Lakeside
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The setting sun picked out the Autumn colours along the pathway through the trees leading to the edge of one of the beautiful lakes of Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland. / / The Lakes of Killarney have many legends and stories of magic and mystery attached to them. The Tuatha de Danaan or the Tribes of the Goddess Danu are thought to have been a sea-faring race called Pelasgians that lived near the Aegean Sea. The Danaans were a magical race, and possessed the knowledge of blacksmithing. They came to the British Isles after they were driven from their homes by invaders from the northeast and southeast. / According to the Book of Invasions, the Tuatha de Danaans were driven northward from Greece as a result of invasion from Syria, and eventually reached Ireland by way of Denmark, to which they gave their own name, Kingdom of the Danaans and North Britain. The date of their arrival in Britain is recorded as 1472 BC. According to Herodotus in History, the Syrian invasion of Greece may be the capture by Phoenicians of the Danaan shrine of the White Goddess Io at Argos, then the religious capitol of the Peloponnese. The Cretans colonized it in 1750 BC. Herodotus does not date the event except that it happened before the Argo expedition to Colchis, which the Greeks dated 1225 BC and before Europa went from Phoenicia to Crete, a tribal emigration, which probably took place some centuries earlier before the sack of Cnossos in 1400 BC. / According to legend, when the Danaans landed in Ireland, they arrived from the sky on a ship of dark clouds on the eve of Beltaine. The Tuatha de Danaans brought with them the stone of destiny called Lia Fail, which was placed on Tara and used to choose the rightful kings of Ireland. They also brought the spear of Lugh, which made whoever wielded it victorious in battle. The third gift they brought was The Sword of Nuada or the Sword of Light, which none could escape from. There was a fourth gift, the Cauldron of the Dagda, which would always be filled with food so that none would starve. / They had to fight the Firbolgs, which they defeated on the hill of Moytura, but the Danaan king, Nuada, lost his hand in this battle. Then, they had to fight the Formorians, a race of ugly giants. The Danaans won the fight with the help of their champion, Lugh, and the Formorians were sent to live under the sea. / 200 years after arrival of the Danaans in Ireland, people sailing from Thrace through the / Mediterranean and out into the Atlantic, landed in Wexford Bay where they came into conflict with the Danaans, but were persuaded to pass out into Northern Britain, then called Albany. They were known as Picts, or Painted Ones. / The Milesians arrived soon after. Instead of fighting the Milesians, the Danaans chose to retreat into the hills and mounds, living in raths that were invisible to humans. Because of this, they were referred to as “Aes Sidhe,” which means the people of the sidhe. The Danaans became the faery folk of Ireland, also called ‘the gentry,’ ‘the grey ones’ or ‘the others.’ They are not tiny faeries but are of normal height and shapeshifters. They are the spirits of the wood, river, and mounds. They are immortals and the only thing that can harm them is iron. The fact that only iron can harm theTuatha de Danaans my have a deeper meaning. It is possible that the Danaans were a Bronze Age race that was defeated by an Iron Age race, the Milesians. / http://www.kelleyheckart.com/Tuatha_de_Danaan.html
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More infrared.. Exposure : 15sec
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In Berlin Spandau (Germany)
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Here’s another image I came across as I work my way through the pile of discs. / This is Lake Windermere taken from the jetty of the Storrs Hall Hotel. / When I posted this image at around 6am & went off to work I didn’t expect to come home & find 19 comments. Its not my home sadly its just a house I saw when we were on our 25th wedding anniversary holiday last year. Our fortunes took a down turn in 2005 & we’re still trying to get back to where we were. Thanks peeps for all the fabulous comments. /
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Alouette Lake at the crack of dawn….. / BEST VIEWED LARGER /
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I couldn’t believe it, went for a country walk the other week and was wandering along the banks of Lake Windermere, I had my big zoom lens on my camera and was shooting some ducks just by the waterside and I heard this deafening roar, I turned to my left and this Typhoon came out of the Blue, I quickly put all the correct focus settings on my camera and whipped the camera up to the sky, focused and followed this beauty through the shot and snapped this one just has it was passing, ‘well done’ I said to myself, all of a sudden I was being woken up in bed by my good lady, ‘wake up, wake up you are gonna be late’..I was just having a fantastic dream, this really didn’t happen :-( LOL, Sounds like a good story though hehe, actually this is 2 shots in one, The Typhoon was shot at RAF Cosford against a white sky and the background is of Windermere in the lake district, applied a little motion blur to give that real speed effect too. / Pretty pleased with it meself.. / Both images shot witha Nikon D70s and 18-700mm lens and 70-300mm lens
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All work done in Adobe. This stream crossing bridge sits in Fond du Lac, WI.
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Up in the mountains by a lake.
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Lac Leman ( Lake Geneva) – Montreux – Swizerland / April 2008
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A lake in the forest.
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The morning light was excellent and these two pines provided a natural frame for this scene….. black swans on Lake Monger Perth Western Australia
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A shot from the lakeside at Oak Grove Park, Virginia. Camera: Nikon D50 / Lens: Nikon 35mm / Exposure: f16, ISO200 / Technique: 3-exposure HDR / Processing: Photoshop CS3, Photomatix Other shots from this set: / Click to see all of my HDR Art
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And so I wait. Standing at the lakeside, waiting for the promise to be fulfilled… “Meet me at the lakeside when the snow has fallen” she whispered softly into my ear. So, here I am. Standing… waiting as memories of her gentle breath against my cheek warm my very soul. They said the sun would shine today, but instead I danced in the snow. And so I wait. - Paul Tupman Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canada / March, 2008
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I decided to turn my camera from the peaceful flotilla of ducks on the lake to those engaged in more frenetic action! I found it much more fun and a lot more exciting, not to mention challenging to freeze this action! I really loved watching the energetic flapping of this duck after it emerged from the water. It’s really amazing to see the intricacies of their plumage!
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Another beautiful lake in autumn and fading light in the Cantebury Hills of New Zealand.
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Enhanced digital photo of stone wall by lake
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Series / Themes: Lakeside Urban Nature (LUN) / Themes / Series Location: Lausanne Switzerland More Photography
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I took this photo of a dragonfly at Lake Martin in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was resting on a stem of grass seed at the water’s edge. I would appreciate help in identifying this dragonfly. Thank you for viewing.
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The Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway is a heritage railway in Cumbria, England.The L&HR runs from Haverthwaite at the southern end of the line via Newby Bridge to Lakeside at the southern end of Windermere. Some services are timed to connect with sailings of the diesel excursion vessels or steam vessels on Windermere, sailing from Lakeside to Bowness and Ambleside. Nikon D80 – Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens Featured in the Powered by Steam group MAY 2009.
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Another HDR processed photo of one of the many little photogenic areas on Lake Wagardu in the Yanchep National Park, 50 kms north of Perth, Western Australia. I shot it in RAW with an ISO of 200, aperture preferred, 3 exposures ranging from -1 through to +1 Processing was done in Photomatix
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For those who like to wear scenery on their shirts. I guess I’ve got a few scenic ones made, don’t I… Hmmm… Well, this one’s kinda different, so I hope it’s easy on the eyes!
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