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Actually, he was selling newspapers, but something caught his eye and he forgot all about the job....
Actually Christmas Dinner but it was last Thursday which was still in November. However it was a lovely evening with Emma Sarah and Karen
OK...I actually found these in the supply/mail room at work in a brand new box with the cellophane still on it. It appeared to me that they were a recent addition to the cabinet since I'm in there fairly frequently. Now...to the best of my knowledge, we do not have a computer in the building that has a 3.5" floppy disc drive!! So...well, you see where I'm going with this...but the best news is that I was able to use them for a photograph!! Kinda old school but good photography material...AND, this is how I started in digital photography. A Sony Mavica and a stack of discs and you could shoot for at least a couple of hours,,,
Three bracketed photos were taken and combined with Photomatix to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS5.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
Actually this judge might be one you wouldn't mind appearing before in a courtroom - he does have a sense of humor....and a very nice car!
This is actually a radish carved to look like the power up mushroom from Super Mario Bros. I found the idea here a couple of days ago. Today I saw some radishes on the kitchen table and decided to tried it out. I added the eyes later on PP because I couldn't find a sharpie \:
Strobist info: bare YN460 at 1/64 subject left, Vivitar 285hv subject right at 1/16 difffused with a light towel.
...Amelia actually began the Annual Blythe Panties/Knickers Celebration in this way, with the sunrise. She pretended that there was a blue lake in the backyard, and she planned to jump into it from this tree. Thankfully, I intervened before she could try and dive into the blue lake. Imaginations do tend to run wild in the early mornings. Her hair does seem a bit wild and in her face, but she insisted on a wilder look for the Sunrise.
(actually just a 2x2 round tile.)
i've had this priest fig together for three years but just got around to taking a picture of it.
Actually got off my arse and bought some squared paper, makes things a hell of a lot easier. Especially when designing anything text based. Gonna be kicking out shizzle twice as fast now. still keep an eye out for the space the collection.
My copy of Offbeat Bride turned up the other day, I'm yet to actually have a read... things have been pretty busy & we haven't even started the planning yet.
Off to Maleny next weekend to look at a few possible venues... then the real planning can begin.
actually found this stove in NYC Lase's crib. Old stove don't know what year but the company is called Vulcan. ha
Actually there were two girls as indicated by the two bikes. One just happened to be hidden from view.
Ratsada Bridge, Lampang
This is Miss Miriam - she is actually a Pin-Up model in the Inland Empire area of Southern California. She can be found on Model Mayhem (Mayhem # 3447071) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/missmiriampinup).
She is also a runner. She is one of those people who can run marathons - which, to me, is AMAZING! The strength, discipline and determination it takes to accomplish something like that is just incredible! So I asked her if she would be willing to do a shoot in which we would attempt to show those qualities - not so much the running itself, but to show the character of a person who can do that.
This the second in the series - I went for a sort of "motivational poster" concept for this one.
Miriam as a model was excellent - very friendly and fun to work with :)
For these shots I went with 5 YN560iii's. It was kind of a Joel Grimes setup. Two gridded softboxes behind the model to either side, a bare flash directly behind her, a beauty dish in font of her above camera, and the last was to camera left in front of her, fired through a white shoot through umbrella (set on VERY low power).
Finished, Complete, I can't believe I have actually reached the end to be honest.
Yes that really is 364 photos (4x6) stuck on my wall with bluetack, we had to more the whole room about.
Before I rabble on a bit I would like to thank every single person who has looked, liked, favourited (is that a word), mentioned, commented on my photos, without you I would have stopped as a good comment does loads for encouragement and a bit for your self esteem also :).
Thank you everyone who has been in the photos, helped me setting up the photos and have dealt with me talking about the project for the last year (I'm sorry if I have bored you that was not the intention I promise, Maria mostly x)
So 365 Days or most of the time..1 Year.
I have been meticulously taking photographs on every day for the past 365 days, No "If's or But's" ..every single day I have set made sure that a shot was taken within that 24 hours period.
It's been fun, hard, frustrating, addictive, enjoyable, stressful, enlightening, educational, satisfying and rewarding, just to name a few.
I have tried my upmost to keep the pictures to a decent standard, as what I didn't want was half-assed photos and a boring set.
Originally I starting this project without much thought of the implications it has, which I came to realise soon after but I'm not one to give up, I started it to throw me in the deep end as although always enjoying taking photographs I had never owned a SLR, so in November of last year (16/11/2011) I purchased my very first digital SLR in the form of a Canon 600D with the standard kit lens (18-55mm).
I found myself enjoying photography more and more, day by day and this project has really taught me things I don't think I would have learned in this amount of time otherwise.
And after returning from honeymoon I ordered a 7D which is a great great piece of kit I would strongly recommend, nothing wrong with the 600D just more options. (5D MKIII next would be nice, I xmas is coming lol)
A warning to anybody with a new SLR or thinking about getting into photography -IT IS ADDICTIVE- I'm not sure which drug you can compare it to but I'm sure it's similar.
I have found myself since buying this camera itching for another piece of equipment, and subsequently spending all my "spare" cash on such things (fiance and now wife gives my evil eyes at such times).
This is not to say I wouldn't whole heartedly recommend getting a SLR and perhaps even doing a 365 project as it a great thing to do with your time if you have it.
Will I do another?
I doubt it, but you never know. I think I will focus on different projects rather than repeating a 365.
What's next?
More competitions, working on my website and services more and taking up other projects to keep me thinking.
I hope you have enjoyed my 365, I know I have!
If you haven't looked through some of my pics, then please have a lil browse and see what you think, favourite or comment and I will take a browse too :).
Cheers!
STROBIST:
Canon 580exii camera right with diffuser bouncing off ceiling at 1/1 power fired using YN622 triggers
Canon 430exii in westcott 28/medium softbox in front of camera left a 1/1 power fired using YN622 trigger
Also I am sitting on a PhotoSel pop up background
The last photo taken of Grandma and me together. (Actually there was one more a second later, but this is the better of the two.)
Taken one year ago today at my mother's former house. I wonder if I knew how much to treasure those moments. I think the answer is sort of yes. It's why I TAKE these photos. I'm always aware of the impermanence of things....
Since then Mother was diagnosed with lung cancer and had a lung removed immediately.
Things stabilized for a bit and then Grandma quickly had a turn for the worse for a few weeks and died at the end of July.
I last saw her in early March when I flew there for mother's lung surgery.
We had many years together and always kept in touch ( I thank God for cell phones !) because I called her often and always picked up when she called me, no matter where or when.
Her health really declined in the last three years (Thanksgiving 2009 was when it all started downhill.) I never took vacation days if I weren't going to see her - I figured I can travel later in life but while she was still here I needed to be with her.
I am so blessed to have known her and for so long. We had a very good time together.
She was having problems walking well and standing up straight. She didn't like having photos taken but she tolerated it. And I MADE her stand up straight up for this one. It was hard for her.
What a fabulous find to discover this image sitting in my files.
Here's to a great New Year's Eve and a wonderful 2013.
:)
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Saturday 31 December 2011
Mother's house, Carthage, Missouri
Julien: 42 years old
Dorothy: 87
The Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) of Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York – This unique sea-dwelling rabbit, which is actually a close relative of the sea lion, was officially discovered and investigated by Henry Hudson when he first visited this land to colonize the area by order of the Dutch government. It was named New Amsterdam -- today’s New York City. This island was named after he saw the beach covered with strange swimming wild rabbits. The word “Coney Island” means “wild rabbit island” in Dutch (originally Conyne Eylandt, or Konijneneiland in modern Dutch spelling). Sea rabbits were also referred mermaid rabbit, merrabbit, rabbit fish or seal rabbit in the natural history documents in the 17th century. The current conservation status, or risk of extinction, of the sea rabbit is Extinct in the Wild.
This website features two species of sea rabbits, which have been taken care of by Dr. Takeshi Yamada (山田武司) at the Coney Island Sea Rabbit Repopulation Center, which is a part of the Marine biology department of the Coney Island University in Brooklyn, New York. They are – Coney Island Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) called “Seara” and Coney Island Tiger-striped Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus konjinicus) called “Stripes”.
The photographs and videos featured in this website chronicle adventures of the Coney Island sea rabbits and the world as seen by them. This article also documented efforts of Dr. Takeshi Yamada for bringing back the nearly extinct sea rabbits to Coney Island in the City of New York and beyond. Dr. Yamada produced a series of public lectures, workshops, original public live interactive fine art performances and fine art exhibitions about sea rabbits at a variety of occasions and institutions in the City of New York and beyond. Dr. Yamada is an internationally active educator, book author, wildlife conservationist and high profile artist, who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
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Sea Rabbit
Other Common Names: Coney Island Sea Rabbit, Beach Rabbit, Seal Rabbit, mer-rabbit, merrabbit, Atlantic Sea Rabbit.
Latin Name: Monafluffchus americanus
Origin: Atlantic coast of the United States
Description of the specimen: In the early 17th century’s European fur craze drove the fleet of Dutch ships to the eastern costal area of America. Then Holland was the center of the world just like the Italy was in the previous century. New York City was once called New Amsterdam when Dutch merchants landed and established colonies. Among them, Henry Hudson is probably the most recognized individual in the history of New York City today. “This small island is inhabited by two major creatures which we do not have in our homeland. The one creature is a large arthropod made of three body segments: the frontal segment resembles a horseshoe, the middle segment resembles a spiny crab and its tail resembles a sharp sword. Although they gather beaches here in great numbers, they are not edible due to their extremely offensive odor. Another creature which is abundant here, has the head of wild rabbit. This animal of great swimming ability has frontal legs resemble the webbed feet of a duck. The bottom half of the body resembles that of a seal. This docile rabbit of the sea is easy to catch as it does not fear people. The larger male sea rabbits control harems of 20 to 25 females. The meat of the sea rabbit is very tender and tasty.” This is what Hadson wrote in his personal journal in 1609 about the horseshoe crab and the sea rabbit in today’s Coney Island area of Brooklyn, New York. Sadly, just like the Dodo bird and the Thylacine, the sea rabbit was driven to extinction by the European settlers’ greed. When Dutch merchants and traders arrived here, sea rabbits were one of the first animals they hunted down to bring their furs to homeland to satisfy the fur craze of the time. To increase the shipment volume of furs of sea rabbit and beavers from New Amsterdam, Dutch merchants also started using wampum (beads made of special clam shells) as the first official currency of this country.
At the North Eastern shores of the United States, two species of sea rabbits were commonly found. They are Coney Island Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) and Coney Island Tiger-striped Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus konjinicus). Sadly, due to their over harvesting in the previous centuries, their conservation status became “Extinct in the Wild” (ET) in the Red List Endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Currently, these sea rabbits are only found at breeding centers at selected zoos and universities such as Coney Island Aquarium and Coney Island University in Brooklyn, New York. The one shown in this photograph was named "Seara" and has been cared by Dr. Takeshi Yamada at Coney Island University.
The sea rabbit is one of the families of the Pinniped order. Pinnipeds (from Latin penna = flat and pes/pedis = foot) are sea-mammals: they are homeothermic (i.e having high and regulated inner temperature), lung-breathing (i.e dependant on atmospheric oxygen) animals having come back to semi aquatic life. As soon as they arrive ashore, females are caught by the nearest adult male. Males can maintain harems of about 20 females on average. Several hours to several days after arriving ashore, pregnant females give birth to eight to ten pups with a dark brown fur. As soon as birth occurs, the mother’s special smell and calls help her pups bond specifically to her. The mother stays ashore with her pup for about one week during which the pup gains weight. During the first week spent with her newborn, the mother becomes receptive. She will be impregnated by the bull, which control the harem. Implantation of the embryo will occur 3 months later, in March-April. During the reproductive period, the best males copulate with several tens females. To do so, males have to stay ashore without feeding in order to keep their territory and their harem. In mid-January, when the last females have been fecundated, males leave at sea to feed. Some of them will come back later in March-April for the moult. The other ones will stay at sea and will come back on Coney Island only in next November. After fecundation, the mother goes at sea for her first meal. At sea, mothers feed on clams, crabs, shrimps, fish (herring, anchovy, Pollock, capelin etc.) and squids. When she is back, the mother recovers her pups at the beach she left them. Suckling occurs after auditive and olfactory recognition had occured. In March-April, the dark brown fur is totally replaced by an adult-like light brownish grey fur during the moult that lasts 1-2 months. This new fur is composed by 2 layers. Externally, the guard fur is composed by flat hairs that recover themselves when wet. By doing so, they make a water-proof barrier for the under fur. The underfur retains air when the seal is dry. Because of isolating properties of the air, the underfur is the insulating system of the fur. In March-April, the fur of adults is partially replaced. First reproduction occurs at 1-yr old in females. Males are physiologically matures at 1 year old but socially matures at +2 years old.
NOTE: The name of Coney Island is commonly thought to be derived from the Dutch Konijn Eylandt or Rabbit Island as apparently the 17th century European settlers noted many rabbits running amuck on the island.
www.takeshiyamada.weebly.com/performances.html
www.takeshiyamada.weebly.com/sea-rabbit-center.html
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For any questions, please email contact Takeshi Yamada, Art & Rogue Taxidermy, Museum of World Wonders, official website. www.takeshiyamada.weebly.com/
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For any questions, please contact Dr. Takeshi Yamada. His email address is posted in the chapter page (the last page or the first page).
(Updated May 25, 2015)
Actually it is quite strange to me for shooting again. Perhaps my NEX-6 is repaired for so long. Maybe not the same people that shooting model with me. Let's practice more!
I actually caught this hand while playing with 5 buddies on March 16th, 2010.
I have to say I really enjoy being a flickr addict. I have 'met' some very cool people and some extremely talented photographers.
It has been so nice to see everyone grow as time goes on and how styles change.
I just hope I continue to learn more and someday be able to share what I'm learning.
Thanks All.....have a great weekend!
Taken with my Nikon D-80 and my nifty fifty with SB-600
Actually, no points given for guessing :-)
Bad wifi, tonight is the first time I actually got the wifi at hotel to work on laptop and 3G is almost worse :-I
So I've not uploaded anything of use so far. Will upload more when I do get back home. We'll leave Florida, (Orlando area) on the 4th of July
Actually perhaps it should be Naked or Skeletal..... but I couldn't find a poem of that name so you get "The Naked and the Nude" by Robert Graves
For me, the naked and the nude
(By lexicographers construed
As synonyms that should express
The same deficiency of dress
Or shelter) stand as wide apart
As love from lies, or truth from art.
Lovers without reproach will gaze
On bodies naked and ablaze;
The Hippocratic eye will see
In nakedness, anatomy;
And naked shines the Goddess when
She mounts her lion among men.
The nude are bold, the nude are sly
To hold each treasonable eye.
While draping by a showman's trick
Their dishabille in rhetoric,
They grin a mock-religious grin
Of scorn at those of naked skin.
The naked, therefore, who compete
Against the nude may know defeat;
Yet when they both together tread
The briary pastures of the dead,
By Gorgons with long whips pursued,
How naked go the sometime nude!
TRP - Titles
FGR2.0 - A leaf but not a tree
Actually, she was moving in a 'blurry' way as she was drunk. I shot this in a blurry way, because there wasn't enough light. I swear!
This is actually an old shot. (Early Fall) But after flipping through some shots, I thought it would make a fantastic ad. Tell me what you think!
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Canon T1i
50 1.4
Natty Light
actually was out fiddling with AF modes when this little guy showed up. trying to figure out which one is most effective at capturing these hummers in flight.
Actually, it does lie flat upon one cylinder -- just takes some extra shaping. A Pringles chip, as imagined by Marcel Duchamp. (Better taste than either, though I say it.)
Actually, it was spring break for these kids, having a great time at Bottomless Lakes State Park near Roswell, NM. They loved having their picture taken!
Actually she's pretty static for a dancing girl but these garlanded arches are used in some British folk dancing. My guess is that this would be a costume worn for a May day dance.
Actually, there were four of these Plymouth City Coaches, but I had just missed one. Seen here dropping off passengers for the Paignton to Dartmouth Steam Railway.
Actually it was a rally, not a march. The sign writer needs to review the rule about turning a singular word ending in "Y" to a plural. I would have liked to have the shots up closer to the time of the event, but although I develop my b and w's I don't have a scanner and so have to have that done outside.
Shot using an Olympus Om-1 on Acros 100 pushed to 400. F5.5 1/125 sec. Stand developed in Blazinal
....actually the photo is the correct way up. It is the Holly Blue butterfly (Celastrina argiolus) that is upside down!
Butterflies of Dorset # 17