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This is the fishing pier on Jacksonville Beach, Florida. There's also a couple surfers in the water waiting for the next big wave.
“Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.”
- Walt Whitman
He Mele No Lilo (Lullaby of the Lost. A traditional Hawaii'in melody)
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Oh what a beautiful day. . what a beautiful life, huh? To wake up before the sun does and sip a little coffee, just so I can function enough the walk my 500-ish foot walk to the beach (I counted :D) Just lean back an appreciate what there is. Sunrises are 60 diamond minutes, that reflect the golden memories and feelings.
Quick update: The Jets lost to the Steelers :/ I owe someone a congratulations ;)
"That is exactly what we are interested in: to use well known forms and materials in a new way so that they become alive again ... We love to destroy the clichés of architecture."
Jacques Herzog,
Coliseo de voleibol Yesid Santos (2010)
Arquitectos : Felipe Mesa et Gian Carlo Mazzanti
Medellin, Colombia
About MSF
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more than 70 countries.
In countries where health structures are insufficient or even non-existant, MSF collaborates with authorities such as the Ministry of Health to provide assistance. MSF works in rehabilitation of hospitals and dispensaries, vaccination programmes and water and sanitation projects. MSF also works in remote health care centres, slum areas and provides training of local personnel. All this is done with the objective of rebuilding health structures to acceptable levels.
Raising Awareness
In carrying out humanitarian assistance, MSF seeks also to raise awareness of crisis situations; MSF acts as a witness and will speak out, either in private or in public about the plight of populations in danger for whom MSF works. In doing so, MSF sets out to alleviate human suffering, to protect life and health and to restore and ensure respect for the human beings and their fundamental human rights.
Only a small percentage of the populations that find themselves in a situation of danger gain the attention of the media. MSF teams travel to places that many people have never heard of, to assist those who have fallen victim to natural or man-made disasters. MSF volunteers have a story to tell when they return from their missions, and they use their experiences to speak of what they have seen. For MSF, raising awareness for these populations and the situations they are in is an important task. Whenever possible, MSF volunteers give interviews and make presentations. MSF offices worldwide facilitate the organisation of gatherings, for individuals and groups who want to speak in their home communities. MSF also mounts exhibitions and, from time to time, releases publications, with the aim of raising awareness.
It is part of MSF's work to address any violations of basic human rights encountered by field teams, violations perpetrated or sustained by political actors. It does so by confronting the responsible actors themselves, by putting pressure on them through mobilisation of the international community and by issuing information publicly. In order to prevent compromise or manipulation of MSF's relief activities, MSF maintains neutrality and independance from individual governments. The organisation also tries to ensure that the majority of funds raised for its work comes directly from contributions from the general public. In this way, MSF guarantees equal access to its humanitarian assistance.
MSF has been setting up emergency medical aid missions around the world since 1971.
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343/365 Work with textures
I took the original image @ "Disney's Hollywood Studios"
Orlando, Florida, USA
January 1rst/2010
Nikon D5000
Burt Bacharach - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
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A Walk in the Park
by A. Keith Barton
Random people in the park
Play soccer until after dark
Hot dogs cook on the grill
Another goal, another kill
Sunlight filters through the trees
Boys and girls with banged-up knees
Random people in the park
Teens holding hands after dark
Steal a kiss now and then
Innocent love without much sin
Golden hair and young features
Defines another of God’s creatures
Random people in the park
Older couples still hold onto that spark
Gray hair and varicose veins
Defy Father Time just the same
Laughter and memories of soccer moms
Before college and high school proms
A lone figure in the park
Slow of feet, his features stark
Labored breath but eyes sparkle still
To catch the wind, another day fulfilled
Family memories of walks in the park
Silence now pervades the dark
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Textures with my deepest gratitude to Lenabem: Free Texture - 83 and Free Texture 6 Thank you so much dear Anna for your amazing artwork!!
I also used one texture of SkeletalMess: Square-63 Thank you once again dear Jerry!!
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Can you imagine taking a leap of of this massive cliff. Many people do....but not me! :)
I crawled out to the edge of this cliff, known as Preikestolen or Pulpit Rock, and looked down. I don't think there's any way I would have dared to base jump. This cliff is located on the fjord called Lysefjorden near Stavanger, Norway and is a massive 604 metres (1982 feet) above the fjord.
This is probably the coolest place I've ever been. Definitely worth the 2+ hour hike...and I was very fortunate to be there on such a clear day as it is often quite foggy up this high.
Canon EOS 450D Digital Rebel XSi
Exposure 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture f/7.1
Focal Length 28 mm
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Esa noche estaba perdida. Perdidísima. Medio borracha y el corazón roto.
El amor de su vida, su amor, el dueño de su corazón (ahora hecho añicos), la perfección personificada para ella... Se había desvanecido.
"¿Por qué me habrá pasado esto a mí?" Se preguntaba entre sollozos. "Nunca he pecado, nunca le he deseado mal a nadie...No consigo entenderlo"
Estaba allí, con el wishky en la mano y el dolor en los ojos.
Sus mejillas, coloradas por el alcohol, le escocían al paso de las lágrimas.
Aquella noche era la peor de su vida.
Con la otra mano ensangrentada, llamó por teléfono:
-¿Mamá? Sí, era él...Dios mío no puedo creermelo.
Esa noche era su aniversario.
Había cogido el coche para ir a la colina del amor. A ella le hacía mucha ilusión.
Con una mano, él sujetaba el volante. Con la otra, acariciaba la pierna de su compañera.
"¿Cómo puede ser tan perfecta?" Se decía él.
Iban a hacer el amor por primera vez. Ella estaba eufórica.
Hasta aquel momento.
Un cruze. Muchos coches. Demasiada luz. Gente borracha. Gente con prisas. Gente cansada. Gente feliz, como ellos...
Y de repente, pasó.
Aquel camión con luces potentes se abalanzó sobre su Mini.
Ella se encontró al momento sola. Llorando en una camilla de la ambulancia.
Cuando se encontró mejor, la dieron el alta. No tenía daños graves, solo unos moratones en las piernas, una herida en la mano que tenía que curarse cada media hora, y el corazón roto.
Por desgracia, eso último, la medicina desconocía su cura.
¿Y él?
Destrozado entre el camión y su coche, y con el corazón roto...literalmente.
This black and white is done in HDR with post processing in photomatix and Nik Silver eFX. I love this shot because of the clouds have a long exposure so they look pretty neat and cool. It sits about 25 feet high iits just amazing up close.
Nikon d5000
18mm
iso 100
aperture f/13
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This autumn morning, the fog rolled down the center of Prague from the Vltava River and the rising sun was melting it. I felt almost like in theatre watching it from the distance of Petrin.
To podzimní ráno se do centra Prahy valila mlha z koryta Vltavy a vycházející slunce ji postupně rozpouštělo. Z Petřínských strání to bylo nádherné divadlo.
this lion took up the scent of the urin of a lioness to check if she´s in heat. This is called "flehmen". When the lion flehms, it looks a lot like he´s aggressive or yawning. But he just smells.
Okavango Delta, Botswana
in forest, taken @ ISO 1600
distance to lion 7m, uncropped @ 300mm
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Technical info :
Camera : Pentax K-7
Lens : Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM
Exposure : 0.005s (1/180)
Aperture : f/9.0
Focal Length : 50 mm
Sensibility : ISO 100
Filter : None
Software :
Lightroom 3.0 | Photoshop CS5
Strobist Info
La scène ne se prêtant pas à un cliché "Behind the Strobist Scene" je vais mettre les info directement sur la photo !
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Some lettuce shot at the Elizabeth Gamble Gardens in Palo Alto, CA. They have an extensive vegetable garden growing right now. It's part of a children's educational program they do. The color of the leaves were amazing, purple with bright fuschia veins.
HBW
I would also like to credit Tom Weisimel for one of the textures I used. If you haven't already, check out his amazing photostream. Thanks Tom.
Day 142
It was quite difficult to use the wireless remote (in my hand) and to throw leaves into the air almost simultaneously. Took a couple of tries :P
Strobist Info: SB-900 camera left, bare | 50mm @ 1/32 Power w/ 1/2 CTO
Today is day 19 of 365
What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never be
Never see
Won't see what might have been
What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never free
Never me
So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN
Last weekend, I drove 4hrs to Pfeiffer Beach, and finally was able to shoot the oft-photographed arch at Pfeiffer Beach... alongside at least 15 other photographers! I'm not used to shooting with crowds, so it was challenging to be limited to such a small range of compositions. For some reason, the mass of photographers ended up shooting quite far away from the subject. I used my longer lens to get a tighter composition, and had a go at the scene.
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 100-400L @130mm
1/8 second exposure @ F8
No Filters
One exposure at ISO 50
♫ Mikel Laboa y Orfeón donostiarra - Txoria Txori ♫
Today the most important thing is music. Long ago I was looking for a photograph to accompany this song, one of the most beautiful and moving songs I've heard.
If I had clipped the wings
would have been mine,
would not have escaped.
But so
would no longer be a bird.
And I ...
what I loved was a bird.
Hoy lo más importante es la música. Hace mucho tiempo que buscaba una fotografía para acompañar esta canción, una de las canciones más bellas y conmovedoras que he oído.
Si le hubiera cortado las alas
habría sido mío,
no habría escapado.
Pero así,
habría dejado de ser pájaro.
Y yo...
yo lo que amaba era un pájaro.
Torremoronta fué, sobre el año 1.513, señorío de D. Francisco Varona de Mendoza y su esposa Dª María de Herrera y Zúñiga, nieta del duque de Béjar.
Los desbordamientos reincidentes del río parece que fueron los que desalojaron a los habitantes a principio del siglos XVI. El núcleo fluvial contaba con un templo dedicado a San Pedro y retrepada en la ladera, la ermita a la Virgen.
En la actualidad, Torremoronta pertenece al término municipal de Santa María del Campo y mantiene en la base de su ladera, restos de casas.
Su cima con los restos de la espadaña regala unas vistas magníficas sobre la hoz del río Arlanza.
Asinara, l'isola da poco ridata alla Sardegna.....all' interno di essa si trovano ancora specie di animali in via di estinzione.....spiagge incontaminate e una vegetazione spontanea e unica nel suo genere..........tutto questo è un TESORO e spero che altre mani non possano più rubarcelo.
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Con esta toma doy por concluida la serie de Los Urros.
No me convence demasiado por su composicion, el exceso de peso en el lado derecho y el apelotonamiento de elementos desequilibra la imagen. Los tonos y el procesado sí son de mi agrado.
Lee ProGlass ND 0.9 + SinghRay inverse 0.9
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Your comments and favorites are greatly appreciated, but NO awards, banners & graphics please. Thanks a lot ! :-)
Technical info :
Camera : Pentax K-7
Lens : Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM
Exposure : 0.004s (1/250)
Aperture : f/1.8
Focal Length : 50 mm
Sensibility : ISO 100
Filter : None
Software :
Lightroom 3.0 | Photoshop CS5
Luc Planson, a friend of mine, and I are making a 50|50 in the same time !!!
Please, take a look to his 50|50 Set
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You are here - like millions before you, with cameras - what would you do?
All I knew is that I wanted to try *something else* by stacking all exposure extending filters I brought along to get the longest possible exposure I could under the given circumstances. :)
It was *really* bright and sunny, so it was quite a challenge.
I put my ND110 (10 stops) on top of my Nikon 50mm AF-D f/1.4, on top of that my polarizer (worth about 2 stops) and on top of that my 84.5mm adapter with my ND grad medium filter (about 2 stops, top half)... giving me an exposure of +60 seconds!
Plus irreparable colour damage too - hehe - so I had to go for mono here.
I know, it's *still* the Eiffel Tower - but I hope you appreciate the effort! ;-)
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Okeej, daar sta je dan - wie heeft hier niet gestaan met z'n camera in de aanslag?
Dus ik denk: ik wil er toch op de e.o.a. manier m'n eigen draai aan geven. Kreeg ik 't idee om hier de langst mogelijke belichting op los te laten door alle filters te stapelen die ik bij me had.
Goed, ik begon met de ND110 (10 stops rekken) op m'n 50mm f/1.4 te schroeven. Daar bovenop de pola (2 stops rekken) en daarboven de adapter voor m'n 84.5mm ND grad filter (medium, goed voor 2 stops rekken). Dat leverde me +60 seconden op en dat op een middag met felle zon.
Leverde me trouwens ook niet te corrigeren 'colour cast' op, dus ik moest wel voor zwart/wit gaan.
Dus: okeej, het *blijft* de Eiffeltoren, maar ik hoop dat jullie de inspanning weten te waarderen. ;-)
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Pues si donde se juntan dos mares aunque no iguales ya que uno es el Cantábrico y el otro un mar de nubes que estaba encima de zona de San Esteban de Pravia, San JUan de la Arena y Muros del Nalón. Esta toma esta sacada desde Somao en concreto desde la Peñona un área recreativa de ese precioso pueblo que bien merece una visita,
Bueno os deseo un buen comienzo de semana y espero que estas dos tomas de este amanecer sean de vuestro agrado.
Un abrazo para tod@s
Os recuerdo que todas las tomas se pueden ver en grade y os lo recomiendo
Location: Kuwait
Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter Speed: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO Speed: 500
Lens: EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Le Huandoy est une montagne enneigée avec quatre pics disposés en forme de fourneau. Le plus haut des pics culmine à 6 395 mètres d'altitude. Il est accessible par la vallée de Llanganuco, province de Yungay, région d'Ancash, au Pérou, il se trouve au nord du mont Huascarán dans la Cordillère Blanche.
Son ancien nom était Tullparaju, du quechua tullpa (« four en pierre ») et raju (« glace »). Tullparaju signifie donc « montagne enneigée en forme de fourneau ».
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Musique : Romances pour piano et hautbois - Robert Schumann
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Sur les pentes du Pisco - Vue sur les Huandoy - Pérou .
They have all criticized Delhi for pollution, population...and what not. Join me for a journey to explore the wonders of Delhi and what this mystic land has to offer.
EXIF:
f/8, 30sec, 16 mm, -1EV.
The Qutub Minar is a tower located in Delhi, India. It is the world's tallest brick minaret with a height of 72.5 meters (237.8 ft). It has a diameter of 14.32m at the base and about 2.75m on the top with a height of 72.5m. Construction commenced by Qutb-ud-din Aibak who won Delhi from Emperor Prithviraj under Muhammad of Ghor as his commander in chief, and finished by Iltutmish, The Qutub Minar is notable for being one of the earliest and most prominent examples of Indo-Islamic architecture. It is surrounded by several other ancient and medieval structures and ruins, collectively known as Qutub complex.
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Io sono posizionato in mezzo a questi fiori e tu dove sei? Scegliti un posto a piacere :-))
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I am located in the midst of these flowers and where are you? Pick a place you like :-))
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I love sassy wildlife! Couldn't help myself and went further into the folder and found this shot of the gathering. I believe that the rams had just come down from the hills when I found them this day, because there were about 20, and the crowd grew larger during the time spent with them. Very little of Fall was left and I worked hard to position myself so as to catch some of the color that remained on mostly bare branches.
Okay, I'm off to do an interview.
Deby
" ... Por eso te quiero tanto
mi viejo lazo trenzao,
y como me hallo inspirao
en estos versos te canto.
En mis rimas te agiganto
porque un deber me convida,
y cuando en forma sentida
te acaricio con afán
me acuerdo que Corbalán
¡te está debiendo la vida! ..."
Fragmento de "Trenzao de seis", de Pedro Risso
Fuente: gauchoguacho.blogspot.com
San Antonio de Areco, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Unas nocturnas del puerto de Alicante tomadas en compañia como no podia ser de otra forma de Jesús (Astur52)
Espero sean de vuestro agrado
Recomiendo verla en grande
Y os recuerdo que todas se pueden ver en grande y comentarlas
♫ Yeong-wook Jo - The Last Waltz ♫
El Monasterio cisterciense de Santa María de Rioseco se encuentra en el Valle de Manzanedo, actual provincia de Burgos, junto al río Ebro en el territorio donde tuvo su origen el primitivo Condado de Castilla.
A orillas del Ebro, entre Incinillas y Argés. Mirará el viajero hacia arriba, y la gran torre del cenobio (Torre del Abad), venida a menos desde que una gran parte de ella se derrumbara en los años ochenta del siglo pasado, le invitará a adentrarse en la espesura de las ruinas. Un senda empinada, comida por la maleza y que apenas deja ver el empedrado medieval, lleva sin mayores dificultades hasta el grueso de los restos del convento. Aquí, entre poderosas y asfixiantes yedras, ramilletes de avellanos, de culantrillos, lenguas de ciervo y toda suerte de vegetación, se esconden las ruinas más hermosas que visitar se pueda. El soberbio claustro herreriano, la gran nave de la iglesia, con el estilo sobrio de los cistercienses y saqueada hasta el infinito, más la escalera renacentista que sube a las techumbres descarnadas, entre otros restos, conforman un panorama arquitectónico tan hermoso como desolador
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EXPLORED Jan 14, 2011
C U after my Hawaii Vacation dear friends!
Aloha!
♫♫♫ Ella Fitzgerald - Don't Fence Me In
Happy Fence Friday my dear Flickr friends!
San Feliipe Cottage Home (1848).
Houston Herritage society
Downtown Houston
Film: Kodak Professional
Nikon F100 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4
Rochers de la Chaume, les Sables d'Olonne, France
Nikon D300 + 17-55mm f/2.8 Nikkor + tripode Manfrotto 190CXPro4
Filtre GND Hitech 0.9xHE
HDR 7 RAW
Capture NX2, Photomatix, PhotoshopElements
A big thanks to Sylvain Latouche for his kind testimonial.
Merci cher Sylvain je suis très touché, la réciproque est vraie coté estime-amitié.
This works fine at L A R G E R size & on black.
During a great photowalk in Paris with Béranger "The Handsome" Blaudez, Miss "Delightful" T@o, Vincent "Supernice" Montibus and Loomax "The Coolest".
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I think my favorite time to photograph is when you have to just put the full beams on.
Is this blue enough for your blue gallery FWT ?
I had no idea these stripes were here when I initially started to photograph this plant. As I got closer, they looked pretty cool and through my macro lens, even better. One of my favorite things to do photographically is see things through the macro lens that I otherwise wouldn't see. I think that's why I am so obsessed with macro photography, especially of unusual plants. This is my second of fifty two for the Big Five Two.
Via Sistina, the street that leads to the famous Spanish Steps.
Another shot from my archives since I'm sick with a fever today... :(
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
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