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We discovered this old, abandoned farm near here recently. Two men were standing in the driveway and we asked if we could take some pictures. With their OK, we started working our way back through the property. Back behind the empty house, and the falling down barn, we found this old 40's or 50's era Chevrolet dump truck.
The truck's back tires were sunk deep into the earth while the front end was blocked up to keep it from sinking away. I was looking into the sun when I took five exposures at varying exposures that later were blended into a HDR shot in NIK HDR Efex Pro 2. Then, I ran it through NIK Color Efex Pro 4 and got it the way I wanted it to look.
About HDR shots: I like them. I like the realistic ones and the ones that are over the top. I did push this one a bit towards over the top---but I like the way it pops. HDR is a great tool for getting the exposure correct under wide dynamic range situations---like this one.
I made this image with my Pentax K5 and Pentax 18-135 lens.
Camera settings: ISO 900, aperture f/9, focal length18mm
blue dump truck
a relic from the past
out behind the barn
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer
She wanted a bit about where we live, and what we like.
I live in the UK (nnnaaahhh really? haha) and i like fabric. The selvages are from some of my favourite fabrics.
My first attempt at foundation piecing.
Block's not as wonky as it looks.
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Block Arcade is a heritage shopping arcade in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria. The arcade is L-shaped, connecting Collins Street at the south end to Elizabeth Street on the west. The 'L' shape is converted into a 'T' through the junction on the north side with Block Place, a partly covered pedestrian laneway that leads to Little Collins Street, opening opposite the Royal Arcade.
The arcade which was built between 1891 and 1893 was designed by architect David C. Askew whose brief was to produce something similar to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan. The result was one of Melbourne's most richly decorated interior spaces, replete with mosaic tiled flooring, glass canopy, wrought iron and carved stone finishings.
The Campbell Block - also known as the Cline & L'Heureux Building - is one of many historic buildings in Athens that sees ongoing occupation and use. According to some sources, the second floor of this building housed a skating rink at one point; I can only imagine the sound that would create on the first floor.
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Built with Kee Klamp fittings.
blocks for Emily...I am actually very jealous of the quilt that Emily is going to have! I am so making one of these!
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Built with Kee Klamp fittings.
My brother's tumbling blocks is coming along. We put out all the pieces onto my kitchen floor to figure out how many more he should make. He's just about half way with 165 of 375 blocks complete.
Playroom at one of the kindergaartens in Pripyat.
Named for the nearby Pripyat River, Pripyat was founded on 4 February 1970, the ninth nuclear city in the Soviet Union, for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was officially proclaimed a city in 1979, and had grown to a population of 49,360 before being evacuated a few days after the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Though Pripyat is located within the administrative district of Ivankiv Raion, the abandoned city now has a special status within the larger Kiev Oblast (province), being administered directly from Kiev. Pripyat is also supervised by Ukraine's Ministry of Emergencies, which manages activities for the entire Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Access to Pripyat, unlike cities of military importance, was not restricted before the disaster as nuclear power stations were seen by the Soviet Union as safer than other types of power plants. Nuclear power stations were presented as being an achievement of Soviet engineering, where nuclear power was harnessed for peaceful projects. The slogan "peaceful atom" (Russian: ?????? ????, mirnyj atom) was popular during those times. The original plan had been to build the plant only 25 km (16 mi) from Kiev, but the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, among other bodies, expressed concern about it being too close to the city. As a result, the power station and Pripyat were built at their current locations, about 100 km (62 mi) from Kiev. After the disaster the city of Pripyat was evacuated in two days.
A 35 man (plus guides) trip to the Ukraine exploring Chernobyl, the village, Duga 3, Pripyat and Kiev including Maidan (Independence Square) and observing the peaceful protests underway.
Some new faces, some old, made new friends and generally we were in our elements.
Rhetorical question but did we have a blast? You bet!
Amazing group, top guys. Till the next time!
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Neon Direct Dyed Diagonal Block Color : I updated Valerie’s hair color blocks / underlights with Pravana Locked-in Colors and Neons custom mixtures. Reshaped her hair with my magical Hattori Hanzo Shears.
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My first wholesale order. Three sets of ABC blocks. It was lots of work, but I'm so pleased with the end result.
Soon to be available at wonderful Quiet Hour Toys.
These were fun! I ran out of sashing strips, so one is a little small, but the other one ended up being about 12x12.
Enjoy!
Day 13 of 365 Toy Project
Bought these vintage blocks for my niece, but since she is at the stage when she will put everything in her mouth, I happily put them in my toy chest.
I love these blocks.