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Mount Everest, also known in Nepal as Sagarmāthā and in Tibet as ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ Jomo Langma, is Earth's highest mountain. It is located in the Mahalangur mountain range in Nepal. Its peak is 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level. It is not the furthest summit from the centre of the Earth. That honour goes to Mount Chimborazo, in the Andes. The international border between China and Nepal runs across Everest's precise summit point. Its massif includes neighbouring peaks Lhotse, 8,516 m (27,940 ft); Nuptse, 7,855 m (25,771 ft) and Changtse, 7,580 m (24,870 ft).
Rotterdam is such a pleasant place in summer. It is not too hot or cold, and for architecture lovers it provides constantly new surprises. Here is the Maastoren, which is the second tallest building in the Netherlands. It looks nothing special itself, but together with the beautiful shapes and shadows of a nearby drawbridge, it comes to life.
I took this photo of a tree stump earlier this year. The science of establishing the age of a tree by counting the annual growth rings is called dendrochronology. Leonardo da Vinci was the first to write that a tree forms a new ring each year and that the thickness of a ring can be related to the weather. Tree rings have been extremely useful for looking back at climate change and providing precise dates. The oldest tree date in North America is 12,310 years.
It was at this precise location on June 7, 1983 that I initially determined just how quickly one could get from the top of an embankment covered in taconite pellets, to the bottom. It was an interesting ride. The three Chicago & North Western C628's have just brought a train of empty jennies up from Escanaba, MI and spotted them for loading at Empire Mine. That task completed they are now passing Palmer Line Junction, near Negaunne, cab lite and enroute to Ishpeming, where they will take legal rest before returning with a train of loads.
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.
When to Harvest Grapes
The precise time for picking grapes is dependent on the location, length of growing season, variety of grape, crop load and the intended use of the grape. Heavy crop loads take longer to mature. The optimum time for harvesting grapes will vary year to year as do environmental conditions — sometime after the berries turn color (veraison).
Color – Harvesting grapes for use in jellies or wine making must occur at just the right stage of maturity for maximum sweetness. Grapes change color from green to blue, red or white, depending upon the variety. Color is one of the indicators of ripeness. However, it is not the most reliable indicator, as many varieties of grapes change color well prior to ripening. Still, when completely ripe, the whitish coating on the grapes becomes more evident and the seeds turn from green to brown.
Size – Size is another gauge of the ripening of grapes. When mature, the grapes are full size and a bit less firm to the touch.
Taste – Hands down, the best way to ascertain if your grapes are ripe enough to harvest is to taste them. Sample the grapes three to four weeks prior to the approximate harvest date and continue to taste the grapes as they mature. Try to take samples at the same time of day from a variety of areas on the vine.
“At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned,* like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.”
- Matthew 9:36-38
To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.
Henri Cartier Bresson
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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The drip oilers of the Hendrichs drop forge in Solingen. Precise yet humble, they once kept the machines alive – silent helpers in the story of industrial heritage.
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Die Tropföler der Gesenkschmiede Hendrichs in Solingen. Präzise und unscheinbar hielten sie einst die Maschinen am Laufen – kleine, unsichtbare Helfer der großen Industriegeschichte.
From the foot of the Spanish Steps, I raised my iPhone toward Trinità dei Monti, wanting to catch that precise moment when the marble walls glowed warm and the sky framed the towers in vivid blue. In shooting this, I was chasing two things: the sense of elevation (you feel you’re climbing, even from below) and a quiet contrast — the aged stone against the pure, deep summer sky.
I angled low to emphasize scale, to let the viewer feel the weight of those centuries in stone. And yes — a little irony: standing there in my modern clothes, snapping pictures with a phone, trying to immortalize what generations before me painted or sketched.
Dal basso della scalinata ho sollevato l’iPhone verso Trinità dei Monti, con l’intento di cogliere quel preciso momento in cui le superfici in marmo si infiammavano di luce calda e il cielo faceva da cornice di un blu intenso. In questo scatto cercavo due cose: la sensazione di ascesa (che si provi a salire anche solo guardando da sotto) e un contrasto sottile — la pietra consumata che dialoga con l’azzurro estivo puro.
Ho inquadrato dal basso per enfatizzare la scala, per permettere che chi guarda percepisca il peso di secoli racchiusi in pietra. E sì — un po’ di ironia: io lì, in abbigliamento moderno, con uno smartphone in mano, a tentare di rendere immortale ciò che generazioni prima hanno dipinto o disegnato.
Well, to be precise, Skinners Bottom is almost a mile from here and the location is perhaps closer to Scorrier - but why let geography spoil a crass title?
A shot taken almost three years ago from the Sawmills Lane overbridge, which also happens to span the A30 - the main trunk road between Exeter and deepest Cornwall.
It's cold, windy and raining directly into the lens of the pocket camera which I'm doing my best to shelter from the elements under an open cagoule - which of course means I'm getting wet. However, it's an opportunity that can't go to waste and this is the first of two shots I took at this spot, albeit the one which didn't make the cut at the time. Arguably better than the original offering though with the truck just sneaking into the frame and kicking up a decent amount of spray from the wet road.
The train is an unidentified class 150 working what I believe is First Great Western's late running 1.45pm Penzance - Plymouth (2P87) service. In an attempt to identify the unit I did try a search on Flickr, but it seems no-one else was daft enough to be out and about snapping trains down this neck of the woods on this day.
The truck belongs to Maen Karne, who identify themselves as the "south west’s leading fully independent supplier of bagged and loose aggregate". Good to see them delivering the goods in the inclement weather - even though a depression sweeping in from the Atlantic hardly makes the news in these parts!
14th January 2016
Sometimes filming is precise work and filming takes place in any kind of positions and places,,, no office work.
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth, to be precise, or in Latin, Hemaris thysbe. Here's a link for more info: cwf-fcf.org/en/discover-wildlife/flora-fauna/fauna/insect...
And to answer your recent question, David C., the easiest way for me to tell the difference between a butterfly and a moth is to look at the antennae. A butterfly has a knob on the end of each antenna, a moth doesn't.
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!
I know this is not a technically precise shot and I was shooting directly into the sunlight but it was choppy out and the boat was spinning and I was aimlessly pointing at the sky in the vain hope that I may get a shot!
So here is an artistic shot.
Local Wood, Kent, UK
Returned to see if the female was still there, and surprised to find the male taking centre stage.
Female Wasp spiders are much larger than males, measuring in at an impressive 14-17mm, whilst males only reach up to between 4 and 6mm. When it comes to mating, males play a daring and dangerous game. Males will wait at the edge of a web until the female has moulted into a mature form then will dive in to make their move. Females actually eat males whilst they are mating, so doing it at this precise moment is key to the hopeful survival of males as the female’s jaws are still soft. However, luck isn’t on their side much and the females still eat the males alive, soft jaws or not!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagellation_Standard
Luca Signorelli (pseudonym of Luca d'Egidio di Ventura
- Cortona, c. 1441-1445 - Cortona, October 16, 1523) Flagellation (1482-1485) tempera on panel 84 x 60 cm. - Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Si tratta di una delle due facce dello stendardo processionale eseguito per la Confraternita dei Raccomandati di Santa Maria del Mercato a Fabriano, che giunsero a Brera, già separate, a seguito delle soppressioni napoleoniche nel 1811. Le scelte iconografiche riflettono precise indicazioni dei committenti, che si dedicavano ad attività assistenziali nei confronti dell’infanzia abbandonata – da qui la raffigurazione della Madonna del latte – e che praticavano forme di penitenza quali l’autofustigazione pubblica.
Allievo di Piero della Francesca, Signorelli ambienta la Flagellazione entro uno spazio costruito secondo i canoni della prospettiva e organizzato attorno al fulcro di simmetria della colonna, chiuso sullo sfondo da uno splendido brano di architettura all’antica; tuttavia, perfettamente aggiornato sulle novità della pittura fiorentina del secondo Quattrocento e sulle soluzioni di Pollaiolo e Botticelli, egli dà forma a figure e dettagli decorativi grazie a una linea vibrante e nervosa, che imprime alla composizione un senso di animato dinamismo del tutto estraneo al linguaggio di Piero. L’opera viene datata a un’epoca anteriore al viaggio a Roma dell’artista, avvenuto nel 1482, probabilmente attorno al 1475.
This is one of the two sides of the processional banner made for the Confraternita dei Raccomandati di Santa Maria del Mercato in Fabriano, which came to Brera, already separated, following the Napoleonic suppressions in 1811. The iconographic choices reflect precise indications from the patrons, who were dedicated to welfare activities toward abandoned childhoods - hence the depiction of the Madonna of Milk - and who practiced forms of penance such as public self-fustigation.
A pupil of Piero della Francesca, Signorelli sets the Flagellation within a space built according to the canons of perspective and organized around the fulcrum of symmetry of the column, closed in the background by a splendid piece of old-fashioned architecture; nevertheless, perfectly up-to-date with the innovations of Florentine painting in the second half of the 15th century and with the solutions of Pollaiolo and Botticelli, he gives shape to figures and decorative details thanks to a vibrant and nervous line, which gives the composition a sense of animated dynamism that is completely foreign to Piero's language. The work is dated to a time before the artist's trip to Rome in 1482, probably around 1475.
It was a fabulous night to be embraced by the Dancers as they coloured the night sky in their fabulous flowing forms. No minute the same as the last as the light ripples and rounds reaching out and pulling back returning in new hue and a replenished splendour. Above the sight, within the brain lifting and the heart following the dance and below the frame of the canvas holding everything both seen and unseen all together in every moment brilliant bright and shadowed night thrilling the soul and joy available at each precise instance and every such sought and unsought experience. Please note this feeling of the awesome character of the Dancing Aurora Borealis is not universally found.
Q. Why did the Aurora Photographer cross the road?
A. To follow the dance through the Constellations of coarse.
It needs work...
These pictures taken with Minolta16mm f2.8 Fisheye lens, Lightroom and other recognition software believes that it is SAL16F28 a Sony 16mm f2.8 Fisheye lens. There are no lens profile adjustments made to the images. Just as I do not make adjustments to the images to be treated as taken by a Sony Lens I do not try to find out how to undo any incorrect attribution. The two lenses could be very similar even near identical, all I know is that this wonder is from Minolta. This description is way too long, is it oft stated if I had more time then I would send better in fewer words?
© PHH Sykes 2024
phhsykes@gmail.com
Forgive my translation
My words
"My words are stones
precise, sharp ready to throw
on vulnerable and defenseless faces
are clouds suspended
swollen of overtones
that light in your eyes infinite expectations
are precious drops, unforgetted
a long courted and then sip
are flaming arrows that the wind or the luck know how to direct
They are flashes inside a pit, dark and abandoned
a deaf and dumb face that love has lit
They are fallen leaves
promises due
time forgive you for having spoken
are wrong notes
happened on the sheet by mistake
traced and then forgotten
the words that I said, or I thought I had to say
I admit
Tight between teeth
past, recurring
unexpected, felt or dreamed ...
My words are somersaults
snowballs in the sun
incandescent rockets before bursting
are toys and mosquitoes, sand to pile up
small prohibitions that disobeying
They went to sleep surprised by a deep pain
I m not able to explain
They do as they please
they are lost in the dark and then back
Are boundless night, bursts of laughter
overexposed faces by too much sun
This are the words
sweet or rancorous
full of respect or indecorous
are my father and my mother
a kiss from each one before sleeping, another before leaving
the words I said and who knows how many yet to come ...
Tight between the teeth
save the audiences
imagined, felt or dreamed
slashing swords
sigh in the dark, forgiven
blown from a palm"
Two, to be precise, assuming the original is considered 1 of the 2, in Corel Paintshop Pro, a soft-focus adjustment layer in lighten blend mode on top of the original, bringing out more vibrancy in the leaf veins. From my break-in photoshoot in 2017 with my D7500, a self-indulgence purchase after reluctantly admitting that my well-used D90 was no longer going to get my images where I wanted them to be. Neff's Canyon, near Salt Lake City, Utah.
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
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.
Precise strides along imprecise paths
São Paulo, Brazil, 2026
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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.
Photo taken by Stephan Barth, slide kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
March 1982
(precise date probably 10 February 1982)
5V-TAD
Boeing 720-047B
19523 / 624
Republique Togolaise
Togo Government aircraft seen at Riem during the late 1970s/1980s also include Gulfstream II 5V-TAC and Fokker F-28 5V-MAB in September 1977, DC-8 5V-TAF in 1985 and B707 5V-TAG in October 1988.
This was the last Boeing 720 built.
Delivered new to Western Airlines as N3167 in September 1967. Broken up at GYR in July 1991 as N3833L. Cockpit section seen at AMARC in October 1994. (Source: rzjets.net)
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/5V-TAD/492258
This airframe as N3167 with Western Airlines at YVR in March 1973 (earlier colours):
www.flickr.com/photos/31a/6994029838
N3167 with Western Airlines at DEN in March 1978 (later colours):
www.flickr.com/photos/48705545@N03/44194258780
N3833L cockpit section at AMARC in October 1994:
www.flickr.com/photos/l8rmt/25521263658
Scan from Kodachrome slide.
Photo taken by Andreas Rink, slide kindly provided for scanning by Florian Weiß.
München-Riem
ca. September 1978
N736T
Boeing 720-027
18064/187
AeroAmerica
N736T shortly before touch-down on Riem’s runway 25. This AeroAmerica B720 was noted at Riem on 3 September 1978, possibly the precise date for this shot.
Initially delivered to Braniff as N7076 in February 1961. To American Aviation as N736T in September 1973, Club International November 1973, AeroAmerica April 1975. Leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines in August 1977, Sudan Airways in October 1977, Pacific Alaska Airlines in April 1980. Back to AeroAmerica in April 1982. Scrapped. (Source: planelogger.com)
Registration details for this airframe:
www.scramble.nl/database/civil/details/B720_54
Information on AeroAmerica - thanks to Irish251 on flickr:
Aeroamerica's 720s wore a variety of versions of their colourful livery. The company was set up in 1973 and headquartered at Boeing Field. In 1975 the company established an overseas base at the then new Berlin Tegel Airport and this was its main operating base until 1979. Aeroamerica ceased operations in 1982.
Article on AeroAmerica from oldjets.net:
www.oldjets.net/aero-america.html
This airframe as N7076 with Braniff at JFK in October 1969:
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/2/1/6/1185612.jpg
N7076 with Braniff at DAL in January 1972 (later colours):
cdn.jetphotos.com/full/2/83768_1183164122.jpg
N736T ex-Braniff ca. 1973:
www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/35053774491
N736T together with N734T at TXL in June 1978:
www.flickr.com/photos/paul-thallon/8512478669
Scan from Kodachrome slide.
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?
Well, at this this roost at this precise moment - I rule.
With a backyard full of Northern Cardinals they are always jockeying for "The Spot" not matter where it is or who is there.
It seems almost as soon as one Cardinal perches in one spot for more than a few seconds another one will chase him off to take his place. This goes on and on throughout the day. Not sure if there ever really is a winner but the keep at it anyway.
There was a really magical feeling in this beautiful place at this precise hour... Shortly after this moment, heavy projectors were turned on and spoiled the equilibrium between natural and artificial lightings.
I took several shots at different exposures, and this image combines only two of them - one for the sky and one for the rest - schematically. I did the blending manually using PS layers.
Lens: Sigma 10-20 f/4-5.6 (click to see all my photos with this lens)
1/6s f/8.0 14mm ISO 100 tripod
A carrot slice to be more precise. Cut as thin as possible, backlit which I think is the reason for the white areas.
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
More Santorini here:
www.flickr.com/photos/23502939@N02/sets/72157634265432341
more candids here :
www.flickr.com/photos/23502939@N02/sets/72157622769131641
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A sculpted midi dress with precise seam detailing, the Brienne contours the body with clean lines and quiet strength. Featuring a structured square neckline and wide straps for a confident, refined silhouette.
Compatible with LaraX, PetiteX, Legacy, Legacy Perky, Legacy Pinup X Bombshell, Reborn, Waifu and Pushup mesh bodies.
Both Standard and PBR textures are built into the same dress. Viewer-aware display.
The Rhododendron ferrugineum or alpenrose were in full bloom when I visited the beautiful lake in the French Pyrenees with @benjaminbarakat
While scouting the area in the afternoon, I found this patch of flowers along the lakeshore. A quick check of the @photopills app showed that the Milky Way would line up perfectly at around 1 a.m. with the core nicely framed between two mountain peaks.
Unfortunately, the weather forecast was less precise and we found pretty dense clouds instead of the predicted clear skies. The strongly clouds reflected the light pollution from the Zaragoza region, which almost made me stop shooting.
After processing the image however, I like the mood of the cloudy sky with the Milky Way peeking through.
Lessons learned: Sometimes it is a real advantage that we cannot plan the weather as exactly as the astronomical clockwork and it is always good practice to keep shooting, even if you think the results may not be worth the effort.
Prints available: ralf-rohner.pixels.com
EXIF
Canon EOS 6D astro modified
Tamron 15-30mm f2.8 @ 15mm
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sky:
5 x 90s @ ISO1600, tracked
Foreground:
Stacked focus stack of 12 x 90s @ ISO6400
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.
I took advantage of the precise moment the fish counter's high-pressure misters started working to take the photo.
These devices project microparticles of water (dry mist) that evaporate before reaching the product, maintaining the necessary humidity for preservation and reducing the ambient temperature.
Benefits: They reduce shrinkage (weight loss due to evaporation) and improve the appearance, making the product look freshly caught. (Source: Wikipedia)
NEBULIZADORES DE ALTA PRESIÓN, 2026
Aproveché justo el momento en que los nebulizadores de alta presión de la pescadería comenzaron a actuar para hacer la foto.
Estos equipos proyectan micropartículas de agua (niebla seca) que se evaporan antes de mojar el producto, manteniendo la humedad necesaria para conservarlo y reducen la temperatura ambiental.
Beneficios: Reducen las mermas (pérdida de peso por evaporación) y mejoran la estética, haciendo que el producto parezca recién traído del mar. (Fuente: Wikipedia)
One wintry egret barely touches the water as she wants to create as little disturbance as possible as she was fishing/hunting in that location. I am amazed how precise the movements of her feathers are, so her gliding through air is perfectly controlled. There's always something interesting to learn or something great to see again, when is about the wonder of survivors in the birds and other animals, decimated with irresponsible attitude by humans, climate change or simply destroying their habitats, in most parts of the world.
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.
[REPOST in BW]
Precise strides, along imprecise paths
Passos precisos, por caminhos imprecisos
São Paulo (Brazil) 2024
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mamoiada-sfilata de Sos Mamuthones-Sos Issohadores
Probably actors who performed pagan rituals in ancient times but whose precise origins and meaning have been lost in the centuries, Sos Mamuthones and Issohadores have manteined intact their fascination and mystery.
"Without the Mamuthones there is no Carnival, say the people of Mamoiada. Theu are its most important feature, its symbol, almost. Their appearance is taken as a sign of festivity, happiness and times of grace.
The preparation of the masquerade creates an industrious ardour, a frantic, thrilled atmosphere that spreads to the whole community.
That of the Mamuthones is a solemn ceremonial, an orderly procession and dance at the same time.
The Mamuthones, in two parallel rows and flanked by the Issohadores, move very slowly, bent under the weight of the cowbells and, at regular intervals, lift their shoulder shaking the bell harness all at the same time. The Issohadores move with more agile steps and jumps, then, suddenly, they run, swiftly throw their lasso ("Sa Soha") to catch and pull towards them as prisoner the male friend or the woman they have singled out in the crowd."
Nati in tempi remotissimi, come attori attivi nei riti pagani, di loro si è persa l'origine e il significato.
"Sos Mamuthones" e "Sos Issohadores" , sono sopravvissuti con tutto il loro fascino e mistero.
"Senza Mamuthones non c'è carnevale", affermano i mamoiadini: il che vuol dire che è questa la più importante manifestazione e quasi simbolo del carnevale stesso e che l'apparizione dei Mamuthones è segno di festosità, di allegria e di tempi propizi.
La preparazione della mascherata, crea un fervore operoso, un'atmosfera agitata e fremente che si propaga in tutta la comunità.
Quella dei Mamuthones, è una cerimonia solenne, ordinata come una processione, che è allo stesso tempo una danza.
I Mamuthones si muovono su due file parallele, fiancheggiati dagli Issohadores, molto lentamente, curvi sotto il peso dei campanacci e ad intervalli uguali dando tutti un colpo di spalla per scuotere e far suonare tutta la sonagliera.
Gli Issohadores si muovono con passi e balzi più agili, poi all'improvviso si slanciano, gettano il laccio ("Sa Soba") fulmineamente e colgono e tirano a sè come un prigioniero l'amico o la donna che hanno scelto nella folla".
November 12, 2016
Meticulous:
[muh-tik-yuh-luh s]
adjective
1. taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough
2. finicky; fussy
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Met Mom at the mall early this afternoon for some window shopping and a tea; not mt favourite place to be on a Saturday (it was crazy busy) but it was good to meet up with Mom and catch up.
Afterwards I ventured down to the river to see if I could get a photo or two. I'd pretty much given up as the landscape was drab and the wind was cold when I came across a kid throwing sticks at something in the woods.
He was trying to hit this little Downy, so I chased him off because his adults apparently thought this was adorable (I upset them by telling them a common trait in serial killers and psychopaths is harming animals for entertainment) and was able to get a photo or two of the Downy before he ventured further into the bushes. I like to think he stayed and posed as a thank you.
And then it was time to get out of the wind! Thankfully!
Hope everyone has had a good day.
Click "L" for a larger view.
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.