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Come now, don't be shy. A little poke at something never hurt anyone. Be brave, my friend. Be brave.
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Not even a build, just a scrap with some bley and a rubber band. If I don't upload soon, it's probably because I'm working away at my section of the F:NV Vault 3 collab. Alright?
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Well gents, I bid you farewell. Be brave.
-TLA
Okay ... so it appears the adapted Helios 44-2 works really really really well with sparkling water in the background!
This is a shot of the River Mardle in Buckfastleigh ... I've pumped up the colour and contrast ... but the image hasn't been photoshopped at all ... this is how it looks through the lens!
Quite dreamlike ... still not sure of the practical uses for the lens ... but hey ho!
Adapting a popular song from the 1970s I often find myself singing 'sometimes I want to be a woman' I do also sing the actual line 'sometimes it's hard to be a woman' too as I can relate to both sentiments. I frequently segue into the chorus line of 'stand by your man' unconsciously then a sudden awareness of what I just sang brings me to a halt! Realisation I'm not a woman crashes in and I feel a mix of regret, sadness and fear yet at the same time I feel contentment, delight and real joy.
My relationship with my transvestism is something that fascinates me greatly and is something I really enjoy analysing and on rare occasions get to discuss, I am completely fascinated by my transgender feelings. I do often question my motives as being a transvestite brings with it a lot of emotions and satisfaction, indeed a sense of fulfilment yet it also carries for me doubt and guilt and confusion.
One of the things that causes me fear is the sheer joy I experience when I dress up as a woman, I absolutely love it and find part of me willing to assume the persona of a female with great eagerness. I really want it and to completely cross the gender line and no longer be a man. That part of me is something I feel I fight and suppress as I have fears of what it may set free. The big fear is it may well destroy my actual life with my wife, family, colleagues and work.
For me to appear, or more accurately attempt to appear as a woman is a heady powerful emotional desire that I will openly admit I am drawn to. I simply adore dressing up as a woman and trying to pass myself off as a female. Surely this is not what a man should be doing? Well, that's what society may tell us yet I live as a man and love to be a woman.
There are for me undoubted thrills that accompany the initial cross-dressing such as I may on occasion become sexually aroused by the act of transforming myself into the opposite gender. There is of course the thrill of performance and creating an illusion, in fact the act of attempting female impersonation (albeit not on stage or for theatrical entertainment) gives me a real buzz despite the fact it I only ever cross-dress in private.
I am keen to pass as a woman and to act the role convincingly. As I love female impersonation and acting I constantly challenge myself to try and become the woman I am appearing as and not let any of the man be evident. As a consequence I try to think myself into believing I am female. To try and feel and act more realistically female I create back stories for my female alter-ego and really try to become her as I find the challenge something that is incredibly adventurous.
Sometimes I almost pass out with fear when I act like I find men attractive or talk about my (imaginary) ex husband and boyfriends. The man in me is repelled by this yet the woman I am attempting to portray feels at home. I do try to get over my male fears as I do dream of one day passing convincingly in every way as a woman. I kind of believe if I want to appear realistically to be female then I need to become female in my thinking and interaction.
I have found, despite my male fears, I do feel more like a female by thinking of the camera as my boyfriend and trying to act a bit flirty. Somehow it adds an extra element of femininity to the vibe and hopefully to the photos.
I rationalise this by telling myself I am supposed to be a woman when I have gone to all of the effort to become Helene so I need to switch over into being her. My body is shaved, my genitals are tucked, I have false breasts, my face is painted in make-up, I'm wearing a wig with a female hair style and I'm wearing knickers and bra and a dress and high heels with painted nails...I am trying to look like a woman so I really should try and make the whole ensemble come together and try and fulfil those efforts in a way that makes the illusion feel convincing and real to those who see her. I want my alter-ego to pass as a woman in every way, it's an ambition I harbour as a transvestite.
My vanity, indeed I'm sure more my ego, would love to one day experience being taken out for dinner as Helene by a man. As a transvestite trying to pass as a woman that surely has to be rewarding? To be wined and dined and treated as a lady and spend the evening as a woman being admired by men is the ultimate in passing. It has nothing to do with sex, it is all to do with an inner dream of being able to pass convincingly as a female.
I feel more at ease talking abut such scenarios now as I know my own sexuality and I know I would have enjoyed working as a female impersonator and acting as a convincing looking transvestite in films when I was younger. I enjoy those films when a woman is revealed to be a man and every body is surprised as they never saw it coming. The same with female impersonation, I am in awe of men who look, sound and can behave like women yet the audience know that she is in fact a man performing as a woman. I have been ridiculed, indeed at times humiliated in the past for expressing these personal views and ambitions but as I get older I now think why not be honest about my own motivations and issues related to why I engage in transvestism.
In this photo from early June I was totally getting into being a woman and would happily have posed with a man on my arm to sell the illusion I was female. I enjoyed wearing this outfit and if I am honest felt very much at home appearing like this. The intensity of the moment was quite something to cope with, I wanted nothing more than to remain female forever. However, about four hours after this photo was taken I returned to being a man and was quite happy to do so. I think the knowledge I desire to dress up and look female and act as if I am female is something I get a buzz from. The fact I rarely get to cross-dress is probably what I find attractive about being a transvestite. If I was a woman full time I would not likely get the rewards I have emotionally and physically that I get from the occasional cross-dressing experiences. Yet, I feel there is a part of me that wishes I was female.
To be a cross-dresser is quite a mixed bag of emotions and motivations, nothing is that clear cut and I confess I rather like this often confusing exciting and worrying mix that goes on within me. I am addicted to it, I really am.
Photo captured with Sony a7II & Meyer-Optik Görlitz Diaplan 100mm f2.8 projector lens + 3D-printed M42 - adapter sleeve + M42 - NEX helicoid adapter
The past may be gone, but that's no reason to leave it behind! The Adaptive Architects is a new custom Modular Building based around the idea of adaptive reuse- taking an older building that would be demolished, and modernizing and adapting its structure without losing the charm of the past.
In this MOC, you can greet clients in the lobby and show them the models of past projects, or just lounge in the stylish lobby. Meanwhile, the architects are hard at work upstairs, using modern CAD software and familiar drafting boards to design the latest and greatest spaces in Lego City! The boss gets her own annex in the added loft, so you can enjoy the view while presenting your newest building to her!
The Adaptive Architects is a 32 x 32 modular building consisting of 2,672 parts. Instructions can be purchased here: www.ebay.com/itm/134097378510
Example of using a well corrected and relatively inexpensive "old school" enlarger lens for closeup/macro. One minor drawback is that focusing is usually attained by the photographer moving back and forth. Fortunately, there are cameras/adapters which can allow focusing in a more conventional manner. 50mm, 2.8, EL Nikkor on Canon 6D via extension tube.
"The Dietrichstein Palace is an impressive three-story corner building in Olomouc on Horní náměstí opposite the astronomical clock. The reconstruction of two burgher houses from 1450 and their connection with neighboring buildings created a large three-winged palace. The facade with the main entrance faces Opletalova Street, the shorter wing faces the church of St. Moritz. It is a representative residence located in the compact development of the historic center of the city, a protected cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
In the Middle Ages, there were three Gothic houses on the site, the rear of which adjoined the cemetery at St. Moritz Church. The reconstruction was probably started in the second half of the 16th century, when the house on the square was owned by the wealthy cloth merchant Joachim Jeppner. After the Battle of White Mountain, the house came into the possession of František of Ditrichštejn as a confiscation. It remained in the possession of the family from 1624 to 1802. In 1630–1631, a palace with a two-wing layout and a covered corridor to the choir in the St. Moritz Church was built on the site of two older buildings. František of Ditrichštejn entered the newly acquired house into the land registers. According to records from the city archive from 1653, he was exempted from paying city taxes by the grace of the emperor. During the siege of Olomouc in 1644, the house was damaged by artillery fire, and then underwent extensive repairs. In 1683, the Polish king Jan Sobieski was allegedly accommodated in the palace on his way to Vienna. Later, the ground floor of the house was used for commercial purposes, there was a pharmacy (1730) and a café (until the mid-19th century), and the other rooms were apartments. After the catastrophic fire in the city in 1709, the rear part of the palace was significantly damaged, and only necessary repairs were carried out in the following years. Archival documents from 1775 testify to the poor condition of the building. In connection with the abolition of the cemetery at the church of St. Moritz and the demolition of the surrounding wall, it was decided in 1788 to carry out a more thorough renovation of the palace. The master mason Jindřich Zeitler from Olomouc, working on the Ditrichštejn estate in nearby Lipník nad Bečvou, was commissioned to carry out the work.
An extensive extension was carried out in 1877–1879, when the house was owned by the couple Emilie and Eduard May. According to a design by Gustav Wiedermann, a section towards the church was added to the original core and the facade towards Opletalova Street was unified. The restaurant business (Schwechatská pivnice) was concentrated in the rear part of the house. In the next stage, in 1890, the facade in the historical part towards the square was modified.
The palace was owned by the city of Olomouc. In the 20th century, the ground floor was newly adapted for commercial and restaurant purposes, while the upper floors housed residential units and a fine art gallery. In 2011, the building was sold to a private owner.
Under the building facing the square is a preserved Gothic stone cellar, followed by a Renaissance cellar, both are vaulted with a barrel vault. On the ground floor, the ceilings with a barrel vault with lunettes, sectors and stucco targets at the top of the vaults have been preserved. On the first floor there are stucco and painted beam ceilings, the other floors are flat ceilings. The facade facing the square is seven-axis, on the ground floor six-axis with triple windows on the left side. The windows on the two lower floors are rectangular, on the third floor they have semicircular arches. The facade facing Opletalova Street is nine-axis with a three-axis central projection, highlighted by balconies on the first and second floors. The neo-Renaissance facade of the house is divided by cordon cornices, above the windows on the 1st floor there are semicircular Empire pediments, on the 2nd floor there are Renaissance ones. The northeast corner is decorated with a cylindrical bay window with a peaked dome and a turret, supported on the ground floor by four giants. The rear wings towards the church of St. Moritz are decorated in the classicist style.
Olomouc (UK: /ˈɒləmoʊts/, US: /ˈoʊloʊ-/, Czech: [ˈolomouts]; locally Holomóc or Olomóc; German: Olmütz; Polish: Ołomuniec [ɔwɔˈmuɲɛts]; Hungarian: Alamóc; Latin: Olomucium or Iuliomontium) is a city in Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic. Located on the Morava River, the city is the ecclesiastical metropolis and was a historical capital city of Moravia, before having been sacked by the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War. Today, it is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region and the sixth largest city in the Czech Republic. The city has about 100,000 residents, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 480,000 people." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
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Default state of Onua's adaptive armor. I have a few extra forms that I will upload after I finish uploading all of the toa; including underwater, underground, space, and possibly more.
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A quick run to my parents' place this weekend meant there was an opportunity for a short photo break, and that was exactly what I did, this time with more bokeh added, and with lenses, I haven't used in quite some time, or never before, even.
Taken with Panasonic GX7 digital mirrorless camera and adapted smc Pentax-M 135mm F3.5 manual telephoto lens on no-name K-m43 adapter. Wide-open aperture, at minimal focusing distance to have as much bokeh as possible. Not bad!
Foregrounding Métis history and aesthetic practices, this painting includes around150,000 to 250,000 bead-like dots and blends Belcourt’s knowledge of beadwork traditions with her expertise in medicinal plants. Various plants are represented, as well as insects, raindrops, dew and birds. The patterns have been adapted from nature, with several inspired by traditional Métis floral beadwork. A visual ode to water, the work recognizes the life that water brings to everything and everyone.
Godstow and Wolvercote feature heavily in the Philip Pullman Dust Trilogy. With Pullman adapting history to his book's timelines.
Lyra Belacqua (Silvertongue) was born in Godstow Abbey, not a ruin at the start of the book.
Malcolm grew up at the nearby Trout, which borders on both the bridge across the Thames and Port Meadow, which is sequested by the Magisterium, unlike the real thing which was sequested by the Ministry Of War during WW1
Godstow Abbey
Bushmaster/Remmington ACR, also known as the Magpul Masada. Re-painted it over the shiny-sealent, and gave it a matte finish. I'm thinking about doing a black and Olive green camouflage scheme.
EDIT: Seeing as my old M200 got lost, I will probably construct another.
This one I dedicate to, Rafael Rodriguez-Vargas. A good photographer is the one that use photography as his artistic media and never dither from his vision. This is my description of Rafael. (Spanish: Esta se la dedico a Rafael Rodriguez-Vargas, Un buen fotógrafo es el que usa la fotografía como su medio artístico, y nunca titubea en su visión, este es Rafael). Technical Info: Canon 40D, Canon EF 20-35mm @35mm, f/11, 1/30, ISO: 100, Mode: Aperture Priority, Manual Focus, WB: Auto, Support: handheld , File: 83-131201EOS 40D2134. Process: Edit in Lightroom 5 for color and contrast, then converted in black and with using Topaz Labs BW Effects. Use a lot of adaptive exposure to increase details in all areas of image. Location: Lake Eola Park, Orlando, Florida.
"The desert elephants of the Northern Namib Desert in Namibia’s Kunene Region live in an extremely arid environment of less than 150mm of annual rainfall and periodic drought. They are one of only two populations of “desert” elephants in the world (the other is in Mali, North Africa). They are not a unique species or subspecies of elephant but an "ecotype": a population unique in that it has adapted to this extreme environment through learned behaviors, rather than genetic adaptions." (desertelephantconservation.org)
El Museo Evaristo Valle, constituído en 1981 como Fundación Cultural en Gijón, es un antiguo palacete de finales de siglo XIX, reformado en 1942 y adaptado posteriormente a los nuevos fines.El museo, en un marco incomparable y cargado de melancolía, está en perfecta sintonía tanto con la obra y la personalidad de Evaristo Valle.
Al fondo se ve la torre de la Universidad Laboral .Construida entre 1946 y 1956, es la obra arquitectónica más importante realizada en en el siglo XX en Asturias y es considerada, con sus 270 000 m², el edificio más grande de España.
Nothing special photographically, but this is the first dragon fly I've seen in our area in many years, hope that's a good omen. Olympus 135mm, 3.5 Zuiko lens on Canon SL1 via Fotodiox Pro adapter.
Two things in particular that struck us about this tiny walled
village of fewer than 150 inhabitants, one, the absence of nasty thick black cables (buried during restoration) and two, the number of cats wandering around.
My comments
Mirambel’s treasures seem to be hidden behind the walls that surround the town and which still conserves its medieval gates. The most significant, The Gate of the Nuns, with its attractive lattice windows and attached turret, probably makes the most popular photo of the town.
Mirambel is located at an altitude of 900 meters and surrounded by a mountainous environment where you can breathe tranquility. Strolling through its cobbled streets is like visiting an open-air museum. Few towns in Spain have managed to preserve their essence and charm like Mirambel. Mirambel looks like a town frozen in time and maintains its charm and tranquility almost unchanged. If we add to this an interesting heritage, it is not surprising that Mirambel has been declared a Historic-Artistic Site and is considered one of the most beautiful towns in Spain.
Adapted from eldiscretoencantodeviajar.com
Various sources.
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NSFW – Not Safe For Work.
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Outside the US, she performed the song at Germany on Wetten Dass and on the Bambi Awards.
1.) www.flickr.com/photos/mileyofficial/
2.) www.flickr.com/photos/96502833@N08/
Wrecking Ball (engl. für Abriss-Birne, Abrissbirne)
effiart 2013 - art & expression
effi-adapted - under construction -
Miley Cyrus - naked - riding a wrecking ball. The Evil, the wrecking ball, is tamed by femininity.
" Take Care of YOUR Own" - "Beschütze Dich selbst!"
Miley Cyrus reitet nackt eine Abrissbirne. Das Böse , die Abrissbirne, wird durch Weiblichkeit gezähmt.
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Deutsche Seite: www.ampya.com/news/Aktuell/Videopremiere-Miley-Cyrus-nack...
Miley Cyrus' Image-Transformation von der keuschen Hannah Montana zum lasziven Vamp ist wohl spätestens mit dem Video zur Single "Wrecking Ball", in dem sie nackt auf einer Abrissbirne schaukelt, vollständig abgeschlossen.
Verantwortlich für die freizügigen Bilder ist Starfotograf Terry Richardson, der normalerweise Models für Magazine wie Vouge, Vice und GQ in Szene setzt und auch schon Kampagnen für Modemarken wie Levi's, Sisley und Gucci bebildert hat.
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Miley Cyrus wurde am 23. November 1992 als Tochter von Countrysänger Billy Ray Cyrus in Nashville, Tennessee geboren. Mileys Patentante ist Country-Sängerin Dolly Parton.
Ihre Eltern gaben ihr den Namen Destiny Hope, doch schon früh erhielt sie den Spitznamen Smiley, weil sie schon als Baby viel lachte. Daraus ergab sich später die Kurzform Miley, die sie bis heute als ihren Namen verwendet.
Ihren ersten Auftritt als Schauspielerin hatte Cyrus in der US TV-Serie "Doc", in der ihr Vater die Hauptrolle spielte. Im Alter von 11 Jahren folgte schließlich das Casting für "Hannah Montana".
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She wears a pair of Dr. Martens 1490 Boots in Cherry Red Smooth - the rest of the outfit invisible !
the only thing she’s wearing - a big “Wrecking Ball”
The 20-year-old pop singer has been tweeting a countdown to the release and riding a wave of publicity since her controversial performance at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Aug. 25.
memorable moments - Miley Cyrus' "dirty" (sexy) dancing with Robin Thicke
Kaum ist der skandalträchtige Auftritt bei den MTV Video Music Awards ein wenig in Vergessenheit geraten, erscheint Miley Cyrus bereits mit etwas Neuem auf der Bildfläche: Die 20-jährige US-Amerikanerin veröffentlicht die zweite Single "Wrecking Ball" aus ihrem Album Bangerz, das am 4. Oktober erschien.
( four years before:
Dirty Dancer - 16 Years old -
Though viewers were shocked when Cyrus, then 16, swirled around a pole during a performance of "Party in the USA" at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, her dad Billy Ray didn't see what the fuss was over.
"You know what? I just think that Miley loves entertaining people," he explained.)
Hot on the heels of her controversial VMAs performance, Miley Cyrus has released the music video for her latest single, ‘Wrecking Ball’.
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Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball (Official Video)
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" Take Care of YOUR Own"
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I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck me
Yeah, you wreck me
Miley Cyrus
Inhalt Beziehungen
Annäherung und Ablehnung, Nähe und Zerstörung, Flucht und spätes Schuldeingeständnis
playlist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dioBYN96E3g
Ich kam hinein wie eine Abrissbirne
Ich war nie so sehr verliebt
Alles was ich wollte war deine Wände brechen
Alles was du jemals machtest war mich vernichten
Ja, du vernichtest mich.
Wrecking Me !
Alles, was du jemals machtest war mich vernichten
Ja, du vernichtest mich
Verzeihung:
Ich hatte nie vor, einen Krieg zu beginnen
Ich wollte nur, dass du mich hineinlässt
Ich denke, ich hätte dich besser hineingelassen
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And instead of using force
I guess I should’ve let you in
I never meant to start a war
, Cyrus' confirmed that the couple had called off their engagement after more than three years together with Liam Hemsworth.
[HD] Miley Cyrus - GETITRIGHT Jingle Ball 2013
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Miley Cyrus - Summertime Sadness Jingle Ball Madison Square
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The Evolution Of Miley Cyrus
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"Wrecking Ball" is a song performed by American recording artist Miley Cyrus for her fourth studio album Bangerz (2013).
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Als zweite Single des Albums wurde Wrecking Ball am 25. August 2013 veröffentlicht. Sie erreichte Platz 1 in mehreren Ländern wie den USA, Kanada und Großbritannien