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Nature photography is a wide range of photography taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural elements such as landscapes, wildlife, plants, and close-ups of natural scenes and textures. Nature photography tends to put a stronger emphasis on the aesthetic value of the photo than other photography genres, such as photojournalism and ...
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Some locations on the Farma torrent (on the border between Grosseto and Siena), upstream of Bagni di Petriolo, are destinations for naturists. South of Principina a Mare (Grosseto) there is a beach called I Tronchi (the trunks) or Spiaggia delle Capanne (beach of the huts) with a fair number of naturists.
Ramsgate Sands, also known as Life at the Seaside, is an oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist William Powell Frith, who worked on it from 1851 to 1854.The painting, which depicts a beach scene in Ramsgate, was Frith's first great commercial success: it was exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition in 1854, and bought by Queen Victoria.
The development of the beach as a popular leisure resort from the mid-19th century was the first manifestation of what is now the global tourist industry. The first seaside resorts were opened in the 18th century for the aristocracy, who began to frequent the seaside as well as the then fashionable spa towns, for recreation and health. [9]
A Visit to the Seaside (1908) was one of the first successful motion pictures filmed in Kinemacolor. [1] It is an 8-minute short film directed by George Albert Smith [ 2 ] of Brighton , showing people doing everyday activities.
Covering an area of 190 hectares, the park features blooming flowers around the year. [1] The park has become known for its baby blue-eyes flowers, with the blooming of 4.5 million of the translucent-petaled blue flowers in the spring drawing tourists.
The following is a list of state-accredited seaside resorts in Germany. They are first sorted by seas (Baltic and North Sea), then by German states (Länder), then by districts (Landkreise). They are first sorted by seas (Baltic and North Sea), then by German states (Länder), then by districts (Landkreise).