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The Two Buttes 4,711’ (1,436 m) in southeastern Colorado is a prominent double-capped butte rising 356 feet (109 m) above the surrounding plains.
The Two Buttes was certainly known by the native Americans of the region (Comanche, Kiowa and Arapaho) and known to the Spanish of New Mexico (perhaps as early as 1706). However, no oral history, cartographic depiction, or written description of this unique feature of the Colorado plains have been found in indigenous or Spanish-colonial records.
The first known written description was made by an American trapper/trader, Jacob Fowler, passing through what was then Spanish territory (now southeastern Colorado) in June 1822.
“monday 10th June 1822
Set out Early and at three miles passed the mound it Stands on the north Side of the Crick and about two miles from it I Went to the top of it Which Has two Heads about 70 yds apart Standing north and South of Each other and is about two Hundred feet High and about 300 threw the Baces the tops or Heads Consist mostly of Rocks Pilled By nature on Each other But Has been Some What Improved by the Indeans to make aplace of defence as Well as place of look out …”
This shot was taken with the same old Leica lens that I used for the shot of St Paul's Cathedral that I posted a few days back. It's a 90mm lens but when I adapt it to use on my Olympus Micro 4/3s camera, with it's crop sensor, it effectively becomes a 180mm lens. Using a telephoto lens that long will inevitably introduce a lot of compression into an image and you see that phenomenon very clearly here. The chimney tower on the right, which stands on top of the Tate Modern museum, is approximately 250 meters away. Meanwhile the slightly taller Shard building on the left is approximately 1100 meters away (distances measured in Google maps). The Shard is 306 meters high, the Tate chimney tower is 99 meters high.
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Two's company - The maze like limestone pavement of Twisleton Scar End stretching out to Ingleborough in the distance on a bright spring morning. Two ash trees cling to the limestone in this seemingly inhospitable environment.
Yorkshire Dales National Park
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*singing* Two different directions
Too many different ways
One always on the road somewhere
The other one always stays ~ Lyrics: J. Denver
This picture illustrates the challenge between the locals and the tourists. The authencity of the local live, for example the local fishermen, is threatened by the thousands of tourists coming molt in summer to these ugly hotel buildings. Algarve, 2008..
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The iridescent crescent- or tear-shaped spot on the head of these Eurasian teals is green or blue depending on the light.
wintertaling - Eurasian teal (Anas crecca)
Trying out a new Lightbox with various backgrounds ... fun seeing the results so far.
These are old salt and pepper shakers from my grandmother.
Gouthwaite.
Pately Bridge.
Crappy old Ricoh 500G with grass in the viewfinder.
The first shot on a roll of Ilford FP4 at iso 250.
Developed with Ilfotec stopped and fixed then and hung above a bath after the missus had showered.
Walked the Dog.
Had a beer.
a few more.
Went to bed. Next day, scanned Neg.
Given pretentious sepia tone.
Zzzzz
the former 'Jade Garden Restaurant', now chili & chinese.
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Still have our milk delivered and the diversity of bottles all very obvious here.
Just a bit of fun!
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La vita è troppo breve per sprecarla a realizzare i sogni degli altri
Oscar Wilde
Una frase certamente vera... a meno che che i sogni altrui non coincidano con i nostri :D
Buona giornata
Qui, in una foto dal mio archivio, un cielo da sogno... che si è acceso e spento nello spazio di un momento...
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The feeding frenzy continues as the marsh seems to be overrun with newly hatched fish. Eagerly feeding on them are dozens and dozens of terns, egrets, herons and gulls. The wading birds stab at the fish with their sharp beaks from the shore but if you want to get to the big schools you have to venture into deeper water. That's where the terns and gulls are feasting. While the gulls have a more dainty approach of hovering over the surface until finally dropping in to grab a fish, The terns dive bomb from 20 feet up and impale fish on their large beaks.
This one shows of its skills by catching two fish at the same time.