A pair of Rufous-necked Hornbill (Aceros nipalensis) was kissing each other in a romantic ambience in their natural habitat. It was the best luck I got after some repeated efforts for four days and even in the final day I had to wait for long three hours for this very precise moment. It lasted for 2-3 seconds. All their behavioural displays were done on branches behind some dense leaves but this time, they changed their display branch and made love in open. Pics was taken from Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal, India.

A SWEET disorder in the dress

Kindles in clothes a wantonness :

A lawn about the shoulders thrown

Into a fine distraction :

An erring lace which here and there

Enthrals the crimson stomacher :

A cuff neglectful, and thereby

Ribbons to flow confusedly :

A winning wave (deserving note)

In the tempestuous petticoat :

A careless shoe-string, in whose tie

I see a wild civility :

Do more bewitch me than when art

Is too precise in every part

DELIGHT IN DISORDER.

by Robert Herrick

This is not blight. To be more precise this is the future and, if the folks in this cooperative are any indication, the future for the city is bright. I spoke with Jerry about his project, the area around the Michigan Central Station, and mostly about why Detroit. I came away very encouraged. You can learn more about Jerry and his group of creative pioneers at facethestation.com/people/.

That all said, the Roosevelt Park area tells an interesting tale of economics, will and responsible behavior. On the one hand you have the Imagination Station people, the owners of Slow’s BBQ (http://slowsbarbq.com/) and community groups like the Corktown Development Corporation (http://www.corktowndetroit.org/) pooling limited resources to restore and reshape a vital and historic neighborhood, while the slumlord/ billionaire sits on his cash and watches nature reclaim his derelict buildings. It almost makes you think money and character are mutually exclusive in some folks.

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)

Bac Ha (Vietnam) - Pas la peine de préciser que nous sommes toujours sur le marché aux buffles. Ce qui a attiré mon attention, c’est l’harmonie des couleurs entre le pelage des bovins et les vêtement de l’homme. La scène me semblait amusante. Il s’agit d’un boucher qui cherche un animal a exposer façon puzzle sur l’étal de son échoppe. Cela dit, il faudrait être naïf pour s’étonner du sort réservé à la quasi-totalité des buffles présents sur ce marché.

The buffalo terminus 2

Bac Ha (Vietnam) - Needless to say, we are still on the buffalo market. What caught my attention was the harmony of colors between the cattle's coats and the human's clothing. The scene seemed amusing to me. It's a butcher looking for an animal to display like a puzzle on his stall. That said, you'd have to be naive to be surprised by the fate of almost all the buffaloes present in this market.

Vilhelm Hammershoi ranks among the pre-eminent Scandinavian artists from the turn of the twentieth century. At once traditional and avant-garde - maintaining a self-conscious dialogue with the artistic traditions of his homeland while being thoroughly conversant with contemporary European trends

- Hammershoi helped redefine modernism, both in terms of its aesthetic quality and geographic range.

He was first and foremost a painter of interiors - of hushed, near-deserted spaces populated by a solitary, seemingly spellbound figure. Contemplative and hauntingly still, these scenes comprise the majority of his oeuvre and are the works for which the artist is best known.

Landscapes, however, also played a central role in Hammershoi's art. This sheet is a magnificent example of the artist's unique approach to the genre, where strangeness and silence prevail, and space and line defy all expectations. The work is a precise preparatory study for the central

portion of a large-scale painting. . . .Hammershoi worked meticulously on

each individual tree, deftly defining the structure of the trunk and crown, establishing its precise position in relation to the road and imbuing it with a particular personality.

While "Group of Trees" depicts a deserted-looking thoroughfare flanked by trees, the Royal Road was in actual fact one of Copenhagen's busiest arterial roads. Unlike his Nordic contemporaries Hammershoi eschewed Romantic notions of pure nature untouched by civilization and instead transformed populated areas into desolate, barren landscapes seemingly abandoned by humanity. A sense of alienation and disquiet pervades his work.

Despite the low horizon and resulting high sky in this drawing, there seems to be a total absence of air or atmosphere - an emptiness all around. The grouping of trees, suspended in time, is a microcosm of the world, their seriality suggesting infinite expansion. And yet there is a claustrophobic quality to the scene.

Equally unconventional in "Group of Trees" is the distance between the scene and the beholder: no one has ever perceived and painted a Danish landscape that way before. The road is no longer as it traditionally was: a route into the internal space of the picture, a powerful source of connection. Here it runs parallel to the sheet - there is no way in. For Hammershoi, the work of art no longer served to mediate between humans and nature, but rather emphasized the distance between them.

-- notes from the catalogue "Gathered Leaves" --

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Gros plan cinématographique ultra détaillé d’un visage féminin au réalisme saisissant, éclairage doux et diffus de type studio, peau porcelaine parsemée de légères taches de rousseur naturelles, texture de peau visible avec micro-détails (pores, reflets subtils, imperfections authentiques). Regard intense et hypnotique, yeux iridescents aux teintes turquoise et violet, avec reflets lumineux complexes simulant une profondeur presque surnaturelle, pupilles nettes, humidité oculaire réaliste.

Chevelure longue et volumineuse séparée en deux teintes distinctes : côté gauche rose pastel dégradé vers un rose plus saturé, côté droit bleu cyan évoluant vers un bleu profond, fibres capillaires finement détaillées, mèches légèrement en mouvement comme animées par une brise imperceptible. Éclairage colorimétrique contrasté renforçant la dualité chromatique, avec rim light subtil sur les contours des cheveux.

Maquillage artistique mais crédible : fard à paupières vibrant assorti aux cheveux, dégradés complexes, eyeliner précis, mascara détaillant chaque cil, lèvres légèrement brillantes avec texture humide réaliste. Expression neutre mais captivante, entre douceur et mystère.

Accessoire : collier métallique avec chaîne épaisse et plaque type militaire, rendu métallique réaliste avec micro-rayures, réflexion HDR environnementale.

Arrière-plan flou (bokeh) gris neutre, profondeur de champ très faible (objectif 85mm f/1.4), mise au point chirurgicale sur les yeux. Color grading cinématographique, style photographie éditoriale haut de gamme, rendu 8K, ultra net, global illumination, subsurface scattering sur la peau, rendu photoréaliste proche d’un portrait capturé avec une caméra plein format.

Ambiance visuelle : mélange de mode contemporaine et d’esthétique néo-fantastique, équilibre entre réalisme brut et aura presque irréelle.

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Ultra-detailed cinematic close-up of a female face with striking hyperrealism, soft diffused studio lighting, porcelain skin with subtle natural freckles, visible skin texture including pores, fine highlights, and authentic imperfections. Intense, mesmerizing gaze, iridescent eyes blending turquoise and violet tones, with complex light reflections creating an almost supernatural depth, sharp pupils, realistic eye moisture.

Long, voluminous hair split into two distinct tones: left side in pastel pink transitioning into a richer pink, right side in cyan evolving into deep blue. Individual hair strands finely rendered, slight natural movement as if touched by a gentle breeze. Color-contrasting lighting enhancing the dual-tone effect, subtle rim light outlining the hair.

Artistic yet believable makeup: vibrant eyeshadow matching the hair tones with smooth gradients, precise eyeliner, defined lashes with high-detail mascara, slightly glossy lips with realistic moisture texture. Neutral yet captivating expression, balancing softness and mystery.

Accessory: metallic chain necklace with a military-style dog tag, highly realistic material rendering with micro-scratches and HDR environmental reflections.

Background softly blurred with neutral gray bokeh, very shallow depth of field (85mm lens, f/1.4), razor-sharp focus on the eyes. Cinematic color grading, high-end editorial photography style, 8K resolution, ultra-sharp, global illumination, subsurface scattering on skin, photorealistic rendering comparable to a full-frame camera capture.

Visual mood: fusion of contemporary fashion and neo-fantasy aesthetic, balancing raw realism with an almost otherworldly aura.

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This shot unites a precise geopolitical critique with a profound temporal coincidence: I was born in 1971, the very same year the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) introduced this model of coin-operated public telephone, the Shinkōdenwa, in Japan. Widely known as the "pink phone" due to its distinctive Showa-era aesthetic, this rotary device did not belong in street booths, but was instead entrusted to bar and café owners to connect local communities. In 1971, as this object began to ring across Tokyo, America imposed the end of Bretton Woods upon the world, accelerating an economic and consumerist model that would progressively erode the financial independence and ethics of the West.Today, holding this receiver which shares my exact age, I denounce the moral and economic decay of Italy—the most beautiful country in the world, yet stripped of its true sovereignty by post-war Atlantic influence. Both Italy and Japan emerged defeated and occupied in 1945; however, while our country sold out its ethical fabric, the Japanese people managed to defend their civic rigor, public order, and social dignity through the power of tradition.In the Western collective imagination, the Land of the Rising Sun stands as the ultimate symbol of order, cleanliness, and civil respect. Placing a call there to "order" these virtues becomes the perfect satirical metaphor to critique the chaos of today's society. This symbolic call is an attempt to connect with that very rigor and with a Zen Master—the only ones capable of restoring harmony and discipline where overseas individualism has created nothing but a moral vacuum.

Nimble and precise, Vastt uses his gravity defying powers to create mind-bending battlefields. His four wing daggers are perfect for up close combat, or can be guided from a distance to fall to their targets. Vastt's Mask of Durability protects him from even the heaviest of impacts and allows him to slice through the toughest materials.

Build Notes:

Just a quick guy for the upcoming Bionilug convention display. Also hey first MOC I've posted this year!

Stephan Frontenac sitting at his table, he sees Beth come up to his dock in a small motor boat driven by someone else. He sees her wave the boat away and start walking towards his home. He watches her dancers grace, those composed precise and trained movements that made him fall in love with her. He smiles and nods in her direction, waiting for her to come closer before he speaks.

beth Latynina steps carefully onto the dock as dismissing the driver would just take an moment to look around. Slight wrinkle of nose to the smell of the swamp reminding her of years past tredging around in the sewers with Stephan. Still looking as young and beautiful as ever. Would walk over to where she sees her husbamd sitting. Lips drawn into an smile as speaks," so this is where you have been hiding lately?.."

Stephan Frontenac stands up and walks over to beth, taking her hands in his and saying “I thought it was time for me to leave the beaches for a back bayou somewhere.” He looks around finding the smell of decay in the swamp rather pleasant and says with a content smile “With Libby in Midian, this seemed like a logical choice.”

beth Latynina: slender hands curl within your own as just laughs," yes and am surprised you did not do it long ago.." stepping in closer to you bringing with her the coying scent of perfume you love so much. Body shifts as lips part pressing to your in an lingering kiss," Whispering then," well i thought it wise to come and check up on you both..."

[stephan Frontenac looks around and notices his complet lack of a sofa. He shrugs a little to himself and says "I'm happy to see you love, you always make my whole body tingle in happiness when I see you, especially when it's been too long."

[ beth Latynina shifts curling along your side one hand resting to your chest." so tell me what our daughter has been up too? She has yet to return my phone calls.."

[ Stephan Frontenac had been debating which bad news to tell Beth first, about Libby or Ashagi, but thankfully she directed the conversation. He frowns a little at her question and just blurts it out "It's been hard on her, she's had to grow up fast. She was raped a few weeks ago and she's made enemies with the Noble family somehow. I'm not unconvinced the two are unrelated. Cute little Phoebe Noble, Cait's daughter if you remember her, turned into more of a monster then her father."

beth latynina blinks as had been so afraid of that," I was so hoping she would not have to go though that. Physically she is alright? There was no permanate damage?.." frowning when you speak of Cait's daughter." is such an shame. As emember she was always so sweet and shy everytime I met her." sighs," well Libby is smart and strong. You have someone watching her?"

MetaPhrases (Translations)

from invisibility to visibility

An exploration of infrared radiation through an “operated” DSLR.

The final images were processed minimally. The result is based on the initial photos and achieving precise color balance through adjustment of the custom WB.

Pentax K-500 IR converted

About 30 minutes before sunrise, just at the start of the 'Golden Hour' or Pink Hour to be precise.

Since Precision Scheduled Railroading was inflicted on CSX, it has proven to be neither precise, nor scheduled...with one exception.

I caught up with Q437 a couple times last week. Combining that with other observations, I concluded that Q437 seems to follow the last MBTA outbound out of Framingham pretty consistently. The westbound road job passed this spot in Westborough about ten minutes behind Keolis 537.

Standing at the water’s edge beneath the shadowed stone walls of the Fairmont Château Laurier, you are looking at the precise birthplace of Canada's capital.

Long before Parliament Hill took shape on the cliff above, this ravine was nothing more than a rugged, heavily forested gorge known as Sleigh Bay. In September 1826, the memory of the victory in the War of 1812 were still fresh in British military memory, but a strategic problem still remained. Vulnerable to an American blockade along the St. Lawrence River, the Canadas needed a secret, impenetrable back-door supply route connecting Montreal to Kingston and the Great Lakes.

Enter Lieutenant-Colonel John By of the Royal Engineers.

Surveying the dramatic 83-foot drop from the upper tablelands down to the churning Ottawa River, Colonel By saw the ultimate engineering challenge—and its solution. On September 29, 1826, the Earl of Dalhousie struck a spade into the earth right near Lock #1 to mark the start of construction. To house the army of Scottish stonemasons, carpenters, and the Irish and French-Canadian laborers who arrived to carve the canal out of the wilderness, a sprawling, rough-and-tumble settlement sprang up around the ravine: Bytown.

Decades later, that canal town would be chosen by Queen Victoria as the nation's capital and renamed Ottawa.

A Living Monument of Iron and Stone

What makes Lock #1 truly remarkable today isn't just its origin—it's that it still works exactly as it did in 1832.

Look closely at the heavy iron machinery in the foreground of your photograph. Those raw, cast-iron gears and spools are historic hand-cranked crab winches. There are no electric motors or hydraulic rams hidden beneath the concrete. When a vessel enters Lock #1 today, Parks Canada lockmasters step up to those exact iron cranks, using pure human leverage to wind the heavy chains that swing the massive timber miter gates open and shut.

By pulling hand levers, small iron valve flaps at the base of the gates are raised, letting gravity alone flood or drain the chamber. Step by step, water lifts boats up the flight of eight locks, bridging the gorge in an elegant dance of 19th-century physics.

The Legacy

When the full 202-kilometer Rideau Canal officially opened in the spring of 1832, it stood as a triumph of military engineering. Though it mercifully never saw the armed conflict it was built to withstand, Lock #1 remained the critical gateway where riverboats, steam barges, and timber rafts met the inland waterway.

Today, as the northern threshold of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lock #1 remains North America's oldest continuously operating canal lock—a place where the original iron machinery still turns, bridging the quiet waters of history with the modern city rising above it.

Ektar ist a film that requires precise metering. Apparently, the old selenium meter on the Agfa Reflex is off by at least one stop.

Because of the resulting underexposure there is a colour shift and some loss of definition, which comes on top of the somewhat reduced sharpness of the triplet lens (the lens can do better than this). I'll have to keep that in mind for the next roll.

I didn't notice that on the previous roll because that was B&W and the film latitude absorbed the underexposure.

Agfa Optima Reflex 35mm TLR

Kodak Ektar 100 professional grade color negative film

Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de

Obecnie z Chebzia można tramwajem dojechać do Wodociągów w Chorzowie. Dalej trasa nadal jest remontowana. Odcinek między przystankami Chorzów Wodociągi i Piaśniki Skrzyżowania jest dwutorowy, ale obecnie przez brak zwrotnic można jechać tyko po jednym torze. Na Piaśnikach (dokładniej przed Piaśnikami Skrzyżowaniem) jest zwrotnica żeby tramwaj mógł zmienić tor.

At the moment you can go by tram from Chebzie to the Waterworks in Chorzów. The tracks from there on are still under reconstruction. The section between Chorzów Wodociągi (Chorzów Waterworks) and Piaśniki Skrzyżowanie is double tracked but due to a lack of a railroad switch the trams can only run on one track. In Piaśniki (more precise in front of the stop Piaśniki Skrzyżowanie) there is a railroad switch so that the tram can change the track.

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.

This is an oldie from '08, so the precise location is lost in the mists of time and my memory. It's probably off of the Scenic Drive, or further south off of the South Pleasant Creek Road. The precise location is perhaps of little significance, as similar views can be had in many spots in this wonderful park and, indeed, in so many other parts of southern Utah that they could be called a commonplace. However, I have found it almost impossible to walk by such views without gazing in mesmerized awe. It may be useful to note that this is not one of my frequent details; what we see here is probably about 70 feet in height, though the actual wall might be two to ten times the width shown here.

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.

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This time last year we were in Australia, Melbourne to be precise. This time tomorrow we will be trying to subtly stalk Hamish and Andy as they visit..... Wales!!

I have mentioned these two guys before, but for those of you know don't know...They are an australian duo who have a daily radio show and they are hilarious!! They are currenty on a working holiday...Caravan of Courage of the UK and Ireland and tomorrow is Wales, they will only be 15 miles away from where we live...so exciting!!

PS My hand is suppose to be the Australian Flag....if you couldn't tell ;) I did it using Barry M Make up and silver perminant marker :S

Explore: Highest position: 464 on Thursday, June 10, 2010

The Milky Way rises above an unnamed granite peak as seen from the Ten Lakes Basin in Yosemite National Park.

Like most people who live in light-polluted areas, I don't have that many opportunities to experience the night sky in its full glory. A recent backpacking trip to the Yosemite wilderness during a (near) moonless night provided me with this opportunity. I have been envisioning a shot like this for months, wanting to get the Milky Way reflected from one of the Ten Lakes. This small cove in one of Ten Lakes provided a wonderful opportunity for a reflection.

After determining a compass course, I set off from camp in the dark towards this small cove. It was a little unnerving at first--walking through the dark alone in cross-country terrain. It wasn't long before I reached this location, and then was rewarded with this spectacular view. I then turned off my headlamp, and let my eyes adjust to the darkness. It is only then that the night sky can be fully appreciated. During this time, I felt a sense of peacefulness and serenity that is hard to describe. A few shooting stars streaking across the sky almost made this whole thing seem unbelievable (unfortunately, they were not captured in any of my useable exposures).

After soaking up the scenery, I then began with the more technical aspects of photography--choosing a precise composition that will best convey the landscape, calculating exposure settings, and making the actual exposure. I first exposed for the sky, leaving the shutter open for 36 seconds. After viewing the image on my camera screen, I noticed that the foreground was almost completely black. I then made another exposure for the foreground, this time leaving the shutter open for 4 minutes, using only the ambient light from the stars as my light source. The two exposures were then merged together in post-processing, resulting in this photo which I call "Milky Way Reflection over Ten Lakes."

The two brightest light sources in the frame can be seen in the right-most quarter of the image, just to the right of the Milky Way. These are the planets Mars and Saturn, respectively, from left-to-right (Saturn is partially obscured by a tree, but its reflection is evident in the water, since the foreground image was taken a bit earlier).

Milky Way Reflection over Ten Lakes

Ten Lakes Basin, Yosemite National Park, California, USA.

September 2, 2016.

Taken with my Nikon d810 with a 14-24mm lens at 14mm; tripod mounted; two exposures (1) f/2.8, 36 seconds, ISO 3200, and (2) f/4, 4 minutes, ISO 1600. A geometric transformation was applied to one of the images to account for depth of field differences; the two images were merged together in Photoshop; and then the composite was edited in Lightroom.

A couple of photos of “CSL Frontier” at Ogden Point. Looks like she’s undergoing repairs or maintenance. Her rudder and propeller have been removed. Here is some information about her from the owner’s website: CSL Frontier is a 47,761 DWT Handymax self‐unloading bulk carrier with four cargo holds, strengthened for heavy cargoes, loaded through eight hatches. This vessel currently operates on the coasts of the

Americas.

The discharge is gravity fed through the moving hole feeder gate system via two longitudinal conveyor belts feeding to a central C‐loop that lifts the cargo onto the telescoping boom conveyor and ashore.

Discharge rate is variable to a maximum of 3,000 metric tonnes and 2,500 cubic metres per hour for volumetric cargoes.

Using the flexible boom and precise control of the discharge rate makes the vessel suitable for discharge to almost any receiving facility including enclosed hoppers, barges and trucks. The vessel is double hulled, including bunker tanks, and utilises a bow thruster and high‐lift rudder to give excellent handling characteristics.

MV CSL Frontier is wholly owned and operated by CSL.

Arles le 13 août 2016.

Nous sommes un samedi, jour du magnifique marché d'Arles.

Mon 11ème livret photographique sur cette city que j'aime tant parcourir, re découvrir.

Avec, toujours, cet enivrant instant où je gare ma voiture et ... vite,

illico, ce sentiment confus que tout sera net, précis, vivant.

Je scrute chaque 1ers murs, chaque 1ères façades.

Volets, portes languedociennes, plantes en vrac un peu partout,

affiches déchirées, consumées,

des gamins en mouvements dans des ruelles que le soleil bombarde.

L'occasion encore une fois de vivre sur place

un petit bout de ces rencontres photographiques d'Arles. Surtout le off des murs ...

Intensément perdu.

Malgré cela, mon attention sera surtout dévouée à la performance de William Kentridge,

un artiste génialement homme orchestre : sons et images.

Dans ce livret sera consacrée un nombre important de shoots que j'ai réalisé dans la salle

où fut projetée son œuvre du moment :

"More Sweetly Play the Dance."

Hommage à ce si beau et envoûtant travail sur l'image "animée"

d'une conscience du temps et de la vanité des hommes.

Ici je reproduis le texte de Nicolas Michel, in Jeune Afrique.

Son texte est clair, sobre et si juste pour saisir son travail engagé.

"... Le fusain noircit le papier déjà sale, s’efface, noircit à nouveau. Il y a des arbres et des plantes, des monticules de terre et des restes d’habitation, et puis toute une cohorte de vivants, de malades et de morts qui s’avancent, accompagnés par une fanfare, vers un inconnu mystérieux. C’est une danse macabre presque joyeuse...

Projetée sur huit écrans alignés sur quarante mètres, cette procession poétique chorégraphiée par la danseuse sud-africaine Dada Masilo (...) mélange films et dessins, et emporte tout dans un tourbillon poétique. Peut-être faut-il y voir un cortège de réfugiés ou la foule courbée par le poids d’un deuil, mais la musique et la danse semblent dire que c’est là le mouvement de la vie même, funèbre et enjoué..."

...

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Arles on 13 August 2016.

We are a Saturday, the day of the magnificent market of Arles.

My 11th photographic booklet on this city that I like so much to go, re discover.

With, always, this intoxicating moment when I park my car and ... quickly,

Illico, this confused feeling that everything will be clear, precise, alive.

I scrutinize every first wall, every first facade.

Shutters, doors languedociennes, plants in bulk almost everywhere,

Posters torn, burnt,

Kids moving in alleys that the sun bombs.

The opportunity once again to live on the spot

A little bit of these photographic encounters in Arles. Especially the off the walls ...

Intensely lost.

Despite this, my focus will be on the performance of William Kentridge,

A genially orchestral artist: sounds and images.

In this booklet will be devoted a significant number of shoots that I realized in the room

Where his work of the moment was projected:

"More Sweetly Play the Dance."

Tribute to this beautiful and captivating work on the image "animated"

Of a consciousness of time and the vanity of men.

Here I reproduce the text of Nicolas Michel, in Jeune Afrique.

His text is clear, sober and so just to seize his committed work.

"... The charcoal blackens the already dirty paper, fades, blackens again, there are trees and plants, mounds of earth and remains of habitation, and then a whole cohort of living, sick And of the dead who come forward, accompanied by a fanfare, towards a mysterious unknown. It is a macabre dance almost joyous ...

Projected on eight screens aligned forty meters, this poetic procession choreographed by the South African dancer Dada Masilo (...) mixes films and drawings, and carries everything in a poetic whirlwind. Perhaps we should see a procession of refugees or the crowd bent by the weight of a mourning, but music and dance seem to say that this is the movement of life itself, funereal and playful ... "

Dress code within the Steward's enclosure is most precise. If you don't adhere to it you are not allowed through, regardless of who you are or what you paid for your ticket!

Men must wear blazers and flannels and a tie. Ladies are NOT permitted to wear trousers, cullottes or skirts with any manner of split. Dresses and skirts must sit below knee level. Hats to be worn!

Passos precisos, por caminhos imprecisos

Precise strides, along imprecise paths

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The pigeon flew by just at the moment of taking the photo

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Look how carefully this eagle places the branch so that the "Y" in the branch is placed on the tree limb. This stuff just amazes me.

This is a view of the distant snow-capped peaks of the Pyrenees as seen from a vantage point in the Department of Gers in south-western France. The mountain range is about 80 kilometres away to the south. If you think the setting looks especially rural then that's not surprising since Gers is one of the most sparsely-populated areas of Western Europe. I didn't see any railways on this short visit to France but I'm happy to have had the chance to enjoy this remarkable view.

Saturday 6th April 2019.

NB the geotag is not precise, but in the general area of the viewpoint.

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol gcYC, known as Salvador Dalí, was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work.

AI/GIMP

trippy surreal 3d landscape , far back a swirling amazing tree which mirror reflects on the checkerboard patterned floor makes it to be seen like floating, immersive-inspired psychedelic wonderland, , surrealism, in the style of Dali

hydroelectric, to be precise

not on a van, but down by the river

Posted by Second Life Resident Torley Linden. Visit Oritz.

More than one, to be precise. The leaves are from the neighbour's maple trees and every autumn many of them end up in my garden. I don't mind as the cats love to play with them and for me they offer some nice photo opportunities. There is another capture in the comments.

Linus has an appointment at the vet tomorrow morning for being neutered. His exact age is unknown but he is more than a year old now. I had planned to do thIs earlier but at first the vet and I decided to postpone it because of his extreme panic around people he didn't know. He had just begun to trust me and we didn't want to ruin everything. We then planned the OP for summer but after what had happened to Ramses I just couldn't do it. The fact that Linus is a whole male hasn't caused any problems so far but recently Fynn and Linus have started to fight more. It's usually Fynn who starts the fights and I think that in a way he may feel threatened by Linus. Nobody needs additional stress, especially not Fynn who usually reacts to stress by a flare-up of his chronic cat flu.

The precise origins of the temple are unclear but its importance as a holy site almost certainly dates from prehistoric times. The stone bases of Pura Penataran Agung and several other temples resemble megalithic stepped pyramids, which date back at least 2,000 years. It was certainly used as a Hindu place of worship from 1284 when the first Javanese conquerors settled in Bali. By the 15th century, Besakih had become a state temple of the powerful Gelgel dynasty.

The temple is on the southern slopes of Mount Agung, the principal volcano of Bali.

The complex is made up of twenty-three temples that sit on parallel ridges. It has stepped terraces and flights of stairs which ascend to a number of courtyards and brick gateways that in turn lead up to the main spire or Meru structure, which is called Pura Penataran Agung. All this is aligned along a single axis and designed to lead the spiritual person upward and closer to the mountain which is considered sacred.

Prudence has spent days working on a research paper about the vast uniqueness of the universe.

"The universe is considered unique because it is the only existing, self-contained reality, characterized by finely tuned physical constants, a specific and accelerating expansion rate driven by dark energy, and a singular history of events" she writes" It operates within a precise set of laws, making it one of a kind rather than one of many" However she's also found some scientist's analysis do challenge the view that this universe is unique in its ability to support life while discussing the theory of a multiverse.

In the process, Pru is doing her best to keep herself from falling down (or should I say sideways?) some wacky conspiracy theories and rabbit holes!

I watch him plant some seedlings .

I love how he was precise and gentle while planting.

Japanese Friendship Garden

Car ignition coils arranged neatly at Horopito motors.

Horopito Motors, also known as "Smash Palace". Part working car mechanics, part museum. If you are into rusty and crusty (or want used car parts) it is a great place to spend several hours photographing!

Severance of Light

Gregory Scott

What begins as an ascension — fierce, radiant, undeniable — is violently unmade. In Severance of Light, energy once pure and rising is shattered mid-stream, split by a brutal rupture that annihilates its trajectory. Hope is not dimmed — it is extinguished. Love is not lost — it is betrayed. This is the precise moment when creation turns on itself, when brilliance is severed by unseen hands, and the upward path collapses inward.

The central fracture is not just visual — it’s existential. A blade of darkness cuts through the ascending flow, leaving scorched remnants of what could have been: dreams aborted, joy crushed, divinity turned to debris. Rage pulses in the linework. Grief bleeds in every fracture. Here, in the wake of beauty's murder, hate becomes the new architect.

This is not the fall from grace. This is the execution of grace.

---GSP

My goal was to take a precise photo that showed the scales found on the wings of butterflies and moths. This moth, sleeping during the day on my porch, was not injured in this exercise. Not even awakened.

The scales come in a variety of forms--some look like hairs, some vaguely like ping pong paddles, some like flat scales.

Pigments provide the colors in black, tan and grey scales. Brilliant yellows, blues are reds are produced by structural modifications that refract light.

I attached a Canon 2X extender to my 180 mm macro lens--effectively a 360 mm macro. That sounds good, but it reduces the amount of light coming in, so you need to increase the ISO or provide light. But in addition to increasing light, an extender decreases the depth of field, so although this moth was close to flat, I could not get all of it in focus. So I took 3 photos, each with a different focal plane, and stacked the three frames in photoshop.

If you go to the downward pointing arrow, click on it and select "View all sizes" and choose one of the higher resolutions to view. A click will change to a different resolution. Return by clicking "photo" to the left of the sizes.

This may be a moth in the family Geometridae. It is remarkably cryptic on cement. The yellow dots on the cement are pollen grains. I swept the porch the previous day...I thought I got it clean.

I think everyone likes Loggerhead Shrikes because of their reputation and their nickname, "Butcher Bird". I really like this angle because you can see that small hook on its bill. Below is something I just read on "All About Birds" site about this hook that I didn't know which is fascinating:

"The upper cutting edge (tomium) of the Loggerhead Shrike’s hooked bill features a pair of built-in pointy projections, aptly named “tomial teeth.” Like a falcon, the shrike tackles vertebrate prey with a precise attack to the nape, probably using these tomial “teeth” to paralyze the animal with a jab to the spinal cord."

Sure, there should be a more precise drawing for the cutting and the cutting should be done with more accuracy. I my case i should have also to be wearing my other glasses, but this was a first try of something that has been apearing and vanishing in my head as a chinese weather balloon... or two... or... whatever.

Of course the dummy book shoul be green paper, the indicidual leaves should be folded and unfolded along the stem so, unfolded the sides will be at an angle from each other. Yes, of course, the whole leaf should be curved to fit... All that will go but i am not going to try it yet: this was only for those modellers wanting to make pals trees who weren't so lucky as i was at finding enough cheap plastic ones more than six or seven years ago as shown in this album:

www.flickr.com/photos/158027525@N08/albums/72157705993632934

Powderham Castle, to be precise.

Actually, we could all see it from the village hall where we were staying.

(Tues April 8th)

Uncle Chiaroscuro.

This collection features photographic images generated with artificial intelligence using Midjourney V7, specifically designed to stand out on Flickr Explore. The series explores the most popular colors identified on the platform: red, green, blue, yellow, orange, monochrome and black and white.

Each image has been created with technically precise prompts that simulate professional photographic equipment (Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Leica) and specialized techniques such as macro, architecture, portrait, landscape and documentary photography. The collection spans from cinematic portraits to Mediterranean landscapes, contemporary architecture, nature, Andalusian culture and urban art.

All images use optimized parameters (--style raw --v 7) for maximum photographic realism, with 2:3 and 3:2 formats ideal for social media and digital gallery presentation. This series demonstrates the creative potential of generative AI applied to artistic and commercial photography.

Esta colección presenta imágenes fotográficas generadas con inteligencia artificial utilizando Midjourney V7, específicamente diseñadas para destacar en Flickr Explore. La serie explora los colores más populares identificados en la plataforma: rojo, verde, azul, amarillo, naranja, monocromo y blanco y negro.

Cada imagen ha sido creada con prompts técnicamente precisos que simulan equipamiento fotográfico profesional (Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Leica) y técnicas especializadas como macro, arquitectura, retrato, paisaje y fotografía documental. La colección abarca desde retratos cinematográficos hasta paisajes mediterráneos, arquitectura contemporánea, naturaleza, cultura andaluza y arte urbano.

Todas las imágenes utilizan parámetros optimizados (--style raw --v 7) para máximo realismo fotográfico, con formatos 2:3 y 3:2 ideales para la presentación en redes sociales y galerías digitales. Esta serie demuestra el potencial creativo de la IA generativa aplicada a la fotografía artística y comercial.

Twin Gondolas bobbing on the waterfront. I had plenty of Gondola photos by this point so started playing with colour.. or removing colour to be more precise!

Idiom: "to throw something into sharp relief"

Fig. [for something] to make something plainly evident or clearly visible

(Taken from The Free Dictionary)

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Joli petit coléoptère (environ 2,5 mm) que l’on trouve sur diverses lamiacées et astéracées (je n’ai pas trouvé d’informations plus précises sur cette espèce). On recense en France plus de 10 500 espèces de coléoptères de tailles, de formes et de couleurs très diverses, dont le plus mal-aimé est certainement le doryphore (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), et environ 360 000 dans le monde, ce qui représente un peu plus d’un tiers des insectes actuellement connus. (Source : INRAE)

Pretty little beetle (about 2.5 mm) found on various Lamiaceae and Asteraceae (I have not found more specific information on this species). In France, there are more than 10,500 species of beetles of various sizes, shapes and colors, the most unpopular of which is certainly the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), and about 360,000 worldwide, which represents a little more than a third of the insects currently known. (Source: INRAE)

Precise location of the trees please.

Originally uploaded for the Guess Where Group www.flickr.com/groups/guesswhereuk/