debt and noble custody was established over the estate. On October 4, 1913, in order to pay off his debts, he was forced to go for corporatization, and the Lakhta estate passed into the ownership of the Joint Stock Company “Lakhta” of Count Stenbock-Fermor and Co.
After the revolution, Lakhta was left on its own for a while, here on the former estate of the counts Stenbock-Fermorov on May 19, 1919, the Lakhta excursion station was opened, which existed there until 1932. In the early 1920s, sand mining began on Lakhta beaches, and the abandoned and dilapidated peat plant of the Lakhta estate in 1922 took over the Oblzemotdel and put it into operation after major repairs. In 1963, the village of Lakhta was included in the Zhdanovsky (Primorsky) district of Leningrad (St. Petersburg).
At the beginning of Lakhtinsky Prospekt, on the banks of the Lakhtinsky spill, there was the village of Rakhilax (Rahilax-hof, Rahila, Rokhnovo). Most likely, under this name only one or several courtyards are designated. There is an assumption that the name of the village was formed from the Finnish raahata - “drag, drag,” because there could be a place for transportation through the isthmus of the Lakhtinsky spill (we should not forget that not only the bridge over the channel connecting the spill with the Gulf of Finland was not yet here, the duct itself was many times wider than the current one). The search book of the Spassko-Gorodensky graveyard of 1573, describing the Lakhta lands, mentions that there were 2 lodges in the “Rovgunov” village, from which we can conclude that we are talking about the village of Rohilaks, which the Russian scribes remade into a more understandable to them Rovgunovo. The village was empty in Swedish time and was counted as a wasteland of the village of Lahta.
On the banks of the Lakhtinsky spill, near the confluence of the Yuntolovka River, from the 17th century there existed the village of Bobylka (Bobylskaya), which merged into the village of Olgino only at the beginning of the 20th century, but was found on maps until the 1930s. It is probably the Search Book that mentions it Spassko-Gorodensky churchyard in 1573 as a village "in Lakhta in Perekui", behind which there was 1 obzh. With the arrival of the Swedes by royal letter on January 15, 1638, the village was transferred to the possession of the Stockholm dignitary, Rickshaw General Bernhard Sten von Stenhausen, a Dutchman by birth. On October 31, 1648, the Swedish government granted Lahti lands to the city of Nyuen (Nyenschanz). On the Swedish map of the 1670s, in the place of the village of Bobylsky, the village of Lahakeülä is marked (küla - the village (Fin.)). The village could subsequently be called Bobyl from the Russian word "bobyl."
The owners of Bobylskaya were both Count Orlov, and Count Y. A. Bruce, and the landowners Yakovlev. In 1844, Count A.I. Stenbok-Fermor entered into the possession of the Lakhtinsky estate (which included the village of Bobyl). This family was the owner of the estate until 1913, when the owners, in order to pay off their debts, had to go for corporatization, and the Lakhta estate was transferred to the ownership of the Lakhta Joint-Stock Company of Count Stenbock-Fermor and Co. By the middle of the 20th century, the village merged with the village of Lakhta.
The name Konnaya Lakhta (Konnaya) has been known since the 16th century, although earlier it sounded like Konduya (Konduya Lakhtinskaya) or just Kondu (from the Finnish kontu - courtyard, manor). Subsequently, this name was replaced by the more familiar Russian ear with the word "Horse". In the Search Book of the Spassko-Gorodensky Pogost in 1573, it is mentioned as the village "on Kovdui", where 1 obzh was listed, which indicates that there most likely was one yard. On January 15, 1638, together with neighboring villages, it was transferred to the possession of the Stockholm dignitary, Rickschulz General Bernhard Steen von Stenhausen, of Dutch origin. On October 31, 1648, the Swedish government granted these lands to the city of Nyuen (Nyenschanz). In a deed of gift, Konduya Lakhtinskaya is called a village, which indicates a noticeable increase in its population. Later, on the Swedish map of the 1670s, on the site of the present Horse Lahti, the village of Konda-bai is marked (by - village (sv)).
The owners of Konnaya Lakhta, as well as the villages of Bobylskaya and Lakhta, were in turn Count Orlov, Count Ya. A. Bruce, and the landowners Yakovlev. In 1844, Count A.I. Stenbok-Fermor entered the possession of the Lakhta estate (which included Konnaya Lakhta. This family was the owner of the estate until 1913, when the owners had to go to corporations to pay off their debts, and the Lakhta estate became the property of Lakhta Joint Stock Company of Count Stenbock-Fermor and Co. In 1963, Horse Lahta was included in the Zhdanov (Primorsky) district of Leningrad (St. Petersburg).
As the dacha village of Olgino appeared at the end of the 19th century and initially consisted of both Olgin itself and the villages of Vladimirovka (now part of Lisiy Nos) and Aleksandrovka. In the first half of the 18th century, this territory was part of the Verpelev palace estate, which in the second half of the 18th century was granted to Count G. G. Orlov, then it was owned by the family of landowners the Yakovlevs, in the middle of the 19th century the estate was transferred to the counts of Stenbock-Fermor. In 1905 A.V. Stenbok-Fermor, the then owner of Lakhta lands, divided the lands around Lakhta into separate plots with the intention of selling them profitably for dachas. So there were the villages of Olgino (named after the wife of Olga Platonovna), Vladimirovka (in honor of the father of the owner; the coastal part of the modern village of Lisy Nos) and Alexandrov or Aleksandrovskaya (in honor of Alexander Vladimirovich himself). It is likely that on the site of the village was the village of Olushino (Olushino odhe) - a search book of the Spassko-Gorodensky churchyard in 1573 mentions that there were 1 obzh in the village of Olushkov’s, which suggests that at least one residential the yard. On behalf of Olushka (Olpherius). Most likely, the village was deserted in Swedish time and then was already listed as a wasteland belonging to the village of Lahta. Thus, the name of the village could be given in harmony with the name of the mistress and the old name of the village.
The villages were planned among a sparse pine forest (the layout was preserved almost unchanged), so there were more amenities for living and spending time there than in Lakhta. A park was set up here, a summer theater, a sports ("gymnastic") playground, a tennis court, and a yacht club were arranged.
In the 1910s about 150 winter cottages were built in Olgino, many of which are striking monuments of "summer cottage" architecture. In 1963, the village of Olgino was included in the Zhdanovsky (Primorsky) district of Leningrad (St. Petersburg).
Near Olgino, in the area of the Dubki park, there was a small village Verpeleva (Verpelevo), which consisted of only a few yards. In the first half of the XVIII century. this territory was part of the palace estate "Verpeleva", which in the second half of the XVIII century. It was granted to Count G. G. Orlov, then passed to the Counts of Stenbock-Fermor. The village has not existed for a long time, but the entire reed-covered peninsula (barely protruding above the water of the Verpier-Luda peninsula (Verper Luda (from the Finnish luoto - “small rocky island”)) still existed, and there was another spelling the name of this island is Var Pala Ludo).
Kamenka. The Novgorod scribal book mentions two villages in the Lakhta region with a similar name, referring to the possessions of Selivan Zakharov, son of Okhten, with his son and 5 other co-owners. On the lands of this small patrimony, which, unlike the estate was inherited, peasants lived in 3 villages, including: the village "Kamenka in Lakhta near the sea" in 5 yards with 5 people and arable land in 1,5 obzhi, the village "on Kamenka "in 2 courtyards with 2 people and arable land in 1 obzhu. For the use of land, the peasants paid the owners of the patrimony 16 money and gave 1/3 of the rye harvest. Thus, in the 16th century on the Kamenka River (another name for the Kiviyoki River, which is the literal translation of kivi - "stone", joki - "river") there was one large village of Kamenka near its confluence with the Lakhtinsky spill and the second, smaller, somewhere upstream. On the drawing of Izhora land in 1705, a village under this name is depicted in the area of the modern village of Kamenka. The village of Kamennaya in the middle reaches of Kamenka and on the map of 1792 is designated. Other name options are Kaumenkka, Kiviaja.
In the second half of the 18th century, Kamenka became a vacation spot for Russian Germans. Here in 1865, German colonists founded their "daughter" colony on leased land. Since then, the village has received the name Kamenka Colony (so called until the 1930s). In 1892, a colony near the village of Volkovo "budded" from it. The inhabitants of both colonies belonged to the Novo-Saratov parish and since 1871 had a prayer house in Kamenka, which was visited by 250 people. He maintained a school for 40 students. The house was closed in 1935 and later demolished.
Currently, Kamenka exists as a holiday village, located along the road to Levashovo. Since 1961 - in the city, part of the planning area in the North-West, from the mid-1990s. built up with multi-storey residential buildings and cottages.
Volkovo. The settlement is about southeast of the village of Kamenka - on the old road to Kamenka, on the bank of a stream that flows into Kamenka between the village of Kamenka and the Shuvalovsky quarry. In 1892, a German colony emerged on the territory of the village, "budding" from a nearby colony in the village of Kamenka. The origin of Volkovo is not clear, the village is found only on maps of 1912, 1930, 1939, 1943. and probably appeared no earlier than the 19th century.
Kolomyagi. Scribe books of the XV — XVI centuries and Swedish plans testify that small settlements already existed on the site of Kolomyag. Most likely, these were first Izhora or Karelian, then Finnish farms, which were empty during the hostilities of the late XVII century.
The name "Kolomyag" connoisseurs decipher in different ways. Some say that it came from the "colo" - in Finnish cave and "pulp" - a hill, a hill. The village is located on the hills, and such an interpretation is quite acceptable. Others look for the root of the name in the Finnish word "koaa" - bark - and believe that trees were processed here after felling. Another version of the origin of the name from the Finnish "kello" is the bell, and it is associated not with the feature of the mountain, but with the "bell on the mountain" - a tower with a signal bell standing on a hill.
The owners of Kolomyazhsky lands were Admiral General A.I. Osterman, Count A.P. Bestuzhev-Ryumin, a family of Volkonsky. In 1789, the Volkonskys sold these lands to retired colonel Sergei Savvich Yakovlev. On his estate S. S. Yakovlev built a manor and lived in it with his wife and seven daughters. The once-Finnish population of Kolomyag was “Russified” by that time - it was made up of descendants of serfs resettled by Osterman and Bestuzhev-Rumin from their villages in Central Russia (natives of the Volga and Galich) and Ukraine. Then the name "Kellomyaki" began to sound in Russian fashion - "Kolomyagi", although later the old name also existed, especially among local Finns. And not without reason the indigenous Kolomozhites associate their origin with the Volga places, and the southern half of the village is now called “Galician”.
Yakovlev died in 1818. Five years after his death, a division of the territory of the manor was made. The village of Kolomyagi was divided in half between two of his daughters. The border was the Bezymyanny stream. The southeastern part of the village of Kolomyagi beyond Bezymyanny creek and a plot on the banks of the Bolshaya Nevka passed to the daughter Ekaterina Sergeevna Avdulina.
Daughter Yakovleva Elena Sergeevna - the wife of General Alexei Petrovich Nikitin, a hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, who was awarded the highest military orders and twice a gold sword with the inscription "For courage", died early, leaving her daughter Elizabeth. The northwestern part of Kolomyag inherited the young Elizabeth, so this part of Kolomyag was practically inherited by the father of Yakovlev’s granddaughter, Count A.P. Nikitin, who in 1832 became the owner of the entire village. It is his name that is stored in the names of the streets - 1st and 2nd Nikitinsky and Novo-Nikitinsky. The new owner built a stone mansion on the estate’s estate - an excellent example of classicism of the first third of the 19th century, which became his country house and has survived to this day and has been occupied until recently by the Nursing Home. It is believed that this mansion was built according to the project of the famous architect A.I. Melnikov. The severity and modesty of the architectural appearance of the facades and residential chambers of the Nikitin mansion was opposed by the splendor of ceremonial interiors, in particular the two-light dance hall with choirs for musicians. Unfortunately, with repeated alterations and repairs, many details of the decor and stucco emblems of the owners disappeared. Only two photographs of the 1920s and preserved fragments of ornamental molding and paintings on the walls and ceiling show the past richness of the decorative decoration of this architectural monument. The mansion was surrounded by a small park. In it stood a stone pagan woman brought from the southern steppes of Russia (transferred to the Hermitage), and a pond with a plakun waterfall was built. Near the pond there was a "walk of love" from the "paradise" apple trees - it was called so because the bride and groom passed through it after the wedding. Here, in the shadow of these apple trees, young lovers made appointments.
Under the Orlov-Denisov opposite the mansion (now Main Street, 29), the structures of an agricultural farm were erected, partially preserved to this day, and the greenhouse. Behind the farm were the master's fields. On them, as the New Time newspaper reported in August 1880, they tested the reaping and shearing machines brought from America.
In the 19th century, the provincial surveyor Zaitsev submitted for approval the highway called the Kolomyagskoye Shosse. The route was supposed to connect the village, gradually gaining fame as a summer residence of the "middle arm", with St. Petersburg. The construction of the road ended in the 1840s, and then horse-drawn and country-house crafts became the most important articles of peasant income. In addition, peasants either built small dachas in their yards, or rented their huts for the summer. Located away from the roads, surrounded by fields, the village was chosen by multi-family citizens.
The income from the summer cottage industry increased from year to year, which was facilitated by the summer movement of omnibuses that opened on the new highway from the City Council building. They walked four times a day, each accommodated 16 people, the fare cost 15 kopecks. Even when the Finnish Railway with the nearest Udelnaya station came into operation in 1870, the highway remained the main access road through which public carriages pulled by a trio of horses ran from the Stroganov (now Ushakovsky) bridge.
The importance of the highway has decreased since 1893, when traffic began along the Ozerkovskaya branch of the Primorsky Railway, built by the engineer P.A. Avenarius, the founder of the Sestroretsky resort.
Former Pennsylvania Railroad position light signals on the MS Buffalo LIne along the Susquehanna River at Dalmatia, Pennsylvania on April 29, 2011.
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This shoot was amazing. Not only did I get to work with beautiful and extremely talented Madleigh Twisted of IFL Models fame, but I had the opportunity to work with the creative minds behind two incredible guys who started came to the middle of nowhere, California didn't find the scene they were looking for so they created one.
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A very recognizable symbol of the Pennsylvania Railroad remains in service today in a location far away from a PRR served location. Union Switch & Signal was able to sell a couple of the H-2 pot signals to the Chicago & Illinois Midland for use with crossing warning indicators. This one is at Shops in Springfield, IL at the North Grand Ave crossing. Another one I recall was in Pekin, IL. ETTS may come one day when North Grand becomes a bridge over the NS and I&M diamond.
The pot is displaying the stop indication. Clear is displayed once the crossing warning devices have been activated. This signal does not appear to convey authority across the interlocking.
11-30-2024
Highest Position #225
First time I see one in this config.....loved it !
Fits so well :)
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Objective: fit the mini dolls under the windscreen so they can see over the windowsill, while still keeping cockpit details visible through the window...
Solution: Angle the cockpits raising the front, and lowering the back.
Result: A+ pass. Time to move on.. I spent way to much time on this little detail...
One Year Ago Yesterday
Pennsy Position Light Farewell Tour - Part 5
This is not a new signal location, this is a repeat of the signals seen in this post:
So, after getting our fill of Johnstown and doing a little exploring some new areas John decided it was time to relocate back to Summerhill and the famed Automatic 263.7 signals for another round. The Pittsburgh Line didn't dissapoint as we shot 6 trains in the span of 45 minutes back here!
Nice variety too in both motive power and train types. Alas I don't know the symbols of any of these (if you care about that sort of thing), but here are six shots, one of each train shot in the 45 min span!
Man, the old PRR mainline sure is one hopping railroad!
Train #5 was a little varnish in the form of Amtrak's westbound Pennsylvanian train #43 on Track 3.
Summerhill, Pennsylvania
Saturday May 25, 2019