Janet Echelman Sculpture in S. Salvador Square Porto/Matosinhos, Portugal.
lunes, 15 de diciembre de 2008
martes, 9 de diciembre de 2008
IMAGINE PEACE...
On October 9th, Yoko Ono will unveil the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER on Videy Island, Reykjavik, Iceland. It is dedicated to John Lennon, on what would have been his 67th birthday. You can read so much more about this wonderful event at www.imaginepeace.com and watch a video of Yoko explaining the intention behind the dream.
I will be lighting a white candle and joining with the energy of millions around the globe as we imagine peace for all mankind.
"You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one"
...John Lennon
viernes, 5 de diciembre de 2008
BALCONY, CASA BATLLÓ, BARCELONA
Casa Batlló is a building restored by Antoni Gaudí; is located at 43, Passeig de Gràcia in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia.
lunes, 10 de noviembre de 2008
THE SECOND
the second, originalmente cargada por hinton.jennie.
"A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination".-Nelson Mandela
viernes, 7 de noviembre de 2008
JAZZ - MONAD
Debates over definition of "jazz"
As the term "jazz" has long been used for a wide variety of styles, a comprehensive definition including all varieties is elusive. While some enthusiasts of certain types of jazz have argued for narrower definitions which exclude many other types of music also commonly known as jazz, jazz musicians themselves are often reluctant to define the music they play. Duke Ellington summed it up by saying, "It's all music." Some critics have even stated that Duke Ellington's music was not in fact jazz, as by its very definition, according to them, jazz cannot be orchestrated.
jueves, 6 de noviembre de 2008
lunes, 3 de noviembre de 2008
JAGUAR COLOR
Algo que siempre me ha gustado es la cultura de mi país, creo que es una de las mejores cosas que pudo habernos pasado. Y sobre todo contar con todo ese legado que sin duda es fuente fecunda de inspiración para muchas cosas, la siguiente pieza fue hecha para participar en el concurso del calendario de SHIFT, pero pues al no quedar seleccionada entre las 12, pues me la quedo y a ver que hago con ella.
martes, 21 de octubre de 2008
MODERN PERSPECTIVE
modern perspective, originalmente cargada por Mr. Mark.
Corner of King & University, business district, downtown Toronto.'modern view' On Black
taken across the street from this shot.
FREE SMILEY, TO BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY
Free Smiley, to brighten your day! ;-), originalmente cargada por kittymax.
And a short story to go with it! ;-)
Dedicated to those of you, my friends, who smile freely! So, please feel free to smile! ;-)
And for a bigger laugh, view large on full screen!
At the risk of being shunned by even my closest friends, I have to confess to having taken this picture using a hand-held, 'point-and-shoot' camera with a X10 Swiss watchmaker's eye loupe held in front of the lens! In addition, my style was severely cramped by the lack of an LCD screen, which had broken down and shone like a torch, requiring the pressure of both hands on the camera casing to display any kind of information! :-(
Needless to say, without the screen, focusing and framing were going to be a problem since the optical viewfinder would have been quite useless at such very close range. So I had to position the camera at an estimated point (about 1cm) in front of the subject's nose, say 'smile', press the button and hope that I was focused on the right spot. Fortunately, my model was patient enough to wait while I set up "my gear" and took enough shots to get it "just right"! ;-)
The smile on his face says it all! ;-)
Needless to say, without the screen, focusing and framing were going to be a problem since the optical viewfinder would have been quite useless at such very close range. So I had to position the camera at an estimated point (about 1cm) in front of the subject's nose, say 'smile', press the button and hope that I was focused on the right spot. Fortunately, my model was patient enough to wait while I set up "my gear" and took enough shots to get it "just right"! ;-)
The smile on his face says it all! ;-)
Mind you, the smile could also have been due to the fact that the "mating season" was in full swing! ;-))
On the upside, I have to say that the dragonfly (along with several of his admirers, jostling for position) was perched, at about eye level, on top of a fairly sturdy, 2 mm, chain-link, wire fence which, at such close range, I was able to touch very gingerly with my little finger!
I did this in a bid to achieve maximum stability and in fact, as you can see, contact was made, current flowed and his face lit up! ;-) One of the benefits, I guess, of having a camera with a built-in flashlight facility! ;-))
Incidentally, the "real flash" didn't fire! ;-))
Naturally, I had to wait till I got home to see the results of my efforts and when I did, I couldn't wait to get back. So I decided to return to the scene a couple of weeks later. On the way, it started to rain and when I arrived, I was very surprised to find them as I'd left them, albeit rather wet and quite depressed! ;-)
Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep, and you weep alone!
(Ella Wheeler Wilcox - 1850–1919), U.S. poet)
If you've come this far, please read on, and on, and on, ...
lunes, 20 de octubre de 2008
GEORGE'S SECRET KEY TO THE UNIVERSE
Stephen Hawking's George's Secret Key To The Universe
jueves, 16 de octubre de 2008
lunes, 13 de octubre de 2008
CHINA - SHANGHAI - THE END OF THE WORLD ON PEARL TOWER
CHINA - Shanghai - The End of the World on Pearl tower, originalmente cargada por Franck - フランク - 法兰克.
Just when I thought I missed the sun (well actually it seemed quite sunny from the ground but when you arrive at the top of the building, you realize it's all foggy), I saw this reddy glowing aura above the tower. Chance !!
HDR treatement.
lunes, 6 de octubre de 2008
HATYAI RECLINING BUDHA
The third largest reclining Buddha image of the world reposes at Wat Hat Yai Nai on Phetkhasem Road near Ou-Tapao Bridge. The statue, named Phra Buddha hatmongkhol, is 35 meters long, 15 meters high and 10 meters wide. This is considered one of the most revered statues in the region.
Whether coming from Malaysia or continuing your travels in that direction, Hat Yai is an ideal stopover. Hat Yai, is in effect the south's major city, its commercial, shopping and entertainment center. Located in Songkhla province, 947km from Bangkok and about 50km north of the Malaysian border, Hat Yai is also the region's communication hub and is well served by road, rail and air access.
viernes, 3 de octubre de 2008
IMAGINATION IN THE CITY
Imagination in the city, originalmente cargada por wimpers.
I always loved this house/building, at a street corner.
Although I don't know him/her, I like the person who came up with the idea to do it this way, and the ones who paid for it, and the actual realisators. Great experience to discover a house like this suddenly in the city! Like an unexpected gift! :-D
Imagination spices up our daily lives!
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Brussels, along the Canal, near VlaamsePoort/Porte de Flandre.
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U can check here for other of my BRUSSELS pictures.
viernes, 26 de septiembre de 2008
COLLABORATION
..so, this is my half of the 1st
collaboration btw. myself and Lisa Romero
aka Paperbullet for you flickerites...
...this is really the first collaboration
I've done where I started it....it's really
easy for me to work around someone else's art,
but I found it's harder for me to start something
...I constantly worry about leaving enough room,
colors, if it's worth a shit...etc..
..hope this is a good start Lisa..
miércoles, 24 de septiembre de 2008
martes, 23 de septiembre de 2008
"NORA: PRACTICE MAKES PURR-FECT", CHECK THE SEQUEL TOO.
Sequel is also up. Don't miss it! This is not a trick that was taught to Nora. She began sitting at the piano at about one-year-old. She's four now. She plays only when the mood strikes her, which is usually several time a times a day for short periods.
© 2007/2008 Yow!/Alexander, Nora The Piano Cat,LLC
lunes, 22 de septiembre de 2008
viernes, 19 de septiembre de 2008
LORETTA LUX
loretta lux, originalmente cargada por mount onion.
Loretta Lux (born 1969) was born in Dresden, East Germany and is a German fine art photographer known for her surreal portraits of young children. She currently lives and works in Monaco.
Lux graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts in Munich in the 1990s, and debuted at the Yossi Milo gallery, New York in 2004. The show put both Yossi Milo and Loretta Lux on the map, selling out and setting prices never before seen from a new gallery.
In 2005, Lux received the Infinity Award for Art from the International Center of Photography. Her work has since been exhibited extensively abroad, including solo exhibitions in 2006 at the Fotomuseum Den Haag, The Netherlands, and the Sixth Moscow Photobiennale. Her work is included in numerous collections in Europe and the United States, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Art Institute of Chicago; Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Fotomuseum, den Haag; Reina Sofia, Madrid and Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland. She has had portfolios featured in numerous fine art magazines.
The artist executes her compositions using a combination of photography, painting and digital manipulation. Lux's work - at once alluring and disturbing - usually features young children and is influenced by a variety of sources. She originally trained as a painter at Munich Academy of Art, and is influenced by painters such as Diego Velázquez, Agnolo di Cosimo and Phillip Otto Runge. Lux also owes a debt to the famous Victorian photographic portraitists of childhood such as Julia Margaret Cameron and Lewis Carroll.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretta_Lux
jueves, 4 de septiembre de 2008
martes, 2 de septiembre de 2008
sábado, 23 de agosto de 2008
MARÍA DEL ROSARIO ESPINOZA - SEGUNDO ORO PARA MÉXICO - TAEKWONDO WOMEN GOLD :)
La mexicana Maria del Rosario Espinoza enseña su medalla de oro de la categoría de 67 kilos de taekwondo femenino hoy en el gimnasio de la USTB de Pekín.
Maria del Rosario Espinoza (red) of Mexico fights against Nina Solheim of Norway during the Taekwondo women +67kg Gold medal contest at the Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Aug. 23, 2008. Maria del Rosario Espinoza defeated Nina Solheim and won the gold medal.
Foto cortesía de Mexsport.
jueves, 21 de agosto de 2008
OKSANA ALEKSANDROVNA CHUSOVITINT WON THE SILVER - 2008 GYMNASTICS FINAL
North Korea's Un Jong Hong (C), Germany's Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina (R) and China's Fei Cheng (L) pose during he medal ceremony of the women's vault final of the artistic gymnastics event of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing on Augus Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitint 17, 2008. North Korea's Un Jong Hong won the gold, Germany's Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina the silver and China's Fei Cheng the bronze. AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENE (Photo credit should read LLUIS GENE/AFP/Getty Images)
OKSANA CHUSOVITINA - OLY-2008-GYMNASTICS-FINAL
Germany Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina competes in the women's vault final of the artistic gymnastics event of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing on August 17, 2008. North Korea's Un Jong Hong won the gold, Germany's Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina the silver and China's Fei Cheng the bronze. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)
PAOLA ESPINOZA Y TATIANA ORTÍZ, BRONCE, ¡FELICIDADES MÉXICO!
BEIJING - AUGUST 12: (L-R) Silver medalists Melissa Wu and Briony Cole of Australia, gold medalists Wang Xin and Chen Ruolin and bronze medalists Tatiana Ortiz and Paola Espinosa of Mexico competes stand on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Women's Synchronised 10m Platform Final held at the National Aquatics Center during day 4 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 12, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
TATIANA ORTÍZ / PAOLA ESINOZA
Las mexicanas Tatiana Ortíz y Paola Espinosa de la competencia de clavados femenil de parejas, durante los Juegos Panamericanos Rio 2007.
GUILLERMO PÉREZ ¡ES DE ORO!
Guillermo Pérez ¡Es de Oro!, originalmente cargada por M@rcopako.
Afghanistan's Rohullah Nikpai, right, stands on the podium with his bronze medal, and from left, silver medal Yulis Gabriel Mercedes Dominican Republic, gold medal Mexico's Guillermo Perez, other bronze medal Chu Mu-Yen in the men's taekwondo -58 kg class at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
lunes, 18 de agosto de 2008
BELLAGIO CEILING, "FIORI DI COMO" IN 3D
Bellagio Ceiling, "Fiori di Como" in 3D, originalmente cargada por craighagan.
This is the ceiling of the Bellagio shot in 3d using the cha-cha method (2d here). The ceiling is hand blown glass by Dale Chihuly who comments on this work here. For folks not used to stereographs, my second comment contains information on viewing.
At first glance, not much depth, but, lots of texture from the various bits of glass. Give it a good look; cha cha method.
At first glance, not much depth, but, lots of texture from the various bits of glass. Give it a good look; cha cha method.
Here are three techniques for viewing this photo,
One: www.vision3d.com/fftext.html
Two: www.vision3d.com/methd02.html
Three: plop your nose right in the bottom center of the picture so that each eye can only see half of the picture. *slowly* move your head backwards until the pixels resolve into an image. You may need to bobble back and forth. I've found it helps to pick a bright object visible to both eyes and try to keep the images "together" also, if you've a strong eyeglass prescription (like me) try removing your glasses.
FUSHIMI-INARI TORII GATES IN 3D
Hundreds of these red Torii gates line the pathways above Fushimi-Inari Taisha - an immensely popular Shinto shrine in Southeast Kyoto. 3D is the next best thing to being there. A small scene from the woeful "Memoirs of a Geisha" was filmed here. In Japan, it was known as "Sayuri". So many sins committed by the makers of that film that infuriated the Japanese - Having Chinese actors playing the lead roles - having the actors speak English - filming most of it in California - & thinking no one would notice!
etc. etc. So typical of how Hollywood sees Asia.
KIWI LOVE
My picture of the day today was this golden kiwi- a different variety than I'm used to, but becoming more popular over here. I like the heart shaped center of this one- got lucky when I cut it open to have that shape :)
MAYA PYRAMID IN 3D AT TOKYO DISNEY SEA
Based on Maya pyramid ruins from the jungles of the Yucatan in Mexico - looks very impressive. Inside is an "Indiana Jones" ride. The stela at the foot of the stairs is based on one from Copan in Honduras. You almost forget you're really in Japan.
jueves, 7 de agosto de 2008
MANTA @ MONAD SHOAL CLOSE
Manta @ Monad Shoal Close, originalmente cargada por Wreckferret.
My close-up footage of this lovely Manta who came over us at the cleaning station at 'Manta Point' on an afternoon dive on Monad Shoal, Malapascua, Philippines, March 2008.
Check out the 'distance video' that shows me in relation to her coming close on another of her 'flybys'.
miércoles, 6 de agosto de 2008
HI :)
"You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats."
"A cat is but a small lion who socializes with humans".
martes, 5 de agosto de 2008
ANICENT LOVER'S EMBRACE
Anicent Lover's Embrace, originalmente cargada por Fort Photo.
Large on Black
One of my favorite things about Lake Tahoe without a doubt has to be the trees. The area features a fantastic variety of conifers, with many (such as these old growth incense cedars) reaching dizzying heights. I seem to have a particular attachment to when two trees grow to such an old age in such close proximity to each other, it's all too easy to anthropomorphize some great stories. ;-)))
SANDALA COSMOS
A Sandhill Crane Bosque Mandala of my own choosing.. perhaps it was those weird berries I ate in the woods. ;-))))
ENTERING HYPERSPACE
In Toulouse, southern France, the unique metro line is entirely driven by computers. There's no human driver. So you go to the front and see the train's tracks.
I set the shutter opened for 5 seconds, waited for a curve and click!
There's no post effect!
You may also try my speed tag ;-)
One year later edit:
Today, this picture has been posted a year ago and collected:
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I wanted to say that I thank you, I thank flickr team too.
This is the good example of motivation this website community could give and helped me to improve my passion.
Take care.
ZODIACAL LIGHT
:10 Things
This. This makes me happy. I saw the Zodiacal light gradually appear. At first I was thinking, nah, can't be, just light pollution. But then I realized it was looking like a cone of light. After 10 minutes it began to fade and I knew it was the Zodiacal light which I had been chasing for the last six weeks...
SUNTED IN BABYLON BY RAPHAEL LACOSTE
Babylon: Ancient Middle Eastern city. The city's ruins are located about 55 mi (89 km) south of Baghdad, near the modern city of Al-Hillah, Iraq. Babylon was one of the most famous cities in antiquity. Probably first settled in the 3rd millennium BC, it came under the rule of the Amorite kings around 2000 BC. It became the capital of Babylonia and was the chief commercial city of the Tigris and Euphrates river system. Destroyed by Sennacherib in 689 BC, it was later rebuilt. It attained its greatest glory as capital of the Neo-Babylonian empire under Nebuchadrezzar II (r. 605 – c. 561 BC). Alexander the Great, who took the city in 331 BC, died there. Evidence of its topography comes from excavations, cuneiform texts, and descriptions by the Greek historian Herodotus. Most of the ruins are from the city built by Nebuchadrezzar. The largest city in the world at the time, it contained many temples, including the great temple of Marduk with its associated ziggurat, which was apparently the basis for the story of the Tower of Babel. The Hanging Gardens, a simulated hill of vegetation-clad terracing, was one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
ISHTAR GATE
Detail of the Babylonian Ishtar Gate depicting the principal Babylonian deity Marduk, with its typical serpent's head, viper's horns, scorpion's tail, front feline paws and rear bird claws.
These polychrome relief tiles were excavated in the 1930s by the German archaeologist Robert Koldewey. The tiles were completely shattered, requiring around two years to clean, preserve and reassemble. The more vivid blue tiles surrounding the figure were recreated using the original glazing process to complete the front of the restored Ishtar Gate at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.
EL REY Y LA REINA
Es una emoción indescriptible ver estos preciosos animales a unos 5 o 6 metros de distancia, altamente recomendable.
Saludos y feliz semana amigos.
The Photo of the Day for June 12, 2008 en Spectacular Animals.
Gracias a todos.
lunes, 4 de agosto de 2008
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