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vendredi 18 mars 2011

Lever de soleil sur Mahrès

Lever de soleil sur Mahrès Mahrès accueille chaque été (fin juillet, début août) &quot;Le Festival international des arts plastiques de Mahrès&quot; ou Festival international des arts plastiques de Mahares et ceci depuis 1988. Ce festival rassemble des plasticiens originaires dEurope (France, Allemagne, Royaume-Uni, Italie, Espagne, Pays-Bas, Belgique, Suisse, Suède, Norvège, Roumanie, Ukraine, Turquie, etc.), dAsie (Japon, Corée du Sud, Liban, Syrie, Jordanie, Irak, Koweït, Oman, Bahreïn, Arabie saoudite, etc.), dAfrique (Maroc, Algérie, Tunisie, Libye, Égypte, Cameroun, etc.) et des Amériques (États-Unis, Canada, Brésil, Venezuela, Colombie, etc.).  Ce festival donne des idées à plusieurs plasticiens y ayant participé et qui fondent à leur tour des festivals dans leurs pays respectifs[réf. nécessaire]. Il donne également des vocations à beaucoup de jeunes habitants de Mahrès qui participent aux différents travaux de ses ateliers et qui, une fois bacheliers, sorientent vers des études à lInstitut supérieur des beaux-arts de Tunis[réf. nécessaire]. Par ailleurs, grâce aux nombreuses œuvres dart disséminées un peu partout dans la ville, Mahrès est devenue un véritable espace dexposition darts plastiques en plein air. Source : <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_international_des_arts_plastiques_de_Mahr%c3%a8s" rel="nofollow">fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_international_des_arts_pla...</a>
Lever de soleil sur Mahrès par ©tounes tunisia

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jeudi 17 mars 2011

365 : Abdul Ludbah

On croit souvent que les 365 sont construits sur les autoportraits. Pour en avoir vu beaucoup, je trouve que les projets constitués uniquement d'autoportraits ne sont pas souvent intéressants et j'en ai cité bien peu.

Abdul apparaît sur chaque photo de son second projet 365, mais il ne voulait pas prendre que des photos de son visage. Le résultat est plutôt intéressant, j'aime particulièrement les photos de ses mains.

Abdul Ludbah - 365

day eighteen | 365 v2: ... Miserable day today. Rained. A lot. Because of the weather conditions people had to leave work early so as not to be caught out ...

Dont really wear ties much to work.

Other than that a fairly ordinary day.

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day eighteen | 365 v2: ... par ©Abdul Ludbah

day twentyTwo | 365 v2: Cappuccino anyone? ... Well, almost ... lets just say I wont be making employee of the month at Costa. Tried to make the Schwuash sound to compensate. The result is what you see before you. I mean seriously, would you drink that?!?!

Liked how this came out (the picture not the Cappuccino). There are some water droplets on the table but as I didnt see them until I began to process and couldnt be bothered to re-shoot.

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day twentyTwo | 365 v2: Cappuccino anyone? ... par ©Abdul Ludbah

day fiftyFour | 365 v2: W ... <b>W - Double U</b>

For some reason couldnt get my thumbs to match up to form a proper w ...

For Gooses <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/abc2011/pool/">ABC 365 February 2011</a> 

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day fiftyFour | 365 v2: W ... par ©Abdul Ludbah

day sixtyFive | 365 v2: ... Long day at work but it went quickly. Seems like the last couple of days Ive had to work for my pay!

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day sixtyFive | 365 v2: ... par ©Abdul Ludbah

day sixtySix | 365 v2: ... Couple of things I didnt like about this - the door in the background and ... the door in the background. This was a practice set-up for something else I had in mind but this sort of stuck. Adjusted contrast and brightness in LR.

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day sixtySix | 365 v2: ... par ©Abdul Ludbah

day sixtySeven | 365 v2: ... Playing around with lighting ..

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day sixtySeven | 365 v2: ... par ©Abdul Ludbah

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mercredi 16 mars 2011

14 Brillantes photos avec le Soleil

Wait .. Dont go !!
Wait .. Don't go !! par ©Khalid Al-Haqqan

sun yeah the sun is out!!  This photo inspired by the marvelous <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/auntiep/">Auntie P</a>.  Thanks for the wonderful inspiration!  No manipulation... not sure how that sun ray ended up looking like it was going through my hand but Im guessing it was a flare from the lens (and others seem to concur).
sun par ©Roxanne

Bedruthan sunset Another view of a sunset from September 2005 taken from the cliffs at Bedruthan Steps on the North Cornwall coast.    <a href="http://maps.google.com?q=50.48743953044969,-5.032939910888672(Bedruthan sunset)&amp;t=h">See where this picture was taken.</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/geotagging/discuss/72157594165549916/">[?]</a>
Bedruthan sunset par ©Barry

Sunset @ Gandipet <b>WOW EXPLORED <del>#14..... 16Dec08</del> <del>#8 ...16Dec08</del> #5 ...17Dec08 Front Page Explore </b> Thanks to everyone for commenting, fav &amp; views :)  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vijji_vijju_vjay/3115550858">www.flickr.com/photos/vijji_vijju_vjay/3115550858</a>
Sunset @ Gandipet par ©Vijay Bandari

The Sentinel / El Centinela Listen / Escucha <a href="http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=X5M46Q4POEA"><b>&quot;Sentinel&quot;</b></a> by/por Mike Oldfield  <b>Para mi hermano del alma / For my soul brother <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10523007@N06/">Juli Modul (Juli Morató Torres)</a>.</b>  <i> &quot;Cuando nuestro mundo alcanzó la mitad de su edad actual, algo que venía de las estrellas pasó a través del Sistema Solar, dejó aquella huella de su paso, y prosiguió su camino. Hasta que nosotros la destruimos, aquella máquina cumplió su cometido. Y empiezo a intuir cuál era.  Alrededor de cien mil millones de estrellas giran en el círculo de la Vía Láctea, y, hace mucho tiempo, otras razas de los mundos pertenecientes a otros soles deben de haber alcanzado y superado el estadio en el que ahora nos hallamos nosotros. Piensen en una tal civilización, muy lejana en el tiempo, cuando la Creación era aún tibia, dueña de un universo tan joven que la vida había surgido tan sólo en una infinitésima parte de mundos. La soledad de aquel mundo es algo imposible de imaginar, la soledad de los dioses que miran a través del infinito y no hallan a nadie con quien compartir sus pensamientos.  Deben de haber explorado las galaxias como nosotros exploramos los mundos. Por todos lados había mundos, pero estaban vacíos, o a lo sumo poblados de cosas que se arrastraban y eran incapaces de pensar. Así debía de ser nuestra Tierra, con el humo de los volcanes ofuscando aún el cielo, cuando la primera nave de los pueblos del alba surgió de los abismos más allá de Plutón. Rebasó los planetas exteriores apresados por el hielo, sabiendo que la vida no podía formar parte de sus destinos. Alcanzó y se detuvo en los planetas interiores, que se calentaban al fuego del Sol, esperando a que comenzara su historia.  Aquellos exploradores deben de haber observado la Tierra, sobrevolando la estrecha franja entre los hielos y el fuego, llegando a la conclusión de que aquél debía de ser el hijo predilecto del Sol. Allí, en un remoto futuro, surgiría la inteligencia; pero ante ellos quedaban aún innumerables estrellas, y nunca regresarían por aquel mismo camino.  Así pues, dejaron un centinela, uno de los millones que deben de existir esparcidos por todo el universo, vigilando los mundos en los cuales vibra la promesa de la vida. Era un faro que, a través de todas las edades, señalaba pacientemente que aún nadie lo había descubierto.  Quizás ahora comprendan por qué la pirámide de cristal fue instalada en la Luna y no en la Tierra. A sus creadores no les importaban las razas que luchaban aún por salir del salvajismo. Nuestra civilización les podía interesar tan sólo si dábamos prueba de nuestra capacidad de supervivencia, lanzándonos al espacio y escapando así de la Tierra, nuestra cuna. Este es el desafío que, antes o después, se plantea a todas las razas inteligentes. Es un desafío doble, porque depende de la conquista de la energía atómica y de la decisiva elección entre la vida y la muerte.  Una vez superado este punto crítico, era tan sólo cuestión de tiempo que descubriéramos la pirámide, y la forzásemos para ver lo que había dentro. Ahora ya no emite ninguna señal, y aquellos encargados de su escucha deben de haber vuelto su atención hacia la Tierra. Quizás acudan a ayudar a nuestra civilización, aún en su infancia. Pero deben de ser viejos, muy viejos, y a menudo los viejos son morbosamente celosos de los jóvenes.  Ahora ya no puedo mirar la Vía Láctea sin preguntarme de cuál de esas nebulosas estelares están acudiendo los emisarios. Si me permiten hacer una comparación bastante vulgar, hemos tirado del aparato de alarma, y ahora no podemos hacer otra cosa más que esperar.  No creo que tengamos que esperar mucho.&quot;</i>  Fragmento del cuento  <a href="http://www.apocatastasis.com/el-centinela-the-sentinel-arthur-clarke.php">&quot;El Centinela&quot;</a>, Arthur C. Clarke, 1957    <i>&quot;When our world was half its present age, something from the stars swept through the Solar System, left this token of its passage, and went again upon its way. Until we destroyed it, that machine was still fulfilling the purpose of its builders; and as to that purpose, here is my guess.  Nearly a hundred thousand million stars are turning in the circle of the Milky Way, and long ago other races on the worlds of other suns must have scaled and passed the heights that we have reached. Think of such civilizations, far back in time against the fading afterglow of Creation, masters of a universe so young that life as yet had come only to a handful of worlds. Theirs would have been a loneliness we cannot imagine, the loneliness of gods looking out across infinity and finding none to share their thoughts.  They must have searched the star-clusters as we have searched the planets. Everywhere there would be worlds, but they would be empty or peopled with crawling, mindless things. Such was our own Earth, the smoke of the great volcanoes still staining the skies, when that first ship of the peoples of the dawn came sliding in from the abyss beyond Pluto. It passed the frozen outer worlds, knowing that life could play no part in their destinies. It came to rest among the inner planets, warming themselves around the fire of the Sun and waiting for their stories to begin.  Those wanderers must have looked on Earth, circling safely in the narrow zone between fire and ice, and must have guessed that it was the favorite of the Sun’s children. Here, in the distant future, would be intelligence; but there were countless stars before -them still, and they might never come this way again.  So they left a sentinel, one of millions they have scattered throughout the Universe, watching over all worlds with the promise of life. It was a beacon that down the ages has been patiently signaling the fact that no one had discovered it.  Perhaps you understand now why that crystal pyramid was set upon the Moon instead of on the Earth. Its builders were not concerned with races still struggling up from savagery. They would be interested in our civilization only if we proved our fitness to survive -by crossing space and so escaping from the Earth, our cradle. That is the challenge that all intelligent races must meet, sooner or later. It is a double challenge, for it depends in turn upon the conquest of atomic energy and the last choice between life and death.  Once we had passed that crisis, it was only a matter of time before we found the pyramid and forced it open. Now its signals have ceased, and those whose duty it is will be turning their minds upon Earth. Perhaps they wish to help our infant civilization. But they must be very, very old, and the old are often insanely jealous of the young.  I can never look now at the Milky Way without wondering from which of those banked clouds of stars the emissaries are coming. If you will pardon so commonplace a simile, we have set off the fire-alarm and have nothing to do but to wait.  I do not think we will have to wait for long.&quot;</i>  Fragment of the short story <a href="http://econtent.typepad.com/TheSentinel.pdf"> &quot;The Sentinel&quot;</a>, Arthur C. Clarke, 1957   <a href="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/onblack.php?id=2812717196&amp;size=large">Recommended View On Black, large - Recomendado Ver en Fondo Negro, grande</a>  <a href="http://www.flickriver.com/photos/claudio_ar/">Most recent photos in black  - Mis fotos más recientes en negro</a>
The Sentinel / El Centinela par ©Claudio Alejandro Mufarrege

Tracce Explore_15/01/09#21
Tracce par ©luigi

The Ascent - Great Wall of China Travel Photos:  <b><a href="http://tourismPICS.com" rel="nofollow">tourismPICS.com</a></b> Travel Blog: <b><a href="http://tourismpicks.com" rel="nofollow">TourismPicks.com</a></b>  Story behind Photograph:  <b> <a href="http://tourismpicks.com/2010/06/11/the-great-wall-of-china/" rel="nofollow">Visiting the Badaling Section of the Great Wall of China</a></b>
The Ascent - Great Wall of China par ©Mike Behnken

End Of The Day (Explore #1 Feb 7 2007)   <b>Facebook</b>: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/seemsam/" rel="nofollow">www.facebook.com/seemsam/</a>  <b>Follow me on twitter </b>: <a href="http://twitter.com/kr8ivesam" rel="nofollow">twitter.com/kr8ivesam</a>  <a href="http://www.seemsam.com" rel="nofollow">www.seemsam.com</a>
End Of The Day par ©Abdus Samad

Red Light... Explore No : # 248
Red Light... par ©Kıvanç Niş

India Agra Red Fort _D7C2065 The sun is also made of cheese...?  <i> #383 on Flickrs <b>Explore</b></i>  * <i>This photo apears <a href="http://wanderlustandlipstick.com/wander-tales/india/elephants-camels/" rel="nofollow">here</a></i>
India Agra Red Fort _D7C2065 par ©youngrobv (Rob&Ale)

~ Twilight Tree...  for free ~ <i><b>~ A little bit of something that caught my eye along the way. ~</b>   Using Canons <b>Twilight Camera Style</b> to get the pink / purple from the blues. All internal camera, no post colour work.</i>  <b>Canon USER????</b>  <a href="http://www.canon.co.jp/imaging/picturestyle/file/index.html">Download from Canon page right here.</a> <b>7 new Styles for FREE.....</b>  (1 time bump &amp; grouped 7:00am Thursday)
~ Twilight Tree... for free ~ par ©viamoi

Just another Tequila Sunset... Sunset - Hammersmith, London, England - Saturday August 30th 2008. <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3111/2824654411_c576f350e5_b.jpg"><b>Click here to see the Larger image</a></b>
Just another Tequila Sunset... par ©Keven Law

Morning on Haleakala From the top of Haleakala, East Maui volcano. At 10,000 feet, the air is thin, and before dawn it is very cold, too. You are surrounded by an eerie silence disturbed only by the sound of your own breathing. I arrived while it was still dark, along with many others who had come to witness the spectacle. As dawn broke, a fellow next to me proposed marriage to his girlfriend, but I didnt find out about this until afterwards, I was so excited taking pictures. The starburst pattern is caused by diffraction on the lens aperture blades. No filter was used or post-processing was done.
Morning on Haleakala par ©Ken Schwarz

Star jump My two sons leap over the sun. A daring attempt which was made all the more difficult by some audacious in-flight tickling of armpits.
Star jump par ©stuart anthony

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mardi 15 mars 2011

10 Superbes images HDR

Hail to the Thief
Hail to the Thief par ©marcus claesson

Glass Palace  <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ecstaticist/" rel="nofollow">www.twitter.com/ecstaticist/</a>  &lt;-- I tweet when I post on flickr.  <a href="http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=3761366030&amp;size=large&amp;posted=1" rel="nofollow">View larger on black</a> | <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/ecstaticist/3761366030/sizes/o/">original</a> | <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecstaticist/sets/72157594498297839/">My top 100</a>  You can only get the sense of the size of this building by searching for the tiny figures on the promenade.  Spot the zombies and ghosts!  Three exposures at sunset. One aspect of this I liked was the fact you can see the Canada Place sails reflected in the enormous glass windows of the new building.
Glass Palace par ©Evan Leeson

~ Battle of the Windmill ~ <b><i>The &quot;Battle of the Windmill&quot; </b> (later converted to a lighthouse)  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_WindmillThe">Battle of the Windmill</a>  was a battle fought in November 1838 in the aftermath of the Upper Canada Rebellion. Loyalist forces of the Upper Canadian government defeated an invasion attempt by Hunter Patriot insurgents based in the United States. Basically....  Canada kicked a$!    (unfortunate that we must still rely on the same canons)</i>  3 standing shots,  HDR using Photomatix Pro 3 Beautiful place to visit along the Saint Lawrence (Saint Laurent) River and one of the highlight finds of the day.  <b>Thank you everyone</b> for stopping into the Canada - USA image and leaving  comments and invites before it even makes it to groups.  Much appreciated. Hope everyone is having an outstanding Wednesday and is enjoying the lack of snow in their shots as I am. <b>BIG HELLO</b> from Ottawa, Canada.
~ Battle of the Windmill ~ par ©viamoi

Real Madrid CF Stadium – Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid (Spain), HDR Estadio Santiago Bernabéu is a football stadium in the Chamartín district of Madrid, Spain. It was inaugurated on 14 December 1947 and is owned by the Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. With a current capacity of 80,354 spectators, it was named as a UEFA Elite stadium in 2007.  El Bernabéu, named after chairman Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, is one of the worlds most famous and prestigious football venues. It hosted the European Cup final three times, in 1957, 1969 and 1980, and is scheduled to host the UEFA Champions League 2010 final. The finals for the 1964 European Nations Cup and the 1982 World Cup have also been held at the Bernabéu (Wikipedia).  HDR from five bracketed exposures (1EV steps), handheld.  -----------------------------------  El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu es un recinto deportivo ubicado en el distrito de Chamartín, al norte de Madrid, España. Fue inaugurado el 14 de diciembre de 1947, siendo propiedad del Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, Con una capacidad de 80.354 espectadores. En 2007 el Estadio fue nombrado estadio elite por la UEFA (Wikipedia).  HDR generado de un horquillado de cinco exposiciones (intervalos de 1EV) sin trípode.  <a href="http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=4138211812&amp;size=large" rel="nofollow">A must: View On Black | Imprescindible: Ver más grande</a> ;-)
Real Madrid CF Stadium – Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid (Spain), HDR par ©Marc

The Bahai Temple at Blue Hour View Large on Black at <a href="http://www.thewindypixel.com" rel="nofollow">www.thewindypixel.com!</a>  &quot;Sometimes you just get lucky&quot;: I’ve mentioned before how the light was relatively poor while I was photographing the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette. There was no sunrise and I missed the five seconds of great light by being on the wrong side of the building. Despite these setbacks, I came away with a few great images, predominately because the temple is simply stunning. I was taking a few photographs from whatever vantage points weren’t blocked off by a winter’s worth of deep freeze, trying for something specific.  Sometimes when you’re trying really hard to do one thing (get a shot of the white stone temple silhouetted against a pitch black sky) you luck out and get something that is quite the opposite, but better than you could have hoped for. A low cloud ceiling, sodium vapor lights, tungsten white-balance, and a rather nasty bit of lens flare coming off the ridiculous front element of the 14mm all intersected to create some very beautiful colors and shapes in the sky behind the temple. This would be an all-time favorite of mine were the foreground to be more interesting. Perhaps I should drop it to black with a little photoshop magic …. :)
The Baha'i Temple at Blue Hour par ©Justin Kern

Sunshower <a href="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/onblack.php?id=3420865954&amp;size=large">View On Black</a> <a href="http://interestingby.isaias.com.mx/pm.php?id=43052603@N00&amp;theme=white">My Most Interesting Photos </a>
Sunshower par ©Chris Lofqvist

Shopping in Wonderland RE-POST Note, 11/21/08: I just got back from a photo contest put on by the local newspaper which is putting together a photobook of Ventura County, a slightly different version of this pic won a &quot;peoples choice&quot; award and is one of two pics that made the book (the other one linked below) anyway it was such an overwhelming experience, there were over 500 photographers &amp; 9,000 images submitted, so to win one of the 25 awards and then sit for a book signing was simply amazing............. Im not bragging but only releasing/sharing my excitement to my good friends on Flickr. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/intherough/2704878084/in/set-72157603783908064/">www.flickr.com/photos/intherough/2704878084/in/set-721576...</a>
Shopping in Wonderland par ©Wendell

Ir de tapas, Valladolid (Spain) HDR Tapas is the name of a wide variety of appetizers, or snacks, in Spanish cuisine. They may be cold (such as mixed olives and cheese) or warm. In Spain, dinner is usually served between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. (sometimes as late as 12 midnight), leaving significant time between work and dinner. Therefore, Spaniards often go &quot;bar hopping&quot; (Spanish: Ir de tapas) and eat tapas in the time between finishing work and having dinner. Since lunch is usually served between 1 and 3 p.m., another common time for tapas is weekend days around noon as a means of socializing before lunch proper at home (excerpt Wikipedia).  HDR from 5 bracketed exposures (0,7EV steps), handheld.  -------------------------  Una tapa en España es esencialmente un aperitivo que se sirve en un bar o restaurante acompañando a la bebida, generalmente sin coste económico adicional. Tradicionalmente, la forma habitual de consumirla es tomando una o dos por local junto con la bebida y luego desplazándose a otro bar, donde se repite el proceso. A este consumo itinerante (local, consumición y nuevo local) se le llama tapeo, o ir de tapas, y puede alargarse durante tanto tiempo como quieran los participantes y queden locales abiertos; en muchas regiones de España es bastante habitual salir a cenar o a comer los fines de semana a base de tapeo (Wikipedia).  HDR generado a partir de un horquillado de 5 exposiciones (intervalos de 0,7EV) sin trípode.  <a href="http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=4109107210&amp;size=large" rel="nofollow">View On Black</a> ;-)
Ir de tapas, Valladolid (Spain) HDR par ©Marc

Magic land - Piani di Bobbio <strong>If you like it, please: <a href="http://twitter.com/share" rel="nofollow">Tweet</a></strong> My reference Blog: <a href="http://www.andreacosta.name" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Andrea Costa</a>  Facebook:<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Andrea-Costa-Photography/129702643721004" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Andrea Costa</a>  <strong>  Info photo: Argegno Como Series - Argegno Como Lake </strong> Postprocessing RAW: <strong>-- shot with exposure +2 Saturation, virance lights and clarity not HDR ---</strong>  ARGEGNO Argegno è una tra le località più frequentate del Lago di Como sia come luogo di soggiorno che di transito. Da qui, infatti una strada percorre la Valle dIntelvi, che congiunge il lago di Como a quello di Lugano.  Argegno dista 20 km. da Como, da cui può essere raggiunto percorrendo la statale Regina, che prende il nome dallantica via Regia romana che portava a Chiavenna e a Coira, e di cui segue il tracciato. La valle è gremita di paesi e comprende sia località turisticamente note come Castiglione, S.Fedele, Lanzo, che borghi tranquilli e riposanti. Punti di eccezionale bellezza sono i Belvedere di Pigra, verso il Lago di Como, e di Lanzo, verso il lago di Lugano.  Molto pittoresco è lantico borgo del paese che, attraversato dal torrente Telo, è diviso in due parti collegate da un vecchio ponte in pietra a sesto acuto.  Lorigine romana del paese è attestata da alcuni ritrovamenti di lapidi, le cui iscrizioni fanno riferimento al console Publio Cesio Archigene. Argegno è stato fin dallantichità un centro fortificato, la sua posizione strategica giocò un ruolo fondamentale nell ambito della guerra fra i Rusca e i Vittani, nel 1335 si consegnò insieme a tutti i comuni di Como ai signori di Milano e divenne proprietà dei Visconti.  Da Argegno si può salire in funivia fino a Pigra 881 m. situata su di un altopiano da cui si gode un bellissimo panorama del lago di Como.  Da vedere il Santuario di S. Anna, edificio settecentesco, che conserva allinterno stucchi e affreschi del settecento.  Ogni paese della valle ci regala qualcosa dal punto di vista dellabilità artigiana che molto spesso si innalza a vera e propria opera darte.  Tra le più famose famiglie di artisti vanno ricordati i Carloni di Scaria, i Solari di Verna, i Quaglio e i Barberini di Laino, Bregno di Osteno.  --- ARGEGNO Argegno is one of Lario’s most frequented places, as a place to stay as well as to stop in to visit. Actually from here a road travels the Valle dIntelvi (Intelvi Valley), which connects Lake Como with that of Lugano.  Argegno is 20 km. from Como, from which can be reached by travelling the statale (state road) Regina, which takes its name from the ancient Roman via Regia that lead to Chiavenna and to Coira, and follows its route. The valley is full of towns and includes noted tourist localities such as Castiglione, S.Fedele, and Lanzo, as well as calm and relaxing villages. Points of exceptional beauty are Belvedere (Terrace with a view) di Pigra, towards Lake Como, and Belvedere di Lanzo, towards Lugano’s lake. Very picturesque is the ancient village of the town which, having crossed the Telo torrent, is divided into two parts connected by an old, pointed-arch stone bridge. The town’s Roman origin is testified to by a few discoveries of gravestones, the inscriptions of which refer to the consul Publio Cesio Archigene. Argegno has since ancient times been a fortified centre, its strategic position played a fundamental role in the course of the war between the Rusca and the Vittani, in 1335 it surrendered together with all the towns of Como to the Lordship of Milan and became property of the Visconti.  From Argegno you can climb in the cableway to Pigra (881 mt) located on a plateau from which a beautiful panorama of Lake Como can be enjoyed. The Santuario di S. Anna (St. Anna Sanctuary), an 18th century building, which conserves in its interior stuccoes and frescos of the 1700s, is a must-see.  Every town of the valley offers us with something from the artisan ability point of view, which often is elevated to a downright work of art. Among its most famous artist families should be mentioned the Carloni of Scaria, the Solari of Verna, the Quaglio and Barberini of Laino, and Bregno of Osteno.    Andrea Costa Photography - Please dont use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved TWITTER: <a href="http://twitter.com/AC_TheArt" rel="nofollow">twitter.com/AC_TheArt</a>
Magic land - Piani di Bobbio par ©Andrea Costa

Storming over Two Trees Another look at our local icons the Ventura &quot;Two Trees&quot; I ran this through every software I have including Topaz Adjust &amp; Denoise in an attempt to make it different than the other 90,000 pictures of them.  Music: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u57d4_b_YgI" rel="nofollow">Better Together- Jack Johnson</a> right  click and open in new window/tab  <strong>INVITES ARE GREAT, BUT PLEASE IN MODERATION</strong>  All my public photos are free for personal use <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/" rel="nofollow">Creative Commons license</a>
Storming over Two Trees par ©Wendell

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lundi 14 mars 2011

19 photos du Japon

Je pense fort au Japon et aux japonais. En leur souhaitant le meilleur.

Christmas Day in Hachimantai
Christmas Day in Hachimantai par ©Jason Hill

Cherry Tree in Japan Looks best large on black:  <a href="http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=4621234386&amp;size=large" rel="nofollow">View On Black</a>
Cherry Tree in Japan par ©Jason Hill

Halloween Every Day in Tokyo - Harajuku on Parade Like any big city, Tokyo has many huge neighborhoods, each with their own personality.  One of the quirkiest is an area called &quot;Harajuku&quot;.  I dont know if I can accurately describe it, but Ill try!  Its a place where the most outrageous of the outrageous congregate.  Youve probably seen those Japanese people that like to dress up like anime characters and the like.  Well thats kind of the starting point.  It goes onward from there, with everything from girls covered in pink frills to goth men wearing gas masks.  In fact, in <a href="http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2009/10/13/a-new-kind-of-photography/" rel="nofollow">that little video I made</a>, you can see a pair of legs/shoes in differing colors that I shot in Harajuku.  This guy below was with a group of extreme rockers that were parading around the streets.  They all seemed to love having their photo taken... which was cool.  I could have gone to that place every day to take photos... Ive got some other crazy ones in the hopper too for the future!  from the blog <a href="http://www.stuckincustoms.com" rel="nofollow">www.stuckincustoms.com</a>
Halloween Every Day in Tokyo - Harajuku on Parade par ©Trey Ratcliff

Arashiyama: Sakura & Togetsu-kyo The Togetsu-kyo, or <i>Moon-Crossing Bridge</i>, is a famous bridge in the scenic Arashiyama area of Western Kyoto. In the spring, one can see a beautiful array of sakura along the banks of the Katsura River on the left, or above the bridge in the mountains along the Hozu-gawa. The bridge and banks of the river become very crowded this time of year as it is a popular place for hanami festivities.
Arashiyama: Sakura & Togetsu-kyo par ©Jonathan Ellgen

Hibiya Night Hibiya, Tokyo, Japan, September 2010 CONTAX T3 + Kodak Ektar 100  Explored and reached Front Page (<a href="http://clipyourphotos.com/FP/guwashi999/35680" rel="nofollow">Link1</a>, <a href="http://lab.bernatcasero.com/flickr/frontpagecapture/?user=16877319@N07&amp;lang=en" rel="nofollow">Link2</a>),  thx :D
Hibiya Night par ©Guwashi999

Hell Pond?   - Hot Spring Pond &quot;Jigokumeguri&quot; or hell tours becoming a major sightseeing in Beppu. There are several characteristic color ponds of  hot spring. This pond of  hot spring contained Fe/Alminium, which  are maiking those red colors.  <a href="http://www.beppu-navi.jp/ml//english/jigoku.htm">Hell Tours of Hot Spring in Beppu</a>
Hell Pond? - Hot Spring Pond par ©Jun

bad luck People and Life © Kalandrakas | <a href="http://www.jessleecuizon.com">www.jessleecuizon.com</a>  <b>Omikuji </b>  Omikuji (御御籤, 御神籤, or おみくじ) are random fortunes written on strips of paper at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan.  The omikuji predicts the persons chances of his or her hopes coming true, of finding a good match, or generally matters of health, fortune, life, etc. When the prediction is bad, it is a custom to fold up the strip of paper and attach it to a pine tree in the temple grounds. A purported reason for this custom is a pun on the word for pine tree (松 matsu) and the verb to wait (待つ matsu), the idea being that the bad luck will wait by the tree rather than attach itself to the bearer. In the event of the fortune being good, the bearer should keep it. Though nowadays, this custom seems more of a childrens amusement, omikuji are available at most shrines, and remain one of the traditional activities related to shrine-going, if lesser.  Read more <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omikuji">here</a>.  ...  <i>I tried it, and I got a bad luck. See note where I placed it.</i>
bad luck par ©Jesslee Cuizon

Itsukushima Torii : Miyajima, Hiroshima, Japan / Japón Torii flotante de Itsukushima en Miyajima frente a la costa de Hiroshima, Japan / Japón・日本・広島湾・宮島 / 厳島 shrine / shinto / orange  Ya sabéis que no soy muy dado a &quot;retoques&quot; o versiones &quot;raras&quot; de mis fotos pero en este caso concreto preferí buscar un efecto un poco más pictórico combinando dos procesados diferentes para: a) difuminar al máximo el fondo y b) tratar de hacer algo distinto de uno de los monumentos más fotografiados del país.  Hit <strong>L</strong> to see on black  /  Pulsa <strong>L</strong> para ver sobre negro  Hit <strong>F</strong> to fave  /  Pulsa <strong>F</strong> para marcar como favorita
Itsukushima Torii : Miyajima, Hiroshima, Japan / Japón par ©Miguel Michán

okinawan dance in thai festival <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/339034@N20/">Flickr Tokyo Photo Session</a> | <a href="http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/2008/05/11/">May 11, 2008</a> | <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=yoyogi&amp;w=all&amp;s=int">Yoyogi, Tokyo, Japan</a>  [Photo Archive] May 2008 Location: Yoyogi, Tokyo, Japan Camera: Nikon D80 + Nikkor 70-300mm AF-S VR © Kalandrakas | <a href="http://www.jessleecuizon.com">www.jessleecuizon.com</a>
okinawan dance in thai festival par ©Jesslee Cuizon

Otaru Snow Gleaming (Snow Lantern) Festival 2008 (#23) My favourite of all the Hokkaido Snow Festivals. In my opinion, its better than the Sapporo Snow Festival.  <b> Heading back to Sydney today.</b>  Top Explore Position : 23 | See more of my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chanc/sets/72157600017680748/detail/">Explored</a> photos.  Please join me on my new <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Chan-Photography/107782339290849" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Facebook page.</a>
Otaru Snow Gleaming (Snow Lantern) Festival 2008 (#23) par ©Christopher Chan

rolling thunder a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiko" target="_blank">taiko</a> performance, at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon-odori " target="_blank">bon-odori</a> festival in Takikawa.  Try to imagine the power of 20 giant hardwood drums being struck at the exact same time... you can feel it deep down in your gut!  I could easily march into battle to the sound of these things...
rolling thunder par ©Kevin Jaako


happiest moment A wedding couple march their way to the altar inside the Meiji-Jingu Shrine.
happiest moment par ©Jesslee Cuizon

Ready for Yokozuna And up and down. Move your feet to the beat! I went for a Sumo tournament some time ago. It was interesting and boring at the same time :) To get one of the highly anticipated tickets I had to get up at 5 am catching the last tickets at 6 am in Asakusa, Tokyo. The Finals were at 6 pm, so 12 hours of constant fighting. Beginning with the bad Sumos until then the Mongolian Yokozunas (two, one for the east and one for the West) finished the tournament. The funny thing was that in the beginning it was allowed to take pictures just from the side where you could see everything and practice shooting with bad light.  The ritual until fighting for approximately 20 seconds takes about 5 minutes. Here the Sumo prepares for the fight. Collecting all energy he can get out of his body putting it in that one moment when he tries to beat the master.   <a href="http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/User/sprengben" rel="nofollow">Flickr Hive Mind</a> - <a href="http://flexplore.raum-fuer-notizen.de/flexplore/index/nsid/37010090@N04" rel="nofollow">flexplore</a> - <a href="http://bighugelabs.com/dna.php?username=sprengben" rel="nofollow">DNA</a>&nbsp;
Ready for Yokozuna par ©Spreng Ben

Lunch in a box Every working day my sweet wife Alessandra make a bento for my lunch.  This is a special lunch in a box for the strobist assignment. Rice, ham, egg, fresh tomato... a little softbox from behind/above and a reflector camera left. I know its a very simple setup but I am here and I have already to do a LOT of things... D. Hobby youll drive me crazy!  But really a lot of fun!
Lunch in a box par ©Giorgio Fonda

Shibuya Night Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan 2010/09/20 SIGMA DP2 ISO50 F14 15sec  developing DP2s RAW is really fun :D  Explored, thx :D
Shibuya Night par ©Guwashi999

Hayao MIYAZAKI 宮崎駿 one of Japans greatest  animation film directors, with numerous high-quality works he has given the movie-going public. In addition to animation, Miyazaki also draws manga. His major work was the Nausicaä manga. THANK YOU for 2000 views....
Hayao MIYAZAKI 宮崎駿 par ©Thomas

A Temple Bar Experience in Kyoto – Japan The courtyard with a spectacular view from the bar inside. Here I drank one of the best premium cold sake ever. Its like in a dream with great soothing music and a solitude atmosphere to relax while you drink.  PP: Not a HDR. Long exposure with light contrast &amp; sharpening.  Special thanks to <a href="http://www.jtb.com.sg/index.html/" rel="nofollow">JTB</a> for their excellent co-ordination and wonderful hospitality.
A Temple Bar Experience in Kyoto – Japan par ©William Cho


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dimanche 13 mars 2011

Ce qui a pu vous échapper cette semaine (3)

Le Flâneur, Paris en 2000 images

Si vous ne connaissez pas le stop motion, vous serez certainement bluffé par la video qui suit.

Luke Shepard, étudiant à l'Université Américaine de Paris a pris 2 000 photos de la plus belle ville du monde (oui les français sont modestes !) pour fabriquer cette video sur une musique de The XX. Ce projet a fait l'objet d'un article sur le blog de national geographic et j'en ai eu vent par fubiz.


Leon hot air balloon festival 2010, Wikimedia commons picture of the day (3/9/11)

Wikimedia commons possède un flux de photo du jour. J'ai trouvé la sélection de mercredi très amusante !


Les retouches locales : le pinceau sur lense.fr

Lense.fr a publié un article intéressant sur l' utilisation du pinceau dans lightroom.

29 Fantastic Pictures of Forests sur photographyblogger

Encore une super sélection de photos sur photographyblogger par Emily Hildebrand.

The Bamboo Forest Trail If your interested on how I made this HDR image. Check my link below <a href="http://arcreyes.blogspot.com/2010/12/hdr-workflow.html" rel="nofollow">arcreyes.blogspot.com/2010/12/hdr-workflow.html</a>  This short trail inside the Bamboo Forest of Kyoto is abosuletly magical. It is like you are on a different planet.   I waited for a clear shot of the path when there are no people passing by. It is impossible during autumn season.  This was the best I can do. I think I could wait there the whole day and I would sill have people in my pictures.
The Bamboo Forest Trail par ©Agustin Rafael Reyes

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