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Our Daily Challenge ... a pair
These guys were at the feeder today. I have never seen them before. They are not native to Australia and were probably originally from China.
"Calendula officinalis", Pot Marigold, Ringelblume.
Pot Marigold with bud.
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Negro sobre negro.
Elinchrom 250 con paraguas, reflector.
Toma con Lumix GF1 y Summilux 25.
Me gustan las cámaras negras.
Black on black.
Elinchrom 250 with umbrella, reflector.
Shot with Lumix GF1 and Summilux 25.
I like black cameras.
Blessed among counties, Norfolk, at the edge of England, is a destination, not a corridor, and is as yet untouched by the motorway system. Fourth in area it is 21st in population, with a quarter of its inhabitants living within eight miles of the centre of Norwich. As Pevsner points out, some parts of Norfolk are so under-populated that it is difficult to believe that you are less than a hundred miles from London.
Such are the county's architectural riches that Pevsner's coverage has always been divided between two volumes. Over a hundred churches are said to be in ruins and derelict buildings are a common sight. This ruined farmhouse ...18th century if it's a day... of which we see only the end elevation here, was encountered during a most enjoyable potter around the lanes in the southern part of the county. Away from the main roads, though it was a fine, balmy day, we hardly saw another car.
The next day I attempted to repeat the experience in a conterminous part of Cambridgeshire, in the catchment area of the M11 ...an altogether less "backward" part of the country. Traffic jams formed at the entrances to popular "garden centres". I squirmed the Bentosmobile in and out around the parked cars surrounding every village green. Leisure-crazed cyclists and walkers in hideous, violently-coloured clothing clogged the lanes. Every few yards I had to pull to the side of the road to let another car pass in the opposite direction. Always there seemed to be another car following ours at close quarters, boiling with impatience and aggression, so that it was difficult to stop and admire, or slow down and gawp about, as we like to.
My point being? Well, I have none really. I merely remark an identifiable phenomenon. Cambridgeshire and Norfolk are neighbouring counties, about equidistant from London. Yet Cambridgeshire is much more easily communicable from London than its neighbour. What are "fast transport links" but the means of spreading metropolitan ways into the hinterland? People and businesses re-locate to the provinces, thinking that a motorway or an electrified railway line will enable them to enjoy the best of both worlds ...closeness and remoteness at the same time. All that happens is that the provinces come to resemble the capital. It's all very reassuring really. Every new advantage is cancelled out by a corresponding disadvantage, and life stays the same.
Portugal has some of the most impressing two storied cloisters I have ever seen ...
Portugal hat einige der schönsten zweigeschossigen Kreuzgänge, die ich je gesehen habe ...
The Manueline or Portuguese late Gothic, is the sumptuous, composite Portuguese style of architectural ornamentation of the first decades of the 16th century, incorporating maritime elements and representations of the discoveries brought from the voyages of Vasco da Gama and Pedro Álvares Cabral.
This innovative style synthesizes aspects of Late Gothic architecture with influences of the Spanish Plateresque style, Italian urban architecture, and Flemish elements. It marks the transition from Late Gothic to Renaissance. The construction of churches and monasteries in Manueline was largely financed by proceeds of the lucrative spice trade with Africa and India.
The style was given its name, many years later, by Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen, Viscount of Porto Seguro, in his 1842 book, Noticia historica e descriptiva do Mosteiro de Belem, com um glossario de varios termos respectivos principalmente a architectura gothica, in his description of the Jerónimos Monastery.
Varnhagen named the style after King Manuel I, whose reign (1495–1521) coincided with its development.
The style was much influenced by the astonishing successes of the voyages of discovery of Portuguese navigators, from the coastal areas of Africa to the discovery of Brazil and the ocean routes to the Far East, drawing heavily on the style and decorations of East Indian temples.
Although the period of this style did not last long (from 1490 to 1520), it played an important part in the development of Portuguese art.
The influence of the style outlived the king. Celebrating the newly maritime power, it manifested itself in architecture (churches, monasteries, palaces, castles) and extended into other arts such as sculpture, painting, works of art made of precious metals, faience and furniture.
Some flowers from our garden to help me bag another day! No extra enhancement except a little curve adjustment.
219/365
This is the evidence. My mom and old man in bed together. I wonder if we can get a spot on Jerry Springer.
Harley and Kyle at the "Rally for Gay Games XI." National Museum of the American Indian. Washington, DC.
The largest steam and diesel locomotives ever built sitting parallel to each other, on display at the National Museum of Transportation near Des Peres, MO.
Horse stable located in the heart of Aiken, Sc. Former home of singer Andy Williams. You can almost hear him singing in the wind.
62/365 - Through The Glass - Stone Sour
Friday, the end of the week... I'm saved !
We went to the studio after courses this afternoon, Laurent was there with some students and we manage to use a part of the studio to shoot our daily pictures with Loic.
So we set up some Multiblitz flash and started to play with a medium format camera.
Not a lot of idea today, I'm really stoned, so I went for this mix with the Stone Sour lyrics.
I discuss a lot with Laurent this afternoon, it's always cool to have a conversation with him and get his feedback about my work. He encourages me to explore some different things from my actual work so I'll try some new things at times.
While we were discussing outside he found the scene for his own daily shot, just in front of the entrance of the school, check it here.
Link to Through the Glass - Stone Sour music video.
Light :
- 1 flash Multiblitz Xenolux 500 through square softbox 1/5 power, on the front right of Loic
- 1 flash Multiblitz Xenolux 500 1/5 power on the left reflecting on a white wall
- 1 flash Multiblitz Xenolux 500 2/5 power backlighting behind Loic on the right
Fired by sync cable.
Canon EOS 7D - EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Sébastien Huruguen
the sunlight rides the waves
of an incoming tide
we stand alone on the beach
locked within one another's embrace
two lovers at the portal of love's eternity..
just as the waves
stroke the shore in flawless rhythm
two hearts rise in one matchless crest
there is refuge in one another's embrace
two lovers that stand alone on the beach..
eyes locked, breathless rhythm of hearts
dancing in the wind, splash of waves coming in
a promise to love and behold till eternity,
a perfect strength to carry on forever..