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Moose of the Canadian Rockies
Moose (Alces alces) are the largest members of the deer family, and their size is precisely why they are one of nature’s most resilient cold-climate species. Their adaptive mechanism to conserve body heat is best described by a zoological principle known as, ‘Bergmann’s Rule.’ The rule applies to the ratio of body surface to weight in warm-blooded animals. Moose have a relatively small surface area compared to their volume. Regardless of external temperatures, Moose maintain a relatively constant internal temperature—meaning they require only minor metabolic and environmental adjustments to live comfortably in North America’s lowest-temperature regions. Moose range from the Arctic coasts of North America, Europe, and Asia, down to the southern limits of the boreal forest. In North America, they reach their southern extent in New York State to the east and Utah to the west.
The Moose is a browser, or ‘eater of twigs’ as the Algonquian Native name translates. In a single day, an adult can consume about 44 pounds of vegetation. They graze on aquatic plants such as water lilies and duckweed and make use of their impressive stature to tear off twigs high in the willow trees. Summer waterways are important feeding areas and also provide escape routes from wolves, bears, and mesopredators like the red fox and coyote.
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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.
The waterfalls of Irrel, but more precisely, rapids.
Is also an older action of mine. Can not say what I tried out here 3 years ago, except that I got a little sweaty while trying to light the trail over the bridge. Experimenting and having fun.
Lucciola_Colei che Fa Luce
"La luce di cui la Lucciola ci parla è quella interiore, un lumino sempre acceso che rivela la nostra origine e che si esprime nell'atto di donarsi. ... Nell'antica Roma le Lucciole erano considerate portatrici di equilibrio e armonia ed erano le messaggere della dea Diana, chiamata anche Lucina proprio per il suo legame con la Luna, di cui era simbolo."
Firefly_She who sheds light
"The light that the Firefly speaks to us about is the internal one, a light that is always lit which reveals our origin and which is expressed in the act of giving ourselves. ... In ancient Rome Fireflies were considered bearers of balance and harmony and were the messengers of the goddess Diana, also called Lucina precisely because of her connection with the Moon, of which she was a symbol."
I testi citati sono di Federica Zizzari, tratti da "Animali Guida" ed. Vivida. The texts cited are by Federica Zizzari, taken from "Animali Guida" ed. Vivida.
Bing Image Creator
... and this is precisely why they are willing to pay for them as much as their husbands would pay for real works of Art - such as cars, for example!..
If you don't believe this, just read what my dear Lisa has to say on the subject in her own unique style!
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Unfortunately, her husband has no Flickr account and we can't have his own view - when he comes to his feet and finds his calm again...
P.S.: Naturally, this pair of shoes is my gift to Lisa's charming friend, Demi!.. I hope it's her size...
;-)
Popcorn in the making!
I still feel like I need to take a break from medium format. Small frame seems really demanding, I almost forgot how crucial the exposure is, how much attention is needed to precisely compose the image.
Another new island to me, Coll, or more precisely Acairseid Mhor which is a low lying area and one of the myriad of little islands that make up the Cairns of Coll that lie to the north west of the main island.
Not a great pic I know, but hell, it's so typically Irish. Met this young couple yesterday, shortly after dawn on a mountain pass up near Malin Head in Donegal, or more precisely somewhere between the back end of beyond and the middle of nowhere, which is my favorite place to be :-)
Taking his cue from the Bible, or more precisely, from the experience of the prophets that produced biblical speech, Heschel offers a literary analysis of how religious words can function as “hyphens between heaven and earth,”135 a claim that implies a formal connection between the two.
-Sophia The Hidden Christ of Thomas Merton, Christopher Pramuk
The metaphor is a concrete image that alludes to another reality, based upon some analogy between the two terms. The “vehicle” of the metaphor is the term (or image) that appears in the text, alluding to the “tenor,” the absent reality or concept. Metaphor may be used to express something less known, abstract, or even unknown, by something more familiar: for example, “A mighty fortress is our God.” A fortress alludes to one particular aspect of the Deity, seen from a definitely human perspective. The common quality that enables the metaphorical equation or comparison is the “ground” of the metaphor, here God’s strength and stability. Heschel depicts the “ground” of the biblical metaphor as a “hyphen between heaven and earth,” since it hints to what is ultimately real. The vehicle and tenor themselves remain incomplete representations of their referents, for they must emphasize, in order to intensify them, only certain characteristics. In this sense as well, Heschel avers that religious assertion functions as understatement, for the vehicle of language can never completely express the divine tenor.
Edward K. Kaplan, Holiness in Words: Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Poetics of Piety (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996), 10; hereafter HW.
“To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s (or thing’s) mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt.”
After a severe thunderstorm passed through our area last night, or more precisely during the wee hours of the morning, the backyard was a bit of a soggy mess.
Admittedly, I slept in due to the all the thunder that kept me awake most of the night, so the feeders and Goodie Bowls didn't get filled until around "brunch" time. I also spent some time picking up all the pinecones and small limbs, etc. before coming back inside.
Apparently, the storm had unsettled our backyard visitor's nerves, too, so they were in desperate need of a pick-me-up! No sooner had I grabbed my camera and gotten to a window, then the birdies and squirrels, like this one, had already shown up to fill their tummies.
Blooming bilberry. Taken in the forest, not far from the housing estate where I live :)
Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) is a species of shrub with edible fruit of blue color, more precisely called common bilberry or blue whortleberry. It is found natively in Europe, northern Asia, Greenland, Iceland, Western Canada, and the Western United States. It occurs in the wild on heathlands and acidic soils. Its berry has been long consumed in the Old World. It is related to the widely cultivated North American blueberry. The bilberry fruit is smaller than that of the blueberry and similar in taste. Bilberries are darker in colour, and usually appear near black with a slight shade of blue. While the blueberry's fruit pulp is light green, the bilberry's is red or purple, heavily staining the fingers and lips of consumers eating the raw fruit. Vaccinium myrtillus fruits has been used for nearly 1,000 years in traditional European medicine for treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract and diabetes. In cooking, the bilberry fruit is commonly used for the same purposes as the American blueberry such as pies, cakes, jams, muffins, cookies, sauces, syrups, juices, and candies.
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Kwitnące jagody. Pstryknięte w lesie niedaleko mojego osiedla :)
Borówka czarna (Vaccinium myrtillus) – gatunek rośliny wieloletniej z rodziny wrzosowatych. Ma wiele nazw zwyczajowych, m.in. jagoda, czarna jagoda, czernica. Roślina jest szeroko rozprzestrzeniona w Azji, Europie i Ameryce Północnej na obszarach o klimacie umiarkowanym i arktycznym. W Polsce jest pospolita zarówno na nizinach, jak i w górach. Jest wykorzystywana szeroko jako roślina jadalna i lecznicza. Znaczenie gospodarcze borówki czarnej pozostaje wysokie mimo silnej konkurencji znacznie bardziej plennych borówek północnoamerykańskich, których owoce mają uboższy skład chemiczny od czernicy. Owoce borówki czarnej były od dawna bardzo istotne dla Słowian i ludów północnej Europy. Używano jej owoców jako lekarstwa przy biegunkach i krwawej dyzenterii. Zastosowanie takie utrzymało się w lecznictwie ludowym, przy czym często zalecano je także w większych dawkach przeciw owsikom. Ponadto owoce borówki czarnej oferowane i spożywane są w postaci świeżej, suszonej, mrożonej oraz jako składnik przetworów takich jak dżemy, ciasta, soki oraz ciekłe lub sproszkowane koncentraty, będące suplementem diety. Przetwory z jagód wyróżniają się długą trwałością.
Clouds are more precisely described as stratified but at the risk of being booted I'm going to call them Stacked.
Myst: Cixi! This is not the way a pro SL photographer tilts a photo!
Cixi: Why? It is turned by precisely 90°.
Myst: Watch my glass of wine and your bottle.
Cixi: Ooooh my! How do you do that?
This guy was actually precisely on time for it's 5:10PM departure. Of course that made me come too late. This is an upgrade to the AC838/9 flight during the month of May, from B767 to A330.
I fully realize the wisdom of what you have to say about types of conscience and modes of conscience formation and malformation. You can well realize that I run into all kinds of difficulties and problems, precisely where an “authoritarian” conscience is allowed to have its way. It is pitiful to see the harm that can be done in potentially fine monks by the pettiness and formalism they can get into as a result of making their whole life depend entirely on the approval of another. (10.2.54 HGL 309)
-The Hidden Ground of Love: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns
After so boldly advertising to the world that I was out to become a saint, I find I am doing a pretty bum job of it. . . . But it certainly is a wonderful thing to wake up suddenly in the solitude of the woods and look up at the sky and see the utter nonsense of everything, including all the solemn stuff given out by professional asses about the spiritual life: and simply to burst out laughing, and laugh and laugh, with the sky and the trees because God is not in words, and not in systems, and not in liturgical movements, and not in “contemplation” with a big C, or in asceticism or in anything like that, not even in the apostolate. Certainly not in books. I can go on writing them, for all that, but one might as well make paper airplanes out of the whole lot. (9.18.58 HGL 17)
-The Hidden Ground of Love: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns
"To possess the world in the form of images is, precisely, to re-experience the unreality and remoteness of the the real." Susan Sontag, On Photography
Biwa, an esteemed Kara elder and charismatic leader, vogued this near-surreal pose during preparations for an evening communal dance in Korcho, a small settlement set high on the east bank of Ethiopia's lower Omo River.
Adorned with finger-painted white-chalk body markings and brass earrings. The ivory lip-button and clay hair bun with ostrich feather reflect a "culture of heroism" shared with other tribes in the region, one that glorifies and rewards individual acts of bravery for killing an enemy or a dangerous wild animal.
The dry savanna grasslands and iconic Acacia trees at the fringe of the settlement are indigenous to this remote region. The region is part of Ethiopia's Great Rift Valley that extends south through the Horn of Africa to Kenya and Tanzania. Shot near the end of a long dry season regularly exceeding 40°C in the shade.
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I’m not sure what this lady was doing, but she was doing it very slowly and very precisely (at first I thought she was on her phone but when I zoomed in it appeared not).
This image is the result of trying to produce an abstract image with red. I thought the other image fit the bill but I was asked for something a little more straight forward. So much for that idea, but I did shoot the sky and red thing (Ok strawberry cut in half) with the calipers on Saturday so that should count for something.
For The Sunday Challenge Group - Abstract w/Red.
And one very late cover for Sliders Sunday - Please forgive me Aurelia! HSS sort of!!
Not long ago they bloomed and now the fruits are already ripe and good to eat :)
Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) is a species of shrub with edible fruit of blue color, more precisely called common bilberry or blue whortleberry. It is found natively in Europe, northern Asia, Greenland, Iceland, Western Canada, and the Western United States. It occurs in the wild on heathlands and acidic soils. Its berry has been long consumed in the Old World. It is related to the widely cultivated North American blueberry. The bilberry fruit is smaller than that of the blueberry and similar in taste. Bilberries are darker in colour, and usually appear near black with a slight shade of blue. While the blueberry's fruit pulp is light green, the bilberry's is red or purple, heavily staining the fingers and lips of consumers eating the raw fruit. Vaccinium myrtillus fruits has been used for nearly 1,000 years in traditional European medicine for treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract and diabetes. In cooking, the bilberry fruit is commonly used for the same purposes as the American blueberry such as pies, cakes, jams, muffins, cookies, sauces, syrups, juices, and candies.
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Leśne jagódki. Dopiero co kwitły, a teraz już są dojrzałe i gotowe do zbierania :)
Borówka czarna (Vaccinium myrtillus) – gatunek rośliny wieloletniej z rodziny wrzosowatych. Ma wiele nazw zwyczajowych, m.in. jagoda, czarna jagoda, czernica. Roślina jest szeroko rozprzestrzeniona w Azji, Europie i Ameryce Północnej na obszarach o klimacie umiarkowanym i arktycznym. W Polsce jest pospolita zarówno na nizinach, jak i w górach. Jest wykorzystywana szeroko jako roślina jadalna i lecznicza. Znaczenie gospodarcze borówki czarnej pozostaje wysokie mimo silnej konkurencji znacznie bardziej plennych borówek północnoamerykańskich, których owoce mają uboższy skład chemiczny od czernicy. Owoce borówki czarnej były od dawna bardzo istotne dla Słowian i ludów północnej Europy. Używano jej owoców jako lekarstwa przy biegunkach i krwawej dyzenterii. Zastosowanie takie utrzymało się w lecznictwie ludowym, przy czym często zalecano je także w większych dawkach przeciw owsikom. Ponadto owoce borówki czarnej oferowane i spożywane są w postaci świeżej, suszonej, mrożonej oraz jako składnik przetworów takich jak dżemy, ciasta, soki oraz ciekłe lub sproszkowane koncentraty, będące suplementem diety. Przetwory z jagód wyróżniają się długą trwałością.
Service dog? Nah, you've got me confused. I'm a DISservice dog. Tug on that chain all you like, I'm not budging.
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A bit different from my usual blogging, I wanted to give a shout-out to a friend of mine who made a wonderful head for the most recent Abnormality round. Presenting the Woofer Head from BARK!
This bad boy is so expressive and chock-full of customization options, from togggle-able parts like eyelashes, fluff, blush and other similar features, to individually tweakable settings such as eye states, mouth states, and tongue positions!
If you're looking to give a new canine head a try and expand your furry parts wardrobe, then you should definitely take a peek at BARK's new head, among their many other great creations; you can find them all ☆HERE☆!
Also featured in this picture are:
The Wyld Woofer Piercings from [SMG], found ☆HERE☆
The Simuran mod for the Woofer head, by [FMC], will soon be up in their marketplace ☆HERE☆. Until it's put up for sale, please do consider browsing their other goods!
When the mailman does not arrive at precisely 2:24, I find myself worried something has happened to him or maybe, he has forgotten where I live?
By the way....the mailman arrived while I was taking this photo.....she had a good laugh.
Silence can create disturbance as much as a hasty or indecisive answer. . . . It is precisely because we are thrown into the apocalyptic battle that we are called upon to do the job of theologians. . . . Theology is called not only to judge [scientific unbelief] but to heal. We must penetrate into this world of doubt, of illusion and lies to reply to doubts as well as reproaches” (but not reply with complacent and ambiguous platitudes)! It must be the word of God lived in us.
-A course in Christian mysticism : thirteen sessions with the famous Trappist monk Thomas Merton / edited by Jon M. Sweeney.
As you know, you can tell the time by blowing away the seedheads - this dandelion head took 7 puffs, 7pm precisely
The telephoto lens is definitely the tool that allows me more flexibility, both photographically and artistically speaking. Precisely thanks to the possibility of choosing and isolating "details" of the landscape, without being forced to always capture everything, everything and... everything ;-)
Moreover, doing this on spotless snowy fields is a spectacle, and when the light collaborates, magic happens :-)
Other minimalist shots taken here and there on the Alps
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Ngliyep beach are on the edge of the Indian Ocean, precisely in the village Kedungsalam Donomulyo sub-district, 62 km from the south of the city of Malang.
Ngliyep beach is the beach with a natural beauty that is natural with a mix of steep cliffs and protected areas around the coast. Pristine white sand and the waves seemed to play on the sidelines of the cliffs make Ngliyep beach worth visiting.
A sunset from the island of La Palma and more precisely from the small town of El Remo.
A "pueblo" of fishermen that seems to come from the past.
Here, time has definitely another meaning and the rhythm of life
is marked by nature.
There are no shops to buy food or even boutiques to visit, but three kiosks
by the ocean, they fully satisfy the needs of the indigenous people and
the few tourists arrived here by mistake!
On Friday evening, then a big party ...
the bar in the center attacks the fryer and, with a few euros you can eat a
packet of "churros" and have a beer with friends!
On the small black sand beach in the center of the town, the few children have fun
inventing bloody battles on improbable vessels in the calm waters of the ocean,
filling your eyes with the beautiful nature and not with the usual pixels ...
Listen Moon - George Winston
The first news of which has its existence dates back to 978. Around the church of Sant Marti, as documented by the year 1088 began to wake up the first houses in this picturesque town that even today retains all its medieval charm.
Historically, work in the field was the main dedication of its people; particular importance was conreo of grapes, from the eighteenth century shifted more traditional forms of agriculture. This was a particularly arduous task given the characteristics of the mountainous terrain, settled in part by building jars at the foot of vineyards, which were used for the storage of must and grapes. Already into the nineteenth century, the phylloxera conditioned conreo and resulted in a significant decline in population. Another important task, until mid-twentieth century, was the development of charcoal, until such time as the electricity found their disappearance. Since then, its people were devoted to another kind of work in line with the changing times. It set up a textile factory in the early twentieth century, which was in operation until the year 1964. Logically, closing it was important socio-economic consequences on the lives of the people, determining the migration of population towards the industrial cities or to neighboring towns. Since then, the physiognomy of Mura se ha ido transforming into a large number of people with second homes, laying the groundwork for a tradition tourist potential. Precisely for the new work and revenue earned from tourism, was very relevant to the creation of the Natural Park Sant Llorenç del Munt i l'Obac, in 1972. Since then increased the number of tourists and visitors. Nobody is aware that, as in many other municipalities of Catalunya, tourism could ensure the future of the people so that asentare solidly its core population.
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The Minor Seminary of Pabré was founded in 2025, precisely 100 years ago. To the north of the current site, some of the original buildings' ruins remain. These have now almost completely disappeared due to erosion, as the buildings were constructed of earth.
Le Petit Séminaire de Pabré a été fondé en 2025, il y a tout juste 100 ans. Au nord du site actuel, il subsiste quelques ruines des premiers établissements. Celles-ci ont actuellement quasiment disparu sous l'effet de l'érosion, étant donné que les bâtiments avaient été construits en terre.
Street carnival, Inhambane, Mozambique.
"To possess the world in the form of images is, precisely, to re-experience the unreality and remoteness of the the real." Susan Sontag, On Photography
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More precisely the Alderney Race (Raz Blanchard in French), one of the strongest currents in Europe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alderney_Race
Alderney is visible in the background
Fou de Bassan - Morus Bassanus - Northern Gannet
Cap de la Hague, Auderville, Cotentin, Normandy, France
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.
As my backyard faces south, all i need to do is to place my phone on tripod, set on "star trails" setting for 1-2 hours at least.
The bold arcs on the right of the images were formed by the Southern Cross constellation which has guided generations of explorers in the southern oceans at night.
Nerdy Facts: I can work out the exact degrees of the arc by simple calculation of the length of exposure. It was 6398 seconds or about 1.777Hours. Divide this by 24 hour gives me a factor of 0.074 of 360 degrees. Which is 26.65 degrees precisely.
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.
Smile on Saturday: Open Day Theme
This is a picture of my dance school's annual show, and more precisely, a picture of my contemporary class. I wasn't able to dance this particular piece because it was extremely technical and it would have been impossible because of my ankle problems. (I did dance another piece with them, a very fun one, and it felt great.) Anyway, this piece started in the dark, stage lights off, and the dancers held lamps, their faces illuminated and then fading again in the darkness as they raised and lowered the lamps. They started in two circles, then formed lines and performed a very intricate and coordinated work, still in the dark. The effect was absolutely stunning.
Railways, stations and trains. The ornate eastern end of St Pancras station, or more precisely the former Midland Grand Hotel (now St Pancras Renaissance Hotel) in London, showing the substantial clock face.
Sir Gilbert Scott won the competition to design the hotel that the Midland Railway decided was required and created the ornate red brick Gothic building. Opened fully in April 1876, the hotel had many then innovative features, such as fireproof floors and hydraulic lifts, but the lack of bathrooms amongst other factors ended its hotel days in 1935.
From 1935 to 1980 it served as railway offices, this part of its life then coming to a close as it failed the then fire safety standards, perhaps ironic since fire safety features had made the hotel stand out in its early days.
Earlier than that, in the mid 1960s, closure of the station was being considered, as was demolition of the whole site, but Grade 1 Listing in 1967 concentrated minds on how it would be maintained for a long term future.
The hotel reopened as the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in 2011. By then the station was St Pancras International, Eurostar services having transferred here from London Waterloo in November 2007.
Handheld long exposure. More precisely, multiple regular exposures blended to give the effect of long exposure. I’ve found this still requires a fairly steady hand though or you can end up with blurred or heavily cropped pictures.
All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's
rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment - a little makes
the way of the best happiness.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
PHOTO:
Home decor by Hermès. Boutique "Votre Maison Paris",
Kikar Hamedina.Tel-Aviv. Taken 24 October, 2006.
(For more details, please, see my note on the photo above!)
I was rushing to use another lens and this was a too hurried picture at ISO 800, I have been trying to edit out the telegraph poles. Then the bins looked ready pictorially to be taken out. I have used new tools and I am precisely one cup of tea happy with the results. The tea was to this Britain person rather splendid. I would trust the telegraph pole-less and bins out version to further edit such as painted styles, pastel panels, graphic pen etched and pencil drawing treatments. This whole process did after the edits save from getting into the art supplies to create the painting style edit.
1. Set into a painting style edit
2. Bins out Telegraph Poles gone
3. Telegraph Poles gone bins present
4. Cove Harbour towards Torness Scotland
This is a Sony A7C with a 20mm lens f/8 for 30 seconds at ISO 800.
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Cove, Scottish Borders
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Cove Harbour
was bought by Benjamin Tindall in 1990 to save it from development. Cove is managed for the fishing, conserving its character and for the public.
Torness nuclear power station
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Torness power station
Torness is a nuclear power station on the east coast of Scotland, 33 miles east of Edinburgh. It is capable of supplying electricity to over 2 million UK homes.
I saw my first Corncrake on South Uist in May 1985 and I have seen precisely thirteen birds in Britain in total (plus a couple abroad), though I have heard many more. By the way, six of the thirteen sightings were on Iona this spring, which is where I photographed this bird trying to hide in short grass. They used to be a familiar sound throughout Britain and were even heard regularly on the London Commons in the nineteenth century. You might think that in the days when they were much commoner they would be seen more frequently, but they always seem to have been elusive. John Clare (1793-1864), the Northamptonshire poet, was a patient and careful observer of wildlife. He wrote I believe the habits of the land rail are little known. I know but little of them myself. Where is the school boy that has not heard that mysterious noise which comes with the spring in the grass and green corn? I have followed it for hours and all to no purpose. It seemed like a spirit that mocked my folly in running after it.
It is still well-known among birdwatchers that you should never pursue a Corncrake in its field as it just sends it deeper into cover, which seems to be what John Clare discovered for himself two hundred years ago. The Corncrake in this photograph just sat motionless, watching me, trying to hide in short grass on Iona.
In splendid Galicia and more precisely on the paths traveled by many pilgrims, near Camarines, the Cabo Vilan lighthouse is located.The Cabo Vilán lighthouse signals one of the most dangerous stretches of the Costa da Morte: it is located at 125 m above sea level on a rocky promontory with vertiginous cliffs ending in a point facing an islet called Vilán di Fóra.
The general term ice age or, more precisely, "glacial age" denotes a geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in an expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. There have been at least four major ice ages in the Earth's past. Outside these periods, the Earth seems to have been ice-free even in high latitudes. There is evidence that greenhouse gas levels fell at the start of ice ages and rose during the retreat of the ice sheets, but it is difficult to establish cause and effect (see the notes above on the role of weathering). Greenhouse gas levels may also have been affected by other factors which have been proposed as causes of ice ages, such as the movement of continents and vulcanism. Although the last glacial period ended more than 8,000 years ago, its effects can still be felt today. For example, the moving ice carved out landscape in Canada, Greenland, northern Eurasia and Antarctica. The erratic boulders, till, drumlins, eskers, fjords, kettle lakes, moraines, cirques, horns, etc., are typical features left behind by the glaciers.
Photo of hummocks taken at the IJsselmeer (IJmeer) near Amsterdam. A hummock is a boss or rounded knoll of ice rising above the general level of an ice-field, Hummocky ice is caused by slow and unequal pressure in the main body of the packed ice, and by unequal structure and temperature at a later period.
Een ijstijd of glaciatie is een geologisch tijdvak waarin ijskappen voorkomen. In het Engels wordt dit een periode van ice-house genoemd, als tegenhanger van een ijskaploze periode, de greenhouse ("broeikas"). Aangezien er gletsjers liggen op bijvoorbeeld Groenland of Antarctica, leven we tegenwoordig in een ijstijd. Men neemt aan dat dit in de gehele geologische geschiedenis van de Aarde minstens vijfmaal het geval is geweest, waarvan eenmaal zelfs zo sterk dat de ijskappen van de polen vrijwel tot aan de evenaar waren opgerukt. Ook zijn er periodes dat er aanzienlijke opwarming optrad waarbij die ijskappen grotendeels waren weggesmolten. Het klimaat op Aarde wordt beïnvloed door vele factoren, zoals de intensiteit van de zonnestraling, de ligging van de continenten, de continentverplaatsingen, vulkanisme, de zeestromen, de bedekking van het land door vegetatie, het weerkaatsingsvermogen van het aardoppervlak en vele kleine andere factoren. Met behulp van klimaatmodellen wordt door wetenschappers een reconstructie van het klimaat en de klimaatveranderingen in het verleden gemaakt. Alhoewel er een zekere consensus bestaat onder wetenschappers, zijn er nog vele onzekerheden en tegenstrijdigheden in dit onderzoek.
Hierboven een foto van kruiend ijs. Zoetwatermeren kunnen spectaculair bevriezen. Grotere meren zoals het IJsselmeer (IJmeer) hierboven hebben bijna altijd wel golven, en dit werkt directe bevriezing van het wateroppervlak tegen. Eerst vormen zich kleine ijsschotsen, die naar de kust drijven onder invloed van de wind. Deze schotsen vormen zo een ijsveld op het water dat de golven dempt, en uiteindelijk vriezen alle schotsen aan elkaar vast tot een massa. Voordat dit gebeurt schuren de schotsen voortdurend langs elkaar heen en schrapen zo stukjes ijs van elkaar af; elke schots krijgt zo een witte rand. Zulk ijs is dus totaal niet geschikt om op te schaatsen. Wanneer grotere delen van het meer bevriezen beginnen de platen, die soms een paar vierkante kilometer groot zijn, langzaam tegen elkaar te bewegen onder invloed van de wind en stroming. Dit heeft kruiend ijs tot gevolg: de ijsschotsen worden met kracht gebroken en op elkaar gestapeld langs de dijken langs het meer. Dit hoeft niet alleen bij dun ijs te gebeuren; soms kruit het ijs bij een dikte van meer dan 20 cm. De stapels ijs worden dan hoog, en het geluid is oorverdovend.
I flew to Hokkaido, the north end island in Japan last weekend. Weather forecast was various, but I trusted the best one. It was cloudy there, when I reached. It got clear once, and I could put my equipment precisely and completed alignment with some objects. Clouds and snow came, and the ground got covered with fresh snow soon. It was beautiful, but stars or moon got invisible. I could cover the equipment and slept in rental Toyota Prius for hours.
I woke up around 3:30am. Some stars were visible toward northwest, though snow was still falling. Sky changed clear soon, and I could begin imaging of the object in the northeast. There came snow flakes blown by strong wind over the equipment. Some longer frames were influenced. The sky was far darker than what we see around Mt.Fuji. Ion tail was visible clearly on frames. I was lucky.
The comet was drifting slowly toward northeast in Serpens near the border between Corona Borealis. Dust coma was small and round. Dust tail was widely spread toward northeast bending toward east. Bluish green ion halo was also round and beautifl. Ion tail was long and straight toward north northwest beyond the edge of the frame. North is up, and east is to the left.
Sun Distance: 1.285AU
Earth Distance: 1.704AU
The comet taken in Asagiri near Mt.Fuji on November 26, 2022 with the same equipment and presented in the same scale:
www.flickr.com/photos/hiroc/52529366969
The comet taken in Tumagoi Gunma on October 20, 2022 with the same equipment and presented in the same scale:
www.flickr.com/photos/hiroc/52442756492
equipment: AstroPhysics 130GTX "Granturismo," Field Flattener at f/6.7 focal length 873mm, 22.1mm Spacer, EOS Adapter, Kipon EOS-EOS R adapter, and Canon EOS R-SP4II, modified by Seo-san on ZWO AM5 Equatorial Mount, auto guided at a star nearby with Fujinon 1:2.8/75mm C-Mount Lens, Pentax x2 Extender, ZWO ASI 120MM-mini, GPUSB, and PHD2 Guiding with comet tracking on
We can separate the OTA into two parts and carry them easily as carry-on baggage in TUMI alpha 3 four wheeled garment carry-on, which I have purchased to carry Takahashi FSQ-130ED as carry-on baggage. Total weight was around 18kg in both OTAs.
ASTRO-PHYSICS StarFire 130mm f6.3 GTX "Gran Turismo"
Toyota Prius worked as electric power source. It was enough.
exposure: 2 times x 1,020 seconds, 3 x 480 sec, 3 x 240sec, and 5 x 60 seconds at ISO 3,200 and f/6.7 focal length 873mm
The first exposure started at 19:06:04UTC December 3, 2022. The object was yet low at the beginning of imaging, 13.6 degrees above horizon in the northeast in the morning sky.
site: 471m above sea level at lat. 43 41 16 North and long. 144 22 46 East in Mt. Mokoto Outlook Parking near Lake Kussyaro in Hokkaido 北海道 屈斜路湖畔 藻琴山展望公園. Ambient temperature was around -3 degrees Celsius or 26 degrees Fahrenheit. Wind was mild. SQML reached 21.45. Seeing was bad, and guide error RMS was around 2" at the low elevation in the sky as you see the bloated stars on the frame.
Here is a frame of the site taken during the imaging:
www.flickr.com/photos/hiroc/52548474310
and after the imaging:
[Eng. ~~ Esp.]
Xevi Casas' gallery (see also in 500px) is a no brainer. Good composition, extremely careful edition and a gift for portraits, just get in and enjoy. But Xevi's photography is, above all, future and permanent evolution. Can you imagine a really artistic street photography? You got it, he's getting into it, and he won't let you down. But things have never been easy for him, and this is precisely at the heart of his unbreakable hope and his will to dream, to explore and to evolve, nuances I've tried to capture in this portrait. You might also want to visit Namina's website. Namina is a promising voice, a warm style, nicely captured in Xevi's portraits. I warmly and honestly wish a great great future to both of them.
BTW here is Xevi's interpretation of myself! (Terrific Xevi... Thank you so much!)
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La galería de Xevi Casas (ver también en 500px) es una apuesta segura. Buena composición, una edición extremadamente cuidada, y un don para el retrato, simplemente entra y disfrútala. Pero la fotografía de Xevi es, sobre todo, futuro y evolución permanente. ¿Puedes imaginar una fotografía de calle realmente artística? Acertaste, está en ello, y no te va a defraudar. Pero las cosas nunca han sido fáciles para él, y esto está precisamente en el centro de su esperanza inquebrantable y de su voluntad de soñar, explorar y evolucionar, matices que he tratado de captar en su retrato. También puede que quieras visitar la web de Namina. Namina es una voz prometedora, un estilo cálido, bellamente captado en los retratos de Xevi. Sincera y afectuosamente, les deseo a ambos un fantástico futuro!
Por cierto, aquí está la interpretación que Xevi hace de mí mismo (tremendo Xevi, gracias)