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Superbly flown by Captain Andrej Fiorelli of the Slovenian Armed Forces, Pilatus PC-9M '69' catches the light while in a vertical climb during RIAT 2025
For his outstanding flying skills he was awarded THE KING HUSSEIN MEMORIAL SWORD: Presented in memory of the late HM King Hussein of Jordan, former Patron of the International Air Tattoo, for the overall most polished and precise flying demonstration
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In the biblical Song of Songs 2.1, exegesis has it that Jesus - Christ - refers to himself as a Rose of Sharon. There's been a lot of debate about the precise flower that would be. One of the options is the Hibiscus syriacus. My photo doesn't picture it but rather a Hibiscus chinensis, the Chinese Hibiscus, and a hybrid at that. It's Christmas Day! Enjoy!
Minimalism:A quick search on the net will reveal many conflicting definitions, often longwinded and very precise in nature.
My feeling is that the definition of minimalist photography should itself be minimal. To be minimalist in photography requires a way of thinking, a style of looking at the world that must by its very nature be described in a minimal way. Any prescriptive, complex definition would limit the interpretation and clutters the mind. Anyone would agree that clutter is not minimalist.
Minimal means few, the least, as little as possible. To me, a minimalist photograph is one that conveys a scene using as few elements as necessary. The aim therefore, of this site is to display photos which I feel convey the emotion of a scene using the minimum necessary elements.
Have a great weekend everyone !
Taken on my recent trip to Santorini with
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Rice harvesting in Vietnam is a testament to human resilience and the enduring connection to the land. Generations of Vietnamese farmers have honed their skills, transforming vast emerald fields into golden harvests.
From the meticulous planting of seedlings to the arduous task of hand-harvesting with sickles, each stage demands immense physical labor. 1 Under the scorching sun, farmers work tirelessly, their movements rhythmic and precise. The act of harvesting is not merely a chore, but a deeply ingrained tradition, a celebration of life nurtured from the earth. Phong Nam, Vietnam
in the heart of palma's old town, the streets come alive with the raw energy of soulninjas, a local breakdance crew. the dancer's form is frozen in mid-air, defying gravity with effortless skill. every detail, from his tattoo to the precise handstand, speaks of years of dedication and passion. the monochrome tones strip the scene back to its essence—movement, strength, and expression.
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The Church of Our Lady is a historical building in Kalundborg, northwestern Zealand, Denmark. The precise date of construction is not known with any certainty, though its architecture indicates the early part of the 13th century. With its five distinctive towers, it stands on a hill above the harbour, making it the town's most imposing landmark.
The church is built of red brick, indicating that it was constructed no earlier than 1170 when brick was first used in Denmark.
At the time when the church was built, a small medieval town stood on the hill. It was originally fortified by Snare's castle but this was replaced in the 14th century by Kalundborg Castle, now in ruins, with its ring walls and ditches. Much of this has now disappeared but the old churchyard walls are still intact. Two brick houses from 1500 form part of the boundary walls and a few brick houses near the church are evidence of the prosperity the town enjoyed in the 15th century.
The central tower of the church collapsed in 1827 due to structural flaws and incautious repairs inside the church. Collapse did not cause any injuries but many medieval furnishings were destroyed .
As the church had fallen into a state of disrepair by the beginning of the 19th century, restoration work was carried out first from 1867 to 1871 under the leadership of Vilhelm Tvedes when the central tower was rebuilt, and later from 1917 to 1921 when the three entrances and the windows were reconstructed under architects Andreas and Mogens Clemmensen. From the square nave, four arms of equal length stretch out to a polygon terminal. These proportions have been compared to the description of the New Jerusalem in the Book of Revelation. While the original barrel vaults of the transepts are still in place, the columns in the nave and the vaults have been reconstructed.
The medieval sacristy (1400) along the north wall of the chancel is well preserved. In about 1500 it was given an upper storey.
The plan is in the form of a Greek cross with four arms of equal length. The window arches as well as the pilasters and sunken columns inside the church suggest the involvement of Lombard builders from northern Italy. It is said to be Denmark's most important contribution to architecture during the Middle Ages.
The church's central tower, known as Mary's tower (after the Virgin Mary), is 44 m tall and square-shaped while the four lateral towers, each 34 m tall, are octagonal. The other towers are also named after saints: St. Anne's to the east, St. Gertrude's to the west, St. Mary Magdalene's to the south and St. Catherine's to the north. The four columns supporting the central tower are made of granite, providing additional strength. With five towers in all, the church is unique.
The architecture reveals similarities with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, as well as with grouped towers in the great churches of France and the Rhineland. In particular, both the church's age and its architectural style have much in common with Tournai Cathedral in the south of Belgium. The masonry, on the other hand, is comparable to that of other early brick buildings in the area such as St. Bendt's Church in Ringsted.
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Say Hello to My New Toys! ;)
This is a first portrait of my new 85mm planar, shot with 50mm 1.4 ZE version.
Just yesterday I received a parcel from a photo store with 85mm 1.4 and 50mm 1.4 from Zeiss
As I expected both entirely metal lens are extremely precise, the high grade metal work feels like it would perform flawlessly forever. Even the lens hoods are made from metal and included retro-looking lens cap beautifully finishes the appearance. I must admit that all Zeiss ZE lens are MF only. Although the ZE version has a build in CPU that communicates with your camera body for the aperture, exposure and the MF is very smooth and precise because the focus ring rotates 270° with a distance rate from 45cm to infinity. These Zeiss lenses were made by Cosina in Japan, the same people who have been making third-party lenses for companies like Vivitar for many decades.
Expect more photos in near future. :)
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Altough the end isn't immediate, it was my own MRL finale.
With the announcement last year that MRL was terminating it's lease of former Burlington Northern territory from Sandpoint, ID to Jones Jct, MT early, I rushed to the northwest last summer like every other railfan. Thinking it was my one and only chance at photographing big sky blue EMD’s. But thankfully, just like every transition from one railroad to another never follows a precise schedule, I was granted a second chance as the official BNSF takeover will happen on January 1st 2024.
I have to say, as much as I love the MRL, it was pretty depressing to see this time. On the east end, almost every controlled point was occupied by Herzog crews installing new signals and most of the former Northern Pacific searchlights were turned away from the mainline. The LAUBOZ was cancelled, never to be seen again most likely. The day gas ran with BNSF units and so on. But yeah like every transition period, change has to be expected, even if we don’t want to see it happen.
After chatting with a MRL hogger one evening in Missoula, I was happy to hear that the MRL T&E employees will be protected, with MRL prior rights on the BNSF seniority system . He didn’t seem angry to be changing employers, “I think it’s a good thing you know, the BN has it’s problems sure but MRL has it’s own too, pretty sure it will be a good thing for us all”
In the end, it was good while it lasted. Most of you were able to capture the golden years of this fan favourite Northwest regional, I wasn’t. But I’m happy with what I was able to gather. Here is the night gas taking the low line, the wildfire in Paradise messed up the traffic pattern and the gas train had to take the 4th subdivision instead. Seeing these two MRL SD70ACe’s blasting through the Montana back country at high speed was a decent reward on it’s own on this dark and gloomy day. I know I find myself quoting Ted Benson’s One Track Mind often in my captions, but that’s the only thing that came to mind as I was chasing my last Montana Rail Link train.
“Son, this won’t be your last story like this. Railroading is dead and I predict you’ll write the obituary of all of them”
Colloquially (with more precise definitions being available), the second full moon in a calendar month is known as a blue moon; it coinciding with Hallowe'en only happens once every 19 years.
There are multiple mini-headlands either side from which to view the castle. Having walked the cliff-top path to the Memorial and back and sheltered in the car, I checked an app to see the moon just below the horizon, so set forth to brave the elements once again. Starting with the cliffs to the right, there wasn't much moon to be seen behind the clouds and compositions were suboptimal, so I returned to the bridge over the end of the gorge and waited. Over the course of half an hour or so, the clouds skittered past in interesting patterns and the moon rose clear of the castle, bathing the landscape in silvery light.
Technicalities: this is an extreme HDR image; retaining detail in the full moon and shadowy rocks simultaneously is a dynamic range of nearly 23EV. I shot two HDR sequences, both 5 * ±3EV centred on ISO3200, f/3.5, 1/8s.
Processing is similarly extreme: I averaged all the images together using imagemagick, ran multiple tonemapping algorithms in LuminanceHDR, blended the results in Affinity, where I also finalized the tonality and added some dodging and burning.
Despite visiting the castle many times over the years, I've never really been happy with a composition made along the gorge, so I'm particularly gratified that this worked out well - even including rim-lighting as the moonlight shimmers through the grass.
Precise strides, along imprecise paths
Passos precisos, por caminhos imprecisos
São Paulo (Brazil) 2024
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Yes he was and our guide did an excellent job of finding him. Marie was her name and she earned the respect of her fellow male guides. Every morning she greeted us with colorful precise eye make up on, but it was obvious that she could drive her Land Rover with skill and her tracking abilities were great.
I cannot be precise as to exactly where this is - all I can say is we were driving west on 61 from Frackville and came across it - a quick U-turn took us to this grade crossing. Somewhere near Mount Carmel, from memory? Perhaps someone will be able to pinpoint it. Looks like a Reading & Blue Mountain local - a pair of Geeps doing the honours. Around 9-30 am, 31 October 2022.
Orphan infant elephants are a challenge to raise because they remain fully dependent on their mother's milk for the first two years of life and partially so until the age of four. In the decades the Sheldricks spent together in Tsavo, they never succeeded in raising an orphan younger than one because they couldn't find a formula that matched the nutritional qualities of a mother's milk. Aware that elephant milk is high in fat, they tried adding cream and butter to the mix, but found the babies had trouble digesting it and soon died. They then used a nonfat milk that the elephants could digest better, but eventually, after growing thinner and thinner on that formula, these orphans succumbed as well. Shortly before David's death, the couple finally arrived at a precise mixture of human baby formula and coconut. This kept alive a three-week-old orphan named Aisha, helping her grow stronger every day.
Kuribayashi Orikkor is quite capable everyday all purpose lens when closed down. It produces "organic" sharpness, netural, precise but not overly clinical.
A home made LUT for quick color grading is used. Agressive crop too.
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Precise strides, along imprecise paths
Passos precisos, por caminhos imprecisos
São Paulo (Brazil) 2024
Folow me on Instagram too / Me siga no Instagram também: Contemplatives: www.instagram.com/yuribittar/
I sought to capture that precise moment when modern architecture aspires to invisibility—those blank storefronts, empty, awaiting a brand that doesn't yet exist. By framing the solitary figure against this impeccable geometry, I wanted to question the nature of contemporary urban space: one that erases as much as it welcomes. What struck me was the contrast between the pedestrian's mobility and the frozen immobility of the storefront, between the everyday gesture and suspended commercial anticipation. Black and white seemed the only honest response: an absence of color to reflect an absence of meaning, a raw texture of concrete and glass that screams its silence.
After darkness, light.
I'd forgotten how much fun microscale is! Not even sure where I got the aurora borealis idea, but it was a fun one to run with. Also coincidentally used a bunch of swords--5 to be precise (sadly, the little knives at the end of the drawbridge aren't categorized as swords by BrickLink), so though I had no intention of entering Iron Forge this year... well, I can't pass this up!
Check out my insta for a peek behind the scenes!
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Alicja Kwade a créé un cadre spatial composé de murs de béton, de miroirs doubles, de cadres métalliques vides qui convoque le motif du labyrinthe, et plus précisément du dédale. À l'échelle de l'architecture de la nef, cette construction génère un rapport à l'espace, au temps et à la destinée. L’artiste entend décupler notre attention, nous désorienter et mettre nos sens en éveil en perturbant nos repères. Un jeu de réflexions grandeur nature qui lui permet de matérialiser les concepts abstraits de temps et d'espace.Au sol, est disposé un ensemble de 16 sculptures que l'artiste a modélisé en s'inspirant du concept de la suite de « Suite de Fibonacci » : selon ce principe, chaque sculpture constitue la somme des deux précédentes.
Pour Alicja Kwade, cette oeuvre fonctionne telle une image qui serait en constante évolution, au gré des déplacements du visiteur. En choisissant de faire se refléter ou non les objets à l'intérieur du dédale, l’artiste pousse les images à se mouvoir, les formes à se transformer selon une logique de séquençage. Au-dessus de nos têtes plane la menace d’un inquiétant pendule en action, composé d’une horloge et d’une pierre, qui tournent dangereusement à quelques mètres au-dessus de nos têtes au bout de chaines. L’espace est envahi du son amplifié du « tic-tac » généré par l’horloge. Cette vibration sonore dans l’espace matérialise le temps qui passe. Il illustre le souhait de l’artiste de rendre palpable, visible, concrète, une notion aussi abstraite que le temps qui s’écoule inéluctablement. Il souligne également une idée d’infini et nous pose la question de l’instant présent. Où sommes nous ? Est-ce le pendule qui tourne ou est-ce la Terre sur laquelle nous évoluons sans nous en rendre compte ?
Alicja Kwade has created a space frame consisting of concrete walls, double mirrors, empty metal frames that conjure the labyrinth pattern, and more precisely the maze. On the scale of the architecture of the nave, this construction generates a relationship with space, time and destiny. The artist intends to multiply our attention, to disorient us and to awaken our senses by disturbing our bearings. A game of life-size reflections that allows him to materialize the abstract concepts of time and space.At the ground, is arranged a set of 16 sculptures that the artist has modeled, inspired by the concept of the suite of "Suite de Fibonacci ": according to this principle, each sculpture constitutes the sum of the two preceding ones.
For Alicja Kwade, this work works like an image that would be constantly evolving, as the visitor moves. By choosing to reflect or not the objects inside the maze, the artist pushes the images to move, shapes to be transformed according to a logic of sequencing. Above our heads hangs the menace of a disturbing pendulum in action, composed of a clock and a stone, which turn dangerously a few meters above our heads at the end of chains. The space is invaded by the amplified sound of the "ticking" generated by the clock. This sound vibration in space materializes the passing time. It illustrates the desire of the artist to make palpable, visible, concrete, a notion as abstract as the time that elapses inevitably. He also emphasizes an idea of infinity and asks us the question of the present moment. Where are we ? Is the pendulum spinning or is it the Earth on which we move without realizing it?
It's commonly known as the Kibel - the longest produced trainset in the world. Its nickname comes from a slang term, denoting a toilet - the word itself however, is a polonised version of the German word for a bucket - Kübel. I assume a bucket could have been synonomous with a toilet in the 19th century :). Hence the name Kibel might sound familiar to our Western neighbours.
EN57-1184 - one of the last two Kibel units in the white and black livery was photographed on the 30.11 while running as the train 55409 from Laskowice Pomorskie to Gdynia Gł., as it was accelerating after leaving the passenger stop Majewo.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
Comment added by Jarek: to be more precise, the word "kibel" came to colloquial Polish speech directly from prison slang, as ordinary buckets (so here the German word "Kübel" appears) used to serve as toilet in prison cells.
Les Dioscures, ce sont les jumeaux Castor et Pollux. Tous deux étaient enfants jumeaux de Léda, ou plus précisément faux-jumeaux. En effet, Castor était le fils de Tindare et frère de Clytemnestre. Pollux était le fils de Zeus et frère d’ Hélène. Oui, c’est un peu compliqué, Castor et Pollux étaient donc de faux-jumeaux, nés de pères différents.
Retenez surtout que les grecs autant que les romains vénéraient les Dioscures. Ils symbolisaient l’aide apportée par les jeunes gens en âge de porter les armes. Et comme ils avaient souvent aidé les romains dans leurs combats, ils étaient particulièrement vénérés des romains. À l'ouest de l'Olympiéion s'étend jusqu'à la Porte V un quartier de la ville, avec des vestiges de maisons d'habitation. Du nord de ce temple part une voie processionnelle qui longe les habitations pour rejoindre la Porte V et le « temple des Dioscures ». Ce nom lui a été attribué arbitrairement : des sources antiques nous disent, certes, que Castor et Pollux étaient honorés à Acragas, mais les dernières recherches tendent plutôt à rattacher les jumeaux à celui qu'on appelle traditionnellement « temple de la Concorde ».
Le « temple des Dioscures » est un temple dorique périptère du milieu du Ve siècle av. J.-C., de plan semblable à celui « de la Concorde ». Le coin sud-est a été remonté au en 1836 par le sculpteur Valerio Villa Reale et l'architecte Saverio Cavallari. Le couronnement pourrait provenir du temple L. Cette reconstruction est certes très pittoresque, et elle est même devenue un symbole et l'un des sujets les plus photographiés des vestiges d'Agrigente, mais elle est refusée du monde professionnel, qui y voit un mélange d'éléments de différents styles et de différentes époques. De nombreux restes de tambours des colonnes cannelées qui formaient autrefois le péristyle sont disséminés sur toute la surface du temple. On peut aussi distinguer des restes de l'autel, du côté est.
The Dioscuri are the twins Castor and Pollux. Both were Léda's twin children, or more precisely false twins. Indeed, Castor was the son of Tindare and brother of Clytemnestre. Pollux was the son of Zeus and brother of Helen. Yes, it's a bit complicated, so Castor and Pollux were twins, born to different fathers.
Above all, remember that the Greeks as much as the Romans revered the Dioscuri. They symbolized the help given by young people of military age. And as they had often helped the Romans in their battles, they were particularly revered by the Romans. West of the Olympieion, up to Porte V, is a district of the city, with the remains of residential houses. From the north of this temple leaves a processional path that runs along the dwellings to reach Porte V and the "temple of Dioscuri". This name was arbitrarily assigned to it: ancient sources tell us, of course, that Castor and Pollux were honored at Acragas, but the latest research tends rather to link the twins to the one traditionally called "temple of Concord".
The "temple of Dioscuri" is a Doric temple periphers from the middle of the 5th century BC. J. - C., of plan similar to that of "Concorde". The southeast corner was reassembled in 1836 by sculptor Valerio Villa Reale and architect Saverio Cavallari. The crowning could come from temple L. This reconstruction is certainly very picturesque, and it has even become a symbol and one of the most photographed subjects in the remains of Agrigento, but it is refused from the professional world, which sees it as a mixture elements of different styles and different eras. Many remains of drums from the fluted columns that once formed the peristyle are scattered over the entire surface of the temple. We can also make out the remains of the altar on the east side.
The Common Sailor butterfly has a stiff gliding characteristic when flying and uses the thermals to aid their flight, they are very precise when weaving around using short and shallow wing flaps to propel them around. The eggs are globular and are covered in a network of hexagonal ridges which have raised tiny spikes which sometimes look like sea urchins. When the caterpillar emerges it spends its early days hiding in curled up dead leaves and only comes out to feed. The chrysalis resembles a withered leaf and is suspended from a leaf or stem.
Around 2:10 a.m. local time (1:10 a.m. GMT), the temperature in my neighborhood of Pozuelo de Alarcón dropped to -2°C (28.4°F) on the night of December 23-24, 2025.
Furthermore, due to the high humidity, the mist appeared, so I thought it was the perfect time to recreate the weather conditions under which Mary, in the Holy Family (according to Christian tradition), gave birth to Jesus.
However, the exact date of Jesus' birth is unknown, as is whether it was summer or winter, or even the precise year of his birth, which ranges between four and six years before the official date, taking into account King Herod's death.
The monk who calculated Jesus' birth date and established the "BC/AD" dating system... It was Dionysius Exiguus, a 6th-century Byzantine monk, who, in 525 AD, determined that Jesus was born in the year 753 from the founding of Rome, establishing the following year as Year 1 (Anno Domini).
Although his system was revolutionary, we now know that he was off by a few years, placing Jesus' birth around 4 BC, as modern studies suggest, due to errors in his calculations regarding the reign of Herod the Great.
Despite the contradictions, the official date, which is the date that gives reference to the origin of the current Christian calendar, has remained unchanged.
There are also various academic estimates based on astronomical events, such as the appearance of a comet (recorded by the Chinese in those years), which may have guided the Magi...
But also, originally pagan traditions such as the Roman Saturnalia, the celebration of Natalis Sol Invictus, the Jewish Feast of Dedication, which takes place on the 25th of Kislev, and the description of shepherds tending their sheep, lead us to believe it was winter.
However, it is difficult to definitively determine, with objective paleometeorological data, the severity or mildness of winters in that region at that time.
But it is certainly curious that the birth of Jesus of Nazareth occurred so close to the winter solstice (December 21st) and that someone so influential in Jesus' life, such as John the Baptist, was born very close to the summer solstice (June 21st).
In the first and second centuries, the Lord's Day (Sunday) was the first Christian celebration to include a series of theological readings.
In the second century, the resurrection of Jesus became a separate feast (now called Easter), and in the same century, the Epiphany began to be celebrated in the Eastern Churches on January 6.
The feast of the Nativity, which later became Christmas, began to be mentioned in the Western Church from the fourth century onward, especially in Rome and North Africa, although it is not known exactly where and when it was first celebrated. (Source: Wikipedia)
LA SAGRADA FAMILIA EN LA NIEBLA, 2025
Sobre las 02:10 hora local, (01:10 GMT) la temperatura en mi barrio de Pozuelo de Alarcón, bajó a -2ºC (28.4ºF). En la noche del 23 al 24 de diciembre de 2025)
Además, debido al exceso de humedad, apareció la niebla, por lo que pensé que era el momento de reproducir las condiciones meteorológicas en las que en la Sagrada Familia (según la tradición cristiana), María dio a luz a Jesús.
Pera la fecha de nacimiento de Jesús no se conoce con precisión, ni si era verano o invierno, ni siquiera el año exacto de nacimiento, que oscila entre 4 y 6 años antes de la fecha oficial, teniendo en cuenta el fallecimiento del rey Herodes.
El monje que calculó la fecha de nacimiento de Jesús y estableció el sistema de datación "a.C./d.C." fue Dionisio el Exiguo, un monje bizantino del siglo VI que, en el año 525 d.C., determinó que Jesús nació en el año 753 de la fundación de Roma, estableciendo el año siguiente como el Año 1 (Anno Domini).
Aunque su sistema fue revolucionario, hoy sabemos que se equivocó por unos años, situando el nacimiento de Jesús alrededor del año 4 a.C., como sugieren estudios modernos, debido a errores en sus cálculos sobre el reinado de Herodes el Grande.
A pesar de las contradicciones, la fecha oficial, que es la fecha que da referencia al origen del calendario cristiano actual, se ha mantenido inamovible.
También hay diferentes estimaciones académicas basadas en eventos astronómicos, como la aparición de un cometa (registrado por los chinos en aquellos años), que debió ser el que guió a los llamados Reyes Magos...
Pero también tradiciones originalmente paganas como las saturnales romanas, la celebración del Natalis Sol Invictus, también la Fiesta Judía de la Dedicación, que se produce el 25 de Kislev o la descripción de los pastores, cuidando de sus ovejas, nos animan a pensar que fuese invierno.
Sin embargo es difícil afirmar con datos paleometeorológicos objetivos la dureza o suavidad de los inviernos en aquella zona, en aquella época.
Pero sin duda no deja de ser curioso que el nacimiento de Jesús de Nazareth ocurra tan cerca del solsticio de invierno (21 de diciembre) y que una persona tan influyente en la vida de Jesús, como fue Juan el Bautista, naciese muy cerca del solsticio de verano (21 junio).
En los siglos I y II, el Día del Señor (domingo) fue la primera celebración cristiana que incluía una serie de lecturas teológicas.
En el siglo II, la resurrección de Jesús se convirtió en una fiesta separada (ahora llamada Pascua) y en el mismo siglo comenzó a celebrarse la Epifanía en las Iglesias orientales el 6 de enero.
La fiesta de la Natividad, que más tarde se convirtió en Navidad, fue una fiesta que se empieza a citar a partir del siglo IV en la Iglesia occidental, especialmente en Roma y el norte de África, aunque no se sabe exactamente dónde y cuándo se celebró por primera vez. (Fuente: Wikipedia)
Foto hecha con una cámara Nikon Z6III y una lente totalmente manual, BRIGHTIN STAR 50mm F0.95 II, que no tiene pines electrónicos de conexión, por lo que no existe intercambio de información entre cámara y lente, así que tanto el enfoque como la exposición se tiene que calcular de una manera manual, usando ventajas de estas nuevas cámaras como el visor electrónico (EVF) o la ayuda electrónica al enfoque (Focus Peaking). Usé la máxima apertura de la lente (F0.95) lo que me evitó tener que usar flash o trípode, a pesar de perder algo de nitidez.
photographer's note: Based on "The Calendar Buildings of Iran" [Persian:
Nezame Gahshomari dar Chartaghihaye Iran -نظام گاهشماري در چارطاقيهاي ايران ] by Author, Moradiye Ghias Abadi, Reza [Persian: رضا مرادي غياثآبادي], buildings such as the one above are the most precise and advanced buildings which were used to make calendars using the Sun by the ancient Persians.
Ka'ba-ye Zartosht; From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The Ka'ba-ye Zartosht (alt: Kaba-ye Zardusht, Kaba-ye Zardosht , Persian: کعبه زرتشت), meaning the "Cube of Zoroaster", is a 5th century B.C.E. Achaemenid-era tower-like construction at Naqsh-e Rustam, an archaeological site just northwest of Persepolis, Iran. This enigmatic structure is one of many surviving examples of the achaemenid architectural design.
The name Ka'ba-ye Zartosht probably dates to the 14th century, when many pre-Islamic sites were identified with figures and events of the Qur'ān or the Shāhnāme. The structure is not actually a Zoroastrian shrine, nor are there reports of it ever having been a pilgrimage site.
The structure, which is a copy of a sister building at Pasargadae, was built either by Darius I (r. 521–486 BCE) when he moved to Persepolis, by Artaxerxes II (r. 404–358 BCE) or Artaxerxes III (r. 358–338 BCE). The building at Pasargadae is a few decades older. The wall surrounding the tower dates to Sassanid times.
بنايي با معماري خاصي در «نقش رستم» وجود دارد كه از زمان حمله اعراب به ايران به اشتباه، نام «كعبه زرتشت» را به آن دادند، چون كاربرد واقعي آن را نميدانستند. آن زمان فكر ميكردند كه هر ديني بايد براي خود بُتكده يا عبادتگاهي داشته باشد، براي همين فكر كردند اين بنا هم مركزيت يا كعبه زرتشتيان است.
در ديوار داخل اين ساختمان لغت «کعبه» حکاکي شده است. در کتابهاي زرتشتي آمده است که حضرت زرتشت «زاراتشترا» در اين محل، نيايش ميکرده است. اعراب، لغت کعبه را از پارسي پهلوي گرفتند. همانطور که در زمان داريوش کبير به كشور «عمان» امروزي «مکه» ميگفتند؛ بنابراين كلمه مكه نيز فارسي است.
در محاسبه روز نوروز در کتب زرتشتي نوشته شده است که زرتشت در اين رصدخانه، محل شروع نوروز را محاسبه کرد. نوروز در روز اول فروردين از محلي شروع ميشود که اولين اشعه آفتاب در آنجا بتابد. بر اساس برآورد گاهنامه زرتشت، هر 700 سال يکبار نوروز از ايران شروع ميشود. آخرينباري که نوروز از ايران شروع شد، 300 سال پيش بود. در سال 1387، نوروز از پاريس و بروکسل و در سال 1388 ار تورنتو و نيويورک شروع شد. سال آينده هم نوروز از محلي بين آلاسکا و هاوايي شروع خواهد شد.
از زمان حمله اعراب به ايران تا به امروز، يعني قرن بيست و يكم ميلادي، كاربرد و تعريف اين بنا كشف نشده بود. خوشبختانه پژوهشگر ايراني «رضا مرادي غياثآبادي» كه تحقيقات فراواني در زمينه ايران باستان داشته است، نتيجه كشف خود را در كتابي به نام «نظام گاهشماري در چارطاقيهاي ايران» توسط انتشارات «نويد شيراز» به چاپ رسانده و راز اين بنا را منتشر كرده است.
تا امروز حدث ميزدند كاربرد اين بنا، محل نگهداري كتاب اوستا و اسناد حكومتي يا محل گنجينه دربار و يا آتشكده معبد بوده است. اما غياثآبادي با تحقيقات خود ثابت كرد اين بنا با مقايسه با تمامي بناهاي گاهشماري (تقويم) آفتابي در سرتاسر جهان، پيشرفتهترين، دقيقترين، و بهترين بناي گاهشماري آفتابي جهان است. اين در حالي است كه تا قبل از اين بنا هم «چارطاقيها» در نقاط مختلف ايران احداث شده بودند و همين وظيفه را با شيوهاي بسيار ساده اما دقيق و حرفهاي بر عهده داشتند.
تمامي بناهاي گاهشماري آفتابي در جهان فقط ميتوانند روزهاي خاصي از سال (مانند روزهاي سرفصل) را مشخص كنند و حتي با سال خورشيدي هم تنظيم نيستند. اما اين بنا با دقت و علمي كه در ساخت آن اجرا شده، قادر است بسياري از جزئيات روزهاي مختلف سال و ماهها را مشخص كند. زرتشتيان با استفاده از اين بنا ميتوانستند بسياري از مناسبتها و جشنهاي سال را روز به روز دنبال كنند و از زمان دقيق آنها آگاه شوند.
بسياري از بناهاي چارطاقي در سطح كشور (به تصور آتشكده) يا به طور كامل تخريب شده و يا تغيير كاربري داده شده است. ولي خوشبختانه تعدادي هم مانند چارطاقي «نياسر» و چارطاقي «تفرش»، سالم مانده و براي ما و نسلهاي بعدي باقي ماندهاند.
متأسفانه بناي «كعبه زرتشت» با آن كه تقريباً سالم باقي مانده است به ثبت ميراث جهاني سازمان ملل نرسيده است. حتي سازمان ميراث فرهنگي هم اين بنا را همراه بناهاي عجايب هفتگانه جديد (كه برج ايفل هم يكي از كانديداها بود) پيشنهاد نداد. حتي با كشف راز اين بنا هم هيچگونه انعكاس و جنجالي به پا نشد.
اين بنا، يك گاهشمار تمام سنگي ثابت در جهان است كه بايد سازندگان آن از بسياري از نكات علميِ جغرافيايي، نجومي، سال كبيسه، انحراف كره زمين نسبت به مدار خورشيد، تفاوت قطب مغناطيسي با قطب جغرافيايي، مسير گردش زمين به دور خورشيد و... را در 2500 تا 3000 سال پيش، در دوران حكومت هخامنشيان آگاهي ميبودند. حال آنكه خيلي از آنها را مانند كروي بودن كره زمين و گردش زمين به دور خورشيد را در چهارصد سال اخير در اروپا كشف كردند و به نام خودشان ثبت كردند.
رجوع شود به : نظام گاهشماری در چارتاقی های ايران تاليف : مرادی غياث آبادی، رضا
A day hiking in Rivington this morning.. All this right on our doorstep (20mins away to be precise!)
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Santa Elena Augusta
Flavia Julia Helena Augusta
Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady on Thorns (Aranzazu)
Municipality of San Mateo
Province of Rizal
Philippines
SantaCruzang Bayan 2008
May 25, 2008
About SAINT HELENA
Venerated in:
Roman Catholicism
Eastern Orthodoxy
Oriental Orthodoxy
Lutheran
Anglicanism
Canonized:
Her canonization precedes the practice of formal Canonization by the Pope or the relevant Orthodox and Lutheran churches.
Feast:
Roman Catholic: August 18
Lutheran: May 21
Orthodox: May 19
Coptic Orthodox: 9 Pashons
**Finding of the True Cross: May 03
Symbol: Cross
Derivatives: St. Helena of Constantinople, St. Helen, St. Eleanor
Patronage: archeologists, converts, difficult marriages, divorced people, empresses
Flavia Julia Helena Augusta, also known as Saint Helena, Saint Helen, Helena Augusta or Helena of Constantinople (ca. 250 – ca. 330) was consort of Constantius Chlorus, and the mother of Emperor Constantine I. She is traditionally credited with finding the relics of the True Cross.
Family Life: Helena's birthplace is not known with certainty. The sixth-century historian Procopius is the earliest authority for the statement that Helena was a native of Drepanum, in the province of Bithynia in Asia Minor. Her son Constantine renamed the city "Helenopolis" after her death in 328, giving rise to the belief that the city was her birthplace. Although he might have done so in honor of her birthplace, Constantine probably had other reasons for doing so. The Byzantinist Cyril Mango has argued that Helenopolis was refounded to strengthen the communication network around his new capital in Constantinople, and was renamed to honor Helena, not to mark her birthplace. There is another Helenopolis, in Palestine, but its exact location is unknown. This city, and the province of Helenopontus in the Diocese of Pontus, were probably both named after Constantine's mother.
The bishop and historian Eusebius of Caesarea states that she was about 80 on her return from Palestine. Since that journey has been dated to 326–28, Helena was probably born in 248 or 250. Little is known of her early life. Fourth-century sources, following Eutropius' Breviarium, record that she came from a low background. Ambrose was the first to call her a stabularia, a term translated as "stable-maid" or "inn-keeper". He makes this fact a virtue, calling Helena a bona stabularia, a "good stable-maid". Other sources, especially those written after Constantine's proclamation as emperor, gloss over or ignore her background.
It is unknown where she first met her future partner Constantius. The historian Timothy Barnes has suggested that Constantius, while serving under Emperor Aurelian, could have met her while stationed in Asia Minor for the campaign against Zenobia. Barnes calls attention to an epitaph at Nicomedia of one of Aurelian's protectors, which could indicate the emperor's presence in the Bithynian region soon after 270. The precise legal nature of the relationship between Helena and Constantius is unknown: the sources are equivocal on the point, sometimes calling Helena Constantius' "wife", and sometimes calling her his "concubine". Jerome, perhaps confused by the vague terminology of his own sources, manages to do both. Some scholars, such as the historian Jan Drijvers, assert that Constantius and Helena were joined in a common-law marriage, a cohabitation recognized in fact but not in law. Others, like Timothy Barnes, assert that Constantius and Helena were joined in an official marriage, on the grounds that the sources claiming an official marriage are more reliable.
Helena gave birth to Constantine I in 272. In 293, Constantius was ordered by emperor Diocletian to divorce her in order to qualify as Caesar of the Western Roman Empire, and he was married to the step-daughter of Maximian, Theodora. Helena never remarried and lived in obscurity, though close to her only son, who had a deep regard and affection for her.
Constantine was proclaimed Augustus of the Roman Empire in 306 by Constantius' troops after the
latter had died, and following his elevation his mother was brought back to the public life and the imperial court, and received the title of Augusta in 325. Helena died in 330 with her son at her side. Her sarcophagus is on display in the Pio-Clementino Vatican Museum. During her life, she gave many presents to the poor, released prisoners and mingled with the ordinary worshippers in modest attire, exhibiting a true Christian spirit.
Sainthood: She is considered by the Orthodox and Catholic churches as a saint, famed for her piety. Her feast day as a saint of the Orthodox Christian Church is celebrated with her son on May 21, the Feast of the Holy Great Sovereigns Constantine and Helen, Equal to the Apostles. Her feast day in the Roman Catholic Church falls on August 18. Her feast day in the Coptic Orthodox Church is on 9 Pashons. Eusebius records the details of her pilgrimage to Palestine and other eastern provinces (though not her discovery of the True Cross). She is the patron saint of archaeologists. The names "Saint Eleanor" and "Saint Eleanora" are usually synonymous for Saint Helen.
Relic Discoveries: In 325, Helena was in charge of a journey to Jerusalem to gather Christian relics, by her son Emperor Constantine I, who had recently declared Rome as a Christian city. Jerusalem was still rebuilding from the destruction of Hadrian, a previous emperor, who had built a temple to Venus over the site of Jesus's tomb, near Calvary.
According to legend, Helena entered the temple with Bishop Macarius, ordered the temple torn down and chose a site to begin excavating, which led to the recovery of three different crosses. Refused to be swayed by anything but solid proof, a woman from Jerusalem, who was already at the point of death from a certain disease, was brought; when the woman touched a cross suddenly recovered and Helena declared the cross with which the woman had been touched to be the True Cross. On the site of discovery, she built the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, while she continued building churches on every Holy site.
She also found the nails of the crucifixion. To use their miraculous power to aid her son, Helena allegedly had one placed in Constantine's helmet, and another in the bridle of his horse. Helena left Jerusalem and the eastern provinces in 327 to return to Rome, bringing with her large parts of the True Cross and other relics, which were then stored in her palace's private chapel, where they can be still seen today. Her palace was later converted into the Santa Croce in Gerusalemme.
The reliquary of Jerusalem was committed to the care of Saint Macarius and kept with singular care and respect in the magnificent church which Saint Helen and her son built there. Saint Paulinus relates that, though chips were almost daily cut off from it and given to devout persons, yet the sacred wood suffered thereby no diminution. It is affirmed by Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, twenty-five years after the discovery, that pieces of the cross were spread all over the earth; he compares this wonder to the miraculous feeding of five thousand men, as recorded in the Gospel. The discovery of the cross would have happened in the spring, after navigation began on the Mediterranean Sea, for Saint Helen went the same year to Constantinople and from there to Rome, where she died in the arms of her son on the 18th of August of the same year, 326.
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Passos precisos, por caminhos imprecisos
São Paulo (Brazil) 2024
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Madrid, 2023
Precise strides, along imprecise paths
Passos precisos, por caminhos imprecisos
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Madrid, España, 2023
[PT] Entre ruas, sombras e ficções
Contemplo ruas, pessoas e pedras, entre ficções e esquecimentos, inspirado no poeta, talvez, percebo as sombras dos gestos de outros, a poesia do crepúsculo, um desassossego.
“...todos somos igualmente derivados de não sei quê, sombras de gestos feitos por outrem, efeitos encarnados, consequências que sentem.” (Fernando Pessoa, Livro do Desassossego, v.164)
[ES] Entre calles, sombras y ficciones
Contemplo calles, personas y piedras, entre ficciones y olvidos, inspirado en el poeta, quizás, percibo las sombras de los gestos de otros, la poesía del crepúsculo, una inquietud.
“...todos somos igualmente derivados de no sé qué, sombras de gestos hechos por otra persona, efectos encarnados, consecuencias que sienten.” (Fernando Pessoa, Libro del desasosiego, v.164)
[ENG] Between streets, shadows and fictions
I contemplate streets, people and stones, between fictions and oblivion, inspired by the poet, perhaps, I perceive the shadows of the gestures of others, the poetry of twilight, a restlessness.
“...we are all equally derived from I don't know what, shadows of gestures made by someone else, embodied effects, consequences they feel.” (Fernando Pessoa, Book of Disquiet, v.164)
From Fernando Pessoa's Alberto Caeiro (translated into English):
Sometimes on days when the light is perfect and precise,
When things have all the reality they can,
I ask myself slowly
Why do I even attribute
Beauty to things.
(...)
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photographer's note: Based on "The Calendar Buildings of Iran" [Persian:
Nezame Gahshomari dar Chartaghihaye Iran -نظام گاهشماري در چارطاقيهاي ايران ] by Author, Moradiye Ghias Abadi, Reza [Persian: رضا مرادي غياثآبادي], buildings such as the one above are the most precise and advanced buildings which were used to make calendars using the Sun by the ancient Persians.
بنايي با معماري خاصي در «نقش رستم» وجود دارد كه از زمان حمله اعراب به ايران به اشتباه، نام «كعبه زرتشت» را به آن دادند، چون كاربرد واقعي آن را نميدانستند. آن زمان فكر ميكردند كه هر ديني بايد براي خود بُتكده يا عبادتگاهي داشته باشد، براي همين فكر كردند اين بنا هم مركزيت يا كعبه زرتشتيان است.
در ديوار داخل اين ساختمان لغت «کعبه» حکاکي شده است. در کتابهاي زرتشتي آمده است که حضرت زرتشت «زاراتشترا» در اين محل، نيايش ميکرده است. اعراب، لغت کعبه را از پارسي پهلوي گرفتند. همانطور که در زمان داريوش کبير به كشور «عمان» امروزي «مکه» ميگفتند؛ بنابراين كلمه مكه نيز فارسي است.
در محاسبه روز نوروز در کتب زرتشتي نوشته شده است که زرتشت در اين رصدخانه، محل شروع نوروز را محاسبه کرد. نوروز در روز اول فروردين از محلي شروع ميشود که اولين اشعه آفتاب در آنجا بتابد. بر اساس برآورد گاهنامه زرتشت، هر 700 سال يکبار نوروز از ايران شروع ميشود. آخرينباري که نوروز از ايران شروع شد، 300 سال پيش بود. در سال 1387، نوروز از پاريس و بروکسل و در سال 1388 ار تورنتو و نيويورک شروع شد. سال آينده هم نوروز از محلي بين آلاسکا و هاوايي شروع خواهد شد.
از زمان حمله اعراب به ايران تا به امروز، يعني قرن بيست و يكم ميلادي، كاربرد و تعريف اين بنا كشف نشده بود. خوشبختانه پژوهشگر ايراني «رضا مرادي غياثآبادي» كه تحقيقات فراواني در زمينه ايران باستان داشته است، نتيجه كشف خود را در كتابي به نام «نظام گاهشماري در چارطاقيهاي ايران» توسط انتشارات «نويد شيراز» به چاپ رسانده و راز اين بنا را منتشر كرده است.
تا امروز حدث ميزدند كاربرد اين بنا، محل نگهداري كتاب اوستا و اسناد حكومتي يا محل گنجينه دربار و يا آتشكده معبد بوده است. اما غياثآبادي با تحقيقات خود ثابت كرد اين بنا با مقايسه با تمامي بناهاي گاهشماري (تقويم) آفتابي در سرتاسر جهان، پيشرفتهترين، دقيقترين، و بهترين بناي گاهشماري آفتابي جهان است. اين در حالي است كه تا قبل از اين بنا هم «چارطاقيها» در نقاط مختلف ايران احداث شده بودند و همين وظيفه را با شيوهاي بسيار ساده اما دقيق و حرفهاي بر عهده داشتند.
تمامي بناهاي گاهشماري آفتابي در جهان فقط ميتوانند روزهاي خاصي از سال (مانند روزهاي سرفصل) را مشخص كنند و حتي با سال خورشيدي هم تنظيم نيستند. اما اين بنا با دقت و علمي كه در ساخت آن اجرا شده، قادر است بسياري از جزئيات روزهاي مختلف سال و ماهها را مشخص كند. زرتشتيان با استفاده از اين بنا ميتوانستند بسياري از مناسبتها و جشنهاي سال را روز به روز دنبال كنند و از زمان دقيق آنها آگاه شوند.
بسياري از بناهاي چارطاقي در سطح كشور (به تصور آتشكده) يا به طور كامل تخريب شده و يا تغيير كاربري داده شده است. ولي خوشبختانه تعدادي هم مانند چارطاقي «نياسر» و چارطاقي «تفرش»، سالم مانده و براي ما و نسلهاي بعدي باقي ماندهاند.
اين بنا، يك گاهشمار تمام سنگي ثابت در جهان است كه بايد سازندگان آن از بسياري از نكات علميِ جغرافيايي، نجومي، سال كبيسه، انحراف كره زمين نسبت به مدار خورشيد، تفاوت قطب مغناطيسي با قطب جغرافيايي، مسير گردش زمين به دور خورشيد و... را در 2500 تا 3000 سال پيش، در دوران حكومت هخامنشيان آگاهي ميبودند. حال آنكه خيلي از آنها را مانند كروي بودن كره زمين و گردش زمين به دور خورشيد را در چهارصد سال اخير در اروپا كشف كردند و به نام خودشان ثبت كردند!
رجوع شود به : نظام گاهشماری در چارتاقی های ايران تاليف : مرادی غياث آبادی، رضا
Ka'ba-ye Zartosht; From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ka'ba-ye ZartoshtThe Ka'ba-ye Zartosht (alt: Kaba-ye Zardusht, Kaba-ye Zardosht , Persian: کعبه زرتشت), meaning the "Cube of Zoroaster", is a 5th century B.C.E. Achaemenid-era tower-like construction at Naqsh-e Rustam, an archaeological site just northwest of Persepolis, Iran. This enigmatic structure is one of many surviving examples of the achaemenid architectural design.
The name Ka'ba-ye Zartosht probably dates to the 14th century, when many pre-Islamic sites were identified with figures and events of the Qur'ān or the Shāhnāme. The structure is not actually a Zoroastrian shrine, nor are there reports of it ever having been a pilgrimage site.
The structure, which is a copy of a sister building at Pasargadae, was built either by Darius I (r. 521–486 BCE) when he moved to Persepolis, by Artaxerxes II (r. 404–358 BCE) or Artaxerxes III (r. 358–338 BCE). The building at Pasargadae is a few decades older. The wall surrounding the tower dates to Sassanid times.
Not sure of the precise species (and it could be a hybrid) but I think this is probably the stream water-crowfoot (R. penicillatus)
on the river today - such an attractive sight to see I think.
There are 2 patches of this in the river at the edge of my ground. They are looking particularly good this year as the river has been very undisturbed with nobody wading/fishing.
Velvet Underground & Nico - Sunday Morning
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Spider webs are precise lightweight structures made of spider silk, a family of proteins (spidroins) produced by different glands for different purposes: dry, load-bearing frame and radial threads, and elastic capture spirals coated with sticky glycoprotein droplets.
The silk is both strong and tough, stretches substantially, and “supercontracts” when wet (the fibers shorten, pre-tensioning the web and improving vibration transmission). Many species recycle material by eating their old webs. The web also functions as a sensory organ: vibrations reveal the direction and nature of a disturbance, and some spiders actively pluck the threads to communicate. Besides glue-based webs, there is cribellate silk: a woolly nanofibril fluff without adhesive.
A spectacular behavior is “ballooning,” in which fine silk threads carry spiders on updrafts and electrostatic forces. Stabilimenta can reflect UV light, potentially luring prey or warning larger animals to avoid collisions. For humans, webs are useful (catching mosquitoes) and inspire tough, biocompatible materials.
A supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that nearly coincides with perigee—the closest that the Moon comes to the Earth in its elliptic orbit—resulting in a slightly larger-than-usual apparent size of the Moon as viewed from Earth.[1] The technical name is a perigee syzygy (of the Earth–Moon–Sun system) or a full (or new) Moon around perigee.[a] Because the term supermoon is astrological in origin, it has no precise astronomical definition.[2]
The real association of the Moon with both oceanic and crustal tides has led to claims that the supermoon phenomenon may be associated with increased risk of events like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, but no such link has been found.[3]
The opposite phenomenon, an apogee syzygy or a full (or new) Moon around apogee, has been called a micromoon.
A blue moon is an additional full moon that appears in a subdivision of a year: the third of four full moons in a season.
The phrase in modern usage has nothing to do with the actual color of the Moon, although a visually blue Moon (the Moon appearing with a bluish tinge) may occur under certain atmospheric conditions—for instance, if volcanic eruptions or fires release particles in the atmosphere of just the right size to preferentially scatter red light.
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