e hënë, nëntor 17, 2008
"Vive le vent"
"Le vent, l'un des quatre éléments de la Terre souffle sur nos têtes et s'enroule dans nos cheveux. Léger comme l'air, il soulève bien des pensées"
Vive le vent (1986)
Sculpteur: Michel Deverne
The mill
Madurai - city
One of those small mills spread all over the city.
They grind rice, wheat and chilly to powder,
used in the Tamil kitchen for curries.
The dust here prickle your nose and your longs already.
Date Taken: 2008-11-09
Canon EOS 50D, 16-35mm f/2.8L USM
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Grandma and her Chick
Madurai
I chose this photo at the occasion of the inauguration of the exposition
India la grande Madre
If you happen to be in Italy you can find the location here:
il Caseificio
I was invited to participate with 30 of my photos big size (1meter) under the title
Colors of Joy
Date Taken: 2008-11-02 this morning in the center of Madurai
Canon EOS 50D, 16-35mm f/2.8L USM
oochappan ©®
back to the aqueduct
I went back and caught the same scene but with prettier light. (See the older version at flickr.com/photos/kosovakid/2942400080/). It's only a ten minute bike ride from my house, so expect more photos of this place in the months to come.
Glacial lagoon
Iceland
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Tortoise Point of View
Bergama (Pergamon), Turkey: The ancient Greek ruins of Pergamon from the turtles point of view. It is her place now.
A (perspectively) huge straw was splitting that poor animal right through the middle. Felt like a Sisyphus' task to reconstruct that shell's structure.
The ancient greek city of Pergamon is an impressiv site on nowadays turkish territory. Even more so from a turtle's point of view. For German's it does have an extra interest: The famous altar of Zeus (2nd century BC) is exhibited at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin and therefor missing at the original site. Turkish authorities claim from German authorities a Greek temple ... this is Europe, too.
Contrastes incorporés
« A mon avis, vous ne pouvez pas dire que vous avez vu quelque chose à fond si vous n'en avez pas pris une photographie. »
Emile Zola
Fishin' on the Mekong river
The Mekong is one of the world’s major rivers. It is the 11th-longest river in the world. Its estimated length is 4,909 km and it drains an area of 795,000 km2. From the Tibetan Plateau it runs through China's Yunnan province, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. The biodiversity of the Mekong mountains is one of the richest in the world. More than 1200 species of fish have been identified and there could be possibly as many as 1700. Fishing is a very important part of the economic activities in the area and a vital source of protein in the local diet. Even the rare species of freshwater dolphin, the Irrawaddy dolphin can be seen at the Lower Mekong. Irrawaddy dolphins have been documented participating in cooperative fishing with humans using cast nets by driving the fish towards these fisherman in response to acoustic signals from them.
Photo of a local fisherman at the Mekong river in Vientiane taken just before sunset.
De Mekong is een rivier in Zuidoost-Azië. De rivier is 4909 kilometer lang en wordt beschouwd als één van de belangrijke rivieren in Azië. De rivier loopt achtereenvolgens door de landen China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodja en Vietnam. De Mekong ontspringt in het Tanglhagebergte in China en mondt met een delta (Mekong-delta) uit in de Zuid-Chinese Zee. In de rivier leeft de grootste soort meerval ter wereld. De biodiversiteit van de Mekong bergen is één van rijkst aan de wereld. Meer dan 1200 soorten vis zijn geïdentificeerde en misschien nog wel meer. De visserij is economisch zeer belangrijk en een essentiële bron van proteïne in het lokale dieet. In het lage gedeelte bij de Mekong-delta komen zelfs nog de bezondere irrawaddydolfijnen voor. In sommige gebieden werken de twee samen: de dolfijnen drijven vissen de netten van de vissers in, en de vissers belonen de dolfijnen met een klein deel van de vangst. In deze gebieden worden deze dieren vereerd.
e mërkurë, nëntor 05, 2008
DARKNESS FALLS ACROSS THE LAND
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39 - Hamar girl performing during bull jump ceremony
Hamar girl performing during bull jump ceremony - Omo valley - Ethiopia
Food of Love
Istanbul: little girl feeding her grandmother
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Le simple n'est pas le facile
"Le béton tenu jusqu alors caché ou englobé dans un enduit lisse se manifeste de plus en plus rigoureusement comme matière avec ses bavures et ses grisailles. Puissent nos bétons si rudes révéler que sous eux, nos sensibilités sont fines"
Le Corbusier
Couvent de La Tourette (1956-1960)
Architecte: Le Corbusier
Sunflowers: Lost Souls (gold)
A field of wilted sunflowers in early morning light at a foggy autumn's day. Golden version.
3rd place in Karma's Open Theme Contest - thank you!
Homeward Bound
Well I'm back from my trip to the French Alps.....we had a great time with stops in Annecy on the way there and Paris on the way back. As you can imagine, I took plenty of photos!
The problem for a change is where to begin :-)
This photo is one of my favourites from the trip even though it's perhaps not the best image quality as it was handheld using a telephoto lens at night (Nikon 70-300vr) although thanks to the inbuilt vibration reduction it turned out sharp enough even at this slow shutter speed.
It's a photo from the fantastic ski resort of Courchevel high up in the French Alps at an altitude of 1,850 meters and shows one of the resort workers heading off home through the snow after a long day at work.......this scene seemed completely extraordinary to me but I guess for him it was just the end of another long day at the office.
