Beautiful shot June and l know what you mean. I’ve had to edit the modern out of the ancient before lol 😂
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A blurry photo of the Pietà. Photo by Robert Emond.
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BlueSky is up just in time for me to get this in before Friday. The Pietà at the Vatican. It was packed, this camera was manual focus and I had to hold it over my head to see past the crowd. Frankly it's amazing it's in frame.
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A shape shifting peahen. 🤥
For Sabine and Anna's (@sabineshutterbug.bsky.social / @annalois36.bsky.social) #PalacesAndGardens theme of #outtakes I've got a shot of the little known Indian Peahen shape shifter. Native to the Marley Park Walled Gardens here in Dublin. 😊
#Photography #Birds #Peacock #Peahen #ECK
I'm glad too! I think we're still going to accept posts for #PalacesandGardens today 😊
The idea was simple: lens to keyhole, a perfectly framed glimpse of the altar inside a former church, secret and intimate. The execution was less so. The camera refused to cooperate with the keyhole's geometry, the lens landing a mile off, and instead of a crisp circular window into the sacred ground interior, the result is a blurry cascade of misalignment, a soft blur of finger in the left of frame, a deep navy-black void where the door itself swallowed the light, and only in the very centre, like a painting glimpsed through a half-open eye, the altar: white cloth, a crucifix, pale blue-lavender apse walls, warm ochre ceiling vault. The church interior, serene and perfectly lit, had no idea it was barely visible. A study in almost.
Good morning friends of
#PalacesAndGardens, you probably also prepared your #outtakes for yesterday, so if you still feel like it, just post them today.
My shot here is a study in almost. 😅
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King Christian IV was DK's Sun King and this was his open-style crown, crafted in 1596, featuring gold, pearls, diamonds and other jewels. There is red velvet in the center. The gold gleams against a black velvet background.
Large yellow diamonds in a set with brooach, large necklace, parure and other pieces. Hundreds of carats, it seems. Circa 1860s.
A woman's ornate emerald and gold jewelry set with a necklace, matching earrings, and enormous brooch, all of which are part of the Danish Crown Jewels. Originally made for Queen Amalie circa the 1860s, and now worn by the current queen.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOld
King Christian's crown, Queen Amalie's jewels: 3 of Denmark's #CrownJewels, hidden down in a dark & literal Treasury Vault underneath Rosenborg Castle
Christian IV was Denmark's version of the Sun King, btw. #ECK
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A building nicely set in the Tofuku-ji Temple property's grounds in #Kyoto, #Japan, for #PalacesAndGardens theme of #Outtakes.
#ECK #travel
At Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens
Azaleas at Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens
Gunnera Tinctoria at Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens
Gunnera Tinctoria at Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens
Four #outtakes from a much larger series taken at Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens in the UK
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A shadowy hulking form that may or may not be a castle stands in front of a cloudy sky.
For #PalacesAndGardens #outtakes, here is a picture of Eilean Donan castle. No really, it is. I…did not nail the exposure.😂 #ECK
A view of the facade of St. Vitus Cathedral (the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert), Prague, Czech Republic. There are people in front of the cathedral taking in the scene. In an attempt to include all of the cathedral in the shot, the perspective is quite disorienting with both the vertical and horizontal elevations not as expected. The building appears to be horizontal with the ground sloping away vertically in front of it. St. Vitus Cathedral is the largest and most important church in the Czech Republic, known for its French Gothic architecture. Construction on the cathedral began in 1344 but was not completed until 1929.
For Sabine's #PalacesAndGardens theme #outtakes A disorienting perspective of St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, Czech Republic
In my attempt to include all of it in the shot 😀
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I was still learning digital photography and the perils of using a wide angle lens pointed upwards, which makes vertical lines & objects tilt inward toward the center of the image, so aptly demonstrated here with the church tower on the right and the column on the left. Who strung those utility wires across the upper left corner? And what's that thing protruding over the upper right edge of the frame? Who took this picture???? Oh...wait...........
Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, Italy (2008)
📷Pentax K10D w/Pentax DA 18-55mm f3.5 - 5.6 Len
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Image of the ceiling and walls of the Hall Of Mirrors at Versailles with ornate paintings on the ceilings, magnificent gold trim around the large arched windows across from the arched mirrors across the hall. Amazing crystal chandeliers hang from the high ceiling. Directly in front of the camera, a person's head seems to be hanging from one of the chandelier lines. One of the drawbacks to being a short person trying to take photos in crowded places.
The magnificent Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles -
with someone's head hanging where there should be a chandelier. 🤪
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This is a fabulous shot Anna 🤩👍🏼& a dog owner knows this move:
“What’s in your mouth? Let me see!”
Seduction on a Work Day
for #PalacesandGardens theme of #Outtakes
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#EastCoastKin #photography #ECK #lightflare #Cignani #C17th #art #photofail #ChatsworthHouse #Derbyshire
This is amazing Anna and l love this shot!!! (because l’m a freak lol 😂)
The Stuff of Nightmares
for #PalacesandGardens theme of #Outtakes
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#EastCoastKin #photography #ECK #nightmares #textiles #GawthorpeHall #angles #Lancashire
For #PalacesAndGardens #Outtakes. The perfect, pious symmetry of this 200-year old adobe church in Golden, New Mexico... marred by the modern security camera. #NewMexico #photography #travel #churches #southwest #desert #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #ECK
Good🌞morning, Susan!
@sdcushing.bsky.social
How are you?
Would you please pour me a cup of your delicious #BlueBrew #coffee?
☕️
For #PalacesAndGardens,
here's a photo of
💕 bleeding hearts 💕
in a friend's garden:
For #PalacesAndGardens #Outtakes. Travel pics, you get what you get that day. I climbed a temple to get the famous shot of Tikal used in Star Wars. I got rainforest rain instead. #ruins #AncientBlueSky #travelphotography #EastCoastKin #ECK #archaeology #tikal #guatemala #maya #temple #StarWars
#palacesandgardens theme for today is #outtakes so I thought I would include a #photo of Gus “helping” with the #roses
Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
Kyoto, Japan
We arrived in Arashiyama far later than planned, and instead of sunset photos, I ended up with the very last light of twilight. The long exposure did make for an unintentionally ghostly shot of my daughter
#humansofbluesky #palacesandgardens #outtakes
#ECK
I felt these three white, wide open tulip blossoms were staring me in the eye. Then I noticed that the bottom one was being "pushed" by a dandelion flower leaning heavily against one of the tulip petals. Never expected the mighty tulip to be such a pushover! This pictures may have ended up in the dustbin of history, hat not Sabine's PalacesAnd Gardens called for #outtakes this week. Therefore, her it is that oh so funny photograph.
VIENNESE IMPRESSIONS
Check out the bottom tulip and dandelion:
Who's here the pushover?
St. Marx, Landstraße (Third District)
Image © Merisi Vienna
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#tulips #Dandelion
My #outtakes for #PalacesAndGardens
Sabine @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social
Beautiful scene through a window of Uffizi Galleries, but somehow the camera had focused on the dusty window and rusty grilles. #PalacesAndGardens #outtakes
Our shows a wooden sailing boat displayed indoors, viewed through a large pane of glass inside a bright, modern museum space. The boat itself is long and narrow, made of weathered, pale wood with visible grain and small metal fittings along its side. A thick rope runs along the edge, tied neatly, suggesting its use in rough conditions. The hull curves gently upward, and the boat rests securely on supports just above a smooth, grey floor. Above the boat, a simple mast rises with a small, off-white sail stretched between spars. The sail looks slightly worn and utilitarian rather than decorative, more functional than elegant. Hinting at harsh journeys rather than leisure. The setting is striking: the boat is housed inside a tall glass atrium filled with natural light. Strong steel beams crisscross diagonally overhead and along the sides, creating a geometric frame around the vessel. Behind the structure, part of an older brick wall with arched windows is visible, blending historic architecture with modern design. Reflections in the glass add a layered effect. Outside trees, bare branches reaching upward are mirrored across the boat’s surface, along with a vivid blue sky. These reflections overlap the boat, making it feel as though it exists between indoors and outdoors, past and present. In the lower left corner, a blurred fingertip is visible, slightly pink and out of focus, suggesting the photo was taken up close against the glass or by a doofus 🙄 Overall, the scene feels calm but powerful: a sturdy, humble boat preserved in a bright, airy space, carrying a quiet sense of endurance and history tied to polar exploration. And finally, this abomination is finished off with a simple white border frame.
Morning #BlueSky ☕️ & welcome to what would have been a decent shot at the Shackleton museum apart from my finger photobomb 🙄 Have a great day friends 😌
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The base of the tree covered in vines, the sunlight is behind the tree. Clark Botanic Garden, Albertson NY
Looking up at the tree covered in vines, the sunlight is behind the tree.
My knee is scratched up from falling
As I fell, I twisted so I could save my camera – priorities!
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I’m too old to fall – body ached for a week 😊
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Sweetgum tree #ThickTrunkThursday #ECK #Photography
Good morning friends! Happy #PalacesandGardens #Outtakes, #UrbanGaze, & #HumansOfBlueSky Thursday. How are you?🙋♂️
It’s about 6:30am 🕡 EDST here & ☀️, so I’m making our rich & aromatic #BlueBrew coffee. Who’d like a cup?☕️
Please do stop by & say hello!👋
We close at 10:30am 🕥 EDST😊
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Beautiful 17th century entrance with a perfect light...BUT the modern door handle and the intercom ruining the shot
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