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Almost every stretch of the coast path brings up a view like this showing what still needs to be accomplished on the day's walking. It's both inspiring and sobering at the same time!
Beethoven - Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2, No. 3
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Mogosoaia Palace [built from 1702], near Bucharest, Romania
with major restoration works [1912-1945]
by architects Domenico Rupolo and G.M. Cantacuzino
for Marta Bibescu
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogo%C5%9Foaia_Palace
www.palatebrancovenesti.ro/en/index.php?option=com_conten...
www.palatebrancovenesti.ro/en/index.php?option=com_conten...
www.monumenteromania.ro/index.php/monumente/detalii/en/Pa...
Constantin Brâncoveanu
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantin_Br%C3%A2ncoveanu
Marthe Bibesco
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marthe_Bibesco
Domenico Rupolo
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domenico_Rupolo
George Matei Cantacuzino
This swan, by the River Test at Mottisfont, treated me to a view of a full 6 minute preening session.
I hardly ever use the burst function on my camera as it mostly results in a boring trawl through not very much. But the swan's resolve quickly dissolved my reluctance, so here is a small selection from my one hundred and five shots.
I understand that preening is usually a social activity but this swan always seems to be alone in the grounds of Mottisfont Abbey, so likely has lost its mate.
posting for Sliders Sunday
my gratitude for all your visits
Happy new week to come!
A female giant green turtle returns to sea, after she has laid her eggs on the beach of Itsamia, Mwali, Comoros
This Bee, caught in flight as it was approaching a pollen charged Camellia flower, had already visited a number of flowers, its pollen baskets being a good indication of its dedication to this task.
"The more you know, the more you can create. There's no end to imagination in the kitchen."
Julia Child
I believe that Julia Child was referring to the cooking process being involved in imagination. However, often I am easily distracted from the task at hand.
Being in the kitchen with sliced food or small kitchen tools, I see those items as photographic subjects. I think it's good to let one's imagination run wild...within limits, I suppose. :)
Sydney, AUSTRÀLIA 2023
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, spanning Sydney Harbour from the central business district (CBD) to the North Shore. The view of the bridge, the Harbour, and the nearby Sydney Opera House is widely regarded as an iconic image of Sydney, and of Australia itself. Nicknamed "the Coathanger" because of its arch-based design, the bridge carries rail, vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic.
Under the direction of John Bradfield of the New South Wales Department of Public Works, the bridge was designed and built by British firm Dorman Long of Middlesbrough, and opened in 1932. The bridge's general design, which Bradfield tasked the NSW Department of Public Works with producing, was a rough copy of the Hell Gate Bridge in New York City. The design chosen from the tender responses was original work created by Dorman Long, who leveraged some of the design from its own Tyne Bridge.
It is the tenth-longest spanning-arch bridge in the world and the tallest steel arch bridge, measuring 134 m (440 ft) from top to water level. It was also the world's widest long-span bridge, at 48.8 m (160 ft) wide, until construction of the new Port Mann Bridge in Vancouver was completed in 2012.
Wikipedia
Fingertips for MacroMondays, and a wonderful tool for putting thoughts on paper. I wanted to use the opportunity to combine two passions of mine for this task on MacroMondays
Collecting pens (and using them) became for me, like photography, a passionate hobby. While a picture seen through my eyes gives another take on the world and on my surroundings, the pen, gives my thoughts a shape, a code, readable and understandable for the rest of the world. I think, both activities involve some kind of every-day-magic, we rarely think about.
From Wikipedia, "Leake Street (also known as the Banksy Tunnel) is a road tunnel in Lambeth, London where graffiti is tolerated regardless of the fact that it is against the law. The street is about 300 metres long, runs off York Road and under the platforms and tracks of Waterloo station.
The walls are decorated with graffiti, initially created during the Cans Festival organised by Banksy on 3–5 May 2008. The festival ran again on the August Bank Holiday weekend 2008.
While the Eurostar terminal was at Waterloo, the road was open for through vehicular traffic. On 14 November 2008 ownership of the road passed from Eurostar to Network Rail and through traffic was restricted to pedestrians.
Prior to the 1920s the street was known as York Street."
As the low, late afternoon sun illuminated the grasses into neon,
I catch a tiny flash of a different colour.
A new wildflower, I've never seen before?
Could be interesting for a pic. Let's have a look ..
No, it was these guys.
I didn't really think I'd get anything decent as everything was swaying in the the breeze, getting focus through the grass stems, and me shaky with zoom ... I gave it a go just for the practice.
Later at home, I was surprised I got 2 out of the three in focus before they did fly off into the wild green yonder, still stuck together.
More of a surprise to see one of them was holding a 'snack'.
Their version of crackers in bed, perhaps ..?
sooc..
HMM !
Update:
Many Thanks to Anuj, who just gave me the correct ID for the loving couple.
They are Robber Flies.
I haven't heard of this name, but now I look more closely, their wings aren't as long as those on Dragonflies.
Bari, Basilica di San Nicola
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Even if tasks are unfinished, everyone should take time to meditate and appreciate the beauty of nature.
If it's not responding, end it.
My entry to the final round of Bio-Cup 2022.
Based on the task manager's "end task" / "close program" function
Huge thanks to everyone who provided me with feedback - not just for this particular build, but throughout the contest in general. It was fun!
Added sky to the original
Mar 15, 2009: selected by Smashing Magazine 35 (Really) Stunning Photos and Pictures
Incorporated in the GlobalBirdTrekker's Bird Guide
45 video cameras. 90 interviews. 15 hours to turn it into something watchable.
This is why I'm fat and tired.
India Set I Travel Collection I Steve's Website I © Steve Rosset 2009
Mumbai, India
This scene was quite amusing to me. We were driving along one of the major motorways when a motorcycle came flying by with a women sitting casually on the back. She was texting away while the guy was dodging in and out of traffic.
Si ya sabes lo que tienes que hacer y no lo haces entonces estás peor que antes.
- Confucio
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Last look at the old steam plant.
The broken broom is so ironic/cliched/metaphoric that I assume another photographer put it there … perhaps even took the head off first.
(Extra credit would have gone to him or her for writing “Hercules” on the broom handle … the fifth of 12 epic labors of the greatest hero of Greek mythology was cleaning — in one day! — the Augean stables, which housed a thousand cattle and hadn’t been mucked out in, like, 30 years.)