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The frozen lake was a good prerequisite to refurbish this platform during winter time. All we need now is summer and the swimmers will come again.
Wow, what a Christmas this year! We’ve not put up a tree in a hot minute. We both decided that it was too much time and trouble putting up a tree. Why should we? We’re childless and we have no nieces or nephews. My mom is gone and my dad’s…well, he’s just dad who thinks he’s my creator. At least he didn’t send me more broken cameras! That was a smack in the face, last year. We have company so it was a prerequisite for her. There’s three of us and all the gifts under the tree are all from her. I have not wrapped anything yet.
Surrendering time to the ensuing morning Märztag breeze
it's ambience exudes itself beyond catagorisation
it's language speaks by light and shadow
a foretaste of the reflected déjà vu from past months
telling the priceless peerage of continuous season
interlocking is the pedigree of Nature's ascent
to the throne we crown with our today's and tomorrow's
learning from the errors of our infected pulmonic yesterdays
a good morning cough to clear the phlegm of bacterial falsehoods
the germ of human's disportment forever the infection
of a being so very gifted and yet so terribly arrogant
perplexing naïvety is nauseous for generations constant bemoaning
what is the prerequisite for living in today's world?
and more to the point, who on earth can answer this?
two words abound with so few signs of the genuineness
'free' and 'love' are in demand, but increasingly hard to trace
shallow is the love from the heart of our supposed politicians
choice is no longer free from the implied "society" formulated
by think-tanks firing on all cylinders and missing every target
the gentle style of cultured existence seeks it's own path
and should be allowed to mellow with age, in peace
to degrade and degenerate a whole swathe of human emotion,
that was built on trust, belief in human spirit and understanding,
is to utterly negate our right to coexist on this planet
with nature's children in our midst, the followers of instinct
may teach us so much that has been hitherto hard to swallow
the birdsong you take for granted spells life for another granted day
our nonfeasance in the wake of wilful plunder and toxication
in the name of corporate gain, or globalisation..a byword for slavery
of every living being that must choke in retreating freedoms of purity
respire is the first lesson in life, yet, how we wish to undo such a gift
now, again, regimes resorb each and every one's right to the basics of living
a sickening parasite at the top of a pile of it's own victims
related by genes yet to the death we fight for the power of printed paper
forged into our makeup is a hiccup of modernism in urgent need of a shake-up
tantamount to evil are our leaders beguiling a rendition of atrocities of yore
can we not wake and grow up, for we are the lowest of the low in nature's rank
and file for a divorce of duty in our negation of one very splendid planet
we, we, we heed the lighthouse's warning, yet run aground we have
shipwrecked again, the poor must salvage what was theirs by rights
stolen over generations and squandered over markets, the gold of heart
irreplaceable is the spirit that brings us together...so, a plea, please hear me
never undervalue a soul of little obvious material wealth,
for they hold the key to the Earth's primary reserves and treasures,
they are the inspiration, the survivors, the winners of tomorrow
they are the credence in the face of adversity
they know no greed for materials or calorie control
they could be you and me...if only...if only we could see.
by anglia24
11h00: 01/03/2008
©2008anglia24
Ein rauer, herausfordernd schwieriger Wanderweg entlang einer zerklüfteten Küste. Gute Schuhe, Trittsicherheit und Kondition sind Voraussetzung diesen Pfad zu meistern. Atemberaubende Ausblicke auf den Atlantik auf hoch aufstiebende Wellen, die sich an der Felsenwand brechen und ohne Unterbrechung rauscht und donnert das Meer.
Una ruta de senderismo accidentada y difícil a lo largo de una costa escarpada. Buen calzado, seguridad y buena forma física son requisitos indispensables para dominar este sendero. Impresionantes vistas del océano Atlántico, con las olas rompiendo en lo alto y rompiendo en la pared rocosa y el mar rugiendo y atronando sin interrupción.
A rugged, challengingly difficult hiking trail along a rugged coastline. Good shoes, sure-footedness and fitness are prerequisites for mastering this trail. Breathtaking views of the Atlantic Ocean, with waves crashing high and breaking on the rock face and the sea roaring and thundering without interruption.
As the class 43 locomotives of BDZ currently are operating only freight services, this is a prerequisite for their appearance not to be the best. Therefore, catching a shiny Fighter (as the 43 series locomotives are called by trainspotters) is rather an exception. In this case, however, I was lucky enough to witness not one, but two good-looking Fighters in a perfect lighting! The photo shows the recently overhauled 43 511 and 43 307 ahead of an international freight train. The train is heavy, and the ascent to Vakarel station is one of the steepest, so there was another helper locomotive at the back of the train - 43 531. The photo was taken on 23 May 2020 near by Vakarel station.
This train and many more can be seen in this trainspotting compilation:
The joy you experience does not take anything away from anyone else. Rather, it provides you with more positive value that can be shared with others. The more joy you find in the good and positive things in life, the less time and energy you give to the negative, destructive influences. See each situation as an opportunity to experience genuine enjoyment, and such a perspective will focus your attention on the value that is there to be gained or created.
When you enjoy something, you'll naturally be better at it, and better able to make your own unique contribution. It is in those things you sincerely enjoy the most that you will find true success and effectiveness.
Happiness has no prerequisites, no conditions which must first be met, really no requirements at all. Experiencing happiness does not in any way deplete it, but increases the supply of it.
Stop waiting for happiness to come to you and start letting it come from you. And there will always be more than enough to go around.
Take a little walk around the fields of pea in the evening around the curves of river Kunhar at Jalkhad. Enjoy the glow of clouds at sunset and the small trails of smoke coming out of the local huts.... There is a sense of beatitude, blessedness and euphoria in the air of wonderful paradise called Jalkhad.
My nephew, his wife and baby Ireland are here visiting. The SpooCrew and friends have never been around a baby. The dogs are fascinated with her........and have found they have some Things in common.
1) They like picking stuff up off the floor and eating it.
2)They like chewing on their toys.
3) A nap is prerequisite before attempting any activity.
4) There is nothing like looking out the front door and wondering what it would be like to run free and explore wherever you wanted to............
(I know the computer case and the box are a major distraction........but it is my life...as I am capturing it)
Borghetto sul MIncio is a very small, pictoresque, lovely village on the Mincio shore. A small dam provides the water necessary for feeding some old watermills.
Borghetto is one of "The Most Beautiful Villages in Italy".
Admission to the "The Most Beautiful Villages in Italy" Club requires the meeting of a number of prerequisites, both structural, such as the architectonic harmony of the urban fabric and the quality of the public and private building heritage, and general, regarding the quality of life in the village in terms of activities and services for the people.
Borghetto is just a handful of houses, an ancient village of mills in complete symbiosis with its river. A river idyll, with the three ancient mills that seem to rise out of the water.
Many thanks to everyone who will pass by visiting my shots. Comments are appreciated. You are welcome. Sergio
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Lower temperatures have reached the residents living in "The Edge", transforming the surrounding foliage into a colorful jumble of yellow and orange. The last harvest is collected and many workers and livestock can breathe a sigh of relief, albeit for just a moment. Some of the crops are kept for the winter while others are to be traded or sold.
Since movement of both people and wares are expensive and time-consuming, the folks of the neighborhood "The Reach" have found other solutions. They have tamed a wide variety of birds for different purposes, allowing the people to practically supervise the whole operation from the cliff. Smaller birds carry letters in traditional manner, while others can water crops and even carry crops from the fields below. The largest creatures have capacity to carry both people and heavy packages with goods simultaneously, playing a key role in the annual Fall trade festival down at ground level.
A prerequisite for strong workers is nutritious food. The main dish for the bewinged friends consists of salmon, prepared in different ways for different seasons. Most of the fish are caught in the Fall during the Salmon run, and the majority is dried to last during the Winter and Spring. The only way to reach good fishing spots is to climb the Scale Wall, resembling fish scales.
The extended reach of these clever villagers have finally let them thrive after years of hard work and recovery. A large pack of robbers swept through their old village, an event popularly known as "The Great Purge". Burning almost everything and everyone in their path, the few survivors had to start from scratch.
The wealthy Landgrave Bartelot have it all under control now though. Last Winter, after years of saving, he bought a Phantom Dragon from the reputable store on The Top. This respectful creature can carry more goods than any other tame dragon. A seemingly disadvantage is that it can't operate for long in daylight because of a very sensitive skin. The upside is that Bartelot rides it in secret at night. Since the business runs smooth, time for pleasure has occured, and a lot of "shady activities" take place during the darkest hours...
Built for the "Through the Seasons" team collab category of the 2021 Summer Joust contest.
WINTER (Josh)
SPRING (Ted)
SUMMER(Dan)
AUTUMN/FALL (this photo, me)
Editing and logo by Dan Ko
UNDERGROWTH. Prerequisite layer of tape and running inks, followed by: Tissue cutouts, Torn pieces off a pen testing roll from the stationer's, posca, watercolour
One of the problems with photography is that when you are creating your art, you have to be physically in the presence of the subject. This isn't true with writing.
If I wanted to write of some east coast town, I could simply do so. Granted, it might help to have been there before, but once that prerequisite is met, I have all the time in the world till my memory fades to get it all down.
But if I wanted to photograph this east coast town, I not only have to be there while doing it, I have to carry whatever tools I'm using to do so.
And then I must consider the lighting, the angle, the focus. It's not as simple as "capturing it all" as you might with the pen.
This is typically not much of a problem for most photographers. We're often told to always carry a camera and to photograph your daily life. And for most that is wonderful advice.
But that's not how I photograph.
I don't carry a camera as part of my daily travels. I don't carry one to work, the grocery store, the post office, the record store. When I talk a walk around the neighborhood, I leave my camera at home.
And when I'm at home, I'm not setting up shots to capture my apartment. I don't even think of it. Likewise when I'm at work.
Calling yourself a "travel photographer" fills the air with some National Geographic longing. Picture me in a pith helmet, treading through jungles and the Sahara!
But I am a travel photographer. My inspiration doesn't live with me. Nearly every photo I've shot for the past however long has been outside of my city. I just don't feel inspired by where I live. It's not what I'm interested in creating.
This isn't a rule (why have those?). I have photographed Seattle quite a bit and have enjoyed it thoroughly. But it's not what I think of when I daydream photography. It is not important. What I have to say has little to do with my own home. And yet, what I photograph has everything to do with home.
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'Reiterations'
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Film: ORWO UN54 (Lomo Potsdam)
Process: HC-110 H (1+63); 7.5min
Pennsylvania
July 2024
Size: Length: 58-71cm (22.8-28")
Weight: Female 2280-4200g (80.4-158oz) Male 1620-3000g (57.1-105.8oz)
Average Wing Length (one wing only): Female 47.8cm (18.8") Male 44.8cm (17.6")
Habits: Active mainly at dusk to dawn. Flight is noiseless, with soft wingbeats interrupted by gliding when flying over long distance. Will sometimes soar.
Voice: A deep, monotonous "oohu-oohu-oohu". The female's call is slightly higher than the male's. When threatened, they may bark and growl.
Hunting & Food: Eagle Owls have various hunting techniques, and will take prey on the ground or in full flight. They may hunt in forests, but prefer open spaces.
Eagle Owls will eat almost anything the moves - from beetles to roe deer fawns. The major part of their diet consists of mammals (Voles, rats, mice, foxes, hares etc...), but birds of all kinds are also taken, including crows, ducks, grouse, seabirds, and even other birds of prey (including other owls). Other prey taken include snakes, lizards, frogs, fish, and crabs.
The most common type of prey depends largely on relative availability, but are usually voles and rats. In some coastal areas, they have been known to feed mainly on ducks and seabirds.
Pellets are somewhat compressed, irregularly cylindrical or conical shaped, averaging about 75 x 32 mm (3 x 1.25").
Breeding: The Male and Female duet during courtship, the Male advertising potential breeding sites by scratching a shallow depression at the site and emitting staccato notes and clucking sounds. Favoured nest sites are sheltered cliff ledges, crevices between rocks and cave entrances in cliffs. They will also use abandoned nests of other large birds. If no such sites are available, they may nest on the ground between rocks, under fallen trunks, under a bush, or even at the base of a tree trunk. No nesting material is added. Often several potential depressions are offered to the female, who selects one; this is quite often used again in subsequent years. Very often pairs for life. They are territorial, but territories of neighbouring pairs may partly overlap.
Laying generally begins in late winter, sometimes later. One clutch per year of 1-4 white eggs are laid, measuring 56-73mm x 44.2- 53mm (2.2- 2.9" x 1.7- 2.1") and weighing 75- 80g (2.6- 2.8oz). They are normally laid at 3 days intervals and are incubated by the female alone, starting from the first egg, for 31-36 days. During this time, she is fed at the nest by her mate.
Once hatched, the young are brooded for about 2 weeks; the female stays with them at the nest for 4-5 weeks. For the first 2-3 weeks the male brings food to the nest or deposits it nearby, and the female feeds small pieces the young. At 3 weeks the chicks start to feed themselves and begin to swallow smaller items whole. At 5 weeks the young walk around the nesting area, and at 52 days are able to fly a few metres. They may leave ground nests as early as 22-25 days old, while elevated nests are left at an age of 5-7 weeks.
Fledged young are cared for by both parents for about 20-24 weeks. They become independent between September and November in Europe, and leave the parents' territory (or are driven out by them). At this time the male begins to sing again and inspect potential future nesting sites.
Young reach maturity in the following year, but normally breed when 2-3 years old.
Mortality: Eurasian or Bengal Eagle Owls may live more than 60 years in captivity. In the wild, about 20 years may be the maximum. They have no real natural enemies; electrocution, collision with traffic, and shooting are the main causes of death.
Habitat: Eagle Owls occupy a variety of habitats, from coniferous forests to warm deserts. Rocky landscapes are often favoured. Adequate food supply and nesting sites seem to be the most important prerequisites.
Distribution: North Africa, Europe, Asia, Middle East.
Germany, Hamburg, … final destination, …the "Elbbrücken" metro station, Elbe bridges station, near the three railway & road bridges called "Elbbrücken" leading over the River-North-Elbe. The metro station consists of two elevated tracks & platforms, opened December 2018 & connected by interlinked skywalk for the Hamburg S-Bahn commuter trains also with two tracks & platforms. The station is the terminus of the U4 line of the metro & will be a new stop for two S-Bahn, commuter trains lines. It was built to facilitate a better accessibility for the new HafenCity quarters of Hamburg from the south.
The curved arches of the futuristic glass roof with 1200 glass panes of 250 kg each & a height of up to almost 16 mtr, the station offers its passengers & visitors a lot of light, wide & many views towards the harbour, the city & the new city quarters, because being located right on the water, the station has an integrated viewing platform. The platform hall is built in a north-south orientation, thus providing the technical prerequisite for an extension of the U4 over the river on the "Kleine Grasbrook" & additional connections.
Due to problems during construction works the opening of the S-Bahn stop, originally planned together with the metro station, has been delayed by estimated 12 to 18 month. Holes for the foundation could not be drilled as planned for the apparent reason that drilling machines partly were confronted by resistance at 10 mtr below the surface. The price tag for the U-Bahn section was lower than projected, down from 178 million Euro to 145 million, including the tracks from the previous station HafenCity Universidad, the cost for the S-Bahn stop is anticipated to rise from 43 to about 60 million Euro.
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Durch ein Youtube-Video von Chris Kaula inspiriert, habe ich das Setting gesucht, welches mir ermöglicht, auch Fotos mit Bubbles zu fotografieren. Unruhiges Wasser, volle Sonne und Gegenlicht sind die Voraussetzungen. Und dann noch mein Wunschobjekt die Libelle.
Banded damselfly
Inspired by a video by Chris Kaula, I looked for a setting that would allow me to take photos with bubbles. Turbulent water, full sun and backlight are the prerequisites. And then there's my favourite subject, the dragonfly.
A display of roasted and salted pistachios.
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The scene was illuminated by two Nikon SB900 speedlights positioned 80° CL/CR, two-feet above and three-feet away from the subject. The speedlights were fired in Manual mode @ 1⁄32 +0.7EV power through two Neewer 24" x 24" soft boxes.
The SB900's were triggered by three PocketWizard Plus X's.
Lens: Tokina AT - X M100 AF PRO D (AF 100mm f / 2.8 Macro).
Germany, Hamburg, the "Elbbrücken" metro station, Elbe bridges station, near the three railway & road bridges called "Elbbrücken" leading over the River-North-Elbe. The metro station consists of two elevated tracks & platforms, opened December 2018 & connected by interlinked skywalk for the Hamburg S-Bahn commuter trains also with two tracks & platforms. The station is the terminus of the U4 line of the metro & will be a new stop for two S-Bahn, commuter trains lines. It was built to facilitate a better accessibility for the new HafenCity quarters of Hamburg from the south.
The curved arches of the futuristic glass roof with 1200 glass panes of 250 kg each & a height of up to almost 16 mtr, the station offers its passengers & visitors a lot of light, wide & many views towards the harbour, the city & the new city quarters, because being located right on the water, the station has an integrated viewing platform. The platform hall is built in a north-south orientation, thus providing the technical prerequisite for an extension of the U4 over the river on the "Kleine Grasbrook" & additional connections.
Due to problems during construction works the opening of the S-Bahn stop, originally planned together with the metro station, has been delayed by estimated 12 to 18 month. Holes for the foundation could not be drilled as planned for the apparent reason that drilling machines partly were confronted by resistance at 10 mtr below the surface. The price tag for the U-Bahn section was lower than projected, down from 178 million Euro to 145 million, including the tracks from the previous station HafenCity Universidad, the cost for the S-Bahn stop is anticipated to rise from 43 to about 60 million Euro.
👉 One World one Dream,
...Danke, Xièxie 谢谢, Thanks, Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Obrigado, Arigatô, Dhanyavad, Chokrane to you & over
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Ara dels sacrificis. (Sant Sebastia de la Guarda). Llafranc, Palafrugell. Costa Brava. Spain.
An amorphous basin with two lips on top of a monolithic stack. I did not measure, but the stone is around 2m high. Here, one of the lips out from the basin can be clearly seen.
The certain element to the term 'sacrificial stone' is that it was a stigma favored in the Medieval. Here there is no obvious pole hole for attaching an animal which would largely disappear from view within the deep basin. A podium for a pyre and basins for water ceremonies are alternatives, bearing in mind that one site can change its function with date. The interior basin is currently rounded by weathering. It might be interesting to see how much a stone can change over - let's say, 500 years.
Similar stones have been reported as having late neolithic origin, with others pointing to the iron age. Just such a stone asks for attention with attention being a prerequisite for ritual and gathering.
Vestiges of an Iberian village can be found withing a short walk.
AJ
Excerpt from ateneum.fi:
The Ateneum is the home of Finnish art and part of the Finnish National Gallery. Our collection includes more than 20,000 national treasures; works of art that we all own together. We have art dating from the 19th century to modern.
The Neo-Renaissance Ateneum building, designed by the architect Theodor Höijer, was completed in 1887. It opened to the public on 13 October 1888. The sculptural decorations on the main facade of the Ateneum building form a visual narrative that is all about equality and harmony between the visual arts and the applied arts. Another key theme is the connection of Finnish art and architecture to the tradition of Western art.
The name Ateneum refers to the Greek goddess, Pallas Athena, who was the goddess of knowledge and wisdom and the protectress of the state. Ateneum means the temple or shrine of Athena.
The Ateneum Art Museum offers access to Finland’s oldest and largest collection of art. The building itself is an experience. The building, designed by the architect Theodor Höijer, was inaugurated in November 1887, but the foundations for the Ateneum art collection and museum activities had been laid decades earlier. The aim of the Finnish Art Society, which was founded in 1846, was to establish the prerequisites for art in Finland: art education and exhibition activities.
The construction project, dubbed as ‘a million-markka palace’, generated interest, but also opposition. The plan was based on the idea of Carl Gustaf Estlander, a professor of aesthetics, for a single house of the arts in which the visual arts and the applied arts would thrive side by side. Indeed, the Ateneum building initially housed the collection and drawing school of the Finnish Art Society, as well as the collection and school of the Finnish Society of Crafts and Design.
The art schools were among the most modern in Europe: from the outset, the doors were open to both female and male students. Many of Finland’s prominent artists and designers studied at the Ateneum until the 1980s. Since 1991, the Ateneum has served exclusively as an art museum. The drawing school of the Finnish Art Society is now the Academy of Fine Arts and part of the University of the Arts Helsinki. The museum of the applied arts is now the Design Museum, and the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture offers education in the field.
Today, the Ateneum is an internationally renowned and recognised art museum, and its collections and exhibitions attract hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. It is part of the Finnish National Gallery, whose art collection is part of our shared national heritage. The Finnish National Gallery comprises the Ateneum Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, and the Sinebrychoff Art Museum.
If you would like to view more of my images of insects, please click "here"
For those wishing to see what this caterpillar looks like, after turning into a moth, please look "here"
I'm most grateful to all those who identified this caterpillar.
Deilephila Elpenor, known as the Elephant Hawk-moth, is a large moth of the family Sphingidae The species is found throughout Britain and Ireland. Its range extends across Europe, Russia, and into China, northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, Japan and Korea (though not Taiwan). Introduced specimens have been found in British Columbia. In most of their range, the adults are seen from May to July and the caterpillars from July to September, when they pupate. However, in some parts of the Mediterranean and China the adults may be seen from April on, sometimes having two broods in a year. The larva is about 75 millimetres (3.0 in) long, green and brown in colour. Like most hawk moth caterpillars, they have a backward curving spine or "horn" on the final abdominal segment. The anterior of the caterpillar appears to have the shape of a trunk-like snout. It is this elephant look, rather than its large size, that gives the moth its name. When startled, the caterpillar draws its trunk into its foremost body segment. This posture resembles a snake with a large head and four large eye-like patches. Caterpillars are preyed upon by birds, but these shy away (at least for some time) from caterpillars in "snake" pose. It is not known whether the birds take the caterpillar to actually resemble a snake, or are frightened by the sudden change of a familiar prey item into an unusual and boldly-patterned shape. The preferred food plants of the caterpillar are willowherb (Epilobium) and bedstraw (Galium), though it will also take fuchsias. The moth typically has a wing span of 50–70 mm (2.0–2.8 in). The upper side ground colour of head, thorax and abdomen is khaki, excepting the pink inner edges and median line of the tegulae, posterior margin of thorax, base of abdomen, abdominal median line and terminal abdominal segments. The upper side of forewing is also khaki, except the pink costa, a pink narrow, median band extending from the inner margin to Medial vein 3, a pink and narrow postmedian band which extends from the inner margin to the apex, and a pink marginal band.The basal half of the hindwing upperside is black, distal half pink (the distal edge of black area is almost straight and parallel to the outer margin). f. unicolor Tutt, has no pink coloration on the forewing
The imago (adult) feeds at night, and often takes nectar from garden plants like Honeysuckles (Lonicera) and petunias, so it is quite often seen in urban settings in the evening. It is spectacularly coloured, seeming to shimmer with green and red when in motion. The adult moths are eaten by some species of bats. This species possesses good night or scotopic vision. Its eye includes two different kinds of ommatidium; each contains nine light sensitive cells, of which seven contain a pigment whose absorption spectrum peaks in the green part of the spectrum, but in one type the remaining two receptors have peak absorption in the blue and in the other type they have peak reception in the ultra violet. The moth therefore has the cellular prerequisites for trichromatic colour vision. Adults have been shown to be capable of making colour discriminations at night-time levels of illumination, and they sustain these discriminations despite changes in the spectral content of the incident light; that is, they show colour constancy. Two subspecies, Deilephila elpenor elpenor and Deilephila elpenor lewisii, were recognised in the past, but they are no longer regarded as well distinguished. Similarly the subspecies Deilephila elpenor szechuana is now thought to be a synonym for Deilephila elpenor elpenor. The subspecies Deilephila elpenor macromera, found in southern China, northern India, Bhutan and Myanmar, is still regarded as distinct.
The related species, the small elephant hawk-moth Deilephila porcellus and Chitral elephant hawk-moth Deilephila rivularis are similar but smaller and less colourful.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ein rauer, herausfordernd schwieriger Wanderweg entlang einer zerklüfteten Küste. Gute Schuhe, Trittsicherheit und Kondition sind Voraussetzung diesen Pfad zu meistern. Atemberaubende Ausblicke auf den Atlantik auf hoch aufstiebende Wellen, die sich an der Felsenwand brechen und ohne Unterbrechung rauscht und donnert das Meer.
Una ruta de senderismo accidentada y difícil a lo largo de una costa escarpada. Buen calzado, seguridad y buena forma física son requisitos indispensables para dominar este sendero. Impresionantes vistas del océano Atlántico, con las olas rompiendo en lo alto y rompiendo en la pared rocosa y el mar rugiendo y atronando sin interrupción.
A rugged, challengingly difficult hiking trail along a rugged coastline. Good shoes, sure-footedness and fitness are prerequisites for mastering this trail. Breathtaking views of the Atlantic Ocean, with waves crashing high and breaking on the rock face and the sea roaring and thundering without interruption.
Only two days the sun will be exactly in this position one year.
Prerequisite for more better visibility and weather for shooting.
宜蘭.永鎮.Taiwan.
這季節一直拍不到好看的太陽...常常...貢龜.^^
The sparrow project is an attempt to improve my bird story telling along with honing eye hand/AF coordination skills using a common subject readily available. The subjects must be in motion as a prerequisite since shooting ducks in a barrel is just no sport at all.
I was spurred into the project due to my complete dissatisfaction of prior attempts while on a trip to Tanzania. Learning the delicate balance between shutter speed, proper long lens techniques, iso settings and AF modes is a challenge for something just slightly slower than a speeding bullet.
This will be ongoing to support my next African adventure later this year.
See me also at instagram.com/charlesgyoung/
first I knew of this was showing up to meet a friend for a late-lunch coffee a couple of weeks back. no lease sign on the door, no "we've moved to..." sign, just a closed, empty cafe in the heart of the CBD, in the heart of Coffee Town.
today the buzz was some signage put up by the building's owner, the incomparable Sir Robert 'Bob' Jones. Erudite, outspoken, and more right than Winston Peters, Sir Bob is a self-made multi-millionaire property investor, author, and some time boxing promoter. Clearly a spat has developed, with the former proprietor closing up shop.
Sir Bob is clearly not amused. Well, perhaps a little bemused? Everyone else reading the sign got a good laugh.
life in a small town.
Excerpt from ateneum.fi:
The Ateneum is the home of Finnish art and part of the Finnish National Gallery. Our collection includes more than 20,000 national treasures; works of art that we all own together. We have art dating from the 19th century to modern.
The Neo-Renaissance Ateneum building, designed by the architect Theodor Höijer, was completed in 1887. It opened to the public on 13 October 1888. The sculptural decorations on the main facade of the Ateneum building form a visual narrative that is all about equality and harmony between the visual arts and the applied arts. Another key theme is the connection of Finnish art and architecture to the tradition of Western art.
The name Ateneum refers to the Greek goddess, Pallas Athena, who was the goddess of knowledge and wisdom and the protectress of the state. Ateneum means the temple or shrine of Athena.
The Ateneum Art Museum offers access to Finland’s oldest and largest collection of art. The building itself is an experience. The building, designed by the architect Theodor Höijer, was inaugurated in November 1887, but the foundations for the Ateneum art collection and museum activities had been laid decades earlier. The aim of the Finnish Art Society, which was founded in 1846, was to establish the prerequisites for art in Finland: art education and exhibition activities.
The construction project, dubbed as ‘a million-markka palace’, generated interest, but also opposition. The plan was based on the idea of Carl Gustaf Estlander, a professor of aesthetics, for a single house of the arts in which the visual arts and the applied arts would thrive side by side. Indeed, the Ateneum building initially housed the collection and drawing school of the Finnish Art Society, as well as the collection and school of the Finnish Society of Crafts and Design.
The art schools were among the most modern in Europe: from the outset, the doors were open to both female and male students. Many of Finland’s prominent artists and designers studied at the Ateneum until the 1980s. Since 1991, the Ateneum has served exclusively as an art museum. The drawing school of the Finnish Art Society is now the Academy of Fine Arts and part of the University of the Arts Helsinki. The museum of the applied arts is now the Design Museum, and the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture offers education in the field.
Today, the Ateneum is an internationally renowned and recognised art museum, and its collections and exhibitions attract hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. It is part of the Finnish National Gallery, whose art collection is part of our shared national heritage. The Finnish National Gallery comprises the Ateneum Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, and the Sinebrychoff Art Museum.
Non seulement par sa collection, mais aussi par son architecture exceptionnelle, le Kunstmuseum Bonn est un important « phare » culturel de la ville fédérale de Bonn et rayonne d'un rayonnement national et international.
Le bâtiment, conçu au milieu des années 1980 par un collectif d'architectes composé de Dietrich Bangert, Bernd Jansen, Stefan Scholz et Axel Schultes (BJSS), a été inauguré en juin 1992. Intégré au parcours des musées de Bonn, son architecture séduit par son ouverture et son traitement de la lumière. Le langage formel, clair mais sans sobriété, qui intègre des éléments ludiques, ne succombe jamais à une célébration égocentrique de l'architecture. Inspiré par l'esprit de la fin des années 1980, le bâtiment allie au contraire de manière optimale un langage formel vigoureux et unique aux exigences de contenu de l'institution.
Avec son concept spatial ambitieux et « fluide », le musée offre, tant en ce qui concerne les dimensions des espaces individuels, leurs axes d’accès visuels et matériels que la gestion de la lumière, des conditions préalables impressionnantes pour parvenir à une présentation optimale de l’art sous toutes ses facettes, du modernisme classique jusqu’aux variétés de l’art contemporain le plus récent.
Not only through its collection, but also through its exceptional architecture, the Kunstmuseum Bonn is an important cultural "beacon" of the federal city of Bonn and radiates national and international influence.
The building, designed in the mid-1980s by a collective of architects consisting of Dietrich Bangert, Bernd Jansen, Stefan Scholz, and Axel Schultes (BJSS), was inaugurated in June 1992. Integrated into Bonn's museum circuit, its architecture captivates with its openness and its use of light. The clear but not sober formal language, which incorporates playful elements, never succumbs to a self-centered celebration of architecture. Inspired by the spirit of the late 1980s, the building optimally combines a vigorous and unique formal language with the institution's content requirements.
With its ambitious and "fluid" spatial concept, the museum offers impressive prerequisites for achieving an optimal presentation of art in all its facets, from classical modernism to the most recent varieties of contemporary art, both in terms of the dimensions of the individual spaces, their visual and material access axes and the management of light.
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What it is
Gibson Mill, built in around 1800, is situated within Hardcastle Crags woodland beside Hebden Water. It was one of the first mills of the Industrial Revolution.
The mill was driven by a water wheel and produced cotton cloth up until 1890. In 1833, twenty one workers were employed, each working around seventy two hours per week and living in the adjacent mill workers’ cottages.
In the early 1900s, Gibson Mill began to be used as an ‘entertainment emporium’ for the local people. It offered dining saloons, a dance hall, a roller-skating rink, refreshment kiosks and boating on the mill pond. After the Second World War, the mill slipped into disuse, and was acquired by the National Trust in 1950.
What we did and why we did it
We wanted to create a building that would be totally self-sufficient without bringing in mains services. A building that would rely solely on the natural resources found on the site, including water and daylight for heating/lighting, spring water for washing/drinking, with all waste treated on site.
At the same time, we needed to preserve the historic quality of this nineteenth-century mill and former entertainment emporium, whilst respecting its unique spirit of the place.
Our Conservation Plan for the project set out the necessary repairs and restoration which would enable new visitor facilities to be incorporated entirely within the historic fabric of the existing buildings.
In this project we have brought life back into the mill by providing lavatory and catering facilities for visitors, and spaces for educational and community use.
We have also created high quality information and interpretation that explains all of the green technology used on site.
We have achieved a building that demonstrates our Sustainability Principles. We have used local labour and recycled materials and sought to obtain all materials from sustainable, local, sources.
What else did we do?
We have restored the mill’s 1926 turbine and added a smaller turbine for use during periods of low water levels.
This hydro system is used to provide electricity. Solar thermal panels and solar photovoltaic panels installed along the ridgeline of the mill, combine to provide hot water and electricity.
We have also introduced a log-burning stove and boiler to provide cooking, hot water and space heating. The fuel for this is easily met with wood from the estate.
The mill uses the natural spring water from Hardcastle Crags as its water supply. The quality is monitored and, using a simple filtering system, provides water for drinking, washing up and the toilets.
These are dry composting lavatories; these treat human waste so that it can be recycled as fertiliser for use on the property. A series of other measures have been incorporated into the mill to help conserve energy.
Why it was a success
The mill is 100% self-sufficient in energy, water and waste treatment, and the only ‘mains’ connection with the outside world is the phone line. The combination of technologies used, the size of the building and the fact that it does not link up to the National Grid, make the mill unique in Great Britain.
It was the first heritage building, used as a visitor centre with the prerequisite facilities, open all year round, to operate solely in a sustainable way.
The mill has become a source of inspiration for others considering sustainable developments, with visits from individuals looking to apply the principles to their homes, through to councils interested in more commercial operations.
The mill has become a national focus for green living, winning numerous sustainability awards.
I finally gave in to the urge to buy a decent PS camera in the hope that I could find something I could take anywhere and still take a decent photo. I was quite realistic that nothing would come close to an SLR let alone my 5D mk II but after some research I decided on a Panasonic Lumix lx-3 which we could use for the kids too since my wife's IXY is getting long in the tooth.
My first afternoon out shooting and I was pretty impressed with the results. It is 24mm equivalent wide (which was a prerequisite minimum for me) and shoots Raw so I can still HDR. The results from single raw files are pretty nice all things considered. I'll bring the tripod out for some serious HDR on the weekend but given single RAW to HDR and PS noise would have to be the worst combination, I think today's results are a good sign.
Poller sind in kleinen Häfen zwischen den Yachten selten zu finden. Dafür müssen Pfähle herhalten. Sichere Knoten sind da vorausgesetzt.
In the Priwall marina (Travemünde)
Bollards are rarely found in small harbors between the yachts. Stakes have to be used for this. Secure nodes are a prerequisite.
Germany, Hamburg, the "Elbbrücken" metro station, Elbe bridges station, near the three railway & road bridges called "Elbbrücken" leading over the River-North-Elbe. The metro station consists of two elevated tracks & platforms, opened December 2018 & connected by interlinked skywalk for the Hamburg S-Bahn commuter trains also with two tracks & platforms. The station is the terminus of the U4 line of the metro & will be a new stop for two S-Bahn, commuter trains lines. It was built to facilitate a better accessibility for the new HafenCity quarters of Hamburg from the south.
The curved arches of the futuristic glass roof with 1200 glass panes of 250 kg each & a height of up to almost 16 mtr, the station offers its passengers & visitors a lot of light, wide & many views towards the harbour, the city & the new city quarters, because being located right on the water, the station has an integrated viewing platform. The platform hall is built in a north-south orientation, thus providing the technical prerequisite for an extension of the U4 over the river on the "Kleine Grasbrook" & additional connections.
Due to problems during construction works the opening of the S-Bahn stop, originally planned together with the metro station, has been delayed by estimated 12 to 18 month. Holes for the foundation could not be drilled as planned for the apparent reason that drilling machines partly were confronted by resistance at 10 mtr below the surface. The price tag for the U-Bahn section was lower than projected, down from 178 million Euro to 145 million, including the tracks from the previous station HafenCity Universidad, the cost for the S-Bahn stop is anticipated to rise from 43 to about 60 million Euro.
👉 One World one Dream,
...Danke, Xièxie 谢谢, Thanks, Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Obrigado, Arigatô, Dhanyavad, Chokrane to you & over
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Literally 1 minute from my house is a country lane (on the outskirts of the local conurbation).
This is the view from beneath a pair of oak trees.
Do photographs have to be dramatic? To me, often, the boring less out there ones are more fulfilling. I suppose its relevant to the individuals concept of what constitutes a photograph? I imagine as I get older my prerequisites and appreciation of scenes differs or evolves....
Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar) - Une classe de CM 1 de l’école de la fraternité. Un établissement scolaire public situé en plein cœur d’un quartier habité majoritairement par des familles de pêcheurs. Une population plutôt précaire.
Avant que les enfants n’entrent en classe, j’ai demandé aux enseignants qu’ils conseillent aux élèves de ne pas prêter attention à ma présence, lorsque je m’inviterai dans leur classe pour faire des photos.
Je pensais que ce préalable ne servirait à rien et que je risquais bien de susciter le chahut. Et bien non ! Ici, les consignes des institutrices sont suivies à la lettre. J’en ai bien dissipé quelques uns, mais ça n’a pas duré plus de quelques secondes, ils ont vite replongé le nez dans leur cahier. Des élèves de rêve pour les enseignants français ?
A diligent class
Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar) - A CM 1 class from the Fraternity school. A public school located in the heart of a neighborhood inhabited mainly by fishing families.
Before the children entered class, I asked the teachers to tell the students not to pay attention to my presence when I invited myself into their class to take photos.
I thought that this prerequisite would be of no use and that I might well cause a ruckus. Well no ! Here, the teachers' instructions are followed to the letter. I did dispel a few, but it didn't last more than a few seconds. Dream pupils for French teachers?
Germany, Hamburg, the "Elbbrücken" metro station, Elbe bridges station, near the three railway & road bridges called "Elbbrücken" leading over the River-North-Elbe. The metro station consists of two elevated tracks & platforms, opened December 2018 & connected by interlinked skywalk for the Hamburg S-Bahn commuter trains also with two tracks & platforms. The station is the terminus of the U4 line of the metro & will be a new stop for two S-Bahn, commuter trains lines. It was built to facilitate a better accessibility for the new HafenCity quarters of Hamburg from the south.
The curved arches of the futuristic glass roof with 1200 glass panes of 250 kg each & a height of up to almost 16 mtr, the station offers its passengers & visitors a lot of light, wide & many views towards the harbour, the city & the new city quarters, because being located right on the water, the station has an integrated viewing platform. The platform hall is built in a north-south orientation, thus providing the technical prerequisite for an extension of the U4 over the river on the "Kleine Grasbrook" & additional connections.
Due to problems during construction works the opening of the S-Bahn stop, originally planned together with the metro station, has been delayed by estimated 12 to 18 month. Holes for the foundation could not be drilled as planned for the apparent reason that drilling machines partly were confronted by resistance at 10 mtr below the surface. The price tag for the U-Bahn section was lower than projected, down from 178 million Euro to 145 million, including the tracks from the previous station HafenCity Universidad, the cost for the S-Bahn stop is anticipated to rise from 43 to about 60 million Euro.
👉 One World one Dream,
...Danke, Xièxie 谢谢, Thanks, Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Obrigado, Arigatô, Dhanyavad, Chokrane to you & over
11 million visits in my photostream with countless motivating comments
Turn your sim terrain into an icy winter wonderland with our latest [Vile] - Land Snow PBR Textures!❄️
Included are 3 snow terrain textures to choose from & a detailed notecard with instructions for updating your region's terrain textures.
✦ Prerequisites ✦
- Permissions: You must own the region or be an Estate Manager to apply them to your land.
- Viewer: Ensure you are on a Viewer that supports glTF PBR.
This new release is already available in the mainstore, as well as on the MP!
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“If Ulysses isn't worth reading, then life isn't worth living.”
Multiple failures to read this book is a prerequisite to completing this book. But the struggle was worth it. These were some videos and books I bought that helped me:
Videos:
Why should you read James Joyce's "Ulysses"?
Stephen Fry on Ulysses
Great Big Book Club - James Joyce's "Ulysses"
Colum McCann Interview: What Ulysses Did to Me
Introduction to Ulysses by James Joyce, Video Series by Chris Reich
Books:
The New Bloomsday Book (highly recommend)
How to Read (and Love) James Joyce's Ulysses: The Least You Need to Know (highly recommend)
Translated Wiki:
I’ve just (for the second time) entered the “Landscape Photographer of The Year” competition and like thousands of others I’m eagerly awaiting to find out if I get into the second round. To be honest, I’d be incredibly surprised if I won the £10,000 (not that I’d have any problems with this) but my main motivation with participating, is to try and reach a wider audience for my work, in the hope it will develop new opportunities...Anyway entering this competition has highlighted some interesting questions...
First I’m slightly nervous being so open here, as my entries may be total ignored in the competition, initiating public humiliation, “look at me, I’m such a looser”. but then again....cough....cough, I’ve some pretty strong defence mechanisms lined up...but seriously I’m not sure winning this competition is a guarantee of quality, I mean it should be! Winning this competition in my view should highlight the very best in landscape photography from the UK. (What the hell is the best anyway?) I do wonder how many professional landscape photographers enter? (I know Adam Burton does), but what of the other big boys, Is it beneath them? I wonder if it would be just too humiliating not to win? Or from the top of the profession, is it considered an amateur competition? Anyway I suppose the fly in the ointment is a balance between the ‘popular’ view of landscape photography and the more bespoke experimental work that has a more refined target audience.
Anyway is anybody else prepared to admit entering as well and bring their cards to the table?
Is there any point second guessing the judges? Personally I don’t think so. It would be ‘possible’, but a tough task to predict each judges general preferences, let along impossible to accurately assess their mood after seeing thousands of clichéd shots. You have no way of controlling when your shots will be viewed, (after several crap shots, or after several good shots). So giving them some “stock shots” because there is a stock library judge is too simplistic. I do however think second guessing general trends will be productive (please can somebody let me know what they are), but will the winning shot have a dog, cat or bridge in it this year?
Will people try to emulate last year’s winning shots? Famous locations? Animals? Blatant plagiarised compositions? I suspect lots of people will try to do this, (sigh...), but I do wonder if it’s a judging prerequisite that if a shot is similar to last year’s entrants, it is subconsciously disqualified on grounds of unoriginality? I suspect the judges will have their own favourites, but it will be interesting to see if the popular compositions from last year’s book turn up again this year...
I also wonder just how far can one push a popular location to be “different” from the last year’s entries? Yes there is a ‘classic view’ category that I suspect will be very similar to last years, but what of the ‘your view’ category. I wonder if there will be any evolution in vision to last year’s cohort? Is landscape photography subject to trends and fashions like, well, fashion is? Or has everything been done before and the illusive original shot of Bambrough or Whitby Harbour just around the corner?
So is there any point second guessing? I personally don’t think so. It’s our jobs as the creators of landscape photography to lead this change, not to try and give the competition what you think it wants...(or am I naive?) anyway here is my entries, I’d like to think I will get another shot in the book, but there are of course there is no guarantees...
Note: I’ve been sitting on this shot for some time now. I like it allot, but I’m not sure if brings anything new to my development...Anyway I made it in the Lake District this spring, I'd just descended Cat Bells and found a lovely little woodland at the edge of Derwentwater. I would like to go back in better light, but will have to be patience as I doubt that I will go back to the lakes this year...
Edit: just found out that I have seven images into the second round...wow such a coincidence, considering my post today...I’m thrilled to bits (o:
Note:this,this,this,this,this,thisandthis image made it through to the second round (o:
The Ausable River for the most part is a very tame and safe shallow river except for one part which cuts through were it cuts through a short but very steep gorge and of course someone brought the land around the gorge and charges you $11 a head to see it and with the prerequisite gift shop and snack bar.
So I've been working on a project in SL on and off for a while now. I've long wanted to establish a space where experienced, eclectic solitary WItches can come together and discuss books, magic or just chat with like-minded individuals. This will be a private, safe space for a few people to come together and find genuine friendship with kindred spirits. This isn't a coven, but I'm not opposed to rituals being held together and props will be supplied to facilitate that and accomodate individual group members needs. My only prerequisite for anyone who is curious about joining the group is that they've already some experience in Witchcraft, this isn't a group for newbies. Additionally the eclectic moniker is important too, the bringing together of ideas from varied traditions and faiths will, I hope, help all of us learn and grow together. You will need a group slot available, as this will be in my personal, home location. The group will be small to allow for the limitations I have on my land, so less than ten witches will be able to join. Who knows where this will take us? I do know that it's going to be a great way to meet, network, develop friendships, strengthen magic and learn with an open heart and mind. If you're interested in applying please drop me a line in-world. My plan is to host the first meeting during the W/C 19th June, to tie in with Midsummer. Please note: this is NOT for people who role-play as Witches, it's for genuine people of the craft x
« Et nous… On n’a pas le droit d’être pris en photo ? » C’est en ces termes que le jeune homme au premier plan m’a interpellé. Rien d’agressif dans son propos, juste l’envie sincère d’être photographié avec ses copains. Comme on n’est jamais trop prudent, j’ai bien précisé que ce serait un plaisir de leur tirer le portrait, mais qu’il n’était pas question qu’ils me demandent de l’argent, une fois la photos prise. Une pratique très répandue à Madagascar qu’il vaut mieux connaître pour éviter tout malentendu. Il a aussi fallu préciser que s’ils prenaient la pose dans des attitudes de rappeurs, la photo serait effacée sur le champ. Ces préalables posés, on a pu passer à la prise de vue. On ne peut pas franchement parler d’un « instantané ». Il faut savoir que ces photos de groupes plus ou moins imposées donnent rarement des scènes intéressantes.
Là, j’ai conservé l’image car le groupe de copains était sympathique et surtout en raison de l’œil amusé du personnage principal.
The laughing eye
“And we… We’re not allowed to have our photo taken? » It is in these terms that the young man in the foreground called out to me. Nothing aggressive in his words, just the sincere desire to be photographed with his friends. As one can never be too careful, I made it clear that it would be a pleasure to take their portrait, but that there was no question of them asking me for money once the photos were taken. A very widespread practice in Madagascar that it is better to know to avoid any misunderstanding. It also had to be clarified that if they posed in rapper attitudes, the photo would be deleted immediately. These prerequisites established, we were able to move on to shooting.
You should know that these more or less imposed group photos rarely give interesting scenes.
There, I kept the image because the group of friends was friendly and especially because of the amused look of the main character.
Germany, Hamburg, the "Elbbrücken" metro station, Elbe bridges station, near the three railway & road bridges called "Elbbrücken" leading over the River-North-Elbe. The metro station consists of two elevated tracks & platforms, opened December 2018 & connected by interlinked skywalk for the Hamburg S-Bahn commuter trains also with two tracks & platforms. The station is the terminus of the U4 line of the metro & will be a new stop for two S-Bahn, commuter trains lines. It was built to facilitate a better accessibility for the new HafenCity quarters of Hamburg from the south.
The curved arches of the futuristic glass roof with 1200 glass panes of 250 kg each & a height of up to almost 16 mtr, the station offers its passengers & visitors a lot of light, wide & many views towards the harbour, the city & the new city quarters, because being located right on the water, the station has an integrated viewing platform. The platform hall is built in a north-south orientation, thus providing the technical prerequisite for an extension of the U4 over the river on the "Kleine Grasbrook" & additional connections.
Due to problems during construction works the opening of the S-Bahn stop, originally planned together with the metro station, has been delayed by estimated 12 to 18 month. Holes for the foundation could not be drilled as planned for the apparent reason that drilling machines partly were confronted by resistance at 10 mtr below the surface. The price tag for the U-Bahn section was lower than projected, down from 178 million Euro to 145 million, including the tracks from the previous station HafenCity Universidad, the cost for the S-Bahn stop is anticipated to rise from 43 to about 60 million Euro.
👉 One World one Dream,
...Danke, Xièxie 谢谢, Thanks, Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Obrigado, Arigatô, Dhanyavad, Chokrane to you & over
11 million visits in my photostream with countless motivating comments
The sparrow project is an attempt to improve my bird story telling along with honing eye hand/AF coordination skills using a common subject readily available. The subjects must be in motion as a prerequisite since shooting ducks in a barrel is just no sport at all.
I was spurred into the project due to my complete dissatisfaction of prior attempts while on a trip to Tanzania. Learning the delicate balance between shutter speed, proper long lens techniques, iso settings and AF modes is a challenge for something just slightly slower than a speeding bullet.
This will be ongoing to support my next African adventure later this year.
See me also at instagram.com/charlesgyoung/
The sparrow project is an attempt to improve my bird story telling along with honing eye hand/AF coordination skills using a common subject readily available. The subjects must be in motion as a prerequisite since shooting ducks in a barrel is just no sport at all.
I was spurred into the project due to my complete dissatisfaction of prior attempts while on a trip to Tanzania. Learning the delicate balance between shutter speed, proper long lens techniques, iso settings and AF modes is a challenge for something just slightly slower than a speeding bullet.
This will be ongoing to support my next African adventure later this year.
See me also at instagram.com/charlesgyoung/
International criminal court / The Hague / The Netherlands
This is one of the new buildings of the International Criminal Court in The Hague (see link below). It is situated at the edge of the dunes and after finishing the buildings the dune nature around the buildings was restored. It was Friday evening, so almost nobody was working there anymore. The size of the building, the plants in and around the building, the bird on the roof and the sunset sky created for me a surreal mood.
From their website www.icc-cpi.int/about:
"Justice is a key prerequisite for lasting peace. International justice can contribute to long‐term peace, stability and equitable development in post‐conflict societies. These elements are foundational for building a future free of violence."
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Do something for long enough, and in theory you'll become adept at it and well accomplished. As the idiom suggests, practice makes perfect. I imagine this to be indicative of just about any field of endeavour one could care to mention, and there are of course a great deal of choices open to us to explore - not least those associated with art and creativity.
I suspect for most photographers, there are several stages involved in eventually realising a level of skill they're content with. Certainly these will vary, and admittedly I'm generalising massively, but I wonder how many of the following may be attributable to you - or perhaps trigger a wry smile of recognition? The first stage is an appreciation of the printed image as shot by others, and a desire to equal, or better those efforts. This is followed by much floundering as technical jargon, myriad camera controls and lack of vision conspire to thwart and discourage. The realisation that hundreds (thousands?) of pounds spent on that shiny new camera gear does not instantly equate to the stunning shots running amok inside one's head is an early stumbling block, and for many their aspirations end here. Those with enough determination strive doggedly on, driven by either a modicum of genuine talent, or an untrained eye and subsequent misplaced self-congratulation, or the hope that perseverance will reap rewards. Eventually, through perhaps trial and error, tuition, research or happy accident made good, comes the stage where the camera is no longer a forbidding and sullen rectangular mass but a familiar and trusted confidante. Buttons and switches perform tasks that are grasped, and there is no longer the irrational but very real fear of 'messing up the settings'. Images start to come together not purely through chance, but because conscious decisions have been made at point of capture and during processing that govern the results. Pictures taken weeks, months, or possibly even years earlier now evoke vague feelings of derision, perhaps even regret at not having waited for that harsh light to fade, that passer by to move on, that tide to rise or that season to arrive. These could be pictures that caused feelings of joy at first, and many will evoke happy memories still, yet inexorably their flaws are now evident as if suddenly unveiled - but at least not repeated in more recent work. Each and every opportunity to shoot fresh material is seized with a thrill, and friends and family (despite being far from an unbiased panel) greet latest efforts with 'how did you..?' and 'where was that..?' exclamations of encouragement and wonder.
The road to photographic excellence has been embarked upon, and now there is no desire to stop or turn back.
Practice, as they say, makes perfect. The implication is that in order to expound upon proficiency, it's prerequisite that a degree of regularity is adhered to. Dedication given over to a craft will indeed pay dividends, yet that dedication will be beset by periods of inactivity, apathy and self-disillusion that threaten the knowledge compounded by previous hard work. This, I feel, is the stage I'm currently beset by. There are occasions to shoot I've snubbed, and chances to better my repertoire I've rejected out of hand. My creativity seems to have the peculiar foible of being cyclical, and I recognise when it's just not happening for me as a bitter struggle seems to ensue to realise an image, as opposed to the good times when everything just, well, flows... I'm sure had I attempted to produce this particular image on a different occasion it would have been much easier, yet I didn't and it wasn't. Am I content with it? I'm not entirely sure just yet. Maybe I'll know if I'm successful in reaching the next stage, whatever that may be.
On a different note, I'm really happy to have been published by What Digital Camera again in the current May issue, with two of my images appearing across two pages along with a small write up on my ND110 filter. I'm equally delighted to simultaneously have seven pictures published across six pages in the Spring issue of Photo Technique, accompanied by my article on long exposure monochrome.
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34-52- Week 34 of the project 1/52 challenge- Back from an awesome few days exploring round Belgium!
This was our final and most anticipated location on day one- A huge abandoned power plant nestled within a city that was once a heartland for industry in Belgium.
We arrived late in the afternoon, found access within the grounds and started to search for access to the power plant whilst avoiding security. After searching far and wide only to find all apparent points sealed, we started to head back till we noticed that gap that we dismissed earlier as most probably being an entrance into some maintenance building or something.
Upon climbing in we found ourselves within the boiler rooms and head up 5/6 stories capturing some shots of some awesome pipework along the way. As cool as this was, we had set out to find the Holy Grail- The turbine hall and while at the top of the boiler house we done a little thinking and realised we may be close.
By this point the light was fading fast as we head back down the levels trying to find our bearings. Mid way down I spotted a gap, peered in and realised we had found our gold!
After a hastily trip down the stairs, slip through a small gap, up a couple of platforms we were greeted with an epic turbine hall! It was something like going through the wardrobe to Narnia! Incredibly impressive in scale!
It was dusk by this point so virtually impossible to capture decent images due to dark! We had our recce and planned route so headed back for a well earned Jupiler and early night to head back early morning! This was my only shot that night due to losing light!
Espace de travaux pratiques(école Émile Cohl)
Hall d'exposition journée "Portes ouvertes"
L’École Émile Cohl à Lyon est une école de dessin engagée. Sa création, en 1984, est liée à cet acte militant : lutter contre la disparition progressive, dans l’enseignement artistique, de la représentation du monde par le dessin. Si les nouveaux médias successifs, de la photographie à internet, ont d’abord semblé précipiter la chute du dessin, ils proposent aujourd’hui des supports d’expression innovants qui lui redonnent ses lettres de noblesse.
Il était indispensable de remettre l’enseignement du dessin à l’honneur. Depuis plus de trente ans en France et à Lyon, où elle s’est installée, l’École Émile Cohl fait figure de pionnière dans ce domaine.
Choisir de se former à l’École Émile Cohl, c’est apprendre à maîtriser son regard au cours des trois premières années de la formation initiale, qu’on fera suivre en 4e et 5e année par une spécialisation professionnelle en BD, en illustration, en cinéma d’animation 2D/3D, enjeu vidéo (concept art, character design, etc.), en dessin 3D, en livre numérique ou infographie multimédia.
L’école organise aussi des cours du soir et des stages (bande dessinée, dessin animé, aquarelle, sculpture, carnet de voyage, etc.) pour tous, sans niveau prérequis. Ils s’adressent à toute personne désireuse de s’initier ou de se perfectionner en dessin.
Elle s’adresse également aux professionnels de l’image. Pour eux, nous avons mis au point en 2017 une nouvelle offre de formation continue.
The Émile Cohl School in Lyon is an engaged drawing school. Its creation, in 1984, is linked to this militant act: to fight against the progressive disappearance, in the artistic teaching, of the representation of the world by the drawing. If the new media, Internet photography, at first seemed to precipitate the fall of the drawing, they now offer innovative expression media that restore its credentials.
It was essential to put the teaching of drawing in the spotlight. For more than thirty years in France and Lyon, where she settled, École Émile Cohl is a pioneer in this field.
Choosing to train at Émile Cohl School is to learn how to master one's eyes during the first three years of the initial training, which will be followed in the 4th and 5th year by a professional specialization in comics, illustration, in 2D / 3D animation cinema, video games (concept art, character design, etc.), 3D drawing, digital books or multimedia infographics.
The school also organizes evening classes and workshops (comics, cartoons, watercolors, sculptures, travel diaries, etc.) for all, without any prerequisite level. They are addressed to anyone wishing to learn or improve in drawing.
It is also aimed at image professionals. For them,, we have developed in 2017 a new training offer.
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Most birds stand or sleep on one leg without having specializations in their legs. The leg is positioned in such a way that the body is well balanced without much additional muscle activity. Most long-legged birds like flamingos and storks have specializations in the hip joint and intertarsal joint which help stabilizing a body which is far from the ground. So far an often cited snapping mechanism has been demonstrated convincingly only in the ostrich, a long-legged bird who does not stand on one leg. Whether there is a similar mechanism in long-legged birds standing on one leg is unclear. It seems that the extra-labyrinthine sense organ of equilibrium in the lumbosacral vertebral canal plays an important role in keeping balance when standing on one leg. This sense organ may even be a prerequisite for easily standing on one leg.
A useful function of standing on one foot with hiding the non-feathered part in the plumage is to reduce heat loss. Such a function is supported by recent quantitative behavioral observations. As to standing on one foot while preening or without hiding one foot in the plumage one might argue that the ability to stand easily on one foot is used even when there is no need for a reduction in heat loss, i.e. thermoregulation is probably an important but perhaps not the only function of standing on one leg. "