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Full Moon Over Venice
GavinKing posted a photo:
Venice is stunning !!
Look forward to getting back there
Good Book ?
GavinKing posted a photo:
Spotted her sitting along one of the thousands of canals in venice
She seemed oblivious to the beauty surrounding her must have been a good book
Hard Rock Cafe
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Maus
Cornflower2011 posted a photo:
A shiny four year old
By The Truck Load 2
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Rahul Lewis
Designerfoo posted a photo:
My best pal. Very lazy and very hungry. Thinks a lot too!
Rahul Lewis
Designerfoo posted a photo:
My best pal. Very lazy and very hungry. Thinks a lot too!
Rahul Lewis
Designerfoo posted a photo:
My best pal. Very lazy and very hungry. Thinks a lot too! Currently thinking what to eat!
Rahul Lewis
Designerfoo posted a photo:
My best pal. Very lazy and very hungry. Thinks a lot too!
Solo DFB - Otamarakau
Kazenz posted a photo:
A rare sight on the line to kawerau. here coming up the grade at otamarakau
Solo DFB - Te puke
Kazenz posted a photo:
Solo DFB passing through te puke on its way to the port at the mount
Welcome To The Machine
Andrew James Howe posted a photo:
This is for one of my friends Ken, who likes this, and took me here :-) and all of the engineering type bods out there!, it's the mighty Nave De Motores, in Madrid, a huge Generating Station, this is one of the massive wheels attached to one of the three Generating motors, it really is some fantastic thing :-)...before Flash Gordon, Wireless Internet Connection, and even Pink Floyd!.....read on:
The Pacific Motors Building was built to address the potential shortfalls of electricity supply and provide better service to the Metro network. It is a plant that could transform the electric current supplied by the companies, and generate their own power, using three diesel engines, of 1.500cv each, bought in Germany. Also came to provide power to other substations Underground, the city of Madrid and in 1925, power companies. Moreover, during the Civil War, supplied electricity for use by the population of Madrid.
The proposed installation of machinery, which grew to an output of 5,000 kW, was conducted by engineers and Manuel José María Otamendi. Antonio Palacios was also in this case, the author of the architectural project, extending the use of tiles for the auxiliary buildings of Metro, the image of the company. Construction of the Engine Shed was completed in 1923, completing the construction of the first Metro line.
The increasing regularity of power led to the cessation of energy production and, in 1972, the engine room was definitely out of service.
The restoration work Motors Building, designed by the architect Carlos Puente, have seen the recovery of the original appearance of the building as well as cleaning and restoration of equipment and furniture items, and the creation of a host for public.
For more information click here :
www.esmadrid.com/anden0/motores.html
It would be cool to visit here after dark, with everything lit up, but don't give us ideas!!
Caixa Forum
Andrew James Howe posted a photo:
CaixaForum Madrid is a post-modern art gallery in the centre of Madrid, Spain. It is sponsored by the Catalan-Balearic bank la Caixa and located next to the Paseo del Prado at number 36.
It was constructed by the Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron from 2001 to 2007, which combined an old unused industrial building and hollowed it out at the base and inside and placed on top further floors which are encased with rusted steel. Next to it is an art installation of green plants growing on the wall of the neighbouring house by french botanist Patrick Blanc. The red of the top floors with the green of the wall next to it form a contrast. The green is in reflection of the neighbouring Royal Botanical Gardens.
Although the CaixaForum is a modern building, it also exhibits retrospectives of artists from earlier time periods and has evolved into one of the most visited museums in Madrid.
This is a view of the central stairway, looking down, it's a great place to visit, if you interested in photography, and has many exhibitions including many of photographic retrospective works, and post modern artists, the cafe is great too!
For more information on the Caixa click the links below, tell them I sent you!!:
obrasocial.lacaixa.es/nuestroscentros/caixaforummadrid/ca...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caixa_Forum
Crystal
Andrew James Howe posted a photo:
Your like Crystal........The Crystal Palace, in Madrid's fantastic Retiro Park.
Buen Retiro Park (Parque del Buen Retiro) is a large and popular 1.4 km2 (350 acres) park at the edge of the city center, very close to the Puerta de Alcalá and not far from the Prado Museum. A magnificent park, filled with beautiful sculpture and monuments, galleries, a peaceful lake and host to a variety of events, it is one of Madrid's premier attractions. The park is entirely surrounded by the present-day city.the Palacio de Cristal ("Crystal Palace"), a glass pavilion inspired by The Crystal Palace in London, undoubtedly the gardens' most extraordinary building. Built along with its artificial pond in 1887 by architect Ricardo Velázquez Bosco for the Philippine Islands Exhibitions, it was first used to display flower species indigenous to the islands. The landscape-style gardens located in the former "Campo Grande" are also a reminder of the international exhibitions that have taken place here in the past.
Only just made it here in time, to take shelter inside from a huge thunderstorm, the weather fine and sunny apart from about an hour of heavy rain.....the rain in Spain and all that, helped with the lovely reflections though :-)
For more information on Retiro Park, click here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retiro_Park#Features_of_the_Park
El Escorial
Andrew James Howe posted a photo:
El Escorial is a historical residence of the king of Spain, in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, about 45 kilometres (28 miles) northwest of the capital, Madrid, in Spain. It is one of the Spanish royal sites and functions as a monastery, royal palace, museum, and school.
On November 2, 1984, UNESCO declared The Royal Site of San Lorenzo of El Escorial a World Heritage Site. It is an extremely popular tourist attraction, often visited by day-trippers from Madrid - more than 500,000 visitors come to El Escorial every year.
I have to say thanks to one of my friends Ken, for a great weekend in Madrid (as ever), would not have made it here without him, it really is some fantastic place :-)
For more information on El Escorial click the link below:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Escorial
Royal Insurance
Andrew James Howe posted a photo:
Royal Insurance Building, Liverpool Reflected.
The building had been derelict for a number of years, the building opposite useful in terms of reflecting it!
For more info click:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Insurance_Building,_Liverpool
Another Place
Andrew James Howe posted a photo:
Early morning on Crosby Beach, Antony Gormley's statue and reflection.
An April shower was brewing and I'm stuck in some mud while shooting this!, but I like the scale and distance, and I love the statues, and glad they are here to stay.
old fence nonsuch
janiegirl60 posted a photo:
Spinnaker from IOW
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Lizard Point - Cornwall
Jeremy Sargent posted a photo:
Went Down to Lizard while in Cornwall on advice form Mr Spencer.
I,m sure the wind down there was approaching gale force! this caused no end of issues with trying to keep the tripod upright and spray of the filters!
This is one of the very few that didnt have any watermarks thanks to an ingenious idea from my wife to hold a brolley over the camera's lens while the worst of the spray passed! Why didnt I think of that!!!
Also thought I'd try a different crop.
Can anyone tell me what is causing the banding in the sky?
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