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A brief bit of sun peeks out on an otherwise cold and blustery Sunday AM. This is shot from a fifth-floor balcony looking north on Grand Traverse Bay.
I was pretty lucky in getting to see the dramatic sunrise on my family vacation at Traverse City. This is a view of the Marina at the Traverse City, MI downtown.
This is a handheld 5-exposure HDR. It is definitely hard to handheld for 5 shots. But I did use the custom function menu to set up the camera for 2 more exposure and I definitely owe this to Klaus Herrmann. Check out his blog
farbspiel-photo.com/learn/hdr-cookbook/hand-held-hdr-shoo...
Technical info : Used ACR to do color correction and defringing and converted to TIFF. Then merged all 5 exposures in Photomatix and tonemapped using details enhancer. USed Topaz denoise to reduce noise and Topaz Adjust to enhance color and then Photoshop for curves adjustment and levels. Finally, sharpened using High-pass filter.
It does look like Flickr has desaturated the colors and also some sharpness. Press "L" to view in large.
Le Passage d'Agen,
Traversée de la rue Théophile de Viau par la voie cyclable des poètes entre les rues Georges Bizet et Victor Duruy.
Les Technocrates de l'Agglomération d'Agen ne doivent pas se déplacer en ville à vélo!
Môssieur le Comte de Beauregard devrait leur acheter quelques vélos avec l'argent du contribuable et leur bloquer un jour par mois pour qu'ils parcourent la ville et se rendent compte des manques d'ergonomie urbanistique et des inepties qu'ils commettent.
Parce qu'il faut bien qu'ils se disent que les gens qui se rendent à vélo au travail ou dans les commerces veulent le faire par le chemin le plus court.
Il n'y a aucun intérêt à faire des slaloms entre le mobilier urbain ou en suivant un itinéraire sinueux!
The 2013 Chevrolet Traverse has a lot of cargo space behind the second row. The captain's chairs can even accomodate a child seat.
The Traverse Theatre, 10 Cambridge St, Edinburgh.
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Poster outside of the Traverse Theatre, 10 Cambridge St, Edinburgh EH1 2ED.
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Traverse Theatre Edinburgh. The box office is the only public part of the theatre at ground level, lifts make the rest of the facilities fully accessible.
Edinburgh Traverse Theatre
October 2011
Traversing a snowy slope by Panorama Point on our way to Camp Muir. Mt Rainier summit plateau, Nisqually, Wilson and Kautz glaciers in the background.
Body: Pentax K-5
Lens: Pentax SMC DA*16-50mm F2.8 ED AL[IF] SDM at 22mm
ISO 100, f/8, 1/2000
Clockwise from Left: Jesse Weaver (field technician), Dr Pascal Lee (Director, HMP / NASA Ames, Mars Institute, SETI Institute), Michael Morrow (National Geographic), Ben Audlaluk (Grise Fiord), Jeff Thrasher (National Geographic), Montira Satienpoch and Addy Overbeeke (both of Hamilton Sundstrand)
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Traverse Theatre Edinurgh. The Traverse Company was started in 1963 in premises at the Lawnmarket. In 1969 they moved to the Grassmarket and in 1992 to this new purpose built dual auditoria theatre which cost £3.3 million. A producing theatre throughout the year, the Traverse is one of the main centres of the annual Edinburgh Festival.
Edinburgh Traverse Theatre
October 2011
Jaisalmer, nicknamed "The Golden city", is a town in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located 575 kilometres west of the state capital Jaipur. It is a World Heritage Site. It was once known as Jaisalmer state. The town stands on a ridge of yellowish sandstone, crowned by a fort, which contains the palace and several ornate Jain temples. Many of the houses and temples are finely sculptured. It lies in the heart of the Thar Desert (great Indian desert) and has a population of about 78,000. It is the administrative headquarters of Jaisalmer District.
ORIGIN OF NAME
Jaisalmer is named after Maharawal Jaisal Singh, a Rajput king who founded the city in 1156 AD. "Jaisalmer" means "the Hill Fort of Jaisal". Jaisalmer is sometimes called the "Golden City of India" because the yellow sand and the yellow sandstone used in every architecture of the city gives a yellowish-golden tinge to the city and its surrounding area.
LOCATION
District Jaisalmer is located within a rectangle lying between 26°.4’–28°.23' North parallel and 69°.20'–72°.42' east meridians. It is the largest district of Rajasthan and one of the largest in the country. The breadth (East-West) of the district is 270 km and the length (North-South) is 186 km. On the present map, district Jaisalmer is bounded on the north by Bikaner, on the west & south-west by the Pakistani border, on the south by Barmer and Jodhpur, and on the east by Jodhpur and Bikaner Districts. The length of international border attached to District JAISALMER is 471 km.
HISTORY
The majority of the inhabitants of Jaisalmer are Bhati Rajputs, named for Bhati, who was renowned as a warrior. The ruling family of the erstwhile Jaisalmer State belongs to Bhati Clan of Yadu Rajputs of Chandravanshi (Lunar) race who claim descent from Lord Krishna,the deified hero who ruled at Dwarka. In 1156 Rawal Jaisal, the sixth in succession from Deoraj, founded the fort and city of Jaisalmer,atop Trikuta Hill and began to levy taxes on the camel caravans travelling along the nearby route. Laden with exotic spices and precious silks, these trading caravans were en route to cities like Delhi or Sind, but had to pass directly through Jaisalmer. This strategic location continued to serve Jaisalmer well, as it lay right on the two main routes connecting India with Persia, Egypt and farther west. He later made it his capital as he moved from his former capital at Lodhruva (which is situated about 15 km to the north-west of Jaisalmer). In 1293, the Bhattis so enraged the Sultan of Delhi Ala-ud-din Khilji that his army captured and sacked the fort and city of Jaisalmer, so that for some time it was quite deserted.Some Bhatti's from the Royal family migrated to Jaisal (Now in Pakistan), a place near to Chiniot Distt and some migrated to Talwandi, now Nankana Sahib in Distt. Nankana Sahib (Punjab, Pakistan) and others settled in Larkana (in Sind, Pakistan)under the name of Bhutto. In Nankana Sahib, the Bhatti Clan can be traced from the lineage of Rai Bhoe and Rai Bular Bhatti. After this there is nothing to record until the time of Rawal Sahal Singh, whose reign marks an epoch in Jaisalmer's history in that he acknowledged the supremacy of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Following the collapse of the Mughal Empire in the 18th century, Jaisalmer, like the rest of Rajputana, became subservient to the Marathas, until it came under the protection of the British East India Company following the British victory in the Third Anglo-Maratha War. In 1818, the Rawals of Jaisalmer signed a treaty with the British, which protected Jaisalmer from invasion provided it was not the aggressor and guaranteed the royal succession.
The Maharajas of Jaisalmer trace their lineage back to Jaitsimha, a ruler of the Bhati Rajput clan. The major opponents of the Bhati Rajputs were the powerful Rathor clans of Jodhpur and Bikaner. They used to fight battles for the possession of forts, waterholes or cattle. Jaisalmer was positioned strategically and was a halting point along a traditional trade route traversed by the camel caravans of Indian and foreign merchants. The route linked India to Central Asia, Egypt, Arabia, Persia, Africa and the West.
MEDIEVAL PERIOD
In the 13th century, Jaisalmer escaped direct Turkic conquest due to its geographical situation in the desert region. The Rawals of Jaisalmer agreed to pay an annual tribute to the Turkic Sultans of Delhi. The first siege of Jaisalmer occurred during the reign of Alauddin Khilji, the Turkic Sultan of Delhi. It was provoked by Bhatis' raid on a caravan filled with treasure. According to local ballads, the Bhatis defended the fort for seven years until the enemy army forces breached the ramparts. Bhatis, facing certain defeat, proclaimed the rite of jauhar. Later, Sultan Ferozshah also besieged Jaisalmer after the rulers of Jaisalmer raided his camp at Anasagar lake near Ajmer. The siege led to another jauhar. Jaitsimha's son Duda perished in the attack. Duda's descendants ruled over Jaisalmer for about two centuries. Duda's descendant Lunakarna had a fight with Humayun when the latter passed through Jaisalmer en route to Ajmer.
PRINCELY JAISALMER
On the eve of British Raj in India, Jaisalmer was subservient to the Marathas, until it came under the protection of the British East India Company following the British victory in the Third Anglo-Maratha War. In 1818, the Rawals of Jaisalmer signed a treaty with the British, which protected Jaisalmer from invasion provided it was not the aggressor and guaranteed the royal succession. Jaisalmer was one of the last states to sign a treaty with the British. During the British Raj, Jaisalmer was the seat of a princely state of the same name, ruled by the Bhati clan of Rajputs. The present descendant is Brijraj Singh. Though the city is under the governance of the Government of India, a lot of welfare work is carried out by him and his family.
Traditionally, the main source of income was the levies on the caravans. However, the glory of Jaisalmer faded when Bombay emerged as a port and the sea trade replaced the traditional land routes. The partition of India in 1947 lead to closing of all the trade routes on the Indo-Pak border and rendered Jaisalmer a drought-prone desert backwater on the international border. Ironically, skirmishes between India and Pakistan gave Jaisalmer a strategic importance and made it serviceable as an army supply depot. Later, the Rajasthan Canal served to revive the surrounding desert areas. Roads and railroads were then built, knitting the hitherto remote town with the rest of Rajasthan. Later, the Government of Rajasthan decided to promote Jaisalmer as a tourist destination.
GEOGRAPHY & CLIMATE
Jaisalmer has an average elevation of 229 metres. It is situated near the border of India and Pakistan in West Rajasthan, and covers an area of 5.1 km2. The maximum summer temperature is around 41.6 °C while the minimum is 25 °C. The maximum winter temperature is usually around 23.6 °C and the minimum is 7.9 °C. The average rainfall is 209.5 millimetres. Highest ever recorded temperature was 48.0 °C and the lowest ever recorded temperature being −5.9 °C.
Jaisalmer is almost entirely a sandy waste, forming a part of the Thar desert (great Indian desert). The general aspect of the area is that of an interminable sea of sand hills, of all shapes and sizes, some rising to a height of 150 feet. Those in the west are covered with log bushes, those in the east with tufts of long grass. Water is scarce, and generally brackish; the average depth of the wells is said to be about 250 feet. There are no perennial streams, and only one small river, the Kakni, which, after flowing a distance of 48 kilometres, spreads over a large surface of flat ground, and forms Lake Orjhil ("The Bhuj-Jhil"). The climate is dry and healthy. Throughout Jaisalmer only raincrops, such as bajra, jawar, motif, til, etc., are grown; spring crops of wheat, barley, etc., are very rare. Owing to the scant rainfall, irrigation is almost unknown.
Distances: Bikaner (330 km), Barmer (150 km), Jodhpur (293 km), Jaipur (568 km), Ahmedabad (636 km), Agra (802 km), New Delhi (874 km), Mumbai (1,177 km).
JAISALMER FORT
Built in 1156 by the Bhati Rajput ruler Jaisal, Jaisalmer Fort is situated on Meru Hill and Named as Trikoot Garh had seen the scene of many battles. Its massive sandstone walls are a tawny lion colour during the day, turning to a magical honey-gold as the sun sets. The famous Indian film director Satyajit Ray wrote a detective novel and later turned it into a film − Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress) which was based on this fort. This is a living fort and about a quarter of city's population still live inside the fort. The main attractions inside the fort are: Raj Mahal (Royal palace), Jain temples and the Laxminath temple.
JAIN HERITAGE OF JAISALMER
Jaisalmer has been enriched by its Jain community, which has adorned the city with beautiful temples, notably the temples dedicated to the 16th Tirthankara, Shantinath, and 23rd Tirthankara, Parshvanath.
Jaisalmer boasts some of the oldest libraries of India which contain rarest of the manuscripts and artefacts of Jain tradition. There are many pilgrimage centres around Jaisalmer such as Lodarva (Lodhruva), Amarsagar, Brahmsar and Pokharan.
MUSEUMS
Desert Culture Centre & Museum
Jaisalmer Folklore Museum
Government Museum
jaisalmer fort palace museum
jaisalmer fort outsidre and insidery
GADSISAR LAKE
Gadsisar Lake – Excavated in 1367 by Rawal Gadsi Singh, it is a scenic rainwater lake surrounded by the small temples and shrines of Amar Sagar. Earlier, this lake was used to be the main water source of Jaisalmer. Due to an increased water demand for agriculture, the lake is increasingly threatened to dry out.
DESERT FESTIVAL
This is held over three days in January/February every year. This is the best time to visit Jaisalmer to witness performing arts like Kalbelia dances and folk songs and music.
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