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In the Mediterranean coastline, our time is one of the few Turkish settlements that have reached very well. 6 km from Anamur. east of Bozdogan Village. Mamure Castle, built on high rocks and flatlands, is built on ancient sites like many Anatolian monuments. It can not be precisely determined by which date and by whom the ancient bases made of large cut stones were built.
Anamur Mamure Castle was taken to the UNESCO World Heritage temporary list in 2012.
KOO JEONG A directs our gaze to the incidental, to the marginal zones of experience that are first noticed after patient observation. Invisible phenomena can be experienced through sounds, smells, and minimal gestures. The invented and found, concrete and intangible slide into one another devoid of fixed boundaries. At the same time, KOO JEONG A’s work is characterized by extraordinary restraint. Just a few, precisely arranged elements are enough to generate a presence.
Evening light is shaping this lovely Swiss landscape. Panoramic view from Mount Gurten (864 m), Bern’s local mountain. The Swiss Alps (more precisely the Bernese Alps) are visible in the background.
Many thanks for your visits / comments / faves!
Sometimes I photograph something (from nature!) and am pleased with the result, but then have a challenging time discerning what it is, precisely. So, that's when I put it in the 'Happy Weekend' category...........:)
Enjoy your weekend, wherever you are!
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Il m'arrive de photographier quelque chose (d'après nature !) et d'être satisfait du résultat, mais ensuite, j'ai du mal à discerner précisément ce que c'est. C'est alors que je le mets dans la catégorie « Bon week-end »… :)
Profitez de votre week-end, où que vous soyez !
The moment the safehouse lights flickered, Frank knew the intel had been compromised—again. He pressed himself against the cold concrete, breath shallow, as footsteps echoed too precisely down the corridor to be coincidence. Hours earlier, He had handed over encrypted files to Marcus, the only person He trusted in a city stitched together by lies, and now every exit was sealed. Through the cracked door, He caught a glimpse of him; calm, composed, speaking into a comms device with the kind of ease that only comes from choosing a side long ago. Betrayal didn’t sting; it clarified. With sirens rising and shadows closing in, Frank made his choice: burn every secret, vanish into the chaos, and leave Marcus with nothing but the realisation that even when your back’s to the wall, survival belongs to the one who sees the truth first..
storytelling in black and white.
This morning we have gone from bright sunshine to a hail storm - - - British spring time.
A discerning slug or snail knew precisely where his favourite bits of leaf were waiting.
ACROS+Y, f8, tripod, toned in LR6
BYD - one of the world largest electric car manufacturer, currently building its first car factory in Europe precisely in Szeged, Hungary. The steel elements and building material of the factory are transported by ship from China to European ports, from where it is transported by train to the PSP Terminal in Kiskundorozsma (HU), located a few kilometers from Szeged, where the goods are unloaded. The picture shows one of these trains (nr. 95753), from Koper Luka via Hodoš to Kiskundorozsma, with the MÁV 630 037 leased by PSP Cargo, behind it with the cold SETG 193 693 while left Tatabánya station (HU), in the last rays of sun on 2024.11.05.
*Photo taken with a high tripod.
"'Painting like a child' isn't a negative for me... it's something only great artists can really achieve. The childlike quality of some of Picasso's drawings is precisely what makes them so masterful and extraordinary; the ability to express complete visions, feelings and portraits through a continuous line."
- Damien Hirst
“The small are always dependent on the great; they are "small" precisely because they think they are independent. The great thinker is one who can hear what is greatest in the work of other "greats" and who can transform it in an original manner.”
The former Berlin-Rummelsburg power plant.
It is precisely what is different, what is unusual, that captures our attention. What is different broadens our horizons.
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Das ehemalige Heizkraftwerk Berlin-Rummelsburg.
Das Andere, das Ungewöhnliche ist es doch, dass unsere Aufmerksamkeit erregt. Anders erweitert unseren Horizont.
🌸 The Opal Dress – By Just BECAUSE 🌸
There are moments in fashion when a garment transcends clothing and becomes an atmosphere—an aura that lingers like perfume, unforgettable and intimate. The Opal Outfit by Just BECAUSE is precisely that moment.
Crafted in layers of delicate lace over a sculpted inner slip, Opal is both daring and demure. Its silhouette recalls the elegance of mid-century cocktail dresses while embracing the freedom of modern sensuality. With each step, the floral lace tracery whispers of Parisian salons, moonlit terraces, and secrets shared behind silk fans.
✨ Styling & Cut
The ensemble pairs a form-hugging lace mini with optional matching lace boots—designed for those who love cohesion without restraint. The dress moves like a second skin, yet its translucent overlays invite the eye to linger, balancing intrigue with refinement. The plunging neckline and high hemline ensure your entrance is nothing less than breathtaking.
✨ HUD & PBR Innovation
Opal is brought to life exclusively in PBR materials, giving the lace a luminous realism—soft light dances across its threads, making every weave and shimmer feel tangible. The included HUD lets you toggle the inner slip and outer lace dress independently, offering endless versatility. Play with tints to create ethereal pastels or bold jewel tones—Opal adapts to your mood as effortlessly as you do.
✨ Compatible Mesh Bodies
* ✿ Maitreya LaraX
* ✿ Legacy & Perky
* ✿ Reborn
* ✿ Waifu
✨ Where to Find
The Opal Outfit debuts exclusively at the Uber Event, opening August 25th. This is your invitation to claim a look that will become the centerpiece of your late-summer wardrobe.
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💫 Slip into Opal, and you slip into a world where every glance lingers a little longer, and every evening feels like destiny.
For three years now, I have been trying to tempt a woodpecker into visiting my garden. And as is so often the case in nature, persistence eventually pays off…
This photograph was taken on a particularly rainy day, under conditions that were anything but favourable. It is precisely this combination of opposing elements that gives the image its own, almost understated character. The woodpecker, soaked through to its feathers by the persistent rain, seemed hardly bothered by it. As if the boundary between discomfort and instinct fades entirely when there is something to gain, it still stopped by for a well-earned treat.
In the background, the subtle beauty of a Japanese maple unfolds, coming to life in deep shades of red and magenta under the soft, filtered light.
In that tension between gloomy weather and warm colours, the whole scene takes on an unexpectedly harmonious intensity.
Français:
Depuis trois ans maintenant, j’essaie d’attirer un pic dans mon jardin. Et comme cela arrive souvent dans la nature, la persévérance finit par être récompensée…
Cette photographie a été prise lors d’une journée particulièrement pluvieuse, dans des conditions loin d’être favorables. C’est précisément cette combinaison d’éléments opposés qui confère à l’image son caractère propre, presque sobre. Le pic, trempé jusqu’aux plumes par la pluie persistante, semblait s’en soucier bien peu. Comme si la frontière entre inconfort et instinct s’effaçait complètement lorsqu’il y a quelque chose à gagner, il s’est tout de même arrêté pour une friandise bien méritée.
À l’arrière-plan, la subtile beauté d’un érable du Japon se déploie, prenant vie dans de profondes nuances de rouge et de magenta sous une lumière douce et filtrée.
Dans ce jeu de tension entre ciel sombre et couleurs chaudes, l’ensemble prend une intensité étonnamment harmonieuse.
The Monostor Fortress - the largest modern fortress in Central Europe - was built between 1850 and 1871. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the neoclassical military monument is a fascinating sight with its huge walls of precisely hewn stone, the 3-4 metre thick earthen ramparts covering the defences and its network of underground passages (kazamata) several kilometres long.
Its monumental dimensions are evidenced by the following figures: The fortress covers 25 hectares, the total area including the firing ranges is 70 hectares, the floor area of the buildings is 25 680 m2 and the number of rooms is 640.
After the fortress was built, it served generations of soldiers of the Hungarian Defence Forces. Its tasks included the defence of the central fortress (North - Komárom) and the control of shipping on the Danube. It was never used in combat and served mainly as a training centre and weapons depot. During the First World War it was used as a conscription and training centre. During the Second World War, the 22nd Infantry Regiment had its headquarters at Fort Monostor, and the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Infantry Regiments were stationed there. After the Second World War.
Between 1945 and 1990, the Red Army's Army Group South set up the largest ammunition depot in Central Europe in the fort. With their withdrawal, the military function of the fortress ended forever.
Today the fort is a popular destination with a military history exhibition, Cold War vehicles, a bread museum, a boat exhibition and numerous events.
The One O'Clock Gun is a time signal, fired every day at precisely 13:00, excepting Sunday, Good Friday and Christmas Day. The 'Time Gun' was established in 1861 as a time signal for ships in the harbour of Leith and the Firth of Forth 2 miles away. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Castle#One_O.27Clock_Gun
What I liked about photography was precisely this: that I could walk away and I could be silent and it was done very quickly and there was no direct involvement :-)
Robert Frank
HGGT! Character Matters!
opuntia, spineless prickly pear, 'Ellisiana', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
One year ago, I bought my first camera.
And since this moment, I haven't seen the faces, the objects and the landscapes around me in the same way. The world (and more precisely "my" world) is made of an infinity of beautiful details. Thanks to photography, I discover everyday new things, about myself too, and even if my interest for all of this is recent, I already can not imagine to stop photography one day. It seems to be too late for me!! Now I'm swimming into colors, lights, textures, and I think I'm an addict :)
I'm not telling about skills, but what I love...
What I love to try with my pics, and what I love to see on the other's pictures.
Every photographer has his ideas, his approach of this art, and I think everything is interesting.
And I wanted to thank you, all of my contacts, for supporting my work. 10 000 views on my galery, with all your comments and favs, it means a lot for me.
Thank you so much :)
...and don't forget to take a look at my favs stream... There is a lot of talented photographers ;)
Laura
Old photo repainted, collaged and processed
“They might not need me; but they might.
I'll let my head be just in sight;
A smile as small as mine might be
Precisely their necessity.”
― Emily Dickinson
Beija-florVery small hummingbird,
about 8 cm
Beija-flor muito pequeno,
cerca de 8 cm
I can't say precisely what species this hummingbird is.
Não sei dizer com precisão qual é a espécie desse beija-flor.
Topetinho-vermelho (Fêmea)?
Besourinho-de-bico-preto?
Beija-flor-de-papo-branco?
Beija-flor-de-barriga-branca?
Apodiformes (Ordem)
Trochilidae (Família)
Pássaro Silvestre
Software: Windows Paint 3D; AI-S24Ultra;
Pixlr
Água Mineral
Parque Nacional de Brasília
Brasília, Brasil
The village is one of the most visited villages in the Luberon Regional Natural Park. It is located at the edge of the Park and precisely in the Monts de Vaucluse, which face the northern slope of the Luberon mountain.
Perched on a rock, the municipality contributes to the association Les Plus Beaux Villages de France for its rich and varied heritage: two abbeys, a castle, many ancient hamlets, and several hundred dry stone huts or bories, several water and windmills, fountains, washhouses and stingrays.
According to the ranking of the most beautiful villages in the world published on February 12, 2023 on the website of the American travel magazine Travel + Leisure, Gordes is considered the "most beautiful village in the world", ahead of the Japanese village of Shirakawa-go and Giethoorn in the Netherlands.
Le bourg est l'un des villages les plus visités du Parc naturel régional du Luberon. Il se situe aux confins du Parc et précisément dans les Monts de Vaucluse, qui font face au versant nord de la montagne du Luberon.
Perchée sur un rocher, la commune cotise à l'association Les Plus Beaux Villages de France pour son patrimoine riche et varié : deux abbayes, un château, de très nombreux hameaux anciens, et plusieurs centaines de cabanes en pierre sèche ou bories, plusieurs moulins à eau et à vent, des fontaines, des lavoirs et des aiguiers.
Selon le classement des plus beaux villages du monde publié le 12 février 2023 sur le site du magazine de voyages américain Travel + Leisure, Gordes est considéré comme le « plus beau village du monde », devançant le village japonais de Shirakawa-go et Giethoorn aux Pays-Bas.
New York , New York what you do to me?
"it seems like you had me but i've never had you...
Sometimes we need to stop analyzing the past,
stop planning the future,
stop figuring out precisely how we feel,
stop deciding exactly what we want, and just see what happens."
stop the work for now
open the champagne
call your loved ones
A Blessed and Peaceful new year to all!
on explore december 31,2008 #198
Monique - Where Art Becomes Fashion
I stepped onto Avenue Montaigne just as the late afternoon sun began to wash the façades of Paris in gold. The elegant boulevard, home to some of the world's most celebrated fashion houses, seemed the perfect setting for a dress that blurs the line between art and couture.
That was precisely what drew me to Monique by (Oh!) Fashion.
There are garments that follow trends, and there are garments that transcend them. Monique belongs to the latter. From the moment I slipped it on, I felt as though I had become part of a living gallery exhibition - an embodiment of color, geometry, and modernist design.
Inspired by the artistic principles of the De Stijl movement and the iconic compositions of Piet Mondrian, Monique transforms abstract art into an unmistakably French chic fashion statement. Bold architectural bands of black divide vibrant blocks of color with remarkable precision, creating a visual composition that feels as relevant today as it did during the revolutionary fashion era of the 1960s.
Its silhouette is wonderfully refined.
Cut as a classic mod-inspired mini shift dress, Monique falls effortlessly from shoulder to hem in a clean, uninterrupted line. The sleeveless bodice features a graceful jewel neckline that frames the face with understated sophistication, while the gently structured body skims the figure without excessive shaping. Rather than relying upon dramatic curves, the design embraces the confidence of simplicity - a hallmark of true haute couture.
The result is timeless elegance.
A subtle A-line ease through the skirt allows freedom of movement while preserving the dress's architectural integrity. Thick black graphic bands create structure and rhythm throughout the garment, guiding the eye across the asymmetrical composition. The mini-length hemline introduces a youthful energy while remaining impeccably polished and sophisticated.
Monique is not merely inspired by art. It is art.
The included HUD allows the wearer to explore multiple color combinations, transforming the dress into an ever-evolving canvas. Whether styled with vivid gallery-inspired palettes or softer contemporary interpretations, the HUD offers exceptional versatility while preserving the dress's unmistakable identity. Multiple texture and color options provide the freedom to create a look that is uniquely personal while remaining true to the dress's artistic roots.
Monique is fitted for:
* PetiteX
* Maitreya LaraX
* Legacy
* Legacy Perky
* Reborn
* Reborn Petite
The precision of its fit and the flexibility of its HUD make it equally suited for gallery openings, rooftop soirées, elegant shopping excursions, and those unforgettable evenings when fashion itself becomes the conversation.
What I admire most about Monique is its understanding of balance. Like the great works that inspired it, every line serves a purpose. Every color has meaning. Every proportion contributes to the harmony of the whole.
There is something undeniably French about Monique. Not merely because of its silhouette, but because of its philosophy. It embraces the notion that elegance is not created through excess. It is created through balance, proportion, and confidence.
As twilight settled over Paris and the lights of Avenue Montaigne began to sparkle, Monique felt less like a dress and more like a celebration of artistic expression—one that honors the past while remaining effortlessly modern. Its clean mod silhouette, bold geometric composition, and unmistakable Parisian sensibility transform a simple evening out into a walk through a living gallery, where fashion becomes art and art becomes fashion.
Vintage Fair:
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Oh! Fashion Mainstore:
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"Art is higher than reality and has no direct relation to reality."
- Piet Mondrian
Ermita de San Baudelio de Berlanga, Soria.
La ermita de San Baudelio es una ermita mozárabe española que se encuentra cerca de la aldea de Casillas de Berlanga, Soria. Es un monumento de gran interés tanto por su arquitectura como por sus pinturas románicas, de una singularidad excepcional.
La ermita está formada por dos cuerpos rectangulares, el más pequeño correspondiente al ábside y el mayor a la única nave principal de la iglesia. Los muros, realizados en mampostería apoyada sobre sillares, tienen aproximadamente un metro de ancho y son de una gran simplicidad. Se accede a la ermita por una pequeña puerta con arco de herradura y por una pequeña puerta que da acceso directo al coro de la tribuna.
La bóveda está formada por ocho arcos de herradura, apoyados sobre ménsulas en las paredes de la nave central, cuatro en los ángulos y cuatro en los muros, partiendo de una pilastra central muy robusta, como hojas de una palmera, elemento este muy influido por las formas arquitectónicas islámicas de Al-Ándalus. Sobre esta pilastra central se abre una pequeña e inaccesible cámara que hace las veces de linterna y está cubierta por una cupulilla de seis nervios cruzados.
Es esta linterna un elemento muy original, opinando algunos autores que pudiera tratarse de una especie de ostensorio de obra que custodiara en el pasado una reliquia, tal vez correspondiente precisamente a San Baudelio, o tal vez textos sagrados.
La techumbre es de teja pero hasta 1894 fue de piedra sillar.
The hermitage of San Baudelio is a Spanish Mozarabic hermitage that is located near the village of Casillas de Berlanga, Soria. It is a monument of great interest as much for its architecture as for its Romanesque paintings, of an exceptional singularity.
The hermitage is formed by two rectangular bodies, the smallest corresponding to the apse and the largest to the only main nave of the church. The walls, made of masonry resting on sillares, are approximately one meter wide and are very simple. The hermitage is accessed by a small door with a horseshoe arch and a small door that gives direct access to the choir of the tribune.
The vault consists of eight horseshoe arches, supported on brackets in the walls of the central nave, four at the corners and four on the walls, starting from a very strong central pillar, like leaves of a palm tree, element very influenced by The Islamic architectural forms of Al-Andalus. On this central pylon opens a small and inaccessible camera that acts as a flashlight and is covered by a cupulilla of six crossed nerves.
This lantern is a very original element, some authors think that it could be a kind of ostensory work that would guard in the past a relic, perhaps corresponding precisely to Saint Baudelio, or perhaps sacred texts.
The roof is of tile but until 1894 was of sillar stone.
Located in Campo dei Frari, more precisely in the San Polo district in Venice, Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, commonly known as just the Frari, is the biggest Church in the city of Venice.
The exterior is deliberately plain in accordance with the Franciscan emphasis on poverty and austerity.
"Listening and watching of a Great Grey Owl".
I watched this Great Grey Owl as it watched but more precisely listened for voles in the meadow.
She would scan and suddenly change her position as she obviously heard something from a completely different direction.
Here she is sitting on a tree overlooking the meadow where I am seated.
Six and a half years ago, the scientists of SETI began receiving garbled and unintelligible communications from points unknown. What they could perceive came out as a series of clicking sounds, but they repeated precisely indicating that some form of intelligence was behind the transmissions, not something randomly generated as was first thought. The top linguists on the globe were brought in to analyze the communications until finally five years after initial contact one Professor Winnefred Littledove from Lichtenstein made a breakthrough and with an army of people and computers behind her, she at long last was able to decipher the clicking into words. Those words were chilling and they read, 'Your planet is in danger, we are here to help.'
The reply was made simple for the sake of expedience and yet took days to form, 'how so?' Littledove pushed the send button herself and silence filled the room as no one even breathed in anticipation.
Two days later came the foreboding reply, 'We have been studying your world and can see that you are nearly at the point of no return in the effects of global warming, soon many thousands of species will cease to exist including yourselves if something isn't done immediately. We have a solution.'
After several days and many sleepless nights of translations
a response was hurriedly recorded and in less than an hour SETI sent its one word reply, 'Yes?'
Newly minted corporal Emmit Woodcock awoke the next morning feeling a bit fuzzy from the night before. His squad had taken him out to Galway Bay Pub and eatery where they proceeded to 'tack on' his new stripe, this is accomplished by punching the chevron on with great force to prevent it from ever coming off. Groggily he sat up and put on his slippers and headed for the loo to rid himself of a few ales. Sure enough, and the reason for the slippers, he came across yet another of his 'houseguests' and proceeded to stomp the cockroach with equal parts disgust and pleasure. "Twenty seven!" He proclaimed. No sooner had he finished his business the ancient air raid warning horns warbled on. He'd never heard one with the exception of in the movies, but there was no mistaking the noise. He hurriedly donned his OD's from the night before and dashed for the door, just before turning out the light he called out, "twenty eight!"
The ECM, emergency communication memo, on his phone ordered him to report to coordinates unknown to him and off he went. When he reached the park at Bellingham Bay his world became very surreal. An army, literally, of men were unloading sandbags from ancient deuce and a halfs and piling them to make a wall, a wall halfway around a glowing globe of tremendous size towering above them smoldering from its recent entry into Earth's atmosphere.
"What's going on?!"
Sgt. Jones gave Woodcock a quick glance, "It's an invasion, I hear that these things are landing everywhere, get busy with that wall!"
In between tosses of sandbags Emmit could see 50 cals. being set up left, right and center with infantry between. Yelling to be heard to the man next to him he asked, "what about tanks?"
"Armored is on its way, it's just us right now."
Suddenly all noises and movement ended as an audible mechanism inside of the alien craft whirred up and engaged. The bottom half of the orb opened as five doors swung slowly down and away in an unnatural and creepy movement much like a claw opening. Emmit vaguely heard the order to take cover, but he was transfixed on the otherworldly happenings transpiring before him and was consumed by the feeling of dread and although he was covered in sweat, he felt very cold. Then, through the murky darkness, the new corporal began to perceive movement, a slow, methodic wave of movement. Crawling out of the spacecraft came gigantic spiders, eight legged, multi eyed, hairy spiders and along with the clicking noises that they were making he went from cold to frozen. No one can remember if there was an actual order to fire, but fire they did. After the massacre was over there was much clapping on backs and cheering for their victory, for never was there a more fearsome enemy to overcome. Songs would surely be sung in their honor.
Back at SETI what would become known as the final transmission was finally translated roughly at the same time that the Battle of Bellingham Bay was taking place, it had taken days of work to decipher as it was longer than the rest and it read: "At last, it is so good that we can now communicate for we have so much that we want to impart to you. We have sent word to bring atmospheric condensers and we have the schematics here aboard ship so that when they arrive you will be able to set them up and not a moment too soon, any further delay would have meant a global catastrophe. I will send a team of scientists down now, help is on the way."
If people would accept each other as they were, this world would be such a better place. Goes for humans toward their dogs too, so many get discarded because they are not "normal", whatever that means. Our crew is composed of mainly unusual little beings and this is precisely why we love them so much.
Happy pride month!
Two rivers flowing from two different valleys in the heart of Costa Rica meeting just down a road bridge.
Unfortunately, I just can't remember where it was precisely, which is what happens when you sleep in the car.
The Monostor Fortress - the largest modern fortress in Central Europe - was built between 1850 and 1871. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the neoclassical military monument is a fascinating sight with its huge walls of precisely hewn stone, the 3-4 metre thick earthen ramparts covering the defences and its network of underground passages (kazamata) several kilometres long.
Its monumental dimensions are evidenced by the following figures: The fortress covers 25 hectares, the total area including the firing ranges is 70 hectares, the floor area of the buildings is 25 680 m2 and the number of rooms is 640.
After the fortress was built, it served generations of soldiers of the Hungarian Defence Forces. Its tasks included the defence of the central fortress (North - Komárom) and the control of shipping on the Danube. It was never used in combat and served mainly as a training centre and weapons depot. During the First World War it was used as a conscription and training centre. During the Second World War, the 22nd Infantry Regiment had its headquarters at Fort Monostor, and the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Infantry Regiments were stationed there. After the Second World War.
Between 1945 and 1990, the Red Army's Army Group South set up the largest ammunition depot in Central Europe in the fort. With their withdrawal, the military function of the fortress ended forever.
Today the fort is a popular destination with a military history exhibition, Cold War vehicles, a bread museum, a boat exhibition and numerous events.
El 23 de enero del 2009, o sea hace un año justó subía por primera vez fotos aquí a este sitio y comenze haciéndolo precisamente con esta foto.
Gracias a todos ustedes por ser una compañía constante ,
a los que simplemente pasan, a los que dejan comentarios constructivos y que me han ayudado a mejorar , a aquellos a los que les gusta mi trabajo, a los que siempre están en todo momento y principalmente a los amigos que he ganado acá.
Simplemente gracias por las 19.000 visitas, por las 31 fotos que aparecen en 36 expos, por todas las que se llevan a favoritas, a los 43 explores, y a todos los mensajes e invitaciones que recibo a diario.
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On January 23, 2009, or is just a year ago was up first photos here to this site and began doing precisely this photo.
Thank you all for being a constant companion,
those who simply pass to the left and constructive comments that have helped me to improve, to those who like my work, which always are at all times and especially to the friends I've won here.
Just thanks for the 19,000 visits by the 31 photos that appear in 36 expos, for all that carried favorites, the 43 Explorer, because all the messages and invitations that I receive daily.
The city of Petra, capital of the Nabataean Arabs, is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world.
t is not known precisely when Petra was built, but the city began to prosper as the capital of the Nabataean Empire from the 1st century BC, which grew rich through trade in frankincense, myrrh, and spices.
Petra was later annexed to the Roman Empire and continued to thrive until a large earthquake in 363 AD destroyed much of the city in the 4th century AD.
The earthquake combined with changes in trade routes, eventually led to the downfall of the city which was ultimately abandoned.
Petra is also known as the rose-red city, a name it gets from the wonderful colour of the rock from which many of the city’s structures were carved.
The Nabataeans buried their dead in intricate tombs that were cut out of the mountain sides and the city also had temples, a theater, and following the Roman annexation and later the Byzantine influence, a colonnaded street and churches.
In addition to the magnificent remains of the Nabataean city, human settlement and land use for over 10,000 years can be traced in Petra, where great natural, cultural, archaeological and geological features merge.
On December 6, 1985, Petra was designated a World Heritage Site.
È proprio negli alti e bassi della vita che si ritrova l'equilibrio (Susan Randall)
It is precisely in the ups and downs of life that is found the balance (Susan Randall)
The Aqueduct of Segovia (or more precisely, the aqueduct bridge) is a Roman aqueduct and one of the most significant and best-preserved ancient monuments left on the Iberian Peninsula. It is located in Spain and is the foremost symbol of Segovia, as evidenced by its presence on the city's coat of arms.
NGC 6992 is part of the Veil Nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. It is part of the eastern edge of this supernova remnant. The source supernova exploded some 5,000 to 8,000 years ago, and the remnants have since expanded to cover an area of 3 degrees; about 6 times the size of a full moon. The distance to the nebula is not precisely known, with estimates ranging from 1,400 to 2,600 light-years.
TS 80mm Triplet
TS 2" FF
Canon 550D modified
Astronomik CLS and UHC filters
27 x 720sec and 2 x 600sec subs
Totalling 5hrs44mins
Processed using Pixinsight and Photoshop.
“Unicorns love rainbows. I love unicorns. Therefore thy hair must be a rainbow.”
(Krista Ritchie - Hothouse Flower)
It's been a while since I've seen a full rainbow, from end to end. You pretty much need to be in the right place at the right time to see any kind of rainbow, but to see it end to end like this, you need to have a little perspective. You have to be able to see the horizon, and in my world, most of the time both horizon and rainbow are usually obscured by trees and life.
I like to take the back road home. It takes a little longer, but the view is better. It takes me past ripening rice fields that wave in the wind, and across slow-moving bayous. It gives me a chance to listen to the radio and every now and then, I get something like this..
Here you see one of the photos from Bangkok that I'm particularly happy about.
You're looking at the Grand Palace, and more precisely, at a shrine in honor of the king, to the right of its entrance.
During peak times, like on weekends, people constantly stream past, either wanting to enter the palace or having just left. But during my visit on a weekday, shortly before the gates closed, I was able to observe and capture this beautiful scene.
A woman in traditional Thai clothing stands before the shrine and seems completely absorbed in prayer. In all the hustle and bustle of this metropolis, this scene radiated so much peace and tranquility.
Hier seht Ihr eine der Aufnahmen aus Bangkok, über die ich mich besonders freue.
Ihr blickt hier auf den Großen Palast und um genauer zu sein auf einen Schrein zu Ehren des Königs, rechts von dessen Eingang.
In Hochzeiten, wie am Wochenende strömen hier ununterbrochen Menschen vorbei, die entweder in den Palast wollen oder diesen gerade verlassen haben. Doch bei meinem Besuch an einem Wochentag, kurz vor Schließung der Tore, konnte ich diese wunderschöne Szene beobachten und auch festhalten.
Eine Frau, in traditioneller thailändischer Kleidung steht vor dem Schrein und schein ganz im Gebet vertieft zu sein. In all dem Trubel dieser Metropole strahlte diese Szene so viel Ruhe und Frieden aus.
Work by the street artist Luca Vallese, well known as Zentequerente.
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On the left, a whirlwind of symbols and meanings linked to ancient iconographies, such as fire and the triangle, express the first spiritual and then archetypal dimension of the demiurge. On the right, man is dominated by habits and attachments until, suddenly, an epiphany: "Destiny as a choice", precisely the title of the painting, is an encouragement to become aware of oneself and of what surrounds us, to rise upwards and descend into the deepest parts of our inner world.
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.........I'm thinking that it should be wonderful to live in a city, town, village so full of colors... I think that each grey wall could be transformed into an awesome work of art...
This is Vallà di Riese (Veneto Region, Italy) experience....
woooooow.... I love this... the project is supported by Region Administrators ....
It is Vallà participatory urban regeneration project, born from an idea of the BocaVerta Collective to put art and beauty back at the center of our urban landscapes. The name combines the English word wall and the country where the initiative takes place in a play on words.
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COS’È THE WALLÀ. È il progetto di rigenerazione urbana partecipata di Vallà, nato da un’idea del Collettivo BocaVerta per rimettere al centro dei nostri paesaggi urbani l’arte e la bellezza. Il nome unisce in un gioco di parole il termine inglese wall (muro) e il paese in cui ha luogo l’iniziativa.
In concreto, The Wallà si propone di trasformare i muri di edifici pubblici e privati in “tele” per un museo permanente a cielo aperto, composto da opere di street art che rappresenteranno un potente mezzo per sensibilizzare, raccontare, accogliere, riqualificare. A oggi sono più di 10 gli edifici individuati per gli interventi artistici, ma l’iniziativa è in continua espansione.
“Questo progetto”, spiega il Collettivo BocaVerta, “nasce dalla percezione condivisa di degrado lungo l’arteria che attraversa da nord a sud il nostro paese, quella Strada provinciale 667 che è croce e delizia del paese stesso, veicolo di sviluppo, ma anche di traffico e inquinamento. Ripartire dalla bellezza, per noi, significa riprendere possesso dei luoghi che ci sono familiari e coinvolgere attivamente i cittadini nella ricerca di un vivere comune che sia rispettoso di sé e degli altri”.
www.trevisotoday.it/.../riese-walla-street-art...
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“It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera…
they are made with the eye, heart and head.”
[Henry Cartier Bresson]
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The Italian Renaissance Garden at Hamilton Gardens is a stunning recreation of a 16th-century Tuscan villa. It features precisely trimmed hedges, marble fountains, and elegant statues. It is one of 18 themed gardens designed to explore the history and meaning of gardens through time
Five images merged,
Melville, Waikato, New Zealand
KOO JEONG A directs our gaze to the incidental, to the marginal zones of experience that are first noticed after patient observation. Invisible phenomena can be experienced through sounds, smells, and minimal gestures. The invented and found, concrete and intangible slide into one another devoid of fixed boundaries. At the same time, KOO JEONG A’s work is characterized by extraordinary restraint. Just a few, precisely arranged elements are enough to generate a presence.
A unique phenomenon observable only just before noon and precisely on top of the rubbish bins in a very particular location. Was I privileged to see this? My educated guess is that just by "seeing" I did in fact "create" the phenomenon. You may have heard about the strange findings in particle research, namely that the observation of particles triggers a change in their behaviour. In this case, they lit up creating a kind a halo. Remarkable. Leica M8, Elmar (collapsible) 50/2.8 wide-open.
Puzzlewood (grid reference SO578092) is an ancient woodland site and tourist attraction, near Coleford in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England.[1][2] The site, covering 14 acres (5.7 ha), shows evidence of open cast iron ore mining dating from the Roman period, and possibly earlier.
Over a mile of pathways were laid down in the early 19th century to provide access to the woods, and provide picturesque walks. The area contains strange rock formations, secret caves and ancient trees, with a confusing maze of paths.
The site is listed as a regionally important geological site in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review
The geological features on show at Puzzlewood are known as scowles. Scowles originated through the erosion of natural cave systems formed in the Carboniferous Limestone many millions of years ago. Uplift and erosion caused the cave system to become exposed at the surface. This was then exploited by Iron Age settlers through to Roman times for the extraction of iron ore. It is usually impossible to date open cast extraction precisely, although ores with a chemical signature consistent with those from the Forest of Dean were certainly used to make tools and weapons in the late prehistoric period
Shot through the clouds at precisely 9 pm on this beautiful September night in Stouffville, Ontario, Canada. At 1000mm is was easy to compose and fill the frame with the moon low to the horizon. Thanks for stopping by!
“The Desert Fathers believed that the wilderness had been created supremely valuable in the eyes of God precisely because it had no value to men. The wasteland was the land that could never be wasted by men because it offered them nothing. There was nothing to attract them. There was nothing to exploit. The desert was the region in which the Chosen People had wandered for forty years, cared for by God alone. They could have reached the Promised Land in a few months if they had traveled directly to it. God's plan was that they should learn to love Him in the wilderness and that they should always look back on the time in the desert as the idyllic time of their life with Him alone. The desert was created simply to be itself, not to be transformed by men into something else.”
— Thomas Merton
Belatuk Dada Merah, Orange-backed Woodpecker, Reinwardtipicus validus
This is a woodpecker or more precisely Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus), found throughout Malaysia. Perhaps this is the easiest woodpecker seen because it is not afraid of humans and dare to look for food in the trees near the residence. The two birds on the lower part are male woodpecker while the upper one is a female. Somehow these three appeared simultaneously while I was lurking for birds of other species. My lens nozzle changed direction to shot this drama of nature on a dead tree trunk as a stage.
Exif: 1/400, f/5.6, ISO 500, focal lenght 400mm, Cik Canon EOS 50D
Ini adalah burung belatuk atau lebih tepat lagi Orange-backed Woodpecker ( Reinwardtipicus validus ), terdapat di Semenanjung dan juga di Sabah dan Sarawak. Mungkin inilah burung belatuk yang paling mudah dilihat kerana sifatnya yang tidak takut manusia dan berani datang mencari makan di pokok-pokok berdekatan kediaman. Yang dua ekor di bawah adalah belatuk jantan sementara yang seekor di atas adalah belatuk betina. Entah kenapa tiga ekor ini muncul serentak semasa saya sedang mengendap burung spesis lain. Maka muncung lens berubah hala ke batang pokok mati yang menjadi pentas drama tiga ekor belatuk ini buat seketika.