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A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
- Proverbs 17:17
My brother when we were kids used to speak about these big words.
But I think he was missing the point. I can't blame him, we were very young.
Now that we are three decades older, I know he can see that after
the hundreds of friends we had...
it is us, the five of us, who have stood at each other side
at our lowest... in adversity.
...come to me, when I hold tight
the little control knob of my delight~
my camera lens has you well within sight..
This was a real capture, processed into BW in PS CS4. No special effects added.
The shadow lines are caused by the sun coming up over a mountain, shining slanted rays of light down into the valley, which are caught in the fog. These line, of course, are visible to the naked eye (natch).
Short answer: Awesome!
Prequel:
Eden is a girl who prizes truth and nobility of spirit above all else including riches... she has had a very privileged upbringing though so she has never had to want for anything in her life... except a mother. Her mother died from a post natal infection* shortly after Eden was born and she was brought up by her father on his own. Now they have moved to a horse ranch in the Rockies, Eden is hoping that he will meet someone special...
*Her father and mother, a talented obstetrician, were doing Voluntary Service Overseas when her mother fell pregnant. Her mother insisted on giving birth in the same conditions as the local women, with tragic consequences...
...so, Rory is the father I have in mind for Eden <3 He is a hugely talented horse veterinarian and a horse lover just like his daughter. Having had a very high flying career taking care of some of the top horses in international horse racing and travelling the world, he is tired of living such a fast paced existence and above all feels he needs to give Eden some roots. His wife was beautiful, talented, feisty stubborn... he misses her terribly. He has raised Eden entirely on his own but now she is sixteen and he wants her to have a more settled existence.
When he is not riding one of his beloved horses he likes to take to the mountain passes on his Honda Valkyrie Motorbike... yes, he has a few 'boy toys'!
Will he find love in the small community he and Eden have chosen to settle in...? I have two candidates in mind for his love interest, who are quite a contrast to each other...
congrats rosepee
best wishes on your recent nuptials! : ) and i sure do wish i could be there for HH.
Wish you all a very nice and sunny weekend, stay safe
I would like to thank all, that you have taken the time to view and comment on my photos, it is very much appreciated.
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit written permission.copyright all rights reserved.
Regards, Bram van Broekhoven (BraCom)
Since Ariel's Grotto is closed, Ariel and Eric are now appearing for meet and greets in Adventureland.
Hope you're not getting bored of Robins - here is another recent shot from my local walks. This one looked particularly well groomed.
In the forge again armed with the Nikon Z6 and a Nikkor 105mm f/1.8 AI-S.
The lens came from fleabay as a box of parts. The previous (late) owner pulled it down and was apparently unable to rebuild it. Such a shame for the guy - the lens has around 5mm of left hand thread that works counter to the helicoid. If you don't know it's there you just can't see how it's put together.
He'd clearly given it everything to get it apart, drilled holes, mounted it in a vice, given it heaps with a pipe wrench etc... As it was I had to heat it with the propane torch to get it to let go and then spend several hours lapping the slightly deformed helicoid with toothpaste before cleaning and re-greasing to make the focus smooth as silk again.
The optical block was perfect. Fabulous lens to use in the forge. Plenty fast and just the right length to get in tight but not get in the way.
This frame is a discard from a series for publication that I'm also working on a palette for.
Nikon Z6, Nikkor 105mm f/1.8, 1/125th sec at f/2, ISO 100
I find her to be such a striking girl. She's an interesting juxtaposition of haughty coolness and warm sensuality.
Fashion Credits
Dress: YukoDolls (Etsy.com)
Fur Jacket: IT – NuFace – In Rouges Erin
Belt: IT – Poppy Parker – Wild Thing Poppy
Shoes: IT – FR2 – Only Natural Fashion
Earrings & Red Stone Rings: IT – NuFace – In Rouges Erin
Gold Ring: IT – Fashion Royalty – Contrasting Proposition
Necklace: Me
Doll is a Smoke and Mirrors Lilith.
I've been trying to get a decent shot of some oak leaves and catkins, and I like this one with the blurred oak tree in the background!
Brown and red lentils with split peas. Taken for the Strobist food assignment, Lighting Bootcamp II. This was my second choice. Not entered into the bootcamp pool.
Strobist info: SB-900 @ 1/40 power into a homemade softbox, top down, with white reflector low in front.
Or "home in the warm".
This weekend was gloriously bright and sunny, but numbingly cold to be out walking. It was good to get home to warm croissants and coffee.
Hello my friend! This morning is gorgeous, isn’t it?
HKD
This picture belongs to the previous one. I want to show how creative you can work with landscapes…
If you want to work with some landscapes to try out, you are welcome to use the examples you see in ART UNI INTERNATIONAL.
We did 12 competitions and you will find 12 magical landscapes. You can use them and post your result in the threat.
The competitions are finished, but you still can post and show what you have created if you like.
A new competition will start today: Magical Backgrounds… You are invited to join us! Beginners welcome.
www.flickr.com/groups/art_uni_international/discuss/72157...
HKD
If you like to see the “make of”:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VTFBbw3wlY
HKD
Dieses Bild gehört zu dem vorausgegangenen welches ich in schwarz-weiß kreiert habe. In beiden Fällen habe ich die gleiche Ideallandschaft, die ich zuvor aus verschiedenen Komponenten erstellt, verwendet, um zu zeigen, wie unterschiedlich die Stimmungen sein können, wenn man Farbe, Belichtung und Objekte wechselt.
HKD
Digital Art – own resources
HKD
The last few seeds to parachute off of this ornamental grass seed head...set against Winter's tones and fleeting light. Always love the elegance and symmetries of the underlying structures of plants.
Located in Southern Alberta, the Bethlehem Luthern Church of Dalum is a favourite prairie church of mine, still seeing useful activity. This early 1900's Danish architecture is magnificent every season, it's impossible to drive past the Dalum intersection where it proudly stands without walking the area. It's attention grabbing for you'll discover little else in the area.
I can only imagine it decorated within a wintery hoar frost afternoon, the reds blazon against those pure snow whites. That's another prairie chapter.
[Dalum is an unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada. It is situated 15 kilometres south of Drumheller, Alberta, at the intersection of Highway 569 and Highway 56, at an elevation of 875 meters (2,871 ft). It was established by a Danish group called the Dansk Folksamfund. The settlement is located in census division No. 5 and in the federal riding of Crowfoot. It is administered by Wheatland County.]
*Please view LARGE for best rural Alberta detail
**Textures courtesy of various sources on Flickr
***Thank You for your generous support, visits, comments, favourites, and galleries.
I have not taken many shots over the last few weeks and as Spring is casting her soft veil over Bondi I have been doing a spring clean of the 'archives' - so interesting for me to go back to my early photos from when I started late last year. I had no idea of when I got my first camera what I was going to take shots of , all I knew is that I wanted to start. I called myself Rosiebondi as it seemed simple when I signed up to flickr and I had no idea that I would fall head over heels in love in a whole new way with the area that I live in and the beaches and even more so the ocean which I have always loved being close to and being in.
This shot was taken on one of the first days that I brought my camera to the beach and took shot after shot and when I got home and uploaded the shots I suddenly really understood the photographic term 'capture' . When I look at this particular shot , there is a point right where the wave is curling that I get lost in and where time stands still and where, to me, the very soul of the ocean expresses itself. Since that day I have been captured by photography and specifically taking shots of the ocean, the light and the beach - I am a very willing and happy slave :).
Electric Youth and the Boston Show Band
www.facebook.com/electricyouthUSA/
Live at the Bandstand(The Gaiety Bar) - 7th July 2019
Another sunset seascape for you all. There were some good waves, not particularly big but enough to keep the rocks wet (and very slippery) so reflect the light from the sunset. I welcome criticisms, so if you feel anything could have been improved, don´t hold back.
I have officially made the move to Lightroom 4, after a month trial period I just made the purchase. Its a very impressive program. I never thought you could improve on LR3 but the new version just blows me away.
Press L for big on black.
Thanks for viewing my photos, comments are much appreciated.
Equipment
Nikon D7000 @ 85 sec
Nikkor 10-24 f/3.5-4.5G DX ED @ 12 mm, f/8.0
ISO 200
B+W 2 stop ND grad + B+W 3 stop ND filter
Tripod
Edited in Lightroom 4
A woman prays in front statues depicting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ at The Minor Basilica of the Holy Child, commonly known as the Santo Niño Basilica.
Voted the most favored and featured in this fine gallery: www.flickr.com/photos/bestfreepictures/galleries/72157669...
Pictured left to right are Gortok, a Phantom Guard, Mia, Empress Xyndera, a Phantom Guard and Heir Aybel.
Here, Xyndera is pictured with the reforged sword of the Gazuman King Zurgoth. It was broken in his legendary duel with the Captain of the Vieran King's Guard during the war for Attenor in 50AV. The shards were retrieved by Cassandrian physicians and brought back to the library. Now, the sword is carried as a symbol of the intelligence of the most learned scholar in Cassandria. It was Xyndera's fathers before her. Aybel is pictured wearing the Eagle's Helm. This helmet was once worn by the last pure white-haired pure Vieroccan High Chief over 500 years ago. Since then, it sat above Attenor's throne, waiting for the next worthy Vieroccan to wear it.
Gortok is an Orc that was very young when he was kidnapped from the Plains of Bones by the Phantom Guards in 710AV. This was done on the orders of Xyndera's father. He sought to study the orc, to raise him as a human so he could fully understand the limits of their race's civility and intelligence. When Xyndera's father died in 720AV, she took over the study. Gortok is incredibly loyal to Xyndera, seeing her as his sister, but there are very few people that trust him. Several times, the Empress has had to stop executions of her orc friend. In recent years, since Oberajhi has had his sights on Esterdame, he has become more interested in Gortok. He knows the importance of the orcs on the peninsula and that the Attonights can't hope to fight the men, Vieran and Orcs all together. Oberajhi has proposed inserting Gortok back into Orc society so that he can convince the Orcs to attack Vierathan in full force from the north, while the Attonights attack from the south. Xyndera is not keen on this plan because regardless of Gortok's immense strength and size, she believes he would not be able to function in an orc camp, as he's been raised by humans.
Mia is a mountain lion from the mountains south of the Bloody March. She was collected as a cub and gifted to Oberajhi by the scholars of Cassandria as part of the wedding ceremony, because his love of cats is well known. Oberajhi trained the cat to guard his wife whenever he isn't around.
The Phantom Order was established at the same time as the library of Cassandria. The order began as a group of scholars whose mission was to go out into the world and collect knowledge of any kind. As the knowledge began to amass, the order transitioned into being a group of warriors whose mission was to defend the knowledge within the library. The Phantoms are traditionally the children of older Phantom Guards and female scholars and scribes who live in the library and have sworn off marriage. They wear white face paint to distinguish themselves and they are highly respected fighters. It is partly due to their commitment that the Island of Cassandria has never been successfully invaded. When a scholar of great prominence, like Xyndera, leaves the library, the Phantom Guard are responsible for protecting them, and more importantly, the knowledge that they hold in their minds.
Bombardier TRAXX 185 537 operated by TX Logistic lead a Walter KLV through Rekawinkel (Lower Austria) station towards Vienna.
From here it goes downhill the ramp of the "Rekawinkler mountain" with ~ 1% slope.
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Minx and Razor of the Sideshow Freaks
Photographed and PSed to hell by me. Yay!
Models: Razor Rasa & Minx Littleboots
Photographed and edited by: Harl (harleyquinade)
بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
And indeed We created man (Adam) out of an extract of clay (water and earth).
Thereafter We made him (the offspring of Adam) as a Nutfah (mixed drops of the male and female sexual discharge) (and lodged it) in a safe lodging (womb of the woman).
Then We made the Nutfah into a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood), then We made the clot into a little lump of flesh, then We made out of that little lump of flesh bones, then We clothed the bones with flesh, and then We brought it forth as another creation. So blessed be Allâh, the Best of creators.
Surah Al-Muminun-12,13,14
An abandoned McDonalds cup is left at the foot of the busy slope leading to what used to be the Pallasades Shopping Centre located above Birmingham New Street station.
Never the most appealing of malls you barely encountered daylight from the moment you entered to the moment you left. In the last few years it has been significantly redeveloped into a much brighter, airy and open environment and was reopened in September 2015 under the name "Grand Central". As well as John Lewis, you'll find some decent snack places, including a sushi spot if that sort of thing takes your fancy.
Nikon F70 - Kodak T400CN
March 1998