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It is not real..but image of the reflection of a landscape in the pristine waters of 'kalindi' river in Thirunelli (Wyanad district, Kerala, India). Set in the idyllic backdrop of Brahmagiri Hills and 'Narinirangi Hills', this beautiful village is adorned with streams, forests and paddy fields. It is famaous for Thirunelli Temple of Vishnu, where people come to wash away their sins with a dip in the mountain spring 'Papanasini'.
തിരുനെല്ലി: കൂടുതല് വായിയ്ക്കാന്: കേരളമെത്ര മോഹനം..Beautiful Kerala
That is the reflection of the sky in my mobile. (not a collage) I feel lucky to have captured this moment...
Me and my closet 1000 friends gathered around the reflection pool at Angor Wat, Cambodia to watch the sunrise over the temple.
Derby Reflections Transgender Group for trans-people, their friends and partners. Meeting on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of every month at the Union Blue public house, Derby.
It's a lovely friendly group with a mix of individuals. For more information go here:
I've almost reached the end of 1979. Earlier in the year Mrs Thatcher had come to power. Other newsworthy events were the assassination, by Fenian terrorists, of Lord Mountbatten, the "outing" as a traitor of Sir Anthony Blunt and the year-long closure, resulting from trade union bone-headedness, of the Times and Sunday Times.
In the mid-70s there were only two places where Bristol's young fogeys, feudal reactionaries, Tory anarchists and flat-earthers could buy their copies of the Spectator ...W. H. Smith's branch in Regent Street, Clifton, and the newspaper stall (a John Menzies, I think) on Platform 3 of Temple Meads Station. Both were inconvenient places for me to reach, and for the latter you needed a platform ticket. Eventually I got cheesed off with legging it up to Clifton once a week during my meal breaks and forked out for a subscription.
It was a golden age of the magazine. The editor was Alexander Chancellor. Regular contributors included Auberon Waugh, Patrick Marnham, Christopher Booker, George Gale, Alistair Forbes, Henry Fairlie, Richard Ingrams, Jeffrey Bernard, Alan Watkins, Richard West and Geoffrey Wheatcroft. Great names every one ...mostly now dead. I was more interested in the literary part of the magazine than the political and, without knowing it, absorbed quite an impressive body of unsystematic literary knowledge. But the Spectator, plus a broadsheet daily newspaper, was quite a bit of reading to cram into my limited leisure time, and it occurred to me that I was reading about books more than I was reading books. I began a policy of reading more books, but this gave me no time for the Spectator. Every week I skimmed through my favourite regular features and anything that looked especially interesting and put the magazine aside. I eventually had a stack of about a hundred incompletely read copies. Next time my subscription came up, I didn't renew. The stack of unread issues has remained with me ever since.
Until now. Nothing is as stone dead as yesterday's news, and the topical stuff can mostly be glossed through, but the literary pages and general comment are still as readable as ever. I am still a casual buyer of the great organ ...alas, no longer of Doughty Street... but like it somewhat less than I used to. This is true of many things, but somehow I dislike its glossier, more professional production values. Talking of glossy, I especially dislike the limp, shiny paper they now use. Reading the mag in one's armchair whilst partaking of one's elevenses can become quite an acrobatic proceeding. The page must be positioned on the lap ...leaving the hands free to manipulate cup and saucer... in such a way that the print is not obliterated by reflections. This often requires one to sit motionlessly in an unnaturally rigid posture. Any inattention or involuntary shifting associated with management of one's coffee and seed cake deposits the magazine on the floor. This didn't happen with the old, non-slidey paper we see in the photograph. I don't care for all the lifestyle supplements that now appear in the magazine either, especially when they are disguised as editorial matter. The contributors now are mostly a gang of young whippersnappers whose names are unfamiliar to me. I particularly enjoy that "Rod" Liddle, but I wish public persons ..."Nick" Clegg, "Vince" Cable &c... would refrain from the habit of using irreducible blokey diminutives of their Christian names. I suppose it all started with "Tony" Benn.
Excuse the mess on the sofa. I was not responsible.
Seen at the Goulburn Pump House. Goulburn is a inland city over 2 hours south of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
So, last week's Macro Mondays' group theme was all about reflections. This coming week it's all about trains, planes and automobiles so whilst considering what to do I thought I might try the reflections theme using a car headlamp bulb and was waiting for a piece of black acrylic to arrive. Sad to say it didn't arrive today so I have used a piece of melamine covered chipboard left over from a kitchen refurbishment some years ago.
Having taken the original, somewhat hazy reflection into Lightroom CC I was quite surprised to find the reflection "come to life" once I began shifting the sliders about. Quite pleased about that and I guess I could have used this shot for next week's MM group submission...........I still might!!! :)
The I Have To Shoot WHAT?! Challenge for Week 22: Starts with the letter "P"
I've been trying for a few years to find a decent reflection within a puddle and finally found one!
This is a photo of tree reflections on a lake in Pine Grove Park. The image has been mirrored and copied twice to be symmetrical. The detail is best seen full screen.
History & Culture
The Portland Classical Chinese Garden began as a dream in the early 1980’s. It became more focused when Portland and Suzhou, China, became sister cities in 1988 and the idea of a building a Suzhou-style garden in Portland became a goal.
History of Scholar’s Gardens
The city of Suzhou is located approximately 50 miles west of Shanghai on the eastern coast of China. It was founded in 525 BC and is one of China’s oldest cities. It has a mild climate, similar to Portland’s. By 1,000 AD, it had become a thriving city with an economy based on trade. It was also a place for government officials to retire. These retiring Imperial court officials built housing compounds that featured beautiful gardens. These gardens attempted to duplicate nature found in traditional Chinese landscape paintings, and the nature of the nearby Yellow Mountains. The gardens would be used to entertain guests and undertake intellectual pursuits such as painting, poetry, and conversation. This Garden is based on a garden built in Suzhou during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD).
Construction
The Garden was built on land donated by Northwest Natural who had for 20 years used it as their parking lot. The groundbreaking ceremony was held in July 1999, and construction was completed in September 2000. The majority of the materials used in the construction of the Garden originated in China. Approximately 65 workmen from Suzhou created the structures and completed the work. An American construction company did the site preparation and foundation work. The Garden is in compliance with all current U.S. construction codes, and was completed at a total cost of approximately $12.8 million.
More reflections in the curved side of the Willis Building, of the Corporation of Lloyds Building, Lime Street, London.
The Willis Building at 51 Lime Street, is a large office tower in London's main financial district, the City of London.
Designed by architect Norman Foster and developed by British Land, it stands opposite the Lloyd's building and is 125 metres (410 ft) tall, with 26 storeys. The building features a "stepped" design, which was intended to resemble the shell of a crustacean, with setbacks rising at 97 m (318 ft) and 68 m (223 ft) respectively. In total, there are 475,000 square feet (44,128.9 m2) of office floorspace, most of which was pre-let to the Willis Group, a risk management company and insurance intermediary.
Constructed between 2004 and 2008 under the management of Mace,it was a significant addition to the London skyline, becoming the fourth tallest building in the City after Tower 42, 30 St Mary Axe and CityPoint. The core was topped out in July 2006 and the steelwork was finished in September 2006. Cladding began in July 2006 and the building was externally completed by June 2007. It was internally fitted out and officially opened in April 2008.
51 Lime Street is the first in a wave of new towers planned for the area. These others include the Bishopsgate Tower, 122 Leadenhall Street, Heron Tower, 100 Bishopsgate, 20 Fenchurch Street, Broadgate Tower and the Shard of Glass.
After a long day at work, being rained on at the train station and a whole host of delayed trains the underpass to get home was also flooded. It never rains but it pours so they say.
Some fancy office building in Laugardalur Reykjavik. May be the Microsoft building, I approched the building from the back so I didn't see any signs.. Shot on my lunch break at work.
Shining light down upon those who served, the flag represents the country they served. WWII vets are vanishing and the glimmers of light shine upon them.
I love the crisp reflection on the blured bodywork of the car and the light reflecting on the gloss paintwork and the patent leather shoes.
using a prism on-the-lens filter, i had a bit of luck capturing this. two separate bird flocks zoomed through the frame, with me barely focusing and setting the correct exposure. it was all over in a split second. after this frame i took another one, with the reflections all straightened but no birds - it's dull and cold compared to this one.
printed from a 645 tmax 400, developed in Fomadon R09. paper used is fiber 24x30 from Foma.
Boston reflections - the reflections of the past are seen in the mirrored glass of this modern building.