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Anche tu sei l’amore.
Sei di sangue e di terra
come gli altri. Cammini
come chi non si stacca
dalla porta di casa.
Guardi come chi attende
e non vede. Sei terra
che dolora e che tace.
Hai sussulti e stanchezze,
hai parole – cammini
in attesa. L’amore
è il tuo sangue – non altro.
Cesare Pavese
RMS Queen Mary 2 (also referred to as the QM2) is a British transatlantic ocean liner. The ship was officially named Queen Mary 2 by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004 after the first RMS Queen Mary of 1936. Queen Mary had in turn been named after Mary of Teck, consort of King George V. With the retirement of Queen Elizabeth 2 in 2008, Queen Mary 2 is the only transatlantic ocean liner in regular service between Southampton, England, and New York City, United States. The ship is also used for cruising (here seen in DUbai), including an annual world cruise.
Length = 345.03 m
Beam = 41 m (waterline)
Height = 72 m (keel to top of funnel)
Draught = 10.3 m
14 passenger decks (18 total)
Capacity = 2695 passengers + 1253 crew
Installed power = 117320 kW
Tonnage = 149215 GT
I seem to be drawn to photographing the old hydrangea blooms this winter while we wait around for the flowers. Processed using Nik Analog Efex Pro 2. The sepia leaking in is purposeful.
MOON FLOWER BUDS.........in my garden...........Brisbane Australia.
A larger variety to the previous images.
Another session of water drop shots, this time experimenting with 3 drops, which I found to be very tricky. Getting the timing just right so that the third drop hits short enough after the second AND before the whole thing collapses is, well...yeah, I think you get the idea. By using my phone to record in 240 fps I managed to get a rough idea of the timing but still, the tolerances are miniscule, so getting it right is not easy. I managed to get a few shots where you can actually see the third drop creating an effect, but not exactly what I was aiming/hoping for. Drop size, timing between them and the delay before the camera fires are all factor that influence the result and I still haven't quite understood the relationship between them. I use the Mirror Up function in the camera to avoid having to deal with shutter lag as well.
I used milk for opacity control and I went crazy and added many different food colours to the mix as well as yellow colour in the drop. No thickening yet; I still don't have the strength for that!
I used 2 Godox speedlights off-camera on 1/32 power. One had a red gel mounted and illuminated the background and another, with a softbox mounted, illuminated the drop. The background was simply semi-transparent plastic binders in front of a white background. ISO 100, 1/200 or 1/250 shutter speed and varying f-stops.
Focus was achieved by standing a pen attached to a bunch of Blu Tac in the bowl so it was completely stable. With the camera switched off I fired the MIOPS Splash to see where the drop landed and then positioned the pen accordingly, with the drop landing slightly off-center towards the side facing the camera. Then I focused on the pen using autofocus to get perfect focus. I use back button focus so the camera doesn't try to focus with each shot :)
"Disclaimer": I totally forgot to clean the filter (good thing that was on so it didn't get to the lens) and background regularly so there might be some slight spots here and there. Sorry about that! :D
Again, please get in contact with me if you have any advise and/or experience you'd like to share. I am aiming for shots with 3 drops, crisp sharpness overall and even a soap bubble bursting. Maybe even the liquid going through the top of that from the bowl below. Perhaps in a year or so? Heh!
In the next drop-session I might use some opaque liquid in the bowl below and hopefully get a "plastic'y"/CGI look. I might also vary the camera angle and lighting to get some reflections and/or shadows as well BUT! Next photo shoot will NOT be drop related. ---> Need. To. Do. Something. Else. Next! <---
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I decided to continue with my 52 week, but i will only be uploading picture i like myself not the picture i think you will like most.
This is Emmie. We went to a wedding today, it was way out in the country on top of a big hill. The people who's wedding it was owned a bunch of land so we decided to go on a big adventure. :].
+17 or so in comments. (Yeah you'll probably like some of those better then the main but i don't really care because i love the main)
Boats belonging to Dells Boat Tours await another undoubtedly busy day of showing tourists the highlights of the Wisconsin River. High above the river Canadian Pacific SD70ACU No. 7013 thunders overhead into Wisconsin Dells, WI with trains 2-286’s solid string of autoracks in tow.
These pictures brought me to memory some old portraits of Sara Bernhardt, an actress whose beauty my late father never ceased to praise.
Sara B. it is then :-)
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Leica M6, Elmarit 2.8/90 (1993), Kodak Portra 160, Epson V600, Affinity Photo
This is a high view of Lake Gemelli (it sound like Twins Lakes in english language) because they are two lakes that connect themselves when the water reaches a certain level.
On the right there is mountain Pizzo Becco.
This is one of the first photo using my new Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens.
Carona, Brembana valley, Orobie alps, Italy.
99 7247-2 is seen climbing towards Drei Annen Hohne with a train from Wernigerode to the Brocken on the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen.
Taken on the 25th Feb 2022.
The Orphan[The Orphan]#2
The orphan, all alone, desperate for answers, began to speak to the wind.
"Let me die father! I fear, I fear
to fall into the hands of this terrible earth!"
No reply ever came to her. She finally began to let leaves blow open in the wind, but no one was there to read. She was ready to tell, but no one was there to listen.
Desperation welled up within her soul. A new longing was created. She felt it so deeply within her. How she longed to push it away, but it remained. Why, she did not know.
The Longing she herself could not explain. It came from the depths of her and she hoped it would soon disappear.
Titanfall 2
- DSR@6880x2880, crop, rotate
- Titanfall 2 camera tools by Otis_Inf
- Toggle HUD by -TheJanitor-
- Reshade
22.07.2017 Malý Čepčín
Tercet bardotek (751 192-6 + 751 128-0 + 751 033-2) prowadzi pociąg towarowy potocznie znany jako "Ekocell", relacji Lietavská Lúčka -Zemianske Kostoľany.
Sakrisoy #2
This shot was taken in January during a trip to the Lofoten Islands in Norway.
Taken at Sakrisoy with the distinctive outline of Ostlind Mountain on the otherside of the bay.
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