Thursday, July 17, 2008

Bandon's Beach


Bandon's Beach
Originally uploaded by Arnold Pouteau's

Manorbier Castle, Pembrokeshire, South Wales


photo by Shawn McLaughlin, September 2006. "Much like our previous Wales trip in 2003, this one emphasized castles and other antiquities... Enjoy!" QSOV - Travel Photos - England & Wales, Manorbier Castle. 1155Manorbier.JPG
Manorbier Castle

Manorbier Castle - Wikipedia. Manorbier Castle is an 11th century Norman castle located five miles south-west of Tenby in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, in the village of Manorbier. ... (more)

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Memories of Lisbon / Recuerdos de Lisboa

It looks like the convent in Lisbon is in the background; the peace of the open walls and sky... I have the convent photo by Victor on this blog or another one. It is one of my favorites.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Snowflakes ~ Wilson Bentley



Snow flakes by Wilson Bentley ; http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/nws/wea02087.htm ; Plate XIX of "Studies among the Snow Crystals ... " by Wilson Bentley, "The Snowflake Man." From Annual Summary of the "Monthly Weather Review" for 1902. Bentley was a bachelor farmer whose hobby was photographing snow flakes. ; Image ID: wea02087, Historic NWS Collection ; Location: Jericho, Vermont ; Photo Date: 1902 Winter

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration www.photolib.noaa.gov/


Found on humanitecture.com and wikipedia

Caryatid and Telamon wall sculpture





Caryatid & Telamon Wall Sculpture
Ancient Greeks carved the human forms of their gods into the support structures of their buildings to give them strength and protection. In doing so, they made some of the most beautiful sculptures ever created. DesignToscano.com

Large Caryatid Column from Porch of Maidens
Egyptian Wall Sculptures · Fairy Collectibles · Fairies, Jewelry ... The male counterpart of a caryatid is referred to as a telamon or Atlas (plural, ...
www.mysticunicorn.com/GRE-G11.html

"Really Joyful Games in China?"


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posted by comic book guy

pixdaus.com/single.php?id=42019

Around & Around We Go ~ foxes


Around & Around We Go
Originally uploaded by redow
Fox Kits having some fun.


Note: so foxes do a lot more leaping and jumping than I was aware of! Wonderful...

Fox Leaping in Snow



I swear, I've never seen fox (or any other animal) dive-bombing head first in the snow! Pixdaus has some pretty incredible photos.

posted by tiadoc.com on pixdaus.com, pixdaus.com/single.php?id=59513#first_new or pixdaus.com/?fun=2&name=tiadoc.com

Monday, July 7, 2008

Seagulls Reflections

Originally uploaded by Seagulls' Reflections
Arnold Pouteau, Seagulls Reflections, A Glimpse of Oregon (set)4

Lonely are the Brave


By Carlos Serrano (Coco), Trek Earth, Easter in Spain
Date: 2006-04-12.

"It was the 1962 year.
The 20th Century Fox make a movie with Kirk Douglas called “Lonely are the brave”.
It was one of the first big steps of the film music Jerry Goldsmith.
Some one said about him, that the film was horrible, but the music not only was the best of the film: was really a very good music.
Bernard Herrmann was who said it.
Here, a lonely and brave tree, very near of the path of Robledo, is just in the begin of Robledo.
Look what colours.
Look the long shadow of the tree, almost out of the photo.
I hope you like it.
Also two WS."

A Fall's morning in Grand Teton

Sunday, July 6, 2008

References / Referencias

As each morning, when the sun comes out, sunflowers get ready to follow their light, their strength and their source of life, shining and following their reference.
Which is yours? Which is the reference that you follow?

Como cada mañana, cuando sale el sol, los girasoles se preparan para seguir su luz, su fuerza y la fuente de su vida, brillando y siguiendo su referencia.
¿Cuál es la tuya? ¿Cuál es la referencia que sigues?
~ Victor Nuno, photographer, flickr

Explosion / Explosión ~ Victor Nuno



Expansion. Looking for the growth, for the limits. Maybe, ... to leave them behind?
It is our soul, in the wish to overcome our limitations.

Expansión. Buscando un crecimiento, buscando los límites. Quizá, ... ¿para dejarlos atrás?
Es nuestra alma, en el deseo de superar nuestras limitaciones.
~Victor Nuno

Thursday, July 3, 2008

WALL-GRUNGE11


WALL-GRUNGE11
Originally uploaded by Milk Tea Girl
Thanks milk.tea.girl ... I wondered how you got these beautiful backgrounds on some of your photos! I thought you made them up yourself, and was thinking "it must have taken so much time." Now I can give this a try, too! Thanks so much. And best wishes on your upcoming marriage! Your friend, Catherine

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Monday, June 30, 2008

Temple Tree, Ta Prohm shrine in Angkor Wat, Cambodia


This photo is from Ta Prohm shrine, an 800 year old abandoned temple in Cambodia. The Asia tree roots now hold the structure up, which is a major archaeological site & tourist attraction. Uploaded by Czarina369cz on pixdaus. www.pixdaus.com/single.php?id=27092

Temple tree - Yahoo! India News
The 800-year-old Ta Prohm shrine in Cambodia - better known as temple of trees - will soon be restored and conserved with the help of Dehradun-based Forest Research Institute (FRI)... The trees are more than a hundred years old (more)
Ta Prohm temple, Angkor, Cambodia,archaeological site in what is now northwestern Cambodia... (more)

Na Pali Coast and the Blue Pacific


http://www.flickr.com/photos/arno-4m/2497790377/
Na Pali Coast and the Blue Pacific, Originally uploaded by Arnold Pouteau, on flickr.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Guests of the Fog


Guests of the Fog
Originally uploaded by Arnold Pouteau's

Silhouette of Deers by a foggy day - as seen on the top of Hurricane Hill - Olympic NP

Part of the Olympic Peninsula set (in progress)

Uploaded by Arnold Pouteau's on 1 Jun 07, 1.04PM PDT.

Monday, June 9, 2008

Blue Whale ~ largest tongue in the world




"Yes sirs, the Blue Whale is in town. One hundred ten feet and two hundred metric tonnes of seafaring muscle. A leviathan with a tongue that weighs as much as Volkswagon and an aorta a scuba diver could swim thru." Great blog by Travis Beacham, screenwriter from Los Angeles, "City of Angels." Graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts, School of Filmmaking in 2005. See more of his writing and read more about him on his blog & imdb.com, and wikipedia.

Plus other info on google search: "50 people could stand on the tongue of the Blue Whale, the largest animal with the largest tongue in the world." Incredible; I just can't imagine something this big. Would have to see this in person one day, or ride on the back of one perhaps? A dream come true... one day... we'll see!

http://travisbeacham.blogspot.com/2007/07/welcome-home-big-guy.html

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Blue Whale - largest animals on earth




See * more * info, photos and a video at: http://maha.droplets.org/2007/03/largest-animals-on-earth.html

Herding Turtles



Photos by the same birdman who took the "blackbird hitching a ride on the hawk" photos. He and his wife have a most interesting and lovely cordwood house at daycreek.com with a sustainable life. Story about the turtle here.

Blackbirds hitching a ride on Hawk's back







BIRDER'S JOURNAL, by Alan Stankevitz
May 30, 2007
SUBJECT: Red-Winged Blackbirds Hitchhiking on a Red-Tailed Hawk
I must say I am amazed by all the attention I have gotten with these photographs of Red-Winged Blackbirds hitching a ride on the back of a Red-Tailed Hawk. I had first presented these photographs on the Minnesota Birdling List and within one week my photographs had been lifted off of my web site and published on other bird bulletin boards around the world. All of a sudden I was getting emails from people as far away as Australia commenting about my photographs. Most of them were positive, but I did receive a few negative comments accusing me of "doctoring" the photographs with Photoshop.
I can guarantee you that the only processing that was done to these photographs was to crop, sharpen and brighten the photographs.
Not only that, I now have witnesses to the event(s) because one week later we were having a gathering at our house when the same hawk came flying by with a red-winged blackbird in hot pursuit. Sure enough, the bird landed momentarily on the back of the hawk.
As it turns out, I don't think this is too uncommon. I have since seen the same thing occur along I-90 in Wisconsin. Red-winged blackbirds are extremely protective of their nests and it is quite often that humans are dive-bombed by protective males. So if they will attack humans, they will surely harass a hawk (and occasionally land on them too.)
So the next time you are out watching red-tailed hawks during nesting season, keep a keen-eye on those red-winged blackbirds and watch for them landing on the backs of the hawk. They do not land for more than a couple of seconds, so you have to watch closely. ... —Alan Stankevitz (more)
CT Note: I never heard of this before!