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This was intended to be part of the Stand Up for Peace Challenge last week but it took me a bit to figure out :D It's about the best homage I could to the Indian Holi Festival. For those that don't know and in short it's basically a festival to celebrate love. After I thought about the challenge a bit, I got to thinking: standin up for peace is awesome, but even better if you just applied this to all aspects of your life. Stop hating on others and stop hating on yourself. If everyone took a grip more time putting others before their own insecurities, then maybe there would be no need to stand up for peace. Maybe we would already have achieved it.
We are experiencing a particularly hot summer this year. No wonder this Elkhorn Fern's outer fronds are dried and discolored.
Elkhorn ferns (also called Staghorn ferns) are ‘epiphyte’, meaning that they grow on tree branches and trunks naturally. They can grow fairly large, although they require at least 10 years to achieve their maximum size.
These plants make two types of fronds. The shield, or sterile fronds, wrap around the tree or rock on which the plant is growing. These shields usually form a basket which collects debris, providing a medium for root growth, and aiding in moisture collection and retention. The fertile, or normal fronds, grow out from the bud, and the spores are borne on these. Some species make fertile fronds much like the antler of a deer. Others are nearly round, or wedge shaped.
RKO_3803. How extraordinary is it to watch these beautiful and colorful little birds doing their diving act!
This male Common Kingfisher achieved its goal and had a wonderful, though relatively small, meal!
It was a challenge (and objective) to get some nice shots of the diving Kingfisher and I guess I too achieved my objectives.
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A milestone achieved today with over 9 million views. As I have no clue as to which image was the magic number, I will identify this one since it is the latest post to my photostream. Thanks!
This image of the center of a chicory flower reminded me of some of the graphics I've seen of a nuclear fusion reactor, like this one:
www.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/news/photos/000/60...
Back to my Pentax.. From the beginning of the year I never managed to use my reflex except from some garden and out of the field nearby pictures now and then so I presume that iphonoeography will wait for a long time from now on couse I also do 2 weeks - from the 14th of July - of vacation in Sweden and hopefully I'll have lot of pentax pictures from there :d ). This is not exactly what I would like to post, it's pretty maybe but not a great picture IMMO (that foreground leaf do an awfully work distracting the main subject). I need something new a new place a new feeling and I really hope to achieve it in Sweden. So for some days normal pictures then vacation then we will see :D
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if you don't, you have achieved half your failure :-)
David Ambrose
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rose, 'Dream Come True', little theater rose garden. raleigh, north carolina
Quechee, VT
10-15-2019
Photographed from the covered bridge over the river right as the three balloons from Quechee Balloon Rides begin their ascent.
This, too, is from Point Defiance Park, located in Tacoma, Washington. They have the rose garden at the center of things, and then they decided to try a "temporary" garden of dahlias, and I've noticed it keeps getting larger and larger every time I go back! ha! Just face it, folks, Dahlias are a keeper! Who doesn't love a gorgeous Dahlia?! Hope you all enjoy!
Dahlia Garden
Point Defiance Park
Tacoma, Washington
091617
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achieving it means understanding the nuances of lighting and composition, and also remembering to keep the lenses clean and the cameras steady :-)
Sam Abell
HPPT! Justice Matters! No one is above the law.
prunus mume, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
It is surprising what one can do with a pancake lens. It is designed as an all-rounder and that means that compromises have been made. And yet, one can get close to the object and even at its widest aperture will achieve good focus. This image has been slightly cropped though. Dandelions in spring.
This, too, is the Portland Head Lighthouse, with the Ram Island Ledge Light located in its shadows.
Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse located in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a headland at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. Completed in 1791, it is the oldest lighthouse in Maine. The light station is automated, and the tower, beacon, and foghorn are maintained by the United States Coast Guard, while the former lighthouse keeper's house is a maritime museum within Fort Williams Park.
Hope you all enjoy!
Portland Head Light
Portland Harbor
Casco Bay
Portland
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
100925
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PS: to +/- achieve the desired abstractions for a subject i usually choose the camera and (expired) film of batches i somehow know what to expect from. But i have to confess, that i have know idea what happened here. ^.^
[Agfa Iso Rapid I with reversed lens / ORWO NP 22 / Adonal stand dev. / February 2017]
Alongside the similarly fated Hawker Sea Fury, both at the very pinnacle of piston-engined naval fighter aircraft, the Bearcat arrived in early 1945, just too late to see active service in WW2.
It was rapidly superseded by the new jet aircraft then starting to appear.
The Bearcat was significantly smaller and lighter than the Hellcat it was intended to replace, but used the same engine, and coupled with some advanced fabrication techniques, could achieve speeds in excess of 450mph.
Around 1200 were built, and numerous examples survive today, popular for air racing events.
I have always found this a difficult aircraft to get usable pictures of; so much so, I almost didn't bother shooting when it was the last display item at Duxford recently. But, I couldn't resist a few clicks, and am pleasantly surprised at this outcome.
Physalis alkekengi or Chinese Lanterns
Chinese Lantern will produce ornamental, lantern shaped blooms, that hang from slender stems. They resemble the traditional, paper Chinese Lantern in Chinese culture. The lanterns come in a deep orange coloring and are often used in dried bouquets and floral arrangements. They are perfect for arts and crafts as well. Chinese Lantern plants will grow to a mature height of roughly 24 inches tall.
Chinese Lantern is grown as a perennial flowering plant. Perennials will achieve a deep root system in its initial year of growth. The plants will then wilt on the surface, only to later return the following Spring season. On its second year of growth, the plants will produce blooms throughout the warm months of late Spring and summer. Seeds can be collected from the dried pods and additional plants can be established for years to come.
From a trip along the NE coast of Scotland yesterday; starting with a return to Crovie, the plan was to make it around the coast to Dunnottar Castle near Stonehaven for the sunset. On a day badly affected by rain some of it torrential, I didn't hold much hope of achieving anything at Dunnottar. In fact I very nearly didn't stay long enough as it had been raining persistently for a couple of hours as dusk set in. But as I approached the last couple of miles the rain ceased and was rewarded with some subtle sunset/twilight colour in an otherwise dramatic sky.
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To achieve this image I first took a photograph of raindrops on a gold 'wrapped' car.
I then created the diamond effects in post processing.
I then overlaid a photograph of a fern overhanging a waterfall which I had 'coloured' gold.
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Nelly Moseris easily grown in fertile, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Clematis generally prefer full sun. This cultivar has better shade tolerance than most, however, and flower color may actually hold up better in part shade. Roots should be kept cool (shade with annuals or perennials and/or use a 2" mulch) and uniformly moist. Intolerant of heavy clay soils. No pruning is required, however, a light pruning in early spring before new growth appears is advisable. Profuse, showy, eight-sepaled, 6-8" diameter, pale mauve pink flowers (sepals have reddish pink center stripes) with purplish brown anthers cover this vine in summer. Bloom on this cultivar comes primarily from the previous year's stems in late spring, but also occurs in a second flush later in the summer on the new (current year's) growth. Flowers give way to attractive seed heads. This clematis can be trained to climb a wall, trellis, fence, arbor, porch or lamppost. Can also be planted to sprawl over and through large shrubs or over old tree stumps. Provides height and good architectural framework for small gardens. An excellent vine for long-lasting, often spectacular, summer bloom.
Height: 6.00 to 10.00 feet
Spread: 6.00 to 10.00 feet
Bloom Time: May to June
Bloom Description: Pale pink with carmine midstripe
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Flower: Showy
Tolerate: Deer, Black Walnut
CP 7018 and UP 6310 guide Canadian Pacific train 286 South passed all the Milwaukee artifacts at Rondout Tower. Two heritage units from different era's.
Rondout, IL
2020.08.15
I have been carrying this vintage tin of expensive perfume and body powder. It’s quite old, if anyone has any idea of how old it is please let me know. Info: Richard Alexander Hudnut (June 2, 1855 – October 30, 1928)[1] was an American businessman recognized as the first American to achieve international success in cosmetics manufacturing.[2] The company once maintained separate US and European headquarters on Fifth Avenue in New York City and on the Rue de la Paix in Paris, respectively.
Richard Hudnut
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Born
June 2, 1855
Died
October 30, 1928 (aged 73)
Juan-les-Pins, France
Occupation
Cosmetologist, perfumer, pharmacist
Known for
Cosmetics and perfumes
Spouse(s)
Evelyn Isabell Beals
Winifred Kimball
Although his fortune had been built around cosmetics and beauty products, he preferred to be known as a "perfumer".
My style is definitely schizophrenic; it does change from day to day a lot. It depends on my mood: sometimes I'll be going through a girly, childlike stage and wear a pretty lace dress with a bow in my hair. Then sometimes I'll be moody and just wear black.
-Amber Le Bon
If you believe Elo wasnt coming back ! well see the little ears =P well that time wanted a portrait of her moody... and it wasnt that easy.. I hope so I achieve it!
Hugs lady and see you soon !
The bridge was designed by Chris Wilkinson of the architectural practice of Wilkinson Eyre. They describe the Arch as follows: "The design achieves visual complexity from geometric simplicity. The 25m high arch is parabolic in form, its trapezoidal section tapering in opposite directions in both plan and elevation. Two sets of cable stays are arranged to interlock and overlap, fanning out in opposite directions to create a set of planes which twist and change as the driver passes below."
The construction of the bridge formed part of the regeneration of the Hulme district of Manchester, both by re-establishing the former route of Stretford Road, which had been cut into two halves by the construction of Princess Road in 1969, and by providing a local landmark. It was opened on 10 May 1997 by Alex Ferguson.
Die hier gezeigte Fotografie ermöglicht es dem Betrachter das Motiv in einer extrem hohen Detailgenauigkeit zu sehen und zu studieren.
Feinste Strukturen und Formen werden von mir mit professioneller Fototechnik visualisiert, da es mir auf höchstmögliche Auflösungsqualität und Schärfe ankommt.
Zum Einsatz kommt das "Fokus-Bracketing-Verfahren" (meist 50 - 100 Aufnahmen pro Motiv) um die hohe Tiefenschärfe zu erreichen.
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The photograph shown here allows the viewer to see and study the subject in extremely high detail.
I use professional photographic techniques to visualise the finest structures and shapes, as I am committed to achieving the highest possible resolution and sharpness.
I use the ‘focus bracketing method’ (usually 50 - 100 shots per subject) to achieve high depth of field.
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THE PAINTING THAT REMAINED UNFINISHED!
A Painted Stork with its prey - Chennai, India.
Revisited.
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This Brown Pelican was seen at Malibu Lagoon State Beach. It took a while to achieve take-off, but it was worth it.
Achieving the first draft of the human genome took more than a decade. Currently, your genome can be read in just one day.
What is it useful for us? Well, among other things, it allows us to study which genes develop cancer or rare diseases and look for specific therapies. Assess how a therapy will go, that is, individualize the treatments. Also non-invasive prenatal studies. Like everything, it will have other less ethical applications, but that is the struggle of human beings in the face of advances: Achieving a balance with nature with them.
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After L134 passed we'd achieved our goal but a quick check revealed there was another train not too far off so we hung around for it, our 7th here at Doswell and 17th of a fabuloud day, before heading down to Richmond town for some fabulous food and adult beverages. Amtrak regional train 95 from Boston to Norfolk slams south over the Buckingham Branch diamonds on Main 3 of CSXT's RF&P Sub at about MP CFP21.7. The train is framed between HN tower at right which was built in 1929 and has been closed since 1958 and the passenger station at left built in 1927 and now home to BB offices.
To learn much more about this photogenic and historic junction and see some older photos here are three sites worthy of a look:
www.thedieselshop.us/Doswell.HTML#:~:text=In
www.piedmontsub.com/Doswell.shtml
railfanguides.us/va/doswell/index.htm
Unincorporated Doswell
Hanover County, Virginia
Friday March 31, 2023
This scene enticed me with the hues in the water, and I recall thinking, "What would Claude do? "
Processing this image challenged me like very few I have done so far.
With so much detail in the environment, It would have been more uncomplicated if something came between the subject and the background, like fog! There was just a whiff of it here. With the Spanish moss that draped over the subject like a bridal veil and matching details in the background, it was hard to achieve separation. I took this photo with the aperture wide open to create that separation. But that was not enough. This photograph might be a complete dud when it comes to being appreciated by most people, but I got off that wagon a long time ago. I do this for myself first, and in the process, if others enjoy it, I gain the most fulfillment.
When are we going to realize that hate, intolerance, greed and superiority only harm our society. The only way forward to achieve peace is to come together, discuss our differences, try and understand one another and work towards mutual solutions. We are all human beings and none of us are better than the other. It is time to realize that we are all an important part of the whole and therefore it is our duty to our children to work together with respect and compassion.
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First, my apologies for posting so infrequently lately. Everything is fine, I've just been a little busy and haven't had as much time to devote here as I would like to. Hopefully I can get more consistent again soon.
I didn't take many portraits of Scotch after his surgery in large part because I wanted him to just concentrate on getting better and was a bit stressed out from the whole ordeal. After 17 total trips to the vet and surgery facility in 2016, he's off to a great start here in 2017 at least. He's been healthy, going on multiple long walks a day and is generally just a really happy 13 year old. This portrait comes from the same shoot as my previous Scotch post and I was mostly very pleased with all the results. I picked an evening where he was both calm and alert and didn't have to rely on him napping or sleeping like the previous year. With a handful of tiny treats, I was able to move him around where I wanted. He may be deaf but he still knows a few hand symbols we've used since he was a puppy. He'll still go to where I point, will still sit when I hold up a fist and will lie down when I lower that fist.
For this capture, I held a treat by my face and let him stare away for a few shots before I threw it to him. All dogs look differently when they want a treat or food--my Rottweiler would stare at and inch closer to the food while drooling or snatch it when he thought he had an opening and my old miniature pinscher would growl and bark at me (he was a monster)--but Scotch either figured out my weakness when he was young or simply lucked out. What he does when I'm eating my own food or holding a treat is stare me right in the eyes--this is a dog who hates eye contact--and just look at me like this while I eat, never shifting his gaze to the food. it's impossible to ignore and say no to...and I rarely do. It's so effective, in fact, that I'l typically push aside on my plate the last bite and give it to him so he won't look sad when I put my fork down on an empty plate.
This was also the first time I got to test out my new manfrotto tripod and vanguard pistol grip head. The tripod was a christmas gift to myself and finally gave me a lightweight, sturdy and portable option. It also allows me to get the camera extremely low to the ground like my old vanguard Alta Pro 163AT which is what I've used for the majority of the photographs I've posted here. The head is a vanguard GH-300t which has a built in shutter release if I want an extra hand verses holding a wireless remote. Oddly, my old set up was a vanguard tripod with a manfrotto pistol grip but this new setup seems much better to me. Like the previous post, Scotch is up on a chaise in my brother's office with a black foam board behind him to create the background and let me use a quicker shutter speed. While previous portraits have been favorites as I learned to photograph him and figure out how to achieve the look I wanted, I think these last two have been my favorites overall. These shots have more detail and better poses and the remote shutter on the pistol grip worked surprisingly well and sped up the time needed between the focusing, arrangement and setup of each shot.
Again, sorry for the infrequent posts and I hope everyone is having a great weekend :)
SCOTCH
Age 13
Hollywood, California
January 18th, 2017
SETTINGS
40mm
ISO 400
f/5
1/13th second
SETUP
legs: Manfrotto 190cx pro4
head: Vanguard GH300-T
lighting: EcoGear FX pro LED flashlight with diffuser
compact LED flashlight offset on either side of his face.
black foam board backdrop
At a beautiful night with cold, clear air, I could take this shots with the starry sky over the mountain landscape covered deep with snow. I used the Distagon 2,8/15 mm at theNikon D800E on the tripod.
This scenery is a stitched image made from 10 single shots which are difficult to bring together in photoshop. Here the automatic photomerge was used and I had to make a bigger crop after stitching. After several attempts this is the second one of that scenery that I find pleasing. I had to give up the idea to get a panorama that covers nearly the whole area covered by the single shots, I guess due to the very wide angle of the 15 mm Distagon this is hard to achieve.
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Southwold is a small town on the North Sea coast, in the Waveney district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located on the North Sea coast at the mouth of the River Blyth within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town is around 11 miles (18 km) south of Lowestoft, 29 miles (47 km) north-east of Ipswich and 97 miles (156 km) north-east of London. It is within the parliamentary constituency of Suffolk Coastal. Southwold was mentioned in Domesday Book (1086) as a fishing port, and after the "capricious River Blyth withdrew from Dunwich in 1328, bringing trade to Southwold in the 15th century", it received its town charter from Henry VII in 1489. Over the following centuries, however, a shingle bar built up across the harbour mouth, preventing the town from becoming a major Early Modern port: "The shingle at Southwold Harbour, the mouth of the Blyth, is ever shifting," William Whittaker observed in 1887. Southwold was the home of a number of Puritan emigrants to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630s, notably a party of 18 assembled under Rev. Young, which travelled in the Mary Ann in 1637. Richard Ibrook, born in Southwold and a former bailiff of the town, emigrated to Hingham, Massachusetts, along with Rev. Peter Hobart, son of Edmund Hobart of Hingham, Norfolk. Rev. Hobart had been an assistant vicar of St Edmund's Church, Southwold after graduating from Magdalene College, Cambridge. Hobart married in America Rebecca Ibrook, daughter of his fellow Puritan Richard Ibrook. The migrants to Hingham were led by Robert Peck, vicar of St Andrew's Church in Hingham and a native of Beccles. In 1659 a fire devastated most of the town and damaged St Edmund's Church, whose original structure dated from the 12th century. The fire created a number of open spaces within the town which were never rebuilt. Today this "series of varied and very delightful village greens" and the restriction of expansion because of the surrounding marshes, have preserved its genteel appearance. On the green just above the beach, descriptively named Gun Hill, the six 18-pounder cannon commemorate the Battle of Sole Bay, fought in 1672 between English and French fleets on one side and the Dutch (under Michiel de Ruyter) on the other. The battle was bloody but indecisive and many bodies were washed ashore. Southwold Museum has a collection of mementos of the event. It has occasionally been said that these cannon were captured from the Scots at Culloden and given to the town by the Duke of Cumberland, who had landed at Southwold in October 1745 having been recalled from Europe to deal with the Jacobite threat, but they are much larger than those used by Charles Edward Stuart's army in that campaign. During World War I, it was widely thought that these cannon were one reason why this part of the coast was bombarded by the German Fleet as a "fortified coast". In World War II the cannon were prudently removed, reputedly buried for safety, and returned to their former position after hostilities. Southwold lighthouse was commissioned in 1890 and automated and electrified in 1938. It stands as a prominent landmark in the centre of the town and is a Grade II listed building. It is 31 metres (102 ft) metres tall, standing 37 metres (121 ft) metres above sea level. It is built of brick and painted white and has 113 steps around a spiral staircase. The lighthouse replaced three local lighthouses that were under serious threat from coastal erosion. It suffered a fire in its original oil fired lamp just six days after commissioning but survived and today operates a rotating 150 watt lamp with a range of 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi). Guided visits are run by the Southwold Millennium Foundation. Adnams Brewery was established in the town by George and Ernest Adnams in 1872 with the purchase of the Sole Bay Brewery which had been established in 1818. In 1890 the brewery was re-built on its current site in the centre of the town. The brewery is the town's largest employer and has been modernised and expanded in recent years with the development of an energy efficient brewery, a new distribution centre on the outskirts of the town and a distillery. In 2011 it received the Good Pub Guide Brewery of the Year Award. Southwold Pier was built in 1900 and at 247 metres (810 ft) it was long enough to accommodate the Belle steamers which carried trippers along the coast at that time. In World War II, it was weakened by two breaches, and in 1955 a large section was destroyed by a gale. The pier was entirely rebuilt and restored in 2001 and is now about 190 metres (620 ft) long. Whilst many English seaside piers are in decline, Southwold Pier is enjoying renewed popularity, helped by a collection of modern coin-operated novelty machines made by Tim Hunkin and the occasional berth of paddle steamers such as PS Waverley and the MV Balmoral. A model boat pond adjacent to the pier is used for the Southwold Model Yacht regattas that have been held since the late Victorian period. Some of the boats entered are up to 80 years old and include replicas of beach yawls. Regattas are usually held in the spring and summer with the largest, the annual regatta, held at the end of the summer season.
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For the people who were wondering, why I wasn't taking pictures anymore...
I was very busy in the last 3 months with the writing of my phD-Thesis.
Today I finally submitted it!
Now I have to prepare my disputation...
and in 6 weeks from now it will be the end :) !