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Ideal for catching the sun...

 

Shot for Crazy Tuesdays, theme "Gloves"

The hard resistant Whin Sill next to Craster Harbour has been weathered into these interesting shapes by eons of being battered by the sea. The rocks in the foreground look a bit like a fallen figure. As I looked across, I could make out more figures as if they'd fallen in some awful battle.

One of our MM buds posted a picture of a Rx bottle from a vet that had an instruction on tge cap about making it easier to open (but it makes it NONchild-resistant). Thought I’d try it on my bottle and it works.

This building currently serves as the Lake Worth Beach City hall. It once held an auditorium that had a capacity for 350 people on the third floor. This is clearly seen on the front of the building because it still bears the words municipal auditorium.

 

The building features Moorish towers that were designed by G. Sherman Childs. He came to this area in 1913 to work for Addison Mizner until he was able opened his own firm.

 

ThIs building was built to be hurricane resistant as well as to provide shelter since the Great Hurricane of 1928 destroyed so such property before in this area. Money ran but while the building was being built due to the onset of the Great Depression. Local businesses helped financially and the building was finally on dedicated on November 28, 1935.

 

The basement and first floor rooms of this building were used for assemblies and meetings. During WWII the basement was used to entertain the Lake Worth USO.

 

In 1953 the Lake Worth Playhouse began performances in the building but then closed in the 1970's.

 

Today this building is still in use and holds all of the city governmental departments.

 

Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:

wesblackman.blogspot.com/2012/01/more-on-architect-g-sher...

www.yelp.com/biz/city-of-lake-worth-city-hall-lake-worth

www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2RMX

 

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Thriving in a bed for drought-resistant plants within Queen Mary's Gardens, Regent's Park, Central London - I think it might be Stachys citrina, please let me know if you know better (or indeed if you could confirm this).

Bergenia purpurascens are out already but they will survive the sibirian cold announced for next week. CZJ Biotar 2/58 @2.

Punta Gorda is a city in Charlotte County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census the city had a population of 16,641. It is the county seat of Charlotte County and the only incorporated municipality in the county. Punta Gorda is the principal city of the Punta Gorda, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and is also in the Sarasota-Bradenton-Punta Gorda Combined Statistical Area.

 

Punta Gorda was the scene of massive destruction after Charley, a Category 4 hurricane, came through the city on August 13, 2004. Charley was the strongest tropical system to hit Florida since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and the first hurricane since Hurricane Donna in 1960 to make a direct hit on Florida's southwest coast. In the immediate years following the storm, buildings were restored or built to hurricane-resistant building codes. The new buildings, restorations and amenities concurrently preserved the city's past while showcasing newer facilities. During this time, Laishley Park Municipal Marina was built and the Harborwalk, Linear Park and various trails were created throughout the city for bicycle and pedestrian traffic.

 

The name Punta Gorda ("Fat Point") has been on maps at least since 1851, referring to a point of land that juts into Charlotte Harbor, an estuary off the Gulf of Mexico. It was in the late 1800s that early settlers began to arrive in what is the present-day Punta Gorda area.

 

Frederick and Jarvis Howard, Union Army veterans, homesteaded an area south of the Peace River near present-day Punta Gorda about a decade after the close of the Civil War. In 1876, James and Josephine Lockhart bought land and built a house on property which is now at the center of the city. Approximately two years later Lockhart sold his claim to James Madison Lanier, a hunter and trapper.

 

In 1879, a charter for a railroad with termini at Charlotte Harbor and Lake City, Florida was established under the name Gainesville, Ocala, and Charlotte Harbor Railroad. It was taken over by the Florida Southern Railroad, which reaffirmed Charlotte Harbor as a terminus in its own charter. Lanier with his wife lived there until 1883, when 30.8 acres (12.5 ha) were sold to Isaac Trabue, who purchased additional land along the harbor and directed the platting of a town (by Kelly B. Harvey) named "Trabue". Harvey recorded the plat on February 24, 1885. At the time, Isaac was in Kentucky, and his cousin, John Trabue, was in charge of selling lots. Kelly, a native of the Peace River area, started referring to the new town as Punta Gorda. He later explained that the Spaniards called the area Punta Gorda, and local businesses included Punta gorda within their companies' names.

 

Less than ten years after the first settlements in the area, railroads rolled into the town of Trabue in June 1886, and with them came the first land developers and Southwest Florida's first batch of tourists. Punta Gorda became the southernmost stop on the Florida Southern Railroad, until an extension was built to Fort Myers in 1904, attracting the industries that propelled its initial growth.

 

In 1887, twelve years after the first settlers trekked to Charlotte Harbor, 34 met at Hector's Billiard Parlor to discuss incorporation. Once Punta Gorda was officially incorporated, mayoral elections took place and a council was formed. The first mayor, W. H. Simmons, was elected. The new city was renamed Punta Gorda.

 

Phosphate was discovered on the banks of the Peace River just above Punta Gorda in 1888. Phosphate mined in the Peace River Valley was barged down the Peace River to Punta Gorda and Port Boca Grande, where it was loaded onto vessels for worldwide shipment. In 1896, the Florida Times-Union reported that phosphate mining was Punta Gorda's chief industry and that Punta Gorda was the greatest phosphate shipping point in the world. By 1907, a railroad was built direct to Port Boca Grande, ending the brief phosphate shipping boom from Punta Gorda.

 

In 1890, the first postmaster, Robert Meacham, an African American, was appointed by Isaac Trabue as a deliberate affront to Kelly B. Harvey and those who had voted to change the name of the town from Trabue to Punta Gorda.

 

The Punta Gorda Herald was founded by Robert Kirby Seward in 1893 and published weekly during its early years.The newspaper covered such events as rum running, other smuggling activities, and lawlessness in general. It underwent many changes in both ownership and name over time, and today is known as The Charlotte Sun Herald.

 

Early Punta Gorda greatly resembled the modern social climate of various classes living together and working together. While the regal Punta Gorda Hotel, at one point partly owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt, reflected the upper class, Punta Gorda was a pretty rough town, as most frontier towns were. Punta Gorda's location at the end of the railway line spiked the crime rate, resulting in approximately 40 murders between 1890 and 1904. This included City Marshal John H. Bowman, who was shot and killed in his front parlor on January 29, 1903, in view of his family.

 

In 1925, a bungalow was built by Joseph Blanchard, an African American sea captain and fisherman. The Blanchard House Museum still stands as a museum, providing education for the history of middle-class African American life in the area.

 

Punta Gorda in the 20th century still maintained steady growth. Charlotte County was formed in 1921 after DeSoto County was split. Also in 1921, the first bridge was constructed connecting Punta Gorda and Charlotte Harbor along the brand-new Tamiami Trail. This small bridge was replaced by the original Barron Collier Bridge in 1931, and then by the current Barron Collier Bridge and Gilchrist Bridge crossing the Peace River.

 

During World War II, a U.S. Army airfield was built in Punta Gorda to train combat air pilots. After the war, the airfield was turned over to Charlotte County.Today the old airfield is the Punta Gorda Airport, providing both commercial and general aviation.

 

Punta Gorda's next intense growth phase started in 1959 with the creation of a neighborhood of canal-front home sites, Punta Gorda Isles, by a trio of entrepreneurs, Al Johns, Bud Cole and Sam Burchers. They laid out 55 miles of canals 100 feet wide and 17 feet deep using dredged sand to raise the level of the canal front land. This provided dry home sites with access to the Charlotte Harbor and the Gulf of Mexico. Johns went on to develop several other communities in Punta Gorda, among which were Burnt Store Isles, another waterfront community with golf course, and Seminole Lakes, a golf course community. These communities provided waterfront or golf course homes for retirees with access to a downtown with shopping, restaurants, and parks.

 

In the early 1980s at the site of the old Maud Street Fishing Docks, a new shopping, restaurant and marina complex, Fishermen's Village, was constructed that continues to be one of Southwest Florida's primary attractions.

 

In 2004, a major hurricane, Hurricane Charley, moved through Punta Gorda, damaging many buildings, but also creating an opportunity for revitalization of both the historic downtown and the waterfront. During the first part of the twenty-first century, Punta Gorda has continued to grow and improve, adding a new Harborwalk which continues to expand, a linear park which winds through the city, many new restaurants, and neighborhoods.

 

A replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated on November 5, 2016. The city also features the Whispering Giant statue, a public art sculpture of the face of a Native American man and a Native American woman.

 

Credit for the data above is given to the following website:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punta_Gorda,_Florida

 

EXPLORE # 217 - on February 5th.

  

Hollyhocks are popular garden ornamental plants, cultivars selected, particularly from A. rosea. The flowers have been selected for variations in colour, with dark purple, red and white-flowered plants available in addition to the colours found in wild plants.

 

Hollyhocks are very drought resistant, and do well in full sun locations that might be too hot or dry for other plants. They produce large, flat coin-shaped seeds (1/2" diameter) that seem to grow easily wherever they drop. While an individual plant might only live a handful of years, by that time chances are good it will leave plenty of descendants. They have very long taproots which make transplanting difficult.

Thriving in a bed for drought-resistant plants within Queen Mary's Gardens, Regent's Park, Central London - I think it might be Stachys citrina, please let me know if you know better (or indeed if you could confirm this).

Vintage lens from 1960 (second version in black and chrome mount)

The first Canon Serenar f:1.5/85mm (for Leica thread mount) was released in 1950 as a response to the Leica Summarex 1.5/85mm. While the Summarex is a modified double gauss typen, the Serenar is based on the design of the famous Zeiss Sonnar f:1.5 50mm for Contax cameras. It consists of seven elements in four groups and is single coated. It therefore features a much better contrast and ist quite flare resistant. However, the sharpness wide open is inferior to that of the much earlier Leitz Hektor f:1.9 73mm!

This picture was taken wide open at f:1.5.

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... "chemin" faisant ... entre Flamarens et Lectoure (étape 24) : juin 2015.

Drought resistant plants as there’s no irrigation or watering system for the summer, altho in the rain today 💦 it’s hard to imagine dry☀️

I love the super sharp Sony 55mm F1.8 Sonnar T FE ZA Full Frame Prime Lens! Carl Zeiss Glass! B+W Circular Polarizer with Multi-Resistant Coating!

 

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Ralph Waldo Emerson. The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship.

 

Lucius Annaeus Seneca: On entering a temple we assume all signs of reverence. How much more reverent then should we be before the heavenly bodies, the stars, the very nature of God!

 

John Muir: All the wild world is beautiful, and it matters but little where we go, to highlands or lowlands, woods or plains, on the sea or land or down among the crystals of waves or high in a balloon in the sky; through all the climates, hot or cold, storms and calms, everywhere and always we are in God's eternal beauty and love. So universally true is this, the spot where we chance to be always seems the best.

  

English:

Adenium obesum is a poisonous species of flowering plant belonging to tribe Nerieae of subfamily Apocynoideae of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that is native to the Sahel regions, south of the Sahara (from Mauritania and Senegal to Sudan), and tropical and subtropical eastern and southern Africa and Arabia. Common names include Sabi star, kudu, mock azalea, impala lily and desert rose.

It is an evergreen or drought-deciduous succulent shrub (which can also lose its leaves during cold spells, or according to the subspecies or cultivar). It can grow to 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) in height, with pachycaul stems and a stout, swollen basal caudex. The leaves are spirally arranged, clustered toward the tips of the shoots, simple entire, leathery in texture, 5–15 cm (2.0–5.9 in) long and 1–8 cm (0.39–3.15 in) broad. The flowers are tubular, 2–5 cm (0.79–1.97 in) long, with the outer portion 4–6 cm (1.6–2.4 in) diameter with five petals, resembling those of other related genera such as Plumeria and Nerium. The flowers tend to red and pink, often with a whitish blush outward of the throat.

  

Français :

Adenium obesum (la Rose du désert) est une espèce de plantes à fleurs, contenant plusieurs sous-espèces. Elle est aussi appelée Baobab chacal, Lis des Impalas, Sabi Star ou Kudu.

La plante est originaire d'une aire couvrant l'Afrique de l'Est et le sud de l'Arabie.

Adenium obesum est une plante succulente pachycaule à feuillage persistant pouvant mesurer jusqu'à 3 mètres de haut et dont le tronc forme un caudex, sorte de très gros renflement gris-vert situé à la base du tronc qui sert d'organe de réserve.

Ses nombreuses petites branches se terminent par quelques grandes feuilles charnues, mesurant de 5 à 15 cm de long et 1-8 cm de large disposées en spirales autour des rameaux. Elles sont difficiles à densifier car chaque nouvelle feuille est accompagnée de la chute d’une plus ancienne. En cas de conditions difficiles il perd ses feuilles pour se rendre plus résistant aux conditions extrêmes — peu de feuilles = peu d’évaporation, c’est une technique de survie en zone aride.

Roses ou rouges, ses fleurs à 5 pétales en trompette de 2 à 5 cm de long, ressemblent à celles du Plumeria et apparaissent au printemps et à l’automne.

Bien qu’il ne s’agisse pas d’un arbre stricto sensu, on peut faire d'Adenium un simili-bonsaï d’intérieur.

had to leave this behind at my mommas house when i moved out :'(

my flame resistant locker filled with some of my paint <3

Even with a water crisis caused by drought, a beautiful garden can be maintained.

 

This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera and a KOWA 1:3.5/55mm lens with a Kowa L1A ø67 filter using Kodak Portra 160 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

Buzzard tail feather in Solleveld

Ocean tides rise up around these wild beauties and cause no damage even if they are fully submerged.

Punta Gorda is a city in Charlotte County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census the city had a population of 16,641. It is the county seat of Charlotte County and the only incorporated municipality in the county. Punta Gorda is the principal city of the Punta Gorda, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and is also in the Sarasota-Bradenton-Punta Gorda Combined Statistical Area.

 

Punta Gorda was the scene of massive destruction after Charley, a Category 4 hurricane, came through the city on August 13, 2004. Charley was the strongest tropical system to hit Florida since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and the first hurricane since Hurricane Donna in 1960 to make a direct hit on Florida's southwest coast. In the immediate years following the storm, buildings were restored or built to hurricane-resistant building codes. The new buildings, restorations and amenities concurrently preserved the city's past while showcasing newer facilities. During this time, Laishley Park Municipal Marina was built and the Harborwalk, Linear Park and various trails were created throughout the city for bicycle and pedestrian traffic.

 

The name Punta Gorda ("Fat Point") has been on maps at least since 1851, referring to a point of land that juts into Charlotte Harbor, an estuary off the Gulf of Mexico. It was in the late 1800s that early settlers began to arrive in what is the present-day Punta Gorda area.

 

Frederick and Jarvis Howard, Union Army veterans, homesteaded an area south of the Peace River near present-day Punta Gorda about a decade after the close of the Civil War. In 1876, James and Josephine Lockhart bought land and built a house on property which is now at the center of the city. Approximately two years later Lockhart sold his claim to James Madison Lanier, a hunter and trapper.

 

In 1879, a charter for a railroad with termini at Charlotte Harbor and Lake City, Florida was established under the name Gainesville, Ocala, and Charlotte Harbor Railroad. It was taken over by the Florida Southern Railroad, which reaffirmed Charlotte Harbor as a terminus in its own charter. Lanier with his wife lived there until 1883, when 30.8 acres (12.5 ha) were sold to Isaac Trabue, who purchased additional land along the harbor and directed the platting of a town (by Kelly B. Harvey) named "Trabue". Harvey recorded the plat on February 24, 1885. At the time, Isaac was in Kentucky, and his cousin, John Trabue, was in charge of selling lots. Kelly, a native of the Peace River area, started referring to the new town as Punta Gorda. He later explained that the Spaniards called the area Punta Gorda, and local businesses included Punta gorda within their companies' names.

 

Less than ten years after the first settlements in the area, railroads rolled into the town of Trabue in June 1886, and with them came the first land developers and Southwest Florida's first batch of tourists. Punta Gorda became the southernmost stop on the Florida Southern Railroad, until an extension was built to Fort Myers in 1904, attracting the industries that propelled its initial growth.

 

In 1887, twelve years after the first settlers trekked to Charlotte Harbor, 34 met at Hector's Billiard Parlor to discuss incorporation. Once Punta Gorda was officially incorporated, mayoral elections took place and a council was formed. The first mayor, W. H. Simmons, was elected. The new city was renamed Punta Gorda.

 

Phosphate was discovered on the banks of the Peace River just above Punta Gorda in 1888. Phosphate mined in the Peace River Valley was barged down the Peace River to Punta Gorda and Port Boca Grande, where it was loaded onto vessels for worldwide shipment. In 1896, the Florida Times-Union reported that phosphate mining was Punta Gorda's chief industry and that Punta Gorda was the greatest phosphate shipping point in the world. By 1907, a railroad was built direct to Port Boca Grande, ending the brief phosphate shipping boom from Punta Gorda.

 

In 1890, the first postmaster, Robert Meacham, an African American, was appointed by Isaac Trabue as a deliberate affront to Kelly B. Harvey and those who had voted to change the name of the town from Trabue to Punta Gorda.

 

The Punta Gorda Herald was founded by Robert Kirby Seward in 1893 and published weekly during its early years.The newspaper covered such events as rum running, other smuggling activities, and lawlessness in general. It underwent many changes in both ownership and name over time, and today is known as The Charlotte Sun Herald.

 

Early Punta Gorda greatly resembled the modern social climate of various classes living together and working together. While the regal Punta Gorda Hotel, at one point partly owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt, reflected the upper class, Punta Gorda was a pretty rough town, as most frontier towns were. Punta Gorda's location at the end of the railway line spiked the crime rate, resulting in approximately 40 murders between 1890 and 1904. This included City Marshal John H. Bowman, who was shot and killed in his front parlor on January 29, 1903, in view of his family.

 

In 1925, a bungalow was built by Joseph Blanchard, an African American sea captain and fisherman. The Blanchard House Museum still stands as a museum, providing education for the history of middle-class African American life in the area.

 

Punta Gorda in the 20th century still maintained steady growth. Charlotte County was formed in 1921 after DeSoto County was split. Also in 1921, the first bridge was constructed connecting Punta Gorda and Charlotte Harbor along the brand-new Tamiami Trail. This small bridge was replaced by the original Barron Collier Bridge in 1931, and then by the current Barron Collier Bridge and Gilchrist Bridge crossing the Peace River.

 

During World War II, a U.S. Army airfield was built in Punta Gorda to train combat air pilots. After the war, the airfield was turned over to Charlotte County.Today the old airfield is the Punta Gorda Airport, providing both commercial and general aviation.

 

Punta Gorda's next intense growth phase started in 1959 with the creation of a neighborhood of canal-front home sites, Punta Gorda Isles, by a trio of entrepreneurs, Al Johns, Bud Cole and Sam Burchers. They laid out 55 miles of canals 100 feet wide and 17 feet deep using dredged sand to raise the level of the canal front land. This provided dry home sites with access to the Charlotte Harbor and the Gulf of Mexico. Johns went on to develop several other communities in Punta Gorda, among which were Burnt Store Isles, another waterfront community with golf course, and Seminole Lakes, a golf course community. These communities provided waterfront or golf course homes for retirees with access to a downtown with shopping, restaurants, and parks.

 

In the early 1980s at the site of the old Maud Street Fishing Docks, a new shopping, restaurant and marina complex, Fishermen's Village, was constructed that continues to be one of Southwest Florida's primary attractions.

 

In 2004, a major hurricane, Hurricane Charley, moved through Punta Gorda, damaging many buildings, but also creating an opportunity for revitalization of both the historic downtown and the waterfront. During the first part of the twenty-first century, Punta Gorda has continued to grow and improve, adding a new Harborwalk which continues to expand, a linear park which winds through the city, many new restaurants, and neighborhoods.

 

A replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated on November 5, 2016. The city also features the Whispering Giant statue, a public art sculpture of the face of a Native American man and a Native American woman.

 

Credit for the data above is given to the following website:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punta_Gorda,_Florida

 

Mixed media collage on book end paper. Approx 5" x 7". Charcoal, drawing and collage.

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Some (almost) final edits for my Los Angeles Gallery Show! Here's how I do it:

 

Print: Fuji Crystal Lightjet Metallic front-mounted to 1/4" Acrylic.

Acrylic: 1/4" with regular polished edge

Backing: White aluminum 3mm

Hanging Mechanism: Silver aluminum float box

 

I'll be using the top-of-the-line, museum-quality gallery format consists of the highest-quality prints on Fujicolor Crystal Archival Paper, front-mounted to UV-resistant protective acrylic, backed by a solid aluminum sheet, and fastened to an aluminum silver frame "float box" for mounting on the wall.

 

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Printing fine art is fun! I've always said--a fine art photograph isn't done until it is a fine art print! :) How do you print your fine art?

 

Epic stormy seas! :)

 

The 45EPIC landscapes and goddesses are straight out of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey!

 

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"RAGE--Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Zeus fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another. " --Homer's Iliad capturing the rage of the 45EPIC landscapes and seascapes! :)

 

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Cold resistant cranefly on sunchair. Air temp around 1.5'C. Focus stacked using zerene

Pretty Goddess modeling the new Sony A7R ! Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess Shooting Stills (Sony A7R with 35mm F/2.8 Carl Zeiss Lens) & Video (Sony NEX6) at the same time with the 45surfer philosophy bracket! I use it on every shoot, as there is so much beauty in the world and so little time, so you might as weill shoot stills and video at the same time! :) Writing a book on it! :)

 

A warm Malibu December when the sun satys low all day, allowing us to shoot at noon as if it was 5 PM in the summer!

 

Here's some video shot at the same time as stills using a Sony A7R for the video camera:

 

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Photos shot with the Nikon D800E and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens with the B W 77mm XS-Pro Kaesemann Circular Polarizer with Multi-Resistant Nano Coating filter. I always, always shoot with a CP filter--even on cloudy days!

 

Enjoy the pretty goddesses and all the best on your epic hero's journey!

 

Modeling the new black & gold & "Gold 45 Revolver" Gold'N'Virtue swimsuits with the main equation to Moving Dimensions Theory on the swimsuits: dx4/dt=ic. Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! :) You can read more about my research and Hero's Journey Physics here:

herosjourneyphysics.wordpress.com/ MDT PROOF#2: Einstein (1912 Man. on Rel.) and Minkowski wrote x4=ict. Ergo dx4/dt=ic--the foundational equation of all time and motion which is on all the shirts and swimsuits. Every photon that hits my Nikon D800e's sensor does it by surfing the fourth expanding dimension, which is moving at c relative to the three spatial dimensions, or dx4/dt=ic!

 

The models were tall, thin, fit, and gorgeous beach goddesses! A blond and a brunette with long, long silky hair! Poseidon would approve! If he were shooting them, he'd want to capture simultaneous photographic stills and video at the same time too.

 

Best on your hero's journey from Johnny Ranger McCoy! :)

 

Falling in love with the full frame 36 megapixel e mount Sony A7R! The models make pretty photographers. :)

 

Nikon D800E RAW photos finished in Lightroom 5.3. Malibu December!

Peco Plaubel / Industar 51 / Agfa Multicontrast MCP 310 RC paper negative

 

This is the first paper negative I shoot in more than two years, and it will always amaze me how delicately the Industar 51 performs. This macro was shot at f16, which I believe to be the sweet spot of the lens, and i absolutely love how every focus area has been rendered.

The watch by the way, is a trinket that I bought at a Japanese 100 yen store, and I think this is as good as you can get for 75 cents of a dollar. I bought it not because I had any expectations on it being too functional, but because I fell in love with the (grammatically wrong) warning imprinted below the screen that it is 'no water resistant'. I couldn't pass on the opportunity to own a Casio knockoff with such brutally honest piece of advice on it, so there they went my 100 yen (108 tax included).

Pelargonium zonale couramment nommé Géranium,

dans mon jardin, que je cultive d'année en année, je les rentre en hiver avant les gelées,

et les rajeunis ou bouture en les replantant au printemps après les dernières gelées, ainsi d'année en année déjà depuis plus de 30 ans

The Lumigon T3 is a luxurious, water-resistant phone that can see in the dark16

Résistant au vent et à la pluie, le bouquetin sous la pluie m'a contemplé dans un instant de pure magie. Ce grimpeur hors pair évolue aisément sur les parois que nous, humains, trouvons effrayantes. Sa capacité à grimper jusqu'à 4000 mètres pour se nourrir d'herbes, même dans les coins les plus reculés, est incroyable. En m'enfonçant dans cette zone escarpée, les gouttes de pluie me frappaient sans relâche, mais croiser ce regard en valait chaque pas glissant. La nature offre ses plus beaux trésors à ceux qui osent l'affronter. Et vous, jusqu'où iriez-vous pour un moment comme celui-ci ?

 

Selon vous, la nature récompense-t-elle toujours ceux qui prennent des risques pour elle, ou certaines aventures ne valent-elles vraiment pas la peine ?

 

Resistant to wind and rain, the ibex in the rain gazed at me in a moment of pure magic. This exceptional climber moves effortlessly along cliffs that we humans find terrifying. Its ability to climb up to 4,000 meters to feed on grass, even in the most remote corners, is incredible. As I ventured deeper into this rugged terrain, raindrops pelted me relentlessly, but meeting that gaze was worth every slippery step. Nature offers its finest treasures to those who dare to face it. And you—how far would you go for a moment like this?

 

Do you think nature always rewards those who take risks for it, or are some adventures simply not worth it?

 

Alpine ibex/Bouquetin des Alpes (Capra ibex)

 

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Look for me

The way you would if you were blind

Don't be so resistant

I've been known

To travel much too fast

Is that you in the distance?

Communicating thoughts of ways

To never have to speak again

Let me be the fire in your head

Bring what's yours, I'll take what's mine

And meet you on the other side

We'll leave a sun so anyone can find us

A better place, a sweeter time

We won't need any wings to fly

A place beyond the sun

- Beyond The Sun, Shinedown

 

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Pretty Goddess modeling the new Sony A7R ! Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess Shooting Stills (Sony A7R with 35mm F/2.8 Carl Zeiss Lens) & Video (Sony NEX6) at the same time with the 45surfer philosophy bracket! I use it on every shoot, as there is so much beauty in the world and so little time! :) Writing a book on it! :)

 

Here's some video shot at the same time as stills using a Sony A7R for the video camera:

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiOMrZIEzg8

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7gq_gCk0jE

 

Photos shot with the Nikon D800E and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens with the B W 77mm XS-Pro Kaesemann Circular Polarizer with Multi-Resistant Nano Coating filter. I always, always shoot with a CP filter--even on cloudy days!

 

Enjoy the pretty goddesses and all the best on your epic hero's journey!

 

Modeling the black & gold & American flag "Gold 45 Revolver" Gold'N'Virtue swimsuits with the main equation to Moving Dimensions Theory on the swimsuits: dx4/dt=ic. Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! :) You can read more about my research and Hero's Journey Physics here:

herosjourneyphysics.wordpress.com/ MDT PROOF#2: Einstein (1912 Man. on Rel.) and Minkowski wrote x4=ict. Ergo dx4/dt=ic--the foundational equation of all time and motion which is on all the shirts and swimsuits. Every photon that hits my Nikon D800e's sensor does it by surfing the fourth expanding dimension, which is moving at c relative to the three spatial dimensions, or dx4/dt=ic!

 

The models were tall, thin, fit, and gorgeous beach goddesses! A blond and a brunette with long, long silky hair! Poseidon would approve! If he were shooting them, he'd want to capture simultaneous photographic stills and video at the same time too.

 

Best on your hero's journey from Johnny Ranger McCoy! :)

 

Falling in love with the full frame 36 megapixel e mount Sony A7R! The models make pretty photographers. :)

Rio de las Vueltas

Just a stop, during the hike to "Laguna de Los Tres"

El Chalten

Santa Cruz

Patagonia

Argentina

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From my set entitled “Wegelia”

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In my collection entitled “The Garden”

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weigela

Weigela is a small genus of about 12 species of deciduous shrubs in the family Caprifoliaceae, growing to 1-5 m tall. All are natives of eastern Asia.

 

The leaves are 5-15 cm long, ovate-oblong with an acuminate tip, and with a serrated margin. The flowers are 2-4 cm long, with a five-lobed white, pink, or red (rarely yellow) corolla, produced in small corymbs of several together in early summer. The fruit is a dry capsule containing numerous small winged seeds.

 

Weigela species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Brown-tail.

 

The genus is named after the German scientist Christian Ehrenfried Weigel.

The British Weigela national collection is held at Sheffield Botanical Gardens; along with the national collection of the closely related Diervilla genus.[1] The german Weigela national collection is held at Sichtungsgarten Weigela in Buckow, Maerkische Schweiz [2]

 

Several of the species are very popular ornamental shrubs in gardens, although species have been mostly superseded by hybrids (crosses between W. florida and other Asiatic species).

 

All of us are affected by the things thwarted on our way, but the art lies in the acceptance of the fact that they are they are a part but nothing extrinsic.

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one of 2 album covers i´m doing today which turned out quite ok :P huff huff huff...ughn...

Three Rondavels - Sunset

 

Three Rondavels - Sonnenuntergang

 

The Blyde River Canyon, officially the Motlatse Canyon is a significant natural feature of South Africa, located in Mpumalanga, and forming the northern part of the Drakensberg escarpment. Located in the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, it is 25 kilometres (16 mi) in length and is, on average, around 750 metres (2,461 ft) deep. The Blyderivierpoort Dam, when full, is at an altitude of 665 metres (2,182 ft). The canyon consists mostly of red sandstone. The highest point of the canyon, Mariepskop, is 1,944 metres (6,378 ft) above sea level, whilst its lowest point where the river leaves the canyon is slightly less than 561 metres (1,841 ft) above sea level. This means that by some measure the canyon is 1,383 metres (4,537 ft) deep.

 

While it is difficult to compare canyons world-wide, Blyde River Canyon is one of the largest canyons on Earth, and it may be the largest 'green canyon' due to its lush subtropical foliage. It has some of the deepest precipitous cliffs of any canyon on the planet. It is the second largest canyon in Africa, after the Fish River Canyon, and is known as one of the great wonders of nature on the continent.

 

Possibly the best view in the whole of the Blyde River Canyon is of the "Three Rondavels", huge, round rocks, thought to be reminiscent of the houses or huts of the indigenous people, known as rondavels. This canyon is part of the Panorama Route. This route starts at the town Graskop and includes God's Window, the Pinnacle and Bourke's Luck Potholes.

 

Blyde means "glad" or "happy" in old Dutch, a name derived from a voortrekkers' expedition. The 'happy river' was thus named in 1844, when Hendrik Potgieter and others returned safely from Delagoa Bay to the rest of their party of trekkers who had considered them dead. While still under this misapprehension they had named the nearby river where they had been encamped, Treurrivier, or 'mourning river'.

 

In 2005, the Blyde River was renamed to the Motlatse River, and the Mpumalanga Provincial Government announced that the canyon would be renamed as well.

 

The Blyde River Canyon supports large diversity of life, including numerous fish and antelope species as well as hippos and crocodiles, and every primate species that may be seen in South Africa (including both greater and lesser bushbabies, vervet monkeys and Samango monkeys). The diversity of birdlife is similarly high, including the beautiful and much sought Narina trogon as well as species such as the Cape vulture, black eagle, crowned eagle, African fish eagle, gymnogene, jackal buzzard, white-rumped vulture, bald ibis, African finfoot, Knysna lourie, purple-crested lourie, Gurney's sugarbird, malachite sunbird, cinnamon dove, African emerald cuckoo, red-backed mannikin, golden-tailed woodpecker, olive bush shrike, green twinspot, Taita falcons (very rarely sighted, a breeding pair lives in the nearby Abel Erasmus Pass), Cape eagle owl, white-faced owl, wood owl, peregrine falcon, black-breasted snake eagle, Wahlberg's eagle, long-crested eagle, lanner falcon, red-breasted sparrowhawk, rock kestrel and others.

 

At 200 metres (660 ft), the Kadishi Tufa waterfall is the second tallest tufa waterfall on earth. A tufa waterfall is formed when water running over dolomite rock absorbs calcium, and deposits rock formations more rapidly than they erode the surrounding rock. In the case of the Kadishi Tufa fall, the formation that has been produced strikingly resembles a face which is crying profusely, and is thus sometimes known as 'the weeping face of nature'.

 

The canyon and the surrounding Drakensberg escarpment is a very popular tourist region with a well-developed tourism industry supported by good public infrastructure.

 

(Wikipedia)

 

The Three Rondavels are three round, grass-covered mountain tops with somewhat pointed peaks. They resemble the traditional round or oval rondavels or African homesteads quite closely, which are made with local materials. Sometimes they are also called the Three Sisters, though this may confuse them with a similar threesome visible from the N1 road in the Northern Cape, very far to the south.

 

The names of the peaks commemorate a 19th century chief, Maripi, and three of his wives. The flat-topped peak adjacent to the rondavels is Mapjaneng, "the chief", who is remembered for opposing invading Swazis in a memorable battle. The three rondavels are named for three of his more troublesome wives – Magabolle, Mogoladikwe and Maseroto. Behind the rondavels the distant high plateau of Mariepskop may be visible. Beside the dam, the isolated Thabaneng hill is known as the "sundial" or “mountain with a shadow that moves". It is said that the position of its shadow indicates the time of day.

 

On a clear day the lookout point provides extensive views. From here one looks over the canyon to the Three Rondavels on the other side, which is flanked on various sides by promontories of the northern Drakensberg range.

 

The formation of the attractive sedimentary formations are explained geologically as the slow erosion of underlying soft stone, leaving the exposed the more resistant quartzite and shale rondavels.

 

(Wikipedia)

 

Der Blyde River Canyon ist ein 26 Kilometer langer, bis 800 Meter tiefer und hauptsächlich aus rotem Sandstein bestehender Canyon. Er befindet sich an der Panorama Route nordöstlich von Johannesburg und gilt als eines der großen Naturwunder Afrikas.

 

Durch den Blyde River Canyon, der an den Bourke’s Luck Potholes beginnt, fließt der Fluss Blyde River, der bei 25° 4′ 15,9″ S, 30° 40′ 40,2″ O dem Thaba Chweu entspringt und bei 24° 15′ 18,6″ S, 30° 49′ 50″ O in den Olifantsriver fließt.

 

Ein von zahlreichen Touristen besuchter Punkt des Canyons sind die drei Rondavels, gewaltige, runde Felsen, die an die runden Hütten der Einheimischen erinnern. Wegen seines Ausblicks vielbesucht ist auch God’s Window.

 

(Wikipedia)

Durdle Door from seen from above

 

Durdle Door von oben gesehen

 

The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. It stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset, a distance of about 96 mi (154 km), and was inscribed on the World Heritage List in mid-December 2001.

 

The site spans 185 million years of geological history, coastal erosion having exposed an almost continuous sequence of rock formation covering the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. At different times, this area has been desert, shallow tropical sea and marsh, and the fossilised remains of the various creatures that lived here have been preserved in the rocks.

 

Natural features seen on this stretch of coast include arches, pinnacles and stack rocks. In some places the sea has broken through resistant rocks to produce coves with restricted entrances, and in one place, the Isle of Portland is connected to the land by a narrow spit. In some parts of the coast, landslides are common. These have exposed a wide range of fossils, the different rock types each having its own typical fauna and flora, thus providing evidence of how animals and plants evolved in this region.

 

The area around Lulworth Cove contains a fossil forest, and 71 different rock strata have been identified at Lyme Regis, each with its own species of ammonite. The fossil collector Mary Anning lived here and her major discoveries of marine reptiles and other fossils were made at a time when the study of palaeontology was just starting to develop. The Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre provides information on the heritage coast, and the whole length of the site can be visited via the South West Coast Path.

 

The Jurassic Coast is subject to severe weather conditions at times. Violent storms occurred in 1824 and 1974, and these and various lesser storms have battered the cliffs and caused flooding and structural damage in coastal towns. The coast is largely an eroding landscape and management of the site aims to allow the natural processes of erosion to continue while protecting people and property. Coastal defences have been put in place in Charmouth and Weymouth, where houses are at risk, but in other places, where the coastline remains in a natural state, the management policy is to take no action and allow erosion to take its course.

 

The Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre is an independent educational charity situated near the beach in Charmouth; it provides information and displays on the geology of the area and the wildlife, including a large collection of fossils and a rockpool aquarium. Family fossil-hunting trips are organised from here as well as other events and activities related to the geology and natural history of the area.

 

The entire length of the coast can be walked on the South West Coast Path. Landslips and rockfalls are a continuing feature of the evolution of this coast. On 6 May 2008, a 1,300 ft (400 m) section of the coast was dramatically re-shaped after a landslip that was described as the worst in 100 years. There was a fatality in 2012 when 400 tonnes of rock fell onto the beach at Burton Bradstock and another cliff fall took place in 2016 at West Bay, near Bridport.

 

Durdle Door (sometimes written Durdle Dor) is a natural limestone arch on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth in Dorset, England.

 

It is privately owned by the Welds, a family who owns 12,000 acres (50 km2) in Dorset in the name of the Lulworth Estate. It is open to the public. The name Durdle is derived from the Old English word ‘thirl' meaning bore or drill.

 

There is a dearth of early written records about the arch, though it has kept a name given to it probably over a thousand years ago. In the late eighteenth century there is a description of the "magnificent arch of Durdle-rock Door", and early nineteenth-century maps called it 'Duddledoor' and 'Durdle' or 'Dudde Door'. In 1811 the first Ordnance Survey map of the area named it as 'Dirdale Door'. 'Durdle' is derived from the Old English 'thirl', meaning to pierce, bore or drill, which in turn derives from 'thyrel', meaning hole. Similar names in the region include Durlston Bay and Durlston Head further east, where a coastal stack suggests the existence of an earlier arch, and the Thurlestone, an arched rock in the neighbouring county of Devon to the west. The 'Door' part of the name probably maintains its modern meaning, referring to the arched shape of the rock; in the late nineteenth century there is reference to it being called the "Barn-door", and is described as being "sufficiently high for a good-sized sailing boat to pass through it."

 

Music videos have been filmed at Durdle Door, including parts of Tears for Fears' "Shout", Billy Ocean's "Loverboy", and Cliff Richard's "Saviour's Day".

 

The landscape around Durdle Door has been used in scenes in several films, including Wilde (1997) starring Stephen Fry, Nanny McPhee starring Emma Thompson, the 1967 production of Far From The Madding Crowd (the latter also filmed around nearby Scratchy Bottom), and the Bollywood film Housefull 3.

 

Ron Dawson's children's story Scary Bones meets the Dinosaurs of the Jurassic Coast creates a myth of how Durdle Door came to be, as an 'undiscovered' dinosaur called Durdle Doorus is magically transformed into rock.

 

Dorset-born Arthur Moule, a friend of Thomas Hardy and missionary to China, wrote these lines about Durdle Door for his 1879 book of poetry Songs of heaven and home, written in a foreign land:

 

Shall the tide thus ebb and flow for ever?

and for evermore

Rave the wave and glance the ripple through the

rocks at Durdle Door?

 

(Wikipedia)

 

Die Jurassic Coast (deutsch „Jura-Küste“) ist ein Abschnitt entlang der südenglischen Ärmelkanal-Küste. Von Orcombe Point, bei Exmouth in der Grafschaft Devon im Westen, bis zu den Old Harry Rocks, bei Swanage in der Isle of Purbeck im Osten, erstreckt sich auf einer Länge von etwa 150 km ein Küstenstreifen, der im Jahr 2001 als erste Naturlandschaft in England von der UNESCO zum Weltnaturerbe aufgenommen wurde. Neben den beeindruckenden Fels- und Küstenformationen ist die Jurassic Coast vor allem als Fossilienfundstätte bekannt. Weite Teile sind als Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty („Gebiet von außerordentlicher natürlicher Schönheit“) geschützt.

 

Die Naturphänomene entlang der Küste, besonders die dortigen Felsformationen zeigen eine kontinuierliche Folge von im Trias, Jura und von in der Kreidezeit entstandenen geologischen Strukturen und lassen etwa 185 Millionen Jahre der Erdgeschichte ersichtlich werden. Die Steinschichten entlang der Jurassic Coast sind leicht nach Osten geneigt. Deswegen findet sich der älteste Teil der Küste im westlichen Bereich, die Klippen Richtung Osten bestehen aus progressiv jüngeren Gesteinen.

 

Die ältesten Felsen in Ost-Devon bilden die rote Küste aus Sandsteinfelsen, die aus der Triaszeit vor 251 bis 200 Millionen Jahren stammt. Damals war die Gegend eine Wüstenlandschaft. Weiter östlich schließen sich in Dorset Juraformationen aus Lehm und Kalkstein an, die nach Überflutung der Wüste entstanden. Gegen Ende der Jurazeit vor 145 Millionen Jahren sank der Meeresspiegel und es entstanden Sümpfe und Lagunen. Vor 100 Millionen Jahren bildete sich erneut ein großes tropisches Meer in diesem Gebiet. Aus der Kreidezeit bis vor etwa 65 Millionen Jahren stammen die jüngsten Formationen im Osten der Jurassic Coast.

 

Neben den Felsklippen weist die Landschaft noch eine Anzahl an verschiedenen Küstenformen auf wie etwa kleine Buchten (Lulworth Cove), Strände und Dünenstreifen (Chesil Beach) oder die Isle of Portland, eine Insel im Ärmelkanal nahe Weymouth.

 

Aufgrund der landschaftlichen Schönheit ist die Jurassic Coast ein bevorzugtes touristisches Ziel. Beliebt sind auch Wanderungen entlang des South West Coast Path, eines der Küste folgenden Fernwanderwegs. Anziehungspunkte auf diesem Weg sind geologische Besonderheiten wie etwa der Fossilwald bei Lulworth Cove und die Felsbrücke Durdle Door sowie verschiedene Aussichtspunkte. In den kleinen Städten und Dörfern gibt es Museen und Besucherzentren. Als besondere Sehenswürdigkeiten werden auch die Isle of Portland, die Fossilien im Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre und die Steinbruchhöhlen in Beer beworben. Ein zentrales Besucherzentrum (World Heritage Coast Centre) wurde 2011 in Weymouth eröffnet.

 

Durdle Door (zurückgehend auf altenglisch thirl ‚Bohrloch‘, ‚Durchbohrung‘) ist eine natürliche Felsbrücke aus Kalkstein an der auch als Tourismusregion bekannten Jurassic Coast, einem von der UNESCO als Weltnaturerbe ausgezeichneten Abschnitt der Südenglischen Kreideküste. Die Gesteinsformation befindet sich in der Grafschaft Dorset in der Nähe von West Lulworth. Das Gelände gehört zum Gebiet des etwa 50 Quadratkilometer umfassenden Lulworth Estate, das sich im Privatbesitz der wohlhabenden Grundbesitzerfamilie Welds befindet, aber für die Öffentlichkeit zugänglich ist.

 

Durdle Door gilt als ein Wahrzeichen dieses Teils der Küste, und der unmittelbar daneben befindliche Strand ist ein beliebter Badeplatz. Jährlich sind rund 200.000 Besucher an dem Ort zu verzeichnen, der seit 1967 auch schon mehrfach als Schauplatz für Filmszenen und Musik-Videoclips, so etwa für Shout von Tears for Fears, diente.

 

Am Durdle Door führt der South West Coast Path vorbei, ein Weitwanderweg, der unter anderen die gesamte Jurassic Coast entlanggeht.

 

(Wikipedia)

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