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The note was from Mr. Fun...seems he had a thing for me from the first time he saw me. *silly boy* he had no idea what he was getting himself into. The party had been broken up by the cops.
After that night we would see each other at work. He was sign supervisor so he would hang the signs in whatever area I was working in and we would chat while working. We started taking breaks together and then lunches. Then it was paging each other in code. (that makes us old, lol)
By this time I was so confused. When I was with Mr. Fun nothing else mattered. When I was with my fiance all I could think about was Mr. Fun. So I went to my mom.....she told me to follow my heart . (thank you mom, you're the best)
Mr. Fun and I went to the mall one day. When he dropped me back home I wanted him to kiss me....I wasn't leaving that car until I got a kiss. Yes, I was still engaged. but I also knew he wanted to kiss me...it was butterflies and goosebumps when we were together.
So we kissed and that's when I knew he was the one. That night I broke off my engagement...........
My fiance moved out the next day.
Mr. Fun and I were officially deemed a couple by all our friends, even his girlfriend he had been dating up until now.
I am not sure what happened but Mr. Fun and I didn't stay together...I started hanging out with my now ex fiance. And I heard he was with his ex though he denies it.
After a couple more weeks Mr. Fun came to my house, I don't remember one thing that was said other than a CD being thrown in my car and Mr. Fun telling me to listen to track 5 before driving off..
So I took a look in the mirror and took my moms advice. I followed my heart. Less then a year after talking cookie recipes we were married.
12 years later I still get the butterflies and goosebumps.
Swida anyone? Andrena platyparia is part of small closely related group of four Eastern North Americans (all with the first name of Andrena) that like to feed their babies pollen from the shrubby dogwoods. The fact that they specialize in pollen from shrubby dogwoods (this is the so called Swida group of dogwoods) and not the Dogwood that everyone fawns over (Cornus florida or the flowering dogwood (which, while not so great for bees does have the most amazingly sensual wood, it polishes to such slinky smoothness when sanded down with ultra fine grits that I use them as railings in my house and posts just so that I can touch them as I go by (this may seem slightly odd, but it is not, you just don't have access to dogwood wood, or you would do this too))). So, back to the main point, plantaxonomists have argued for year that the Swida group deserves its own genus and, as you can see, bees like A. platyparia vote the same way. If you plant some Swidas in your yard you are pretty much guaranteed to get one of the 4 Swiditarian Andrena in your yard too. Photo by Cole Cheng.
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Photography Information:
Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200
We Are Made One with What We Touch and See
We are resolved into the supreme air,
We are made one with what we touch and see,
With our heart's blood each crimson sun is fair,
With our young lives each spring impassioned tree
Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range
The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change.
- Oscar Wilde
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Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen:
Best over all technical resource for photo stacking:
Art Photo Book: Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World:
www.amazon.com/Bees-Up-Close-Pollinators-Around-World/dp/...
Free Field Guide to Bee Genera of Maryland:
bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf
Basic USGSBIML set up:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY
USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4
Bees of Maryland Organized by Taxa with information on each Genus
www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/collections
PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:
Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:
plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo
or
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU
Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
Contact information:
Sam Droege
sdroege@usgs.gov
301 497 5840
Porzione della famosa costellazione di Orione ripresa con il mio piccolo telescopio rifrattore da 72mm di diametro, lo SkyWatcher Evostar 72ED.
La costellazione di Orione è facilmente individuabile nel cielo per via delle sue stelle molto brillanti. La forma ricorda una clessidra e la zona più interessante è formata dalla “cintura di Orione” ossia le tre stelle centrali poste nella “strozzatura” della clessidra e la “Spada di Orione”, un ben noto asterismo visibile in basso a destra nella foto che contiene anche la famosissima Nebulosa di Orione.
Partendo dall’alto è appena visibile la stella centrale che forma la cintura di Orione, Alnilam; procedendo in diagonale da questa verso la sinistra dell’immagine troviamo Alnitak. La regione attorno a questa stella è tra le più fotografate… e a buon ragione! Attorno a Alnitak si trovano delle bellissime nebulose come la Fiamma, chiaramente individuabile sulla sinistra della stella, la nebulosa ad emissione IC434, formata dalla zona di colore rosso che si estende verso il basso partendo sempre dalla stella Alnitak e la famosa nebulosa Testa di Cavallo, che in realtà è un complesso nebulare che oscura una parte della IC434 stagliandosi davanti ad essa e quindi diventando visibile.
In basso leggermente sulla destra troviamo la formazione della spada di Orione, un asterismo che si mostra come una colonna di piccole stelle avvolte da grandi complessi nebulari molto luminosi. Tra questi spicca la Grande Nebulosa di Orione e subito in alto la Nebulosa De Mairan e la NGC 1977, chiamata anche Nebulosa Running Man.
DATI DI SCATTO:
Telescopio o obiettivo di acquisizione:Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED
Camera di acquisizione:Nikon D5100 full Spectrum Modded
Montatura:Sky-Watcher EQ6 SynTrek
Telescopio o obiettivio di guida:Tecnosky Sharp Guide 50v2
Camera di guida:QHYCCD5L-II-M
Riduttore di focale:PRIMALUCELAB .8x reducer/flattner
Software:BackyardNikon, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Adobe Photoshop CC Photoshop CC 2017
Filtro:Optolong UV/IR Cut
Risoluzione: 4786x6347
Date:28 Dicembre 2018
Pose primo pannello: 39x300" ISO200
Pose secondo pannello: 37x300" ISO200
Integrazione: 3,2 ore per il primo scatto e 3,08 per il secondo scatto
Dark: ~20
Flat: ~20
Bias: ~30
Scala del Cielo Scuro Bortle: 4.00
Temperatura: -2.00
Centro AR: 84,418 gradi
Centro DEC: -3,676 gradi
Campionamento: 2,839 arcsec/pixel
Orientazione: 0,744 gradi
Raggio del campo: 3,135 gradi
“I had a bad interview with a publisher once,” sighed Reala.
“What went wrong?” asked Yuffie.
“The interviewer kept asking me to spell ‘part a’ backwards,” replied Reala.
“Ah,” nodded Saturn. “It’s a trap.”
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TellyTube Edition: youtu.be/tWM0pdbiAcQ
The sun drifted west, illuminating the path she had ventured countless times; this would be the last. She was looking for something more than the white picket fence that had only acted as a barrier in her past. Without looking back, she walked onwards on the path, towards what she had craved, something she did not yet know.
Photography and Post-Processing: Rebecca Michelle
Model: Samantha Jane
Story/Writing, Concept, and Styling: Rebecca Michelle and Samantha Jane
Left photo - West-facing projection clearly showing the cantilevered portion of the building, over the years these 'balconies' were installed with windows all round, converted them to dwelling as the local population has increased
Top middle-left photo - close-up of the column supporting the cantilevered balconies shown on the left photo. Thick pinkish plaster can be seen broken off from the column upper section, the latter being perfectly concreted without honey comb or breaks
Lower middle photo - six bare-wired power cables were once kept immediately underneath the first floor balcony, with very old porcelain insulated cable keepers still in view at ceiling height
Top middle-right photo - with extensive concrete spalling occurred over the years, a large part of the floor slab reinforcement was exposed in the form of 6 inches x 12 inches grid BRC wire netting
Lower middle-right photo - close-up of the steel window frames installed in the 1950s/60s. Apart from little rust that appeared at the paint flaked areas, the windows were largely intact and looked still working despite the flats were deserted for some time
Right photo - a ground floor column showing extensive concrete spalling occurred along the lower portion as a result of rusting reinforcement, the effective cross section area of this column was significantly reduced. Steel R-bars and stirrups were evident with heavy rust appeared on the entire bar surface
Overall condition of the building structure was poor and in need of proper strengthening, if the buildings were not pulled down shortly.
That was fun and our feet got all used so we will no longer run all over the house. Well, not for an hour or so!
لْآإ يْهـزِزِڪ زِمُآإنْـَـڪِ ، خـُلْ ٻـآإلْـَڪ ۈٍسيْــُـعْ ،
، خلْ " ۈقَفٺـــڪ " مُثـلْ ـآلْشجــٌرْ ، يْمُــؤٍـۈٍٺٍ لْڪـنْ : مُآإيْطيْــَـحَ.. ~
All By MaRjoJa
Say Mashalla plz
taken by : me
edit by : me
model by : my bro 5loody
Hope 2 see ur comment + Note + Faav
Not Only Views
Theresa woke up in a dress made of dry autumn leafs.
Another unknown place in another world...
She was laying on an old path in a deep forest - the path was lit with the light of two moons glowing on the dark sky.
Slowly she moved forward led by the magnetic force and after a while between the trees up on the hill she noticed the silhouette of a Greek's temple.
There was something waiting for her just in the middle of the temple... an old suitcase.
Suddenly she start to shiver...
Her heart start to beat faster...
Few steps forward and Theresa put her foot on a first step...one more and she's in there...
In that very moment You looked at her!
Don't disturb now - she need to meet her destiny.
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Part II will be played on Tuesday evening.
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Strobist info:
1x SB800 with snoot aimed at suitcase
1x YN460mkII with diffuser aimed at ceiling
1x YN460mkII in 60x60 softbox camera left
triggered with YN602
Decauville portable track and dumpcars made hand excavation more productive. The most common type of car used on the canal had a 1/2 cubic meter bucket that could tip to either side, emptying it's contents. Sometimes the buckets were discarded and the frames used solo to transport supplies and construction materials.
I wanted to capture the delicate, open frame look of these cars, as well as the characteristic V shape of the bucket. The biggest challenge was keeping the height low enough to look right with the minifigs.
Next time: Part 4b: Dumpcar Frame - Exploded View
This post is part of a series for the "ocTRAINber" contest: brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2021/10/01/octrainber-...
You can view the entire series here: flic.kr/s/aHsmX1o7XR
Si j'étais un bateau, je mettrai les voiles pour aller chercher loin le soleil. Il y en a marre de cette instabilité météo :-((((
Lần này có tiến bộ hơn lần trc nhờ có 1 bạn nam cầm đầu cả bọn =))
Tình hình là 1 nam đầu bếp và 6 gái phụ bếp :))
Và thành qả như trên...tén tèn
Các bạn đừng chùa nha. Công sức cả bọn...Fave nhìu cho tụi mình vui :X
C.ơn !!!!
Ancient Aphrodisias...was once a thriving Hellenic and Roman city in what is now modern day Turkey. Today it is an archaeological site, whose ruins include the remains of a beautiful ancient stadium. Established during the late Hellenistic period, Aphrodisias became a prosperous city under Roman rule from the 1st to the 5th century AD. In the 1st century BC, the city came under the personal protection of the Roman Emperor Augustus and many of the structures which can still be seen today date from that period and the following two centuries. The city became an artistic centre as a result of its location near a marble quarry; the city is now littered with sculpture. Artists even travelled to Aphrodisias to take part in annual sculpting competitions. However the city fell to ruin after a series of earthquakes and was eventually abandoned in the 12th century. Upon arrival to the ruins you will be greeted by the renovated Tetrapylon, a gateway of Corinthian style columns decorated with reliefs of the god Eros and goddess Nike. The Temple of Aphrodite would have been in the busy heart if the city. Originally over forty columns of the temple would have stood, a number of which have been realigned today, giving a great sense of the scale of the original building. The Temple was converted into a Basilica in the 5th century AD with the Roman conversion to Christianity. The stadium, dating as a far back as the 1st century BC, is beautifully preserved and is one of the biggest ancient constructions still surviving with a capacity of 30,000. There is also an onsite museum featuring thousands of pieces of Aphrodisian art including busts, decorative and religious sculpture, ceramics and a unique figure of the goddess Aphrodite herself. Other features of the ruins include the Odeon, the baths of Hadrian and the 8,000-seater ancient theatre which was adapted for gladiatorial combat in the Roman period. Also, look out for some of the over 2,000 Roman inscriptions still decipherable around the ruin.
Part 8. Year 2. Mid-February. Getting cold again -5C today and the cardboard box is once again stuck in the ice. More photos here.
Double Exposures with Artist, Hollywood Matt Painter and all round good guy Snowsled.
Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim, Kodak Elitechrome 100 + xpro
I might make it a loose goal to share one small "to post" folder a night, at least until I start in with 2024 hiking photos. That would get me through about 100 of the 300 or so photos I have to share.
To start with, as it's alphabetically the first - Animalscapes.
Image made with my Nikon F100.