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A vintage postage stamp from the Netherlands, issued in 1965 as part of the annual "Kinderpostzegels" (Child Welfare) series. This particular stamp, with a value of 18 cents plus a 12-cent surcharge, features a charming and colorful drawing by a child, depicting a standing person. The original child's drawing was further designed and adapted for philatelic use by Dutch designer Gerrit Noordzij.

Class68's 68021 'Tireless' & 68016 'Fearless' head away from Malvern Link station and towards Worcester on 28-9-16.

 

The working is the 1Q16 03.29 Landore TMD to Derby RTC. Test train. As far as I am aware these locos were not used again through Malvern.

 

Ref: IMG_1485 28-9-16

Value who devotes your time, because you are giving something that never recover.

there wasn't much colour in it, being frosty so I thought B&W had more value.

Macro 1X con apilamiento de foco por control de anillo de enfoque

Macro 1X by focus stacking using the focus ring control

 

Ingredientes:

-Nikon D600 + Nikor 105mm macro 1X

-Helicon Remote para control automático de la pila de foco mediante el anillo de enfoque (por medio de USB)

-Helicon Soft para apilamiento de foco (36 shots, Method B, R=4, S=2)

-Helicon lo puedes bajar a prueba durante 1 mes gratis, o una licencia para un año por 50€, controla casi todas las Nikon y Canon mediante USB. Existen otros proveedores de soft para stacking (apilamiento), p. ej. Zerene, ControlMyNikon o Canon, Combine Z, etc

-Opcional: impresora 3D (Up Plus 2) para la fabricación de focos, soportes, mesa de trabajo, etc. Puedes utilizar el sencillo 123D Design (free soft) para diseñar las piezas.

 

Receta:

-Montamos el bodegón con sujeto y fondo

-Lo iluminamos con 4 o 5 micro-focos de leds. Los focos se pueden diseñar e imprimir utilizando una impresora 3D y después montar los leds (alta luminosidad y 5300K), la alimentación es de 12vdc para grupos de 3 o 4 leds. La ventaja frente al uso de flash, es que se pueden dirigir los focos y componer la iluminación antes del disparo, además del volumen que se consigue jugando con la iluminación.

-Disparamos las fotografías utilizando, p. ej., Helicon Remote: Helicon controla el enfoque con el movimiento del anillo de enfoque antes de disparar cada foto, todo el proceso de toma de fotos es automático, se pueden ver videos en youtube

-Para 1X se necesitan de 20 a 100 fotos, según valor de f, focal utilizada y profundidad de campo necesaria, lo calcula el soft automáticamente. Se suele utilizar el punto dulce de la lente (normalmente en el entorno de f5.6) para optimizar los resultados

-Apilamos el stack de n fotografías utilizando Helicon Soft

-Utilizamos Lightroom o similar para eliminar “halos” y “artefactos”

-Una vez se tiene práctica, todo el proceso puede durar 15 min

pepo

 

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Macro 1X by focus stacking using the focus ring control

 

How do you can do it :

 

Ingredients:

 

-Nikon D600 + 105mm macro nikor 1X

-Helicon Remote control for automatic focus stack using the camera focus ring (using USB)

-Helicon Soft Focus Stacking (36 shots, Method B, R = 4, S = 2)

-Helicon: You can download a free trial for 1 month, or a license for a year for € 50, it controls almost many Nikon and Canon via USB. There are other suppliers of soft for stacking, p. ex. Zerene, ControlMyNikon or Canon, Combine Z, etc.

-optional: 3D (Up Plus 2) printer to manufacture light bulbs, brackets, desk, etc. You can use the friendly 123D Design (free soft) for pieces designing.

 

Recipe:

 

-Ilumination with 4 or 5 micro-LED bulbs. The lighters can be designed and printed using a 3D printer and then mount the LED´s (high brightness and 5300K), the power is 12VDC for groups of 3 or 4 LEDs. The advantage over use of flash, is that you can positioning the lights and lighting make up before shooting, in addition to the volume to be achieved by playing with these lighting.

-Shot photographs using, p. eg Helicon Remote. Helicon controls the approach to the movement of the focus ring before the photo shot, the whole process of taking pictures is automatic, you can watch videos on youtube

-For 1X do you needed 20-100 photos, depending on value of f, focal and deep of field needed, automatically calculated by the soft. Often used the sweet spot of the lens (usually in the vicinity of f5.6) to optimize results

-Now we stack of shots using Helicon Soft

-We can use Lightroom or the like to remove "halos" and "artifacts"

-Once you have practice, the whole process can take 15 min

-And sorry my English, please.

pepo

The opiniated boater......

 

Not for me to say whether it is right or wrong, but I value the fact that he is free to air his views.

Excerpt from historicplaces.ca:

 

Description of Historic Place

The Masonic Temple Building located at 76-86 Dalhousie Street, is situated on the north side of the street between Market and Queen Streets, in the City of Brantford. This three-storey red-brick and stone building was designed in the Edwardian Commercial and Masonic style. It was constructed between 1909 and 1910.

 

The property was designated for its historic and architectural significance by the City of Brantford under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act (By-law 127-91).

 

Heritage Value

The Masonic Temple Building dominates the streetscape along Dalhousie Street. Its red-brick construction is complementary to the light colour of the nearby Federal Building.

 

The Masonic Temple Building was constructed on the former site of the Van Brocklin foundry, which had later became the Waterous Engine Works Company. The site was redeveloped in 1909, and the Masons began to use the building in 1911 and continued until 1945.

 

The upper storeys of the Masonic Temple Building demonstrate design features typical of the Masonic teachings of geometry. A series of arcades are located along the second floor of the building. The red-brick ten-bay facade is decorated with segmental arches and includes red-brick and cut-stone accents. The third bay on the left forms a focal point for the facade. It has double-hung windows, and two pilasters topped with a ball element which frames the main arch.

 

The third floor features brick voussoirs over the flat window heads. Under the window sills are brick sub-sills in relief showing a scallop pattern. At the attic level a cut-stone Masonic emblem and the words 'Temple Building' appear in relief.

 

Character-Defining Elements

Character defining elements that contribute to the heritage value of the Masonic Temple Building include its:

- ten-bay red-brick building with cut-stone trim

- arcade treatment of windows with brick and stone segmental arches on the second floor

- windows with brick voussoir heads and limestone sills on the third floor

- brick sub-sills in relief with a decorative scallop pattern

- cement render-course located above the third floor windows

- double-hung wood windows on the second floor which have ten small panes grouped together in the upper portion

- six round attic windows framed by stone

- cut-stone Masonic emblem and the words 'Temple Building' carved at the attic level

- dominant location in the Dalhousie streetscape

- proximity to the nearby Federal Building

A very simple study of the setting super moon on April, 8th, 2020. Like the soft color-gradient at the western horizon. Luna was with a distance of only 357.035 km kilometers on its nearest distance to earth within the next five years.

 

April 2020 | Niefern-Öschelbronn

 

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I captured a young family in the midst of a magical memory-making moment at Pacific City Beach. The image spoke to me as I have many similar memories as a child at the waters edge.

#AbFav_LOVE_💝

 

Just Joey Rose and white climber.

If you and your mate master these values, your love will, in all probability, last a lifetime.

1. The couple in love is committed to always putting each other first in their relationship with each other.

2. The couple in love is committed to democracy in their relationship.

3. The couple in love is committed to ensuring their mutual happiness.

4. The couple in love values absolute trustworthiness and integrity in their relationship with each other.

5. The couple in love is committed to caring and unconditional love for each other.

6. The couple in love is committed to being mutually respectful towards each other.

7. The couple in love values their mutual sense of responsibility for each other.

Love not just ONE day... but 365?

 

Have a day filled with love, M, (*_*)

 

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Roses, Just Joey, white, garden, couple, salmon, two, different, flowers, studio, hearts, colour, square, "Nikon D7000", black-background, "Magda indigo"

... Menorca, nine days ago .... done for ❤️ WTBW ❤️!!!

 

... recuerdas? ... un día fuiste así!! ... todo ojos ... todo curiosidad ... todo sensaciones!!! ... felicidad ... miedo ... alegría ... tristeza ... una pequeña esponja ávida de conocimiento!!! ... no dejes que hagan el camino solos!!! ... comparte con ellos tus valores ... tus sueños ... tus esperanzas!!! ... deja que aprendan de tus errores y de tus aciertos!!! ... aprende con ellos ... aprende de ellos .. redescubre el Mundo a través de sus ojos!!! ... y protégelos del HORROR y la MISERIA ... de la OSCURIDAD y del DESALIENTO!!! ... es tu Derecho y tu Responsabilidad!!! ... y disfruta de este tiempo único e irrepetible!!! ... la VIDA es demasiado CORTA como para desperdiciar un sólo segundo de FELICIDAD!!! ( ...❤️... )

 

... can you remember? ... one day you was like them!! ... all eyes ... all curiosity ... all feelings!!! ... happiness ... fear ... joy ... sadness ... a small sponge avid of knowledge!!! ... do not let them do the journey alone!!! ... share with them your values ... your dreams ... your hopes!!! ... let them learn from your mistakes and your successes!!! ... learn with them ... learn from them!!! ... rediscover the World through their eyes!!! ... and protect them from the HORROR and MISERY ... from the DARKNESS and the DISCOURAGEMENT!!! ... it's your Right and your Responsibility!!! ... and enjoy this unique and unrepeatable time!!! ... LIFE is too SHORT to waste a single second of HAPPINESS!!! ( ...❤️... )

 

... salud, buenas luces y muchas gracias a todos / as!!! ... xo♥ox ... =:o))))

 

... health, good lights and thanks so much to all!!! ... xo♥ox ... =:o))))

 

... Music: "Teach Your Children" by CNS&Y ....... enjoy this pearl of wonderful feelings!!!

 

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NoTe: ... Almu la vió desde el coche ... y yo hice click!!! ... gracias, guapa!!! / ... Almu saw her from the car ... and I did click!!! ... thanks, beauty!!!

   

España - Valladolid - Academia de Caballería

 

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ENGLISH:

 

This military academy settled in the city in 1852 in a building that a few years before had been intended to be used as a prison. When this original building caught fire, it was decided to build the current one, which began construction in 1921 and inaugurated by the kings of Spain in 1924. It is of great value, constituting an important legacy of the historicist and monumental architecture of the first decades of the century. xx. It is located in front of the Campo Grande park and Casa Mantilla, in the current Plaza Zorrilla and is, without a doubt, one of the most emblematic, representative and majestic buildings in Valladolid.

 

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ESPAÑOL:

 

Se instaló en la ciudad en el año 1852 en un edificio que unos años antes se había pretendido utilizar como presidio. Al incendiarse este primigenio edificio, se decidió edificar el actual, que se empezó a construir en 1921 e inaugurado por los reyes de España en 1924. Goza de gran valor, constituyendo un importante legado de la arquitectura historicista y monumental de las primeras décadas del siglo xx. Se ubica frente al parque del Campo Grande y la Casa Mantilla, en la actual plaza Zorrilla y es, sin duda, uno de los edificios más emblemáticos, representativos y majestuosos de Valladolid.

Value the person you love now.

Tomorrow, when you send a message, she may not be online anymore and it will hurt not to see her typing ...

You will comment "nostalgia" on the old photos, and she will not be there to answer;

You're going to knock on the door and she may not be able to open it;

You will want to call again to hear that voice and she will not be able to answer ...

Life is mysterious and full of "maybe", so be sure to show your feelings tomorrow; tell the person you love how important she is, maybe she just has to listen to you tonight.

 

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Film noir inspired night shoot in Chinatown. Canon EOS 5d MkIV.

 

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This Valentine's day instead of cut flowers I got my wife Orchids that would last more, better value I think.

Taken last night.

Galle Fort, in the Bay of Galle on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, was built first in 1588 by the Portugese, then extensively fortified by the Dutch during the 17th century from 1649 onwards. It is a historical, archaeological and architectural heritage monument, which even after more than 423 years maintains a polished appearance, due to extensive reconstruction work done by Archaeological Department of Sri Lanka.

 

The fort has a colourful history, the Sri Lankan government and many Dutch people who still own some of the properties inside the fort are looking at making this one of the modern wonders of the world. The heritage value of the fort has been recognized by the UNESCO and the site has been inscribed as a cultural heritage UNESCO World Heritage site for its unique exposition of "an urban ensemble” which illustrates the interaction of European architecture and South Asian traditions from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

 

The Galle Fort, also known as the Dutch Fort or the "Ramparts of Galle", withstood the Boxing Day Tsunami which damaged part of coastal area of Galle city. It has been since restored. The Galle Fort also houses the elite Amangalla resort hotel, located near the Dutch Reformed Church. It was originally built in 1684 to house the Dutch Governor and his staff. It was then converted into a hotel and named then as the New Oriental Hotel in 1865, which catered to the European passengers traveling between Europe and Galle Port in the 19th century.

  

I went to a party - by mistake! Now I'm being sougré'd.

memories only last with meaning involved..

 

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50mm 1.2L

At the strip mall with the Agave and the dwarf bottlebrush, they also had some little Sago palms...

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Su Re

 

“The Cross is not a Roman pole, but the wood on which God wrote his gospel”.

 

“La Croce non è un palo dei romani, ma il legno su cui Dio ha scritto il suo vangelo.

 

(Alda Merini)

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Good Friday is an anniversary which in Sicily acquires a cathartic meaning for those who are searching, not only photographically, for popular traditions (we find them widespread throughout Sicily), which are nothing other than a social, cultural event, which merge into a single past and present; from the web "popular traditions are a historical memory linked to customs and rituals that have given shape to the values and beliefs of that culture". Easter in Sicily can be a source of research, it can appear not without contradictions, citing the thoughts of that great Sicilian thinker Leonardo Sciascia, for him Sicily cannot be called Christian referring to the Sicilian festivals, at most it is only in appearance, in those properly pagan explosions tolerated by the Church; Sciascia addresses the topic as an introductory essay in the book "Religious celebrations in Sicily", illustrated with photographs of a young and still unknown Ferdinando Scianna, a book that did not fail to raise some controversy due to the Sicilian thinker's introductory note, thus being in open controversy with the sacredness of that popular Sicilian devotion (the book was criticized by the Holy See newspaper, the Osservatore Romano), Sciascia writes: “what is a religious festival in Sicily? It would be easy to answer that it is anything but a religious holiday. It is, first of all, an existential explosion; the explosion of the collective id, where the collectivity exists only at the level of the id. Since it is only during the celebration that the Sicilian emerges from his condition of a single man, which is the condition of his vigilant and painful superego, to find himself part of a class, of a class, of a city". Another Sicilian thinker, writer and poet, Gesualdo Bufalino, provides interesting indications on the meaning that Sicilians give to these traditional popular events, he says "during Easter every Sicilian feels not only a spectator, but an actor, first sorrowful and then exultant , for a Mystery that is its very existence. The time of the event is that of Spring, the season of metamorphosis, just as the very nature of the rite is metamorphic in which, as in a story from the Puppet Opera, the battle of Good against Evil is fought. Deception, Pain and Triumph, Passion, Death and Resurrection of Christ are present."

In short, Easter in Sicily is a deeply felt anniversary throughout the island since ancient times, it has always had as its fulcrum the emotional participation of the people, with representations and processions which have become rites and traditions which unequivocally characterize numerous Sicilian centres, which they recall the most salient moments narrated in the Gospels and which recall the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, with processions formed by the various brotherhoods (sometimes with theatrical re-enactments) which have within them contents and symbols often coming from the Spanish domination, which took place in Sicily between the 16th and 17th centuries. This year, on the occasion of Good Friday I went to the pretty town of Licodia Eubea (in the province of Catania), I'll start by saying that in this procession a unique character comes to life in statue form that cannot be found anywhere else place in Sicily, it is called "Ciurciddu" (translated "Circello"), he pulls Christ with a rope tied around his neck while he carries the Cross, this bad character has a profound symbolic-allegorical meaning, he represents "the Evil that exists in the world, the refusal towards the Truth announced by Christ", causing him suffering by pulling him with the rope tied around his neck. The boys and men "carriers of the floats" gather together, preparing for the moment when, once the procession has begun, the "'a Giunta" will take place around 10:00 a.m., or rather the very painful "encounter" between Christ ( who carries the Cross, linked to Ciurciddu) and His Mother of Sorrows (with her heart pierced by a sword, an iconic image of Spanish origin), during the meeting "the bow or greeting takes place" between the two floats, it is the Greeting that Mother and Son do in one of the most characteristic moments of this procession. While the two vares are brought to an ancient church, another event takes place which strongly characterizes this tradition, the "auction of the Cross" takes place, the ability to carry the Cross, weighing 70 kg, on one's shoulder, up to Churc of Calvary (a long uphill journey to reach the upper part of the town), is put up for auction, the highest bidder wins this possibility, after which an extraordinary event occurs: the devotee who wins the auction is embraced by numerous villagers, with great transport and affection, this is because those who participate in the auction certainly do so out of devotion but also possibly because they have had someone in their family with more or less serious health problems, and this is why people hug them and encourage them by showing their closeness . In the afternoon the procession resumes, now the Christ is dead, he is in the vara with the Urn, and is called "'u Signuri' a cascia" (by which term means "the Lord in the coffin"), the two vare (the dead Christ and His Mother of Sorrows) are carried in procession up to the Church of Calvary, where the heavy and ancient Cross carried on the shoulder by the devotee was hoisted; here, even if Christ is dead, the Crucifixion takes place , the mystical moment is accompanied by ancient songs-lamentations by the singers of the SS association. Crucifix; subsequently Christ is placed from the Cross in the urn, and descends back into the center of the town, where in the church of the Capuchin Fathers the devout people "make peace with the Lord", an act of reconciliation and request for forgiveness before the figure of Christ Died. Subsequently, late in the evening, Christ and his Mother are led into the Mother Church.

 

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Il Venerdì Santo è una ricorrenza che in Sicilia acquista un significato catartico per chi è alla ricerca, non solo fotografica, delle tradizioni popolari (le troviamo diffuse in tutta la Sicilia), che altro non sono che un evento sociale, culturale, che fondono in un tutt’uno passato e presente; dal web “le tradizioni popolari sono una memoria storica legata ad usanze e ritualità che hanno dato forma ai valori e alle credenze di quella cultura”. La Pasqua in Sicilia può essere fonte di ricerca, essa può apparire non priva di contraddizioni, citando il pensiero di quel grande pensatore Siciliano che fu Leonardo Sciascia, per lui la Sicilia non può dirsi cristiana riferendosi alle feste Siciliane, al massimo lo è solo in apparenza, in quelle esplosioni propriamente pagane, tollerate dalla Chiesa; Sciascia affronta l’argomento come saggio introduttivo nel libro “Feste religiose in Sicilia”, illustrato con fotografie di un giovane ed ancora sconosciuto Ferdinando Scianna, libro che non mancò di sollevare qualche polemica per la nota introduttiva del pensatore Siciliano, essendo così in aperta polemica con la sacralità di quella devozione popolare Siciliana (il libro fu oggetto di una stroncatura da parte del quotidiano della Santa Sede, l’Osservatore Romano), Sciascia scrive: “che cos’ è una festa religiosa in Sicilia? Sarebbe facile rispondere che è tutto, tranne che una festa religiosa. E’, innanzi tutto, un’esplosione esistenziale; l’esplosione dell’es collettivo, dove la collettività esiste soltanto a livello dell’es. Poiché è soltanto nella festa che il siciliano esce dalla sua condizione di uomo solo, che è poi la condizione del suo vigile e doloroso super io, per ritrovarsi parte di un ceto, di una classe, di una città ”. Altro pensatore, scrittore e poeta Siciliano, Gesualdo Bufalino, fornisce indicazioni interessanti sul senso che i Siciliani danno a questi eventi popolari tradizionali, egli dice “durante la Pasqua ogni siciliano si sente non solo uno spettatore, ma un attore, prima dolente e poi esultante, per un Mistero che è la sua stessa esistenza. Il tempo dell’evento è quello della Primavera, la stagione della metamorfosi, così come metamorfica è la natura stessa del rito nel quale, come in un racconto dell’Opera dei Pupi, si combatte la lotta del Bene contro il Male. Sono presenti l’Inganno, il Dolore e il Trionfo, la Passione, la Morte e la Resurrezione di Cristo”.

In breve, la Pasqua in Sicilia è una ricorrenza profondamente sentita in tutta l’isola fin dall’antichità, essa ha sempre avuto come fulcro la commossa partecipazione del popolo, con rappresentazioni e processioni divenuti riti e tradizioni che caratterizzano inequivocabilmente numerosissimi centri Siciliani, che rievocano i momenti più salienti narrati nei Vangeli e che ricordano la Passione, la Morte e la Resurrezione di Gesù Cristo, con cortei formati dalle varie confraternite (a volte con rievocazioni teatrali) che hanno in se contenuti e simbologie spesso provenienti dalla dominazione Spagnola, avvenuta in Sicilia tra il XVI ed il XVII secolo.

Quest’anno, in occasione del Venerdì Santo mi sono recato nel grazioso paese di Licodia Eubea (in provincia di Catania), inizio col dire che in questa processione prende vita, in forma statuaria, un personaggio unico che non si trova in nessun’altro luogo della Sicilia, si chiama “Ciurciddu” (tradotto “Circello”), egli tira con una corda legata al collo il Cristo mentre porta la Croce, questo tristo personaggio ha un profondo significato simbolico-allegorico, egli rappresenta “il Male che c’è nel mondo, il rifuto verso la Verità annunciata dal Cristo”, creandogli sofferenza tirandolo con la corda legata al collo. I ragazzi e gli uomini “portatori delle vare” si riuniscono tra loro, preparandosi al momento in cui, iniziata la processione, si realizzerà attorno alle ore 10:00 “ ‘a Giunta”, ovvero “l’incontro” dolorosissimo tra il Cristo (che porta la Croce, legato a Ciurciddu) e Sua Madre l’Addolorata (col cuore trafitto da una spada, immagine iconica di origine spagnola), durante l’incontro “avviene l’inchino o saluto” tra le due vare, è il Saluto che Madre e Figlio si fanno in uno dei momenti più caratteristici di questa processione. Mentre le due vare vengono portate in una antica chiesa, avviene un altro evento che caratterizza fortemente questa tradizione, ha luogo “l’asta della Croce”, il poter portare in spalla la Croce, del peso di 70 kg, fino alla Chiesa del Calvario (un lungo percorso in salita a raggiungere la parte alta del paese), viene messo all’asta, il maggiore offerente si aggiudica questa possibilità, dopodiché avviene un fatto straordinario: il devoto che si è aggiudicato l’asta viene abbracciato da numerosissimi paesani, con grande trasporto ed affetto, questo perché chi partecipa all’asta lo fa certamente per devozione ma anche possibilmente perché in famiglia ha avuto qualcuno con problemi più o meno gravi di salute, ed è per questo che le persone lo abbracciano e lo incoraggiano mostrandogli la loro vicinanza. Nel pomeriggio riprende la processione, adesso il Cristo è morto, si trova nella vara con l’Urna, ed è chiamato “ ‘ u Signuri ‘ a cascia” (col quale termine si intende “il Signore nella cassa da morto”), le due vare (il Cristo morto e Sua Madre l’Addolorata) vengono portate in processione fin sopra la Chiesa del Calvario, dove la pesante ed antica Croce portata in spalla dal devoto è stata issata, qui, anche se il Cristo è morto, avviene la Crocifissione, il mistico momento è accompagnato da antichi canti-lamentazioni ad opera dei cantori dell’associazione SS. Crocifisso; successivamente il Cristo viene deposto dalla Croce nell’urna, e ridiscende nel centro del paese, ove nella chiesa dei Padri Cappuccini il popolo dei devoti “ fa ‘ a Paci co’ Signuri”, atto di riconciliazione e richiesta di perdono innanzi la figura del Cristo Morto. Successivamente, in tarda serata, il Cristo e Sua Madre vengono condotti nella Chiesa Madre.

 

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Venerdì Santo Mattina Licodia Eubea 2024

  

Venerdì Santo Pomeriggio Licodia Eubea 2024

 

A giunta-Venerdì Santo 28/03/2024 a Licodia Eubea...

  

"La crocifissione"-Venerdì Santo 2024 a Licodia Eubea

  

I riti della Settimana Santa 2024 a Licodia Eubea

  

Asta della Croce-Venerdì Santo 28/03/2024 a Licodia Eubea

 

Venerdì Santo 2024 a Licodia Eubea..."A naccata sulle note della Sollevazione di Cristo"

  

Canti devozionali della settimana santa a Licodia Eubea

  

Curunedda di Maria Addulurata - Li sette spati

  

I Canti devozionali della Settimana Santa a Licodia Eubea

 

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Su Re - trailer ufficiale HD

  

Su re - clip 3

 

Backstage del Film "Su Re" di Giovanni Columbu

  

Su re - clip 2

  

Su re - clip 1

  

Su re - clip 4

 

Su Re (2012) • Tornate a splendere!

  

GIOVANNI COLUMBU - SU RE

  

Incontro con Giovanni Columbu, regista di SU RE (Italia 2013)

  

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Anima Series 5

Sitting No. 191

Lismore NSW 2018

 

Model: Naomi Grant

 

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It may be because I am inexperienced in camera operation, but when I take pictures at a high ISO value, even with the hero body D850, a lot of color information seems to be lost.

I was thinking about buying a speedlight to take night photos, but I think the flashing lights would scare people.

I guess I should buy a tripod. A reasonably cheap one from Manfrotto would do. I'm not going to take pictures of the Milky Way anyway...

  

Homemade box camera using a Agfa Billy Record. Rollei Retro 80s film.

 

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At its peak, 65 saloons lined Main Street, which was a mile long (it crossed Green Street). Murders, shootouts, barroom brawls, and stagecoach holdups were regular occurrences. As with other remote mining towns, Bodie had a popular, though clandestine, red light district on the north end of town. In 1876, the Standard Company discovered a profitable deposit of gold-bearing ore, which transformed Bodie from an isolated mining camp comprising a few prospectors and company employees to a Wild West boomtown. Rich discoveries in the adjacent Bodie Mine during 1878 attracted even more hopeful people. By 1879, Bodie had a population of approximately 7,000–10,000 people and around 2,000 buildings. Over the years 1860–1941 Bodie's mines produced gold and silver valued at an estimated US$34 million (those 1886 dollars are worth$1,141,763,404.26 in 2024!)

 

pictured: 1. Methodist church 2. Miller House 3. J.S. Cain House

pictured: 1. Methodist church 2. Miller House 3. J.S. Cain House

 

Bodie Ghost Town, California

Demo I did while I hosted a workshop. It was a Zoom class. We first discussed about some topics like shapes, values, edges and other things. Then I painted this demo.

CM3311 and CM3313 wind through the curves at Yanderra as they head for Melbourne as 6SM7.

 

This train now operates out of Berrima (near Moss Vale), meaning this train wont normally traverse through here again.

 

Friday 2nd October 2020

www.tourduvalat.org/en/newsletter/la_reserve_naturelle_re...

  

A remarkable site for temporary ponds

  

The Tour du Valat Foundation is the owner of a 2560 ha estate made up of natural and agricultural lands, grazed by some 450 Camargue cattle and 80 Camargue horses. The natural zones form a mosaic of the emblematic and now rare habitats of the fluviolacustrine Camargue, the area at the interface between riverine and maritime influences.

 

These relatively non-saline habitats were largely destroyed in the past for the development of agriculture. The result is a natural heritage of exceptional value, adapted to the particular conditions of the area. Since July 2008, 1845 ha of the Estate (i.e., 72% of its total surface area) have been granted the protection status Réserve naturelle régionale or Regional Natural Reserve (RNR).

 

Of the many natural habitats that make up the site, the temporary ponds are among the most remarkable. Some of them (the least saline) are examples of a habitat of priority community interest under the European Habitats Directive, which are in sharp decline around the Mediterranean basin, Mediterranean Temporary Ponds (MTP)1. Such ponds cover a total surface area of 18.3 ha on the Tour du Valat Estate, i.e. 65% of all the MTPs in the Camargue.

 

In all, there are 65 ponds of various kinds on the Estate covering a total surface area of about 60 ha (their size is highly variable in function of water level). They vary considerably in size, shape, depth, level of isolation, and salinity, with consequent influences on the plant and animal communities that live in and around them.

  

In particular, there is a wide diversity of plant species, certain of which are highly threatened. Among the eleven protected species (four at national level, and seven at regional level) found in the Tour du Valat RNR, two are of major importance for conservation:

 

The Starfruit or Water star (Damasonium polyspermum) is an attractive little white-flowered annual plant, a member of the Alismataceae family. This Western Mediterranean endemic is typical of Mediterranean temporary ponds. Its world conservation status is listed as Vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and it is protected by ministerial decree in France, where it is present at some ten sites, including the Tour du Valat. In the RNR, it is found, sometimes in populations of several thousands, in six oligosaline (very slightly salty) ponds with a sunny exposition and scattered emergent vegetation; it emerges only when flooding conditions are favourable, i.e. when there is enough water in early spring.

Riella helicophylla is a small aquatic liverwort just a few centimetres in height. Endemic to the Mediterranean basin, it is listed in Annex II of the Habitats Directive, and is currently being added to the list of French protected species. It is fond of distinctly saline, shallow, clear, temporary flood water, with limited plant cover. It was only recently discovered at the Tour du Valat (March 2012) in saline borrow pits and some low depressions in the flooded sansouïres bordering the Baisse Salée and the Saline ponds, covering at least 1.2 ha. Until then, it had only been found at one (former) site in the Hérault Department, and at Salin du Caban, east of

  

In terms of animals, the temporary ponds are also of primordial interest, for branchiopod crustaceans, odonates (dragonflies and damselflies), and amphibians. In wet springs, they literally teem with animals of kinds: from Triops cancriformis, a real living fossil, to the impressive tadpoles of the Common parsley frog or the Mediterranean/stripeless tree frog, and larvae of Zygoptera (damselflies, close relatives of the dragonflies). In this category, one of the commonest species in the Tour du Valat ponds, although highly threatened in France, is the Dark emerald damselfly or Dark spreadwing (Lestes macrostigma). This attractive damselfly, listed as Vulnerable in Europe by the IUCN, is only found in a few sites in France, along the Atlantic coast, in Corsica, and in the Camargue.

 

To conserve this natural heritage, it is necessary to maintain the natural hydrological regime of these ponds, characterised by their isolation and long completely parched periods in the summer. Their appearance thus varies immensely in function of precipitation level, ranging from bare cracked soil in late summer to vast flooded areas in wet springs, verdant and teeming with life.

 

*Habitat type 3170 in the Habitats Directive n° 3170.

 

Find out more:

Bigot L. 1999 Sur la réponse de Damasonium polyspermum Cosson (Alismataceae) aux variations des conditions édaphoclimatiques, d'après un suivi de 43 ans (1954-1996) dans une mare temporaire de la Tour-du- Valat (Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhône, France). Bull Soc Linn Provence 50 : 83-88 (in French)

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In mathematics, the slope or gradient of a line describes its steepness, incline, or grade. A higher slope value indicates a steeper incline.

Slope is normally described by the ratio of the "rise" divided by the "run" between two points on a line. The line may be practical - as set by a road surveyor - or in a diagram that models a road or a roof either as a description or as a plan.

The rise of a road between two points is the difference between the altitude of the road at those two points, say y1 and y2, or in other words,

the rise is (y2 − y1) = Δy.

For relatively short distances - where the earth's curvature may be neglected, the run is the difference in distance from a fixed point measured along a level, horizontal line, or in other words,

the run is (x2 − x1) = Δx.

Here the slope of the road between the two points is simply described as the ratio of the altitude change to the horizontal distance between any two points on the line. In mathematical language,

the slope m of the line is

    

The concept of slope applies directly to grades or gradients in geography and civil engineering. Through trigonometry, the grade m of a road is related to its angle of incline θ by

    

As a generalization of this practical description, the mathematics of differential calculus defines the slope of a curve at a point as the slope of the tangent line at that point. When the curve given by a series of points in a diagram or in a list of the coordinates of points, the slope may be calculated not at a point but between any two given points. When the curve is given as a continuous function, perhaps as an algebraic formula, then the differential calculus provides rules giving a formula for the slope of the curve at any point in the middle of the curve.

This generalization of the concept of slope allows very complex constructions to be planned and built that go well beyond static structures that are either horizontals or verticals, but can change in time, move in curves, and change depending on the rate of change of other factors. Thereby, the simple idea of slope becomes one of the main basis of the modern world in terms of both technology and the built environment

[...] The whole value of solitude depends upon one's self; it may be a sanctuary or a prison, a haven of repose or a place of punishment, a heaven or a hell, as we ourselves make it [...]

-- Quote by John Lubbock (English Biologist and Politician, 1834-1913)

 

Nikon D200, Samyang 8mm, f/3.5 fisheye, 8mm - f/8 - 1s - HDR 5xp +2/-2EV

 

Formello, Italy (October, 2016)

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collage on book cover / 2013

One thing led to another and I found myself experimenting with a mass of the orange and purple randomly placed close together.

 

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