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This wall, year round, is covered in gum from passer-byers, artists, locals, and tourists who all flock here to get their pictures taken in front of this ever-evolving panorama of exquisite color
The bud
stands for all things,
even for those things that don't flower,
for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing;
though sometimes it is necessary
to reteach a thing its loveliness,
to put a hand on its brow
of the flower
and retell it in words and in touch
it is lovely
until it flowers again from within, of self-blessing;
as Saint Francis
put his hand on the creased forehead
of the sow, and told her in words and in touch
blessings of earth on the sow, and the sow
began remembering all down her thick length,
from the earthen snout all the way
through the fodder and slops to the spiritual curl of the tail,
from the hard spininess spiked out from the spine
down through the great broken heart
to the blue milken dreaminess spurting and shuddering
from the fourteen teats into the fourteen mouths sucking and blowing beneath
them:
the long, perfect loveliness of sow.
St. Francis and The Sow
by Galway Kinnell
He is my Saint Francis and I am his sow. For this I am so grateful.
For the Gratitude Project - 30 Days. Please visit the pool and participate, if you are so inclined.
This took a few hours, but it's important to get the shape right, and remember to use as many round white bricks as possible, and make sure to use transparent parts on the end so it trails off! Note: this thing is not very sturdy, its a bit unbalanced. Remember to NOT do that when making your own plume lol
This was the most huge and amazing booth!! just loved everything!! and all perfection! the bad part is that everything was SD sized!! >_<"""
This classic internet meme is now finally yours to own!
Completely redesigned for 2012, this will look gorgious atop your bookshelf, mantlepiece or high performance gaming workstation. Guaranteed to make you the envy of the Geekosphere! But hurry, only 100 of these have been made so far, and there's no way to know when more will become available.
- Easy to follow, step-by-step instructions.
- Includes full-color glossy instruction booklet.
- Uses 100% brand new, brand-name parts.
- Obeys all known laws of physics!
This is one of the most peaceful, beautiful, and difficult spots to photograph in Zion National Park. You are basically right up against canyon walls on three sides. Not even 11mm on crop can capture more then a fraction of the scene.
My friends and I had hiked up to this spot a little earlier in the day. We got hit by heavy rain right when we got to the upper emerald pool. With the stormy conditions in Zion the pool was full and covered much of the land where you can normally sit and relax. So we didn't spend long there and I didn't pull out my camera. We left and just below the middle pool the rain stopped. I told my friends I wanted to hike back to the upper pool and get some shots, and would meet them back at camp.
I hiked back and found I was the only person there. I started shooting and it started sprinkling. No problem I thought. Shortly after I took this shot the sprinkle turned into a flash flood. The waterfall became twice as wide, and the wind was blowing more water from the falls onto me than rain. I was completely drenched, but it was worth it.
Manual blend of two exposures made with my Canon 7D and Tokina 11-16 f/2.8, tripod mounted. Processed using ACR/Photoshop CS4.
Even better Large and Dark.
Thanks to everyone for helping this one make it to explore - I'm so chuffed!
I was lucky enough to attend an event in the former rotating restaurant at the top of the Post Office Tower BT Tower last night - given the murky evening it was not an ideal night for any long shots into the distance for panoramic views of London (also the glass was super-reflective) but with the help of Dominic's tripod (the official photographer at the event) I got a few good shots looking down to the streets below...
.. and behold - Middlesex Hospital chapel looking rather forlorn in the middle of the vaste site that was previously the hospital.
The first part of Middlesex Hospital was in Windmill Street in Soho and opened in 1745 - the site here was the second location and was built between 1755 and 1757. At the time the residents of London complained that the location was too far out of the city and that you had to cross the Soho fields to get to it. Seeing the extent of London now it's hard to imagine how this must have looked.
The hospital was extended over the years and numerous buildings were added - in 1929 a large area of the original hospital was demolished as it was in danger of collapse and was replaced with the a large seven-story 'H block' which opened in 1935 and was a familiar landmark known to all visitors.
Alongside this were a number of other buildings - notable here are the row along Nassau Street and 10 Mortimer Street. I mention these as the front walls of the buildings on Nassau Street remain and can be seen on the right of the site... 10 Mortimer Street is in the top right corner of the wasteland and is Grade II listed. Built in 1898 in red brick and Portland stone it started out as offices for an iron founders but was soon incorporated into the hospital. Interesting that the style of 10 Mortimer Street is "Art and Craft" which is the same as used by Ebenezer Howard, founder of Letchworth Garden City, my home town, as seen elsewhere in my photostream.
The chapel was started in 1891 and is rather different as the interior vaults were built in the Italian Gothic Style and are all marble and mosaic - quite stunning. The original architect was John Pearson although the building wasn't actually finished until 1929 when the demolition of much of the old buildings allowed the East window to be completed - the architect for this was one Frank Pearson, his son. John Pearson was one of the foremost Victorian church architects and if you're of a mind you can pay homage to him in Westminster abbey, which I think gives an indication of the esteem in which he was held.
The mosaics in the chapel are by Maurice Josey who's work can be seen across the country, most notably in St Pauls cathedral, Westminster Abbey and The Church of the Sacred Heart in Droitwich which is absolutely stunning Regardless of whether you're into the style I can recommend a visit if you're in the area just to marvel at the work.
The hospital closed in December 2005 and services moved to the University College London Hospital on the Euston Road - from all accounts by this stage the buildings were unable to support modern hospital requirements although the staff appear to have enjoyed the surroundings.
In order to pay for the new hospital the site here was sold for development (but not before being used as a location for a film "Eastern Promises" where it appeared as Trafalgar Hospital). The sale for £200M (thought to be some £25M over value and even £175M was way more than expected due to the rising cost of property - good news for UCL hospital though) completed in June 2006 and the site was cleared, save for the chapel and 10 Mortimer Street, and there it all starts to go horribly wrong.
The developers were (you can tell where we're headed can't you - were) the Candy brothers, Christian and Nick who planned a £1bn development called NoHo Square. Now this would be fine if London had a Houston Street and you could have South and North of Houston.. but the history of Soho has nothing to do with South of anything so NoHo is completely meaningless.
I'll spare you the details of the innovative/thrusting/blue-glass residential/retail plans - this article in Property Week is fairly descriptive and contains much knob-waving by Candy and Candy over how spanky their plans were going to be.
Roll forward to late 2008 and Famine's Hand doth Stalk the Developer's Land in the shape of Robert Peston the Credit Crunch. The upshot of this was that the Candy brothers pulled out and 'swapped' developments with one in Beverley Hills - the fact that an informal valuation of the site puts it now at £120m may have something to do with this.
So now we have an empty site owned by the Icelandic bank Kaupthing (yes - that one which was nationalised) and in the current climate little chance of movement for some time. I can only hope that the chapel survives it's lonely existence in the middle of this barren landscape.
Who knows what may happen to architectural trends between now and when work re-starts... green glass instead of blue?! The shot here reflects the multitude of styles in the area and hopefully this can be reflected in the plans. I always like the way streets appear when viewed from above at night - the tones are lovely and the way the light shines up buildings at night, reflected from the street, as opposed to down is most pleasing...
.. enjoy
P.S I couldn't help think of the song Nightporter by the popular 80's beat combo "Japan" - those of synth and haircut fame. No porters in this hospital anymore...
Could I ever explain this feeling of love?
It just lingers on
The fear in my heart that keeps telling me
Which way to turn
We'll wander again
Our clothes they are wet
We shy from the rain
Longing to touch all the places we know we can hide
The width of a room that can hold so much pleasure inside
Here am I alone again
A quiet town where life gives in
Here am I just wondering
Nightporters go
Nightporters slip away
I'll watch for a sign
And if I should ever again cross your mind
I'll sit my room and wait until nightlife begins
And catching my breath, we'll both brave the weather again
Here am I alone again
The quiet town where life gives in
Here am I just wondering
Nightporters go
Nightporters slip away
This working took me by surprise and the camera was not quite ready. Here we see Rail Cargo Hungaria (part of OBB) Taurus locomotive 1116 045 working the 12:35 service from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf on the very hot afternoon of the 28/8/23. The train was captured passing through Szoney, Hungary.
This was going to have a fourth 'me' sitting on the foot of the bed but the battery died in the camera which explains the empty space down there - darn it!
Commentary.
This beach, popular with me since the 1970’s,
shot to fame as the archetypal West Coast gem in the 1983 film, “Local Hero.”
Like so many others its shell-sand glistens white against a turquoise and azure sea.
The dune path to it from the old main road is like a mini-gorge through the marram grass-clad sand hills.
Then this view is revealed as we tip-toe across the stream to the main beach, fascinating vistas to Skye and Rum.
The highest peak, Sgurr Alasdair, one of my favourite viewing platforms, that I have happily climbed three times.
Amazingly in this telephoto image, it is nearly 25 miles away, across the Sound of Sleat, the Sleat Peninsula, Loch Slapin, the Strathaird Peninsula, Loch Scavaig and the ten-mile horseshoe of delectable peaks that make up this glorious mountain range.
The rocky headlands smothered in rock-pools thronging with life and the pure unspoilt nature of this Morar Bay.
There is a fantasy magic in these views of beach, ocean, cliff, hill, mountain and island that simply mesmerises.
A total delight to those souls who venture this far,
a Shangri-La……………….reward indeed!
Moved this to the front as I've re-edited the image and sharpened it up a bit as I took it when I first started getting into photography, I still don't feel like I've done it justice but I know most of you wouldn't have seen this, and it was probably one of the most defining moments in my photography life, this was the day that I realised how much I wanted to do it. This photograph will always be one of my favourite photos purely because of how great the day that led up to this was, we didn't plan it, we just did it and it resulted in one of the most memorable experiences of my life.
Just to clarify this isn't accesible anymore, and there's no way of getting up, it's been boarded up with metal, a real shame considering I think I've progressed massively since I took this, I'd love to see what I'd be able to do up there now.
This aggressive scavenger and predator has 2 tube nostrils joined together at the top of a hooked bill. A number of them were at the Cormorant Colony. Macronectes giganteus; Ushuaia; Patagonia, Argentina;
This happened in the market. I saw the pidgeon giving birth to its egg... so beautiful!!!
And just in time ... I was there :)
This beautiful V12 Jaguar Coupe with the optional US spec Quad headlight was at the Jaguar event in Ace Cafe London. Spoke to the owner, who said he spend lots of time and money over this immaculate Jaguar over the years
This lovely man is named Tim. I met him at a winery in Buellton, CA. I admired his hat and told him so. He took it off and was going to give it to me. No, no, I just want to take your picture. He was so joyful and a pleasure to meet and laugh with. Thank you Tim!
#29/100 of my 100 strangers.
This was taken today (16 July '06) at Lillydale a rural town outside of Launceston, Tasmania.
Here is a larger version.
One of my bestfriends right here, he has been there for me ever since California.
Ohh my, the weather has been amazing the past two days, I've been playing outside all day long
mostly by myself..haha I'm a loser
This is the beginning of my story for SoNE.
For the completly story watch on Shadows of Nar Eurbrikka on Eurobricks .
"Next Day before the imperial recruit Headquarter"
This shot can difficult to obtain due to all the tourist that show up under North Window and never leave. I was lucky there was nobody there and the lighting was still good.
This tree had lots of character. It looked as though it had been hit by Lightning. It was scorched and had eroded from the base, yet it was still hanging on and throwing out new shoots. The sky had a bit of drama in it which seemed to be appropriate.
Taken at Elterwater
This is my son, taking a photo. He is born 1982 (i have 4 children, 1977,1980,1982,1990) He is handicap, but very strong person. He was in sports, and have many prize,from Europe, and from Sydney, when the Olympic games was there.
Now he is trying to take photos.
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He died 20-2-2011............I miss him so much......
Everest Basecamp – mount everest, who does not know this mountain. The highest mountain in the world with a height of 8.848 meters (29,028 ft). who always wanted conguered mountain climbers climbers reliable. This mountain is deadly for novice climbers, so for those of you who are still a beginner, do not try to try to conguered this mountain. not necessarily because of his conguered climbers can reliably especially novice climbers.
The following is the Everest base camp
At Everest Base Camp, climbers will Often spend 4-8 weeks, acclimatizing to the altitude. During that time, the “Icefall Doctors” will set up ropes and ladders in the notoriously unstable Khumbu Icefall. Seracs, crevasses and shifting blocks of ice of make the icefall one of the most dangerous sections of the route. Many climbers and Sherpas have been killed in this section. To reduce the risk, climbers will usually begin Reviews their ascent well before sunrise when the freezing Temperatures glue ice blocks in place.Camp I
Above the icefall is Camp I at 6.065 m (19,900 ft) Camp 1 is mostly a temporary camp with most climbers just spending one night at this camp.Camp II
Base Camp II, Advanced Base Camp (ABC) is established at 6,400 m (21,300 ft). The Western Cwm is a are relatively flat, Gently rising glacial valley, marked by huge lateral crevasses in the center roomates Prevent direct access to the Upper Reaches of the Cwm. Climbers are forced to cross on the far right near the base of Nuptse to a small passageway known as the “Nuptse corner”. The Western Cwm as the topography of the area geneally cuts off wind from the climbing route. The high altitude and a clear, windless day can the make the Western Cwm unbearably hot for climbers.Camp III
From ABC, climbers ascend the Lhotse face on set of ropes up to Camp III, on small ledges situated at Approximately 7,200 m to 7,400 m. From there, it is another 500 meters to Camp IV on the South Col at 7.920 m (26,000 ft). From Camp III to Camp IV, mountaineers are faced with two additional obstacles: The “Geneva Spur” and the “Yellow Band”. The Geneva Spur is an anvil shaped rib of black rock named by a 1952 Swiss expedition. Fixed ropes help climbers in scrambling over this snow covered rock band. The Yellow Band is a section of sedimentary sandstone. The route from the base of the Lhotse face to the Summit is almost always completely fixed with static line.Camp IV
On the South Col, climbers are very close to 8,000 m and can only spend limited time at those altitudes even with supplemental oxygen. Climbers typically only have a maximum of two or three days they can tolerate at this altitude for making peak bids. Clear weather and low winds are important factors when Deciding on a summit attempt. If weather does not cooperate within Reviews These short few days, climbers are forced to move down, many all the way back down to Base Camp.
From Camp IV, mountaineers Reviews their summit push will start from 8 pm to 2 am with the hope of reaching the summit (still another 1,000 meters above) within 10 to 12 hours. Climbers will first reach “The Balcony” at 8,400 m (27,700 ft), a small platform where they can rest and gaze at peaks to the south and east in the early dawn light. Continuing up the ridge, climbers are then faced with a series of impressive rock steps the which usually forces them to the east into waist deep snow, a large amount of sudden grave hazard. At 8,750 m (28,700 ft), a small table-sized arena of ice and snow marks the South Summit.
From the South Peak, mountaineers go after the knife-edge along the Southeast Ridge the which is known as the “Cornice traverse” where snow griping to irregular rock. This is the most bare part of the climb as a misstep to the left would send one 2,400 m (8,000 ft) down the southwest face while to the immediate right is the 3,050 m (10,000 ft) Kangshung face. At the end of this traverse is an imposing 12 m (40 ft) rock wall called the “Hillary Step” at 8.760 m (28.750 ft).
Tenzing and Hillary were the first mountaineers to rise this step and they did it with prehistoric ice climbing equipment and without fixed ropes. Now, climbers will ascend this step using fixed ropes Previously set up by Sherpas. Once above the step, it is a comparatively easy climb to the top on fairly angled snow slopes – though the exposure on the ridge is extreme especially while traversing very large cornices of snow. After the Hillary Step, climbers must traverse Also a very loose and rocky section that has a very large entanglement of fixed ropes that can be troublesome in bad weather. Climbers will typically spend less than a half-hour on “top of the world” as they Realize the need to descend to Camp IV before darkness sets in, afternoon weather Becomes a serious problem, or supplemental oxygen tanks run out.
That Everest base camp you will visit when you are mountain climbing Everest. if you are big enough guts, you should climb this mountain. but if you are in doubt it is better not try to climb this mountain.
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This is Ralf, another German photographer and also another underdog here on Flickr. The way he sees the world is unique and his style is just amazing. If you like simplicity you'll LOVE his stream. He is mostly not much around but I don't care cause I love his work.
For Wednesday Contact Showcase
1. talking about art, 2. zen in the city, 3. green up, 4. the news, 5. Where do you want to live?, 6. the photographer, 7. White brick paradise, 8. The hint, 9. _❀____________
Another self portrait, this time featuring my latest addition to the camera collection: the Yashica 635.
I'm back home from university for a few weeks for the Easter break, and I'm looking forward to the slight change of scenery from campus for a bit.
This is another shot of a fancy hibiscus I photographed outside a resort in Ka'anapali! The colors were too bright and beautiful to ignore, so I thought that I would share them with you. the photo was taken in March 2012, with my trusty Olympus digital camera. Enjoy.
LT is our only longhair out of about 30 yard cats we have.she is still a kitten,but one of our favs.when you have this many Cats,names get strang.LT stands for "Long Tail" and she has the longest here.
This young women represents the traditional Zapotec barrio of San Pablo La Raya of the town of Zaachila at the carnival preview in Oaxaca city the Sunday before Ash Wednesday.
This plane is the first ever white Bronze number 2 ever produced by Lie Nielsen Toolworks, later 500 each would be produced for the limited edition series that named this plane “ The Millennium Plane”. This plane is not part of that series but surely must have been it's inspiration.
Please check out my set “No.2 alike”, perhaps click and watch a slide show, might be fun?
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Are you interested in Old Tools and Tool Collecting? Want to learn more about tools, and meet some great people who have the same interests? Please take a minute to check out the Mid-West Tool Collectors Web Site at this link: www.mwtca.org
This shot is from the same heritage site.
In 1954, the government of Egypt decided to build the Aswan Dam (Aswan High Dam), an event that would flood a valley containing treasures of ancient Egypt such as the Abu Simbel temples. UNESCO then launched a worldwide safeguarding campaign,...
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This diorama we made is a trip down memory lane for those grew up watching He-man and The Master's of the Universe in the 1980's. He-man, Orko and Skeletor are Custom 1:6 Scale figures we produced and presented at Toycon 2017. Castle Grayskull is not true 1:6 Scale but was designed to produce a forced perspective effect.
Hope you enjoy the photos as much as we enjoyed the nostalgia as we prepared this set-up for the photo shoot.
For custom private commissions, please contact us at geewhizcustoms@gmail.com
The sky was darkening as a thunderstorm approaches this part of Rome. With the sun fading into shadows so does the colors of the buildings in this area -- so I thought of just having a black and white image of the shot.
Taken from the Umberto I bridge, about 1 kilometer from St. Peter's Basilica, and about 400 meters from the bridge visible in the distance (Ponte Sant'Angelo). When I took this shot, it seems to be quiet, and everything not moving -- except the river current --- and that solitary person walking on the right bank of the Tiber River.
Tiber River
Borgo, Rome
Italy