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Post by Jazz on Apr 9, 2010 20:35:44 GMT
I love rain. The two photos in #23 are beautiful, Kerouac, especially the second. Paris is the loveliest city I have ever been in when it rains, it takes on a whole new personna. The palette of greys and mauves and purples...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2010 20:51:53 GMT
A university friend from Los Angeles came to visit once. He enjoyed Paris moderately until the day it started to rain. He returned that night mesmerized by the rain: "I have never seen a city that becomes so beautiful when it is wet!" He went on for hours about how the rain had completely transformed his vision and appreciation of Paris.
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Post by rikita on Apr 9, 2010 21:26:41 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 10, 2010 15:56:07 GMT
That's a beautiful photo, Rikita. It's lovely to see the rainy cityscapes followed by this one that's all nature.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 14, 2010 6:24:14 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Apr 14, 2010 14:58:47 GMT
cool stop-action raindrops, bixa!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2010 17:36:17 GMT
Water caught in motion is always amazing!
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Post by gertie on Apr 19, 2010 15:53:35 GMT
Bixa how lovely!
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Post by onlymark on Apr 20, 2010 13:51:51 GMT
It rained here today. I timed it. Four minutes from start to finish. That'll possibly be it until next year now. The 'rainy season' has all but finished.
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Post by Kimby on Apr 20, 2010 15:28:50 GMT
How do things stay green, Mark, with so little rain?
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Post by onlymark on Apr 20, 2010 15:55:09 GMT
kimby, everyone has the thing where you turn on a tap and sprinklers pop up from your lawn. Or at least we posh people do. For the rest of them they just use hose pipes.
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Post by Kimby on Apr 20, 2010 17:26:36 GMT
No rationing of water for non-essential uses like lawns and washing cars? What is the municipal water source? Deep wells, purified surface water?
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Post by onlymark on Apr 20, 2010 17:52:57 GMT
The Nile Kimby. The Nile. Apart from an underground aquifer - The Nubian Sandstone aquifer located under the Western Desert is considered an important groundwater source, but this is fossil groundwater. plus some renewable groundwater and some well water out in the oases, it's all out of the Nile. Water supply is about 92% from the Nile. There is no restriction on water. Ever.
They will cut it off from time to time but there are no meters or anything. Agriculture accounts for 86% of the usage, industry and domestic about 7% each, so to them it's hardly worth restricting domestic users (it's just not practical to put meters for everyone) when agriculture uses so much in relation. Hence if I had a swimming pool I could re-fill it every week and nobody is bothered.
That's Egypt for you.
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Post by rikita on Apr 21, 2010 21:49:49 GMT
bixa - the close up of the rain drops is very cool!
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 21, 2010 21:57:31 GMT
Thank you so much, Rikita. I think some of my joy in seeing blessed rain must be reflected in the picture.
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Post by Jazz on Apr 23, 2010 4:25:37 GMT
beautiful raindrops! and I love the hit of orange.
my first thought was, does bixa have diamond necklaces draped from her awning?
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Post by Jazz on Apr 23, 2010 13:43:05 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2010 13:58:52 GMT
That's a great picture of a cocktail moment gone bad!
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 23, 2010 17:16:19 GMT
What an absolutely beautiful photo, Jazz! I've said this before, but I always love the palettes in your pictures -- frequently muted, but always rich.
(what's that thing that looks like a submerged roof -- any idea?)
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Post by Jazz on Apr 23, 2010 18:48:45 GMT
That's a great picture of a cocktail moment gone bad! ;D Ha! Not at all, it was about 33 that day and it was great to sit under the umbrella and enjoy the fresh and cooling rain. (with a glass of wine) Thanks Bixa...the 'roof' is rock, Georgian Bay rocks are beautiful and I am hoping to whip together a thread to show a bit of this lovely area.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 8, 2010 3:54:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2010 4:27:50 GMT
Beautiful moody shot, but I am always jealous when I see bands of rain in the distance. I always want them for myself instead of some place 20 km away getting all that lovely rain!
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Post by dahuffy on Jul 8, 2010 21:14:37 GMT
We're about to float away here!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 16, 2010 4:45:53 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Jul 16, 2010 17:10:07 GMT
(We may have had our last rain until September. Fire season is about to begin, though. Meanwhile I'm enjoying bixa's image above.)
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Post by gusm on Jul 29, 2010 2:44:04 GMT
Rainy Summer Afternoon in Berlin
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 29, 2010 3:10:23 GMT
Ooo ~~ the b&w is perfect for that wonderfully wet shot!
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Post by rikita on Jul 31, 2010 17:21:37 GMT
two photos really, used half of each (they both showed the same view), taken within two minutes from each other.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2010 18:01:19 GMT
That is a great way to show how the downpour can begin, rikita (I have so many photos that I need to figure out how to merge!).
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Post by rikita on Aug 3, 2010 20:15:02 GMT
i might describe how i did that (using gimp) at some point. it isn't that difficult, just used two layers, and a bit of c&p-ing...
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