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Northern cardinals weren't the only birds feeding on weed seeds in a brushy area of Lake Meyer Park yesterday. A flock of about 20 American tree sparrows, including this one, were keying in on those nutritious wild buckwheat seeds as they try to pile in as many calories as possible during this taxing winter season.
Before exploring Lüderitz and Kolmanskop, we drove all the way south to the second largest canyon in the world: Fishriver Canyon. I didn't even know about this canyon before this trip, and since we still had a few days left after our initial rough planning, we both agreed to go there. We looked at the possible accommodations and found a government-run campground on the south side and a lodge on the north rim. As we hadn't read the best things about government-run campsites and were planning to camp most of the time anyway, we opted for the lodge and didn't regret it.
The drive there changed from paved roads to gravel roads, which had some sandy sections the further we got. At one point, we had to drive up a small hill and back down a steeper section that led to a narrow gravel road that crossed a dried up river a few times. We drove on and on, wondering if we were still on the right 'road', but a glance at the offline GPS map showed that we were heading in the right direction. After driving through some really impressive wide open landscapes, we crossed an “airfield” (which was basically a flat gravel field) before finally reaching the parking lot of Fishriver Lodge after a little over 3 hours of driving. As we entered the main building, we noticed the really beautiful glass façade which gave a breathtaking view of the canyon as the lodge is situated right on the canyon rim. We were then asked onto the terrace where we were given a welcome drink, enjoyed the view and thought about using the pool, but we both felt it wasn't quite warm enough (as it was winter there, the temperatures were moderate).
We then checked in, got the keys to our cabin right next to the rim and carried all our stuff from the car to our room (which was quite funny as we had all our stuff in cardboard boxes covered with plastic bags to protect it a bit from the sand that got into the back of our car during the drive, unlike all the other guests who arrived in fancy clothes and with normal suitcases). We then made ourselves a coffee and enjoyed it on our terrace while taking in the stunning views. I then wandered around the area a bit looking for possible sunset compositions, but as the sun got lower, I realized that its angle was far from optimal as the sidelight left most of the canyon in shadow and only illuminated a small upper portion.
At a certain point, I noticed that the colors on the side facing away from the canyon began to explode. I quickly ran to our cabin and told my girlfriend to get her camera. In the rush, we even forgot our tripods, ran around like headless chickens (as Mads Peter Iversen would put it) looking for compositions and found this lone quiver tree. The colors became more and more intense, and I can tell you: I have never seen colors like these before. Apart from one cloud that I cloned out as it was right behind the tree, I didn't edit this image at all (which is quite rare as raw files are usually very flat and require some contrast adjustments). The show went on for quite a long time as there were no mountains in the distance that could block the sunlight, but eventually we went to dinner and enjoyed one of the best meals we had on this trip. After dinner, we went back to our room and realized that the curtains were different than when we left. We thought that someone might have broken into our room, but when we went to bed we realized that the staff had brought warm water bottles as it can get chilly at night (which they hadn't told us). With that, we ended our day and couldn't be happier as we stood right on the edge of the second largest canyon in the world and witnessed one of the most colorful sunsets we had ever seen. I hope you like it!
Think "Holland" and you've probably already conjured the iconic images of tulips and windmills. More precisely, the very specific windmills you're envisioning right now are that of Kinderdijk.
Though it may sound odd for how technical and pragmatic the region proved to be, the name Kinderdijk translates in Dutch to mean "children's dike." According to local legend, after a particularly terrible flood in the 15th century, a lone basket was left floating in an inundated canal. Upon closer inspection, a cat was found bounding from one side of the basket to the other in an effort to keep it balanced, for inside rested an orphaned baby. The cat had kept the babe afloat, safe and sound during its journey… Thus giving the world the folktale "The Cat and the Cradle" in addition to the village of Kinderdijk its name.
Back in the modern day, visitors will find 19 historically authentic windmills scattered across Kinderdijk's canal-riddled landscape. With their sails raised to the skies (coming to rest in formations that communicate across the bogs in a language of semafors), one could be forgiven for believing these are creatures beholden to the air. What history reveals, in fact, is that the Netherlands' famous windmills are well-disguised creatures of the sea, without which the nation's famously innovative water management system would not have been possible.
Sometime in the 13th century, Zuid-Holland's peat rivers ceased to drain as they had been, creating a pattern of flooding that devastated the beautiful landscape at Alblasserwaard, which already existed below sea level. Berms were built to prevent flooding, but pumping stations needed to be constructed to continue water flow from low to high areas; hence, the 19th windmills still seen today.
Nowhere else in the world offers a complete portrait of early water management like that of Kinderdijk, which accounts for UNESCO's inclusion of the site among its World Heritage as of 1997 for its "unique character." Thanks to its truly groundbreaking unification of sea and sky, plus the added bonus of a world-renowned folktale, a visit to Kinderdijk is the sort of treasure that offers something for dreamers and pragmatists alike. www.atlasobscura.com/places/windmills-of-kinderdijk
Air quality index is good this morning sitting at 37, so in the green and listed as Good, however a view days ago when this was taken we were into the Red and listed as unhealthy. The sun was an orange ball and the air was quite tinted in a warm way.
The smoke can not be good for birds, but regardless they are grouping together in preparation for the trip south.
Processing was done to try to recreate as closely as possible how I remember, but of course a memory of real life trtanslated to the smaller world of digital is only going to be so accurate, but I think that this was "pretty" close. It was smoky and quite obscuring when it came to distance.
Possible geometries for an impossible daily life.
Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2017
Geometrias possíveis para um cotidiano impossível
São Paulo SP, 2017
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Here’s my latest astrophotography from last night. This deep-sky object is the remnant of a supernova explosion, captured through 71 photos, each with a 5-minute exposure!
The sky was exceptionally clear yesterday, so I seized the opportunity to capture this image. In the coming days, the sky will be covered with clouds, and the moon will add more light pollution. Unfortunately, no more deep-sky astrophotography will be possible until the end of the month.
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Possible geometries for an impossible daily life
Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2023
Geometrias possíveis para um cotidiano impossível
São Paulo SP, 2023
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Sometimes that’s what I feel.
A wall. solid. No flexibility.
And me? Staring at it or pushing hard
with no response. Well
it’s a wall.
or maybe I'm the wall? That
ain't flexible? Not changing?
The say is "you need two
To Tango". So if I'm facing
A wall then some is facing me – as a wall.
When I will start accepting it’s a wall
All will be possible.
São Paulo, Brazil, 2024
Possible geometries for an impossible daily life
Collection: The poetry of invisible movements: It is inevitable, points of conflict, lines of organization and insurrection, invisibility. Time passes... over. A look, a step, a gesture, the lines of the city or any detail, completed by the look, creating a poetics in the movements that only exist in the encounter between bodies, photographer, place, people photographed and who sees the photo, and this can generate a power of presence, a static dance.
Geometrias possíveis para um cotidiano impossível
Coleção: A poesia dos movimentos invisíveis: É inevitável, pontos de conflito, linhas de organização e insurreição, invisbilidades. O tempo passa... por cima. Um olhar, um passo, um gesto, as linhas da cidade ou um detalhe qualquer, completados pelo olhar, criando uma poética nos movimentos que só existem no encontro entre corpos, fotógrafo, local, pessoas fotografados e quem vê a foto, e isso pode gerar uma potência de presença, uma dança estática.
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We spoke to a ranger about this hike--from the Dempster Highway to Grizzly Lake, over Glissade Pass to Divide Lake, on to Talus Lake, and then back--before we started. He described the route over Glissade Pass, explaining, "You'll look down and say, 'that can't be possible,' but you just keep going." And that's exactly what we did say, and do, glissading down snowfields and scree. On the way back up the pass, by this point good and tired, we found ourselves sinking deep into the snow and scree, and experiencing the demoralization of actually sliding backwards after great effort. Since this photo is six years old, I won't try to build the suspense; after a lot of effort, we made it back to the tent:) Mrs. Orca making the arduous way from Divide to Grizzly lake over Glissade Pass, Tombstone Territorial Park, Yukon Territory, Canada.
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Even though I live only 10 miles from Scotland, last weekend was the first time I'd ventured across the border since the Coronavirus restrictions were introduced in March of last year.
I managed to capture the amazing A1 Locomotive of 60163 Tornado hauling the Northern Belle railtour along the West Coast Main Line, which was an added bonus as originally this leg of the railway journey was supposed to be diesel hauled until Carlisle, then picked up by 6201 Princess Elizabeth locomotive. However, after this engine recently suffered a fault with it's boiler, Tornado has been replacing it on all excursions where possible and, since it is was nearby anyway, it was able to haul this leg of the journey from Glasgow too.
I hadn't photographed along this stretch of railway before so I wasn't sure of what the viewpoints would be like, but looking at the map I thought this section looked promising and luckily it was - providing a wonderful moody backdrop with Tewsgill Hill beyond.
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Explore # 496 on Friday, 13 June 2008 my 116th
Yes, you read it right, my last ferris wheel in the series. Some may have misunderstood it as 'last will'. That can't be possible as I don't have any wealth to pass on except my photos in flickr. lol
This boat is a "must" to be photographied if you go for a Sunrise at Delta de l'Ebre. Usually the water is very calm because it's located in a closed bay, and the colours of the sunrise (specially in winter) are amazing.
The photo has just some basic contrast/saturation and light tones adjustments. The photo has been taken with a big stopper and a 1.2 ND filter.
...have fascinated me and I am deeply impressed every time I see them somewhere in the forests of Switzerland. I know this picture is not very new anymore but I recently got some input or an idea from someone who shared his beautiful photo from a jay with us here on Flickr. I had completely forgotten that I have various pictures of jays myself, but never published them on my photostream here. This happens to me very often because I spend most of my time in the wild nature and can then take photos of various animals. The time spent out there is the most important thing for me and the wonderful moments of being able to experience it up close and in the middle of the wild. Selecting the many photos later on is always a lot of work for me and I shy away from it whenever possible. In this way, many of my photos stay on the memory card for a long time before I copy them to my computer. A lot of things are forgotten and I only discover the pictures when I really find the time or when I get a thought-provoking idea from someone like now. In this sense, I would like to thank Mike for recently publishing one of his photos of jays. www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/
This was a good opportunity to check myself again to see if I have anything useful about jays - this beautiful and clever bird of the forest.
As you can see, I found what I was looking for, but I had a lot of trouble choosing one photo from the many that I have. On top of that, I have a lot of trouble choosing one of my usually many photos. I really hope that I have chosen the right one for you and that it is beautiful enough to enjoy?
Well, the story behind this photo might also be informative for you. Actually, I was out and about in the forests of Switzerland and my surroundings again, primarily to photograph squirrels, because I now knew very well where you could find them and at what time. But things usually turn out differently than you think and, as is so often the case out there in nature, you experience small or large surprises. Anyway, I saw squirrels and was able to photograph some very nicely, but the real star of the day was definitely the jay. Why? To my great surprise and even greater joy, the jay passed by several times where I was photographing the squirrels, or at least trying to haha..
This jay sat on a branch not very far from me and maybe watched me doing something strange. At least that's how it seemed to me and it didn't fly away straight away but stayed in the tree for a while before moving on. As if that wasn't enough, he kept coming back to me and the whole game started again. I was simply fascinated by this magnificent bird with its beautiful blue feathers on its side. What more could you expect from a day in the wild than such an amazing spectacle that you can then capture with your camera. There was just one thing that annoyed me a little: my wrong settings on my camera. I was probably a bit nervous and set the exposure time much too short because I now had a camera with image stabilization. In that sense, I could have halved the time and the ISO values would not have been so high. I can't change it now and I'm very happy despite everything because the really nice thing about it all was the great experience with the clever jay, which made me lose track of time that day.
The wonders of creation are so diverse that this beauty will never end. Creation is here. It is in you right now, it has always been. The world is a wonder. The world is magic. The world is love. And it is here, now.
- Iroquois Indian
We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who cannot speak for themselves, like the birds, animals, fish and trees.
- Qwatsinas Edward Moody
Ben Flynn known professionally as Eine, is an English graffiti writer and vandal based in London.
- excerpt Wikipedia
Shoreditch, London
27th May, 2018
Living in the peace of music, feeling tones penetrating me completely, energizing and taking me into the outskirts of humanity where death stands waiting.
Taking my hand, dancing to rhythms as they balance between life and death, filling moments of my heart, beating to it's tempos as we dance.
Challenging death all the time, daring him to take me, but he doesn't, feeling that he only wants to dance with me, not drain the energy of my life, I think.
- RoseAnn V. Shawiak
Thank you so much to my dear Vera for making this possible, check her version out here!
Its April 1985 i was very fortunate to have a friend of mine that worked at Proviso hump yard for a few weeks and got me inside the tower for this view with SD-38's .Today this view most likely is not possible as the U.P closed the former CNW hump yard a few years ago and is building a intermodal yard in its place
Ligging: Aalbeke (Kortrijk), West-Vlaanderen.
Gebouwd: voor 1694.
Type: staakmolen met gesloten voet.
Functie: korenmolen.
Toestand: maalvaardig.
Location: Aalbeke (Kortrijk), West Flanders.
Built: before 1694.
Type: post mill with closed base.
Function: flour mill.
Condition: grind possible.
Tha Gyar Hit Phaya is one of the smaller pagodas but it is possible to climb to higher levels through small tunnel stairways and able to walk around the outside of pagoda through narrow walkways. This temple provides wide views of the surrounding temples. Parts of the pagoda and it’s walkways is falling apart. It is located on Bagan-Nyaung-U Rd north of Old Bagan Myanmar.
This is my contribution to the New Hashima collab that was displayed at this year's BrickingBavaria.
The cyberpunk inspired island was my biggest project yet and I really enjoyed being part of such a big project. A big thank you to Simon & Jan for making it all possible!
You can currently see a part of the layout for some time in the Brickstory Museum, where you can also find my island!
View from a central seat of Berliner Dom.
In 1940, the blast waves of Allied bombing blew part of the windows away.
On 24 May 1944, a bomb of combustible liquids entered the roof lantern of the dome.
The fire could not be extinguished at that unreachable section of the dome.
So the lantern burnt out and collapsed into the main floor.
Between 1949 and 1953, a temporary roof was built to enclose the building.
On 9 May 1967 the then still undivided Evangelical Church of the Union decided a committee for the reconstruction of the Supreme Parish and Cathedral Church, then located in East Berlin.
The government of the Eastern German Democratic Republic did not oppose the work of the committee due to the concomitant inflow of Deutsche Marks.
In 1975, reconstruction started, simplifying the building's original design and demolishing the northern wing, the 'Denkmalskirche' – Memorial Church.
Compared by some to the Medici Chapel, it had survived the war completely intact but was demolished for ideological reasons by the communist government due to it being a hall of honour for the Hohenzollern dynasty.
This resulted in scaffolding for restoration appearing on the church while detonation charges were applied to its undamaged rear.
The government also demanded the removal of as many crosses as possible.
The demolition and redesign cost 800,000 marks, while the restoration (done on the cheap) cost just 50,000 marks.
The Berlin Cathedral Building Society now seek to rebuild the Denkmalskirche.
In 1980, the baptistery and wedding church was reopened for services.
The restoration of the nave was begun in 1984.
On 6 June 1993, the nave was reinaugurated in an event attended by Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl and televised nationwide in Germany.
There has been discussion to restore the dome and surrounding cupolas to their original appearance, but this has not occurred due to lack of funds. (Source: Wikipedia)
CUPULA DE LA CATEDRAL DE BERLIN, 2008
Vista desde un asiento central de la Cúpula de la Catedral de Berlin.
En 1940, las ondas expansivas de los bombardeos aliados hicieron volar parte de las ventanas.
El 24 de mayo de 1944, una bomba de líquidos combustibles entró en la linterna del techo de la cúpula.
El fuego no pudo ser extinguido en esa sección inalcanzable de la cúpula.
Así que la linterna se quemó y se derrumbó en el piso principal.
Entre 1949 y 1953 se construyó un techo provisional para cerrar el edificio.
El 9 de mayo de 1967, la entonces todavía indivisa Iglesia Evangélica de la Unión decidió un comité para la reconstrucción de la Parroquia Suprema y de la Iglesia Catedral, entonces situada en Berlín Oriental.
El gobierno de la República Democrática Alemana del Este no se opuso a la labor del comité debido a la concomitante entrada de marcos alemanes.
En 1975 se inició la reconstrucción, simplificando el diseño original del edificio y demoliendo el ala norte, la "Denkmalskirche" - Iglesia Conmemorativa.
Comparada por algunos con la Capilla de los Médicis, había sobrevivido a la guerra completamente intacta, pero fue demolida por razones ideológicas por el gobierno comunista debido a que era un salón de honor de la dinastía Hohenzollern.
Esto hizo que aparecieran en la iglesia andamios para su restauración mientras se aplicaban cargas detonadoras en su parte trasera no dañada.
El gobierno también exigió la retirada del mayor número posible de cruces.
La demolición y el rediseño costaron 800.000 marcos, mientras que la restauración (hecha a la ligera) sólo costó 50.000 marcos.
La Sociedad de Construcción de la Catedral de Berlín pretende ahora reconstruir la Denkmalskirche.
En 1980, el baptisterio y la iglesia matrimonial volvieron a abrirse a los servicios.
La restauración de la nave se inició en 1984.
El 6 de junio de 1993, la nave fue reinaugurada en un acto al que asistió el Canciller Federal Helmut Kohl y que fue televisado a nivel nacional en Alemania.
Se ha hablado de restaurar la cúpula y las cúpulas circundantes para devolverles su aspecto original, pero no se ha hecho por falta de fondos. (Fuente: Wikipedia)
Prior to the Vivid lights coming at 6pm, I walked up the hill from my work to this walkway over the Warringah Freeway. Used my zoom fish eye @ 15mm to fill in the foreground as much as possible.
first photo of the irish set, more to come!!! this was a fantastic trip with stuning landscapes... and lights!
Lake Agnes, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. This scenic lake is home to a teahouse (a very Victorian sort of thing!) which attracts tourists but which also serves as a nice amenity on the way down from longer hikes climbing the various peaks up above. On this day, I hiked Mt St Piran and visited this lake (and got tea and snacks at the teahouse) on the way down. Absolutely worth visiting, but a hiker should definitely venture above the teahouse to the Beehives or to higher peaks if at all possible.
This planet seems good. One species seem to be so populous they have infiltrated every continent. They do have some rudimentary language skills but their mathematic ability is so basic they would never be considered an intelligent species. Atmosphere is very similar to ours with minimal terra and bioforming needed making it cheap to colonize.
The fingers quickly tapped the device sending a communication to corporate headquarters that they could apply to the commission to colonize earth with a high degree of probability of being approved.
Within a decade the ships started arriving. Humans objected to being colonized and threw every nuclear weapon they could scrap up. The colonizers retreated back to orbit, baffled by a species intelligent enough to create a bomb that could destroy the atmosphere and stupid enough to deploy it. The colonizers requested equipment to cleanse the atmosphere which was an extra expense. By the time they received approval and the equipment, all life forms on earth were dead except for cockroaches.
The colony shipped in fauna and flora from their original planet. It was much better really. Normally it was very difficult to get permission to make a planet exactly like home. There were groups that fought for planetary diversity but really it wasn't the colonizers' fault the original species killed themselves and almost everything else.
No one was happy about the cockroaches tho. Not even the groups for planetary diversity as cockroaches spread quickly across the galaxies once a few managed to get aboard ships. Major funding was approved to eradicate them. Nothing worked. The cockroaches kept surviving and coming back. Very irritating.
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Since SL is a community effort with lots of people making things, like a movie, here is the credit roll of everyone who helped make this picture possible
Windlight Sky:
Naturally Dreamy Summer from ColeMarie's Windlight Set (Series #1) by ColeMari Soleil
Backdrop:
Data Spaceship Backdrop by Synnergy.Tavis
Handheld object with pose:
Data Reader Bento Pose by Synnergy.Tavis
Myself:
Catsuit ZX-3 Maitreya White by CyberFactory
Hair: River Hair by Raven Bell
13. Bangs / Swept Right Narrow by TRUTH
Simrugh Horns Winter Special Edition by AERTH
Wrist/hands tattoo: Winter Touch, hands by +Fallen Gods Inc.
Lipstick: Evo X - 01 Silver Glitter Lipstick 75% by Izzie's
Eyelashes tinted turquoise through Lel Evox hud for Noel 3.1 by LeLUTKA
Face: Frozen (LeL Evo X) - Porcelain by Bold & Beauty
Skin: Icy by Velour
Head lel Evox Noel 3.1 by LeLUTKA
Body: Lara v.5.3 by Maitreya
Shape: Tessa Shape Vv by WoW Skins with modifications by myself
Note: I added texture and the aqua lighting on the right through Photoshop. For the texture, I used NightCafe to create an image with two planets on one layer and then used the SoftLight filter in PS at 40% opacity. The aqua lighting I brushed two circles of aqua, then Guassian Filter to spread them out, then Vivid Light filters at differing opacity for each circle.
This is my original raw picture from SL
English: The Siemens Taurus 541-110 and 541-109 locomotives of the Slovenian Railways (SŽ) are approaching Škofja Loka with a coal train between the port of Koper and Jesenice. From this border station, it is possible that this 19 Eanos and Eas wagons cut will continue to the Voestalpine steelworks in Linz.
Català: Les locomotores Siemens Taurus 541-110 i 541-109 dels ferrocarrils eslovens (SŽ) s'apropen a Škofja Loka amb un tren de carbó entre el port de Koper i Jesenice. Des d'aquesta estació fronterera, és possible que aquest tall de 19 vagons Eanos i Eas continui fins a l'acereria Voestalpine de Linz.
Castellano: Las locomotoras Siemens Taurus 541-110 y 541-109 de los ferrocarriles eslovenos (SŽ) se acercan a Škofja Loka con un tren de carbón entre el puerto de Koper y Jesenice. Desde esta estación fronteriza, es posible que este corte de 19 vagones Eanos y Eas continúe hasta la acería Voestalpine de Linz.
It's possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems.
Nicholas Sparks
tones: Fly Preset
texture: flypaper
Tokyo reflections.
Home after an amazing two weeks in Japan with a great group of friends, lots of laughs and strange foods.
Quite exhausted after the long days but it was totally worth it.
Big thanks to Rohan Reilly and Stephen Cairns for the great trouble they took to ensure we experienced as much of the culture and the people as possible. This was taken on my first morning in Japan and is probably going to be my favorite image from the trip as the light and the reflections were perfect. No Photoshop processing necessary.
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IED, improvised explosive device , are modern soldiers worst nightmare.
By the end of 2007 they have been responsible for at least 64% of Coalition deaths in Iraq.
Here is a picture of us special forces targeted by an ied during a night mission in the afghan's desert (yeah it's not in the snow). I keep exploring in the live explosions area, made with bengal fire. You stick several together, and you should get a big blow.
A big thanks to Tiny Tactical and their amazing gear to make this one possible. www.tinytactical.com
Be sure I will do some more modern military pictures !
The sunlight and a Utah Railway empty coincide at Kyune. In my experience it was common to have a Utah empty depart Provo early in the morning making it possible to catch this train in the crisp morning light. 11.97
Firefly Petunia: Glows in the Dark
Thanks to science and human ingenuity, that's set to change, according to a company called Light Bio. They just released their first glow-in-the-dark plant to the public: the Firefly Petunia.
The firefly petunia glows brightly and doesn’t need special food thanks to a group of genes from the bioluminescent mushroom Neonothopanus nambi. The fungus feeds its light-emitting reaction with the molecule caffeic acid, which terrestrial plants also happen to make. By inserting the mushroom genes into the petunia, researchers made it possible for the plant to produce enzymes that can convert caffeic acid into the light-emitting molecule luciferin and then recycle it back into caffeic acid — enabling sustained bioluminescence. Wood co-founded Light Bio with two of the researchers behind this work, Karen Sarkisyan, a synthetic biologist at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences in London, and Ilia Yampolsky, a biomolecular chemist at the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University in Moscow.
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A couple years ago the Frosty's Village team (Melissa & Christina (shown here) along with Annie and Leah and Robert) started putting up the same Frosty inflatable, hoping to brighten up their neighbourhood. That grew into a campaign to see if the neighbours would band together and put up as many Frostys as possible. If you want to join in on the fun, Christina has a few Frostys ready to go. They’re building on last year's great success and it's become a MUST-SEE nighttime drive thru for your family in December with about 100 Frostys up so far. So many Frostys went up last weekend, and now is a great time to visit and count all the Frostys in Frosty’s village. They partnered with @burlfoodbank to collect food donations as well – the food drive will run for the month of December. When you visit Frosty’s Village consider dropping off a non-perishable food item at 1148 Lockhart Rd! It is well lit with two Frostys, some signage and a bin for your donation!
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Middle East - GCC - United Arab Emirates - UAE - Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah - RAK - Sea of sand dunes in vast desert landscape with trees during sunset
Getting such a wonderful sunset in Middle East is very rare and when it happens all photographers run out and try to capture it on the best possible place, hoping the sunset would be in the right direction with something interesting in the frame. Those trees served nicely for that purpose in this case.
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5DS; Lens: EF16-35mm f/4L IS USM; Focal length: 16.00 mm; Aperture: 5.6; Exposure time: 1/50 s; ISO: 200
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False Creek Vancouver BC.
One of my earlier photos taken with a Nikon. I didn't bring a tripod, it's getting dark! The shutter speed was like the slowest possible with a steady hand. The ISO was therefore quite high at 7200, hence the photo appears to be a bit grainy. You learn from experience :)
Closer flic.kr/p/2kYYH9A
Making this photo was possible under an activity of the project: „Preservation of the biodiversity in the following areas: Natura 2000 „Dolna Odra” (PLB320003 and PLH320037) and „Ujście Warty” (PLC080001)” through creation of nesting sites for birds and protection of those nesting sites against invasive species”.
For more info see: przyroda.zdow.pl/language/en/1044-2/
The access to the protected site was facilitated during the Akademia Nikona (Nikon School) workshop held in Reczyce and conducted by Piotr Chara. See also: www.akademianikona.pl/tagi/mistrzowskie-warsztaty-fotogra...
You may visit also the address listed below to see more of my tern photos:
www.flickr.com/photos/149351113@N04/albums/72157709378535051
Photographers have been playing with forced perspective ever since photography became possible.
According to a retraction the folks at Scientific American had to print in 1895,
"...An artist who lends himself to such methods of deception may be ranked as a thoroughbred knave, to be shunned by everybody". The folks at Scientific American had been fooled by the work of a Colorado photographer.
Earlier that year, W.L. Thorndyke, editor of the Loveland Reporter decided to help a buddy promote his potatoes. Photographer, Adam H. Talbot created an image that made it look as though farmer, Joseph B. Swan was carrying an 86-pound potato. It was never meant to be a fraud, just fun.
Somehow a copy of the image found its way to the editor of Scientific American. He thought it was real and printed an engraving of the image in the magazine along with this caption. "This huge vegetable specimen is 28 inches long, 14 in diameter, and is said to weigh 86lb. 10oz., which is equivalent to the weight of 1 1/2 bushels of ordinary potatoes. It is of the Maggie Murphy variety, excellent in quality and prolific in quantity".
There are two old potato barns in Sedgwick County, Colorado. Taters were once a big part of the economy on the eastern plains but not anymore. That didn't stop a couple of "thoroughbred knaves" from trying to capture the flavor of "The Great Potato Hoax" for your pleasure.
Please, don't send this image to the editors of Scientific American. They have a long memory and get testy when fooled.
This is a forced perspective photograph of 1/12 and 1/16 scale die-cast models in front of a real background.
1940 Ford stake bed truck is by Highway 61
John Deere Tractor is by Ertl
Flare-sided wagon is by Franklin Mint
Grand Canyon National Park
South Rim
Arizona, USA
I'm always amazed at how the Grand Canyon can look so different with the season, time of day and cloud cover.
The Grand Canyon was formed over 5 to 6 million of years by the erosion caused by the Colorado River. Many visitors are surprised with the cool rim temperatures, but with the South Rim at an elevation ranging to over 7,000 feet, winter snow averages about 60 inches a year. The North Rim elevation is about 1,000 feet higher and receives an average of 144 inches of snow a year and is closed from mid-autumn to mid-spring.
The photo was taken during the afternoon with the warmer light of a late autumn day. I am often amazed at just how much the light difference from season of the year, time of day and the clouds influence the colors viewed from any location within the park.
The canyon is more than 200 miles long 12 miles wide and a mile deep. The national park is visited by about 6 million people a year. On a clear day, like this one, it is possible to see for 100 miles and the distance across to the North Rim seems to shrink.
There are always visitors at the South Rim of the park, but during the winter season, it is possible to find overlooks with few or no other visitors. One can find a sense of serenity when viewing a scene like this especially when viewing it alone.
On a sad note, while millions of visitors respect the beauty of the work of Mother Nature, on this trip, we saw that a few felt compelled to use markers on some of the safety walls and leave behind messages, initials, etc.
Nikon D850
Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 VR at 40 mm
1/320 sec at f/6.3 ISO 64
Single capture
November 16, 2021
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From wine to the UN and diplomacy.
Everything is possible in Vienna. You sit in the vineyard with a glass of wine and look across to UNO City, where politics of the big world also takes place.
Vom Wein zur UNO und zur Diplomatie.
In Wien ist alles möglich. Man sitzt im Weinberg bei einem Glaserl Wein und schaut hinüber zur UNO City, wo auch die Politik der großen Welt stattfindet.
Diese Woche habe ich mit Gehard die NW-gelegenen Berge / Hügel Wiens besucht und bewandert. Vom Leopoldsberg ging es über den Kahlenberg und Nussberg nach Nussdorf. Dort in den Weinbergen genossen wir die Aussicht und danach den guten Wein.
Hasselblad 503cx
Carl Zeiss Distagon 40mm f4, Kodak T-Max 100, Rodinal
Location: Nussberg with view to the VIC / Vienna International Center / Vienna / Austria
Please view on flickriver and choose a white background:
www.flickriver.com/photos/105795038@N03/
It looks better :-)
Fujifilm X-T100
Fujinon XC15-45mm F3.5-5.6 OIS PZ
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Marienberg Abbey (German: Abtei Marienberg; Italian: Abbazia Monte Maria) is a Benedictine abbey in Mals, Vinschgau in South Tyrol, northern Italy. It was founded in 1149 or 1150 by Ulrich von Tarasp and other nobles.
It has maintained a long tradition of education and, at 1340 m, it is Europe’s highest abbey. It retains a Baroque style with Romanesque elements, and has some well-maintained frescos.
History
The history of the foundation goes back to Charlemagne, who established a Benedictine monastery between 780 and 786 near Taufers, a town which on the Vinschgau side of the border with Switzerland, in Val Müstair (monastery valley).
Sometime after 880, the Benedictine monastery was dissolved and re-established as a convent for both sexes. About two hundred years later there was a reorganization, when Eberhard of Tarasp built the monastery of Schuls in the Inn valley in the Engadin for the male portion of the community, while nuns remained at Taufers in the Adige valley. After the monastery at Schuls had been rebuilt and reconsecrated in 1131, Ulrich von Tarasp called monks from the German monastery of Ottobeuren to revive it; the additional numbers made it possible to raise the community from a priory to an abbey. In 1149 or 1150 the community was re-settled on the hill near the village of Burgeis, under the name of Marienberg.
About one hundred years after its foundation the abbey suffered from serious conflict. It was sacked twice by nobles under Abbot Konrad III (1271–98) and in 1304 Abbot Hermann was killed by Ulrich of Matsch. The Black Death killed all but four members of the abbey including Abbot Wyho and Goswin, a lay brother, who later became a priest and chronicled the history of the monastery. This chronicle is divided into three books, the first of which details the story of the foundation and donations to the abbey. The second book of the chronicle is a history of the abbots, and the third recites the privileges conferred by popes and princes. It gives an account, without regard for order or chronology, of the founders, fortunes, benefactors and oppressors of the monastery. Goswin later became a prior of the abbey and court chaplain to Duke Leopold III of Austria.
In 1418 Marienberg was burned down and was later rebuilt.
After a period of decline in the sixteenth century, several German monks helped to restore and expand the abbey. Abbot Mathias Lang (1615–40), from Weingarten Abbey, reformed it, and in 1634 Marienberg joined the Benedictine Congregation of Swabia. Lang's successor, Jacob Grafinger (1640–53), enlarged the library, and made the younger members finish their education at schools of repute. In 1656 the abbey was again burned down. Abbot Johann Baptist Murr (1705–32) in 1724 founded a humanistic high school in Meran which is still administered by the monks of Marienberg. Abbot Placidus Zobel (1782-1815) compiled a chronicle of the abbots.
In 1807 Marienberg was dissolved by the Bavarian government, but was restored by Emperor Francis II in 1816.
Today the monks specialise in adult education: weekend courses and longer retreats are held at the abbey. The abbey itself is available for tours.
Carrer : Professional Photographer (specializes in nature photos)
Salary: U$ 20.000 - U$ 25.000 per month (average)
Place: Currently is working in Brazil
What Success means to me:
Success isn't everything on my life it is a consequence of my hard work, let me explain:
My father had a camera, it weren't that good, but weren't too bad. them I started to use it, taking pictures of the nature, (flowers, trees, insects) and post on the internet. Whem I started, I didn't had too much hability
Over the years, my photos were getting better, slowly, I was taking courses in editing photos (to give a more professional touch to them) them my pictures where getting better and better.
Then, someone invited me to enter in pitcures contest, where, with deeply effort, dedication and care, I was hired by a company.
I want to meam, that for me, the most important thing on my life, isn't success, it is hard work and dadication, give you heart to all the pictures.
Success is a consequence that can be benign or not, if you don't know how to handle it.
You can't wait the "sucess" fall from the sky, you need to search for it, if you really want, I searched for it, studied, practiced, did everything possible and impossible, look where I am now! Look how my pictures were, and look how they are now.
Success is achieved by overcoming obstacles, challenges, overcoming the insurmountable and NEVER forgot to belive on yourself, belive that can do everything you want, I belive in you!
I do not know if I expressed it correctly, if you have any doubts about what I wrote, please leave a comment..
I wrote with the highest security possible,
Thank you very much for your comprehencion.
Ashley Wiliams and Carolina Brum (Carol Parvati)
ps.: the litlle history above, is based in my real history, but I didn't started taking pictures of the nature, I started taking pictures of my Bratz dolls, the rest is all true,except the fact "wired by a company", but maybe it can become true! why not?
ps²: Why I chose photographer for Ashley: it is my true talent, and I made Ashley's personality very close to mine. I love to take picture, it is my own lifestyle.
the little picture on Ashley's picture are old pictures that I did without use too much edition and pictures with natural background
ps³: Did you see my last pictures? aren't they better?
I'm giving my all to do amazing pictures, not only for that contest, I'm showing all my creativity, to finish this contest with the "gold key". I KNOW THAT I CAN DO IT!! :D:D:D