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Still no multiple invitations please. I don't like to have one string of comments full of flashing awards that people have to scroll through before finding the end of the page. i prefer comments.
Day 276 - I wish I had a bigger area to fully realize this but the compromise will do.
I'll be away for a few days from tomorrow but will be taking my camera... Happy shooting everyone :-)
She will not compromise, she will persist, she will not give up until you've done what she wants.
But she's worth it.......
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Another one which is meaningless on a screen - as a compromise, head over straight away to the large version. Better yet, and I am serious about it, go for the original size to realize what you are missing out on. And a good part of that is Flickr's fault… Guess somebody was afraid of moiré…
Barentsburg, Svalbard - another shot in the swimming pool. This place has something very magical, timeless, about it…
Charten 5x7, Goerz Dagor 1:6.8 6½ inch, Fomapan 100. R09 1:40, 8 min @ 20°C.
A heron makes the leap from on top of the stump to the water - not the greatest light in the world, unfortunately, but I really liked the wing spread here.
The Walt Disney Concert Hall at 111 South Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, California, is the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center and was designed by Frank Gehry. It opened on October 24, 2003. Bounded by Hope Street, Grand Avenue, and 1st and 2nd Streets, it seats 2,265 people and serves, among other purposes, as the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. The hall is a compromise between a vineyard-style seating configuration, like the Berliner Philharmonie by Hans Scharoun, and a classical shoebox design like the Vienna Musikverein or the Boston Symphony Hall.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Concert_Hall
Vacation Day, 10/11/2019, Los Angeles, CA
Leica Camera AG M Monochrom
7Artisans-M 50mm f/1.1
ƒ/6.7 50.0 mm 1/250 320
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam
Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. Constructed between 1931 and 1936, during the Great Depression, it was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over 100 lives. In bills passed by Congress during its construction, it was referred to as the Hoover Dam, after President Herbert Hoover, but was named Boulder Dam by the Roosevelt administration. In 1947, the name Hoover Dam was restored by Congress.
Since about 1900, the Black Canyon and nearby Boulder Canyon had been investigated for their potential to support a dam that would control floods, provide irrigation water, and produce hydroelectric power. In 1928, Congress authorized the project. The winning bid to build the dam was submitted by a consortium named Six Companies, Inc., which began construction in early 1931. Such a large concrete structure had never been built before, and some of the techniques used were unproven. The torrid summer weather and lack of facilities near the site also presented difficulties. Nevertheless, Six Companies turned the dam over to the federal government on March 1, 1936, more than two years ahead of schedule.
Hoover Dam impounds Lake Mead and is located near Boulder City, Nevada, a municipality originally constructed for workers on the construction project, about 30 mi (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. The dam's generators provide power for public and private utilities in Nevada, Arizona, and California. Hoover Dam is a major tourist attraction, with 7 million tourists a year. The heavily traveled U.S. Route 93 (US 93) ran along the dam's crest until October 2010, when the Hoover Dam Bypass opened.
Source: hoover.archives.gov/hoovers/hoover-dam
85 years after its completion, Hoover dam is still considered an engineering marvel. It is named in honor of President Herbert Hoover, who played a crucial role in its creation.
For many years, residents of the American southwest sought to tame the unpredictable Colorado River. Disastrous floods during the early 1900’s led residents of the area to look to the federal government for aid, and experiments with irrigation on a limited scale had shown that this arid region could be transformed into fertile cropland, if only the river could be controlled. The greatest obstacle to the construction of such a dam was the allocation of water rights among the seven states comprising the Colorado River drainage basin. Meetings were held in 1918, 1919 and 1920, but the states could not reach a consensus.
Herbert Hoover had visited the Lower Colorado region in the years before World War I and was familiar with its problems and the potential for development. Upon becoming Secretary of Commerce in 1921, Hoover proposed the construction of a dam on the Colorado River. In addition to flood control and irrigation, it would provide a dependable supply of water for Los Angeles and Southern California. The project would be self-supporting, recovering its cost through the sale of hydroelectric power generated by the dam.
In 1921, the state legislatures of the Colorado River basin authorized commissioners to negotiate an interstate agreement. Congress authorized President Harding to appoint a representative for the federal government to serve as chair of the Colorado River Commission and on December 17, 1921, Harding appointed Hoover to that role.
When the commission assembled in Santa Fe in November 1922, the seven states still disagreed over the fair distribution of water. The upstream states feared that the downstream states, with their rapidly developing agricultural and power demands, would quickly preempt rights to the water by the “first in time, first in right” doctrine. Hoover suggested a compromise that the water be divided between the upper and lower basins without individual state quotas. The resulting Colorado River Compact was signed on November 24, 1922. It split the river basin into upper and lower halves with the states within each region deciding amongst themselves how the water would be allocated.
A series of bills calling for Federal funding to build the dam were introduced by Congressman Phil D. Swing and Senator Hiram W. Johnson between 1922 and 1928, all of which were rejected. The last Swing-Johnson bill, titled the Boulder Canyon Project Act, was largely written by Hoover and Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work. Congress finally agreed, and the bill was signed into law on December 21, 1928 by President Coolidge. The dream was about to become reality.
On June 25, 1929, less than four months after his inauguration, President Herbert Hoover signed a proclamation declaring the Colorado River Compact effective at last. Appropriations were approved and construction began in 1930. The dam was dedicated in 1935 and the hydroelectric generators went online in 1937. In 1947, Congress officially "restored" Hoover's name to the dam, after FDR's Secretary of the Interior tried to remove it. Hoover Dam was built for a cost of $49 million (approximately $1 billion adjusted for inflation). The power plant and generators cost an additional $71 million, more than the cost of the dam itself. The sale of electrical power generated by the dam paid back its construction cost, with interest, by 1987.
Today the Hoover Dam controls the flooding of the Colorado River, irrigates more than 1.5 million acres of land, and provides water to more than 16 million people. Lake Mead supports recreational activities and provides habitats to fish and wildlife. Power generated by the dam provides energy to power over 500,000 homes. The Hoover Compromise still governs how the water is shared.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis"
(Nevada) "نيفادا" "内华达州" "नेवादा" "ネバダ" "네바다" "Невада"
(Arizona) "أريزونا" "亚利桑那州" "एरिजोना" "アリゾナ州" "애리조나" "Аризона"
(Hoover Dam) "سد هوفر" "胡佛水坝" "हूवर बांध" "フーバーダム" "후버 댐" "Гувера" "Presa Hoover"
Sun wasn't exactly on my side while I was shooting Kayla, there was just so damn much of it. Blowing out my backgrounds, so bright it was more white than yellow.
And...now that I'm looking at this shot, having spent most of yesterday assisting for one of my Flickr favorites, Louie Banks, I'm thinking I could've used a bounce, dialed down my shutter speed, gotten more detail in the background and a better quality of light for Kayla.
Looking at it through that lens, a lot of my work is a series of compromises, making subtle adjustments due to the lack of resources. And I dig that, like problem solving as it relates to questions of creativity. Hell, I like problem solving in general, I like to say I'm Solution Oriented. Ring light didn't come with the screw to attach it to the camera? I'll figure it out. Slave system for the lights is acting all screwy? I'll go to work on it with relish.
So I don't lament the fact that for this shot I didn't have that bounce, or that assistant. The shot might've come out better, sure, but I wouldn't have gotten the chance to think through the problem, sort out a solution. Feel out the limits of what's possible. Become more creative in the search for a solution.
"Will Tahu find the humility and patience to earn deeper knowledge of fire and learn that not everything can be taken by force?"
Fourth creature of the series to make the G2 creatures into large and powerful elemental masters. Ikir came to completion in one day after I began tinkering with his head design. It's a good feeling when a moc comes together straightforwardly.
As usual, I recycled the head, but gave the creature different eyes from the rest. Boat studs made for great bird eyes in this case.
With Ikir, I thought that Tahu's challenge is basically the fact that he can't reach the flying bird. Assuming Tahu is fairly hot tempered, his trial is to learn that he can't simply force and take everything he wants. Instead, with Ikir, he must learn to earn, wait, give and compromise until he finds the connection he needs with Ikir.
Compromise Church is located on Rt. 70 in Eidson, Tn. between Kyles Ford and Rogersville in Hawkins County. The sign states it was established in 1882.
I had to make some compromises when making this photo. I had to make the photo a little darker than usual, otherwise it would still be collecting in too much light. Even then, in post processing, I still had to reduce the exposure amount a little to emphasis the light trails, which is the main subject of this photo.
Sweet Jane
Lou Reed
August 1973
‘Standin' on a corner
Suitcase in my hand
Jack’s in his corset, Jane is in her vest
And me I’m in a rock ‘n’ roll band’
I’m pretty sure the red case contained a cello, not the most rock ‘n’ roll of instruments, but the nearest I’ve got in a month of trying to get this picture!
‘Jack he is a banker, and Jane she is a clerk’. Naturally, nothing in any way wrong with either job, but I guess most of us end up compromising in life, and at some stage dreams fade. On a positive note though, I think the song points out that we are not defined by our jobs, and that just as Jack has his ‘Sweet Jane’ there’s plenty to enjoy in life.
‘But anyone whoever had a heart
They wouldn’t turn around and break it.’
91116 gets underway from York with 1E23 16:30 Edinburgh Waverley to London King’s Cross on the evening of 23rd March 2018.
Thank you to my Flickr friend Stuart Warr for kindly allowing me to show this wonderful 1990s take at York station on a similar theme:
www.flickr.com/photos/123410911@N03/14732441529/in/datepo...
♦ Instructions available at Rebrickable ♦
"This is where the fun begins!"
My latest ship from the Prequel Trilogy has arrived, and it surely was a lot of fun to make: here's Obi Wan's Eta-2 Actis Interceptor from Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and The Clone Wars.
This small unit consists of 281 pieces (stand included), and has one major feature: true Minifig scale!
There's a handful of beautiful MOCs of this ship out there already, but most of them are based on the huge cockpit piece from the playsets, so they're drastically oversized. So here I am with a, dare I say, more accurately scaled version.
It does come with a drawback, you guessed it: you can't put a fig inside. A bit ironic I know, but I chose to go for a brick-built cockpit in order to get as close to the original design as I could, prioritizing accuracy over playability, as usual.
The wings were pretty challenging given the ridiculously small scale, and my goal was to have them as thin as possible without compromising the SNOT look.
I'm quite happy with the result and I think this makes a nice little display piece. It's also very swooshable despite the intricate wing design.
I'm usually not a fan of stickers, but I thought this one deserved some sweet markings. I used the sticker sheet from the playset - it is included in the parts list. The color scheme can be changed to red with only a few part swaps (see last page in the instructions).
► Instructions for the Eta-2 Actis Interceptor are available at Rebrickable!
Novembeer is here. Darker times call for darker beers. I wish I had one of these 0,75 L bottles for every day to enjoy : )
Very dark, very strong and very tasty:
Axholme Brewing Co "Baltic Porter".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpoRxXP2zhw
"vaan eihän täällä liekit uhkaa
täällä pikkuhiljaa pohjaan poltetaan"
The nose of this beast caused me headaches during the design phase. I settled on a stepped plate/tile strategy for the sides and a hinged plate/tile system for the top and bottom. The difficulty was ensuring all of the connections worked while maintaining the appropriate proportions and profile. The later variants, like this Fishbed-F, had an enlarged intake opening, but the early variants, like the F-13, had a much more streamlined and thinner nose. There are a few compromises here and there, but overall I'm happy with the results.
There is no way to describe how we all feel. Most of us "only" knew Prince through his music, but that was more than enough for him to have had a profound effect on our lives. Seeing the outpouring of love and respect on social media, in the press, on public structures cast in purple glow, and by the legions of people who celebrated his life as he would want it to be -- by coming together and dancing all over the globe, has been so touching to us all at prince.org. This site has always been about the fans first, but obviously without the man, there would be no fans. We now honor the genius musician, the visionary, the icon, and most of all the human that was Prince, and offer our deepest shared sympathies. We knew and loved his music, and made it part of our lives, our soul, our being; that's the ultimate tribute, and as a result, he will live eternally. Prince, you will be forever in our life, forever in our hearts, forever on our stereos. wish u heaven.
--Ben, founder of prince.org, 4/22/2016
@princeorg
Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actor. Prince was renowned as an innovator and was widely known for his eclectic work, flamboyant stage presence and vocal range. He is regarded as the pioneer of Minneapolis sound; his music integrates a wide variety of styles, including funk, rock, R&B, soul, psychedelia and pop.
Prince was born in Minneapolis and developed an interest in music as a young child, writing his first song when he was seven years old. After recording songs with his cousin's band 94 East, 19-year-old Prince recorded several unsuccessful demo tapes before releasing his debut album For You in 1978, under the guidance of manager Owen Husney. His 1979 album Prince went platinum due to the success of the singles "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" and "I Wanna Be Your Lover". His next three records—Dirty Mind (1980), Controversy (1981), and 1999 (1982)—continued his success, showcasing Prince's trademark of prominently sexual lyrics and incorporation of elements of funk, dance, and rock music. In 1984, he began referring to his backup band as The Revolution and released Purple Rain, which served as the soundtrack to his film debut of the same name. A prolific songwriter, Prince in the 1980s wrote songs for and produced work by many other acts, often under pseudonyms.
After releasing the albums Around the World in a Day (1985) and Parade (1986), The Revolution disbanded and Prince released the double album Sign o' the Times (1987) as a solo artist. He released three more solo albums before debuting The New Power Generation band in 1991. He changed his stage name in 1993 to an unpronounceable symbol Prince logo.svg, also known as the "Love Symbol". He then began releasing new albums at a faster pace to remove himself from contractual obligations to Warner Bros.; he released five records between 1994 and 1996 before signing with Arista Records in 1998. In 2000, he began referring to himself as "Prince" again. He released 15 albums after that; his final album, HITnRUN Phase Two, was first released exclusively on the Tidal streaming service on December 11, 2015.[1] On April 21, 2016, he died at his Paisley Park recording studio and home in Chanhassen, Minnesota after suffering flu-like symptoms in the previous weeks.
Prince sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time.
He won seven Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe Award,and an Academy Award.He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, the first year of his eligibility.[6] Rolling Stone ranked Prince at number 27 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.Prior to the disbanding of The Revolution, Prince was working on two separate projects, The Revolution album Dream Factory and a solo effort, Camille.[49] Unlike the three previous band albums, Dream Factory included input from the band members and featured songs with lead vocals by Wendy & Lisa.[49] The Camille project saw Prince create a new persona primarily singing in a speeded-up, female-sounding voice. With the dismissal of The Revolution, Prince consolidated material from both shelved albums, along with some new songs, into a three-LP album to be titled Crystal Ball.[50] Warner Bros. forced Prince to trim the triple album to a double album and Sign o' the Times was released on March 31, 1987.The album peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.The first single, "Sign o' the Times", charted at No. 3 on the Hot 100. The follow-up single, "If I Was Your Girlfriend" charted poorly at No. 67 on the Hot 100, but went to No. 12 on R&B chart.The third single, a duet with Sheena Easton, "U Got the Look" charted at No. 2 on the Hot 100, No. 11 on the R&B chart,and the final single "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" finished at No. 10 on Hot 100 and No. 14 on the R&B chart.It was named the top album of the year by the Pazz & Jop critics' poll, and sold 3.2 million copies.In Europe it performed well, and Prince promoted the album overseas with a lengthy tour. Putting together a new backing band from the remnants of The Revolution, Prince added bassist Levi Seacer, Jr., keyboardist Boni Boyer, and dancer/choreographer Cat Gloverto go with new drummer Sheila E.and holdovers Miko Weaver, Doctor Fink, Eric Leeds, Atlanta Bliss, and the Bodyguards (Jerome, Wally Safford, and Greg Brooks) for the Sign o' the Times Tour.The tour was a success overseas, with Warner Bros. and Prince's managers wanted to bring it to the US to promote sales of Sign o' the Times;Prince balked at a full US tour, as he was ready to produce a new album.[56] As a compromise the last two nights of the tour were filmed for release in movie theaters. The film quality was deemed subpar and reshoots were performed at his Paisley Park studios.[56] The film Sign o' the Times was released on November 20, 1987. The film received more critical praise than Under the Cherry Moon, but its box-office receipts were minimal and it quickly left theaters.The next album intended for release was to be The Black Album.[58] More instrumental and funk and R&B themed than recent releases,[59] The Black Album also saw Prince experiment with hip hop music on the songs "Bob George" and "Dead on It". Prince was set to release the album with a monochromatic black cover with only the catalog number printed, but after 500,000 copies had been pressed,[60] Prince had a spiritual epiphany that the album was evil and had it recalled.It was later released by Warner Bros. as a limited edition album in 1994. Prince went back in the studio for eight weeks and recorded Lovesexy.
Released on May 10, 1988, Lovesexy serves as a spiritual opposite to the dark The Black Album.Every song is a solo effort by Prince, except "Eye No" which was recorded with his backing band at the time. Lovesexy reached No. 11 on the Billboard 200 and No. 5 on the R&B albums chart. The lead single, "Alphabet St.", peaked at No. 8 on the Hot 100 and No. 3 on the R&B chart;it sold 750,000 copies.
Prince again took his post-Revolution backing band (minus the Bodyguards) on a three leg, 84-show Lovesexy World Tour; although the shows were well received by huge crowds, they lost money due to the expensive sets and incorporated props.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)
For this prestigious command, Rembrandt makes both compositions answer himself by the introduction of a movement: Maerten Soolmans tightens a glove, pledges of loyalty, in his wife who lowers a staircase towards him. A big curtain at the bottom unites both paintings, just like blow of light which falls frankly on the right shoulder of Maerten and more slowly on the big lace collar of Oopjen. In these years, all the genius of master of Amsterdam lives in the party and brilliant effects which it pulls of this concentration of the range colored around the black, around the white and around the grey.The luxury of the black dresses, then the most expensive, offers him(her) the opportunity(occasion) to show brilliance in the depiction of the materials(subjects): the garment starched by Maerten, his(her,its) satin lapels(backhands) against the fluidity(flow) and the lightness(thoughtlessness) of silks, satins and tulles dotted with the dress of Oopjen, the swelled size of which suggests the pregnancy. Knots in the belt create as a garland uniting the spouses.. The precision and the refinement of the detail are read in the motives which decorate the hose of the husband, in the extravagant knots of his(her,its) shoes or the range(fan) of Oopjen. The expression of the models is very different: the face of Maerten is round, its expression is more generic than that of Oopjen, more melancholic and softer. The color of flesh is more frank and pinkish at Maerten, it is more transparent and more pale at Oopjen.
Pour cette commande prestigieuse, Rembrandt fait se répondre les deux compositions par l’introduction d’un mouvement : Maerten Soolmans tend un gant, gage de fidélité, à son épouse qui descend un escalier vers lui. Un grand rideau dans le fond unit les deux toiles, tout comme le coup de lumière qui tombe crûment sur l’épaule droite de Maerten et plus doucement sur le grand col de dentelles d’Oopjen. Dans ces années-là, tout le génie du maître d’Amsterdam réside dans le parti et les éblouissants effets qu’il tire de cette concentration de la gamme colorée autour du noir, du blanc et du gris. Le luxe des tenues noires, alors les plus coûteuses, lui offre l’occasion de faire montre de brio dans le rendu des matières : le vêtement empesé de Maerten, ses revers de satin contre la fluidité et la légèreté des soies, les satins et les tulles piqués de la robe d’Oopjen, dont la taille enflée laisse supposer la grossesse. Les noeuds à la ceinture créent comme une guirlande unissant les époux. La précision et le raffinement du détail se lisent dans les motifs qui décorent les chausses de l’époux, dans les extravagants noeuds de ses souliers ou l’éventail d’Oopjen. L’expression des modèles est très différente : le visage de Maerten est rond, son expression est plus générique que celle d’Oopjen, plus mélancolique et douce. La couleur des chairs est plus franche et rosée chez Maerten, elle est plus transparente et pâle chez Oopjen.
www.louvre.fr/les-portraits-de-maerten-soolmans-et-d-oopj...
Jordan wears;
- Withe silk Qi Pao from Azone.
- Shoes and glasses by Barbie.
- Necklace from HK seller.
- Hair piece by PELIRROJO.
From my trip report ( Day 4):
The plan for today was to drive to Escalante and down Hole-in-the-rock Road and then hike out to Reflectiion Canyon Overlook to spend the night. Considering my compromised dominant hand and the changing weather forecast (now for clouds and a chance of rain), and also my tired legs, I decided to postpone a decision. I had been thinking about other places to visit. North Rim of the Grand Canyon wasn’t too far away. Then I remembered Toroweap. Federica and I visited there 7 years ago. That was actually my second trip. About 12 years ago a couple of guys from the camera club and I spent the night there, sleeping in our trucks. We didn’t see anybody else.
On the second trip, we saw a few people during the day. We stayed at the campground, and I think we were the only ones. I got a good sunset shot and a decent sunrise shot. Here’s what I wrote at the time:
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We woke in the dark, stumbling around taking star shots, waiting for the coffee water to boil. We walked the mile from the campground to the rim, passing the shallow pools and watching the sky brighten. The night before, we had seen a solitary light down by the river, out of place as we were now out of time. Seventy million years gone by, seventy million x 365 sunrises unseen.
Not today.
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Here’s what Wikipedia says about Toroweap:
Toroweap Overlook (also known as Tuweep Overlook or Toroweap Point) is a viewpoint within the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, United States. It is located in a remote area on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, 55 miles (89 km) west of the North Rim Headquarters (but 148 miles (238 km) by road). The overlook is the only viewpoint in the National Park from where the Colorado River can be seen vertically below. The overlook stands 3,000 feet (910 m) above the river.
If you go to the Wikipedia page for Toroweap, you can see the sunset photo that I took there in 2013.
Having a new mission for the day, I set off from Page down Highway 89A to Marble Canyon, through Jacob Lake, and to Fredonia, AZ. If you ever find yourself in Fredonia, stop at the gas station (first one on the right) for a friendly greeting. the people there always treat you nicely, like family. I bought an ice cream sandwich and the motherly lady behind the counter told me that there were some napkins and I should take one because my hands would need a wipe later.
About 8.5 miles west of Fredonia, a dirt road heads south. It ends 61 miles later at the Toroweap Overlook. The road is wide and well-maintained, which encourages driving faster than one should. The problem is tire punctures. The road is famous for flat tires. There is a sign that warns of this, along with no cell service and possible waits of a day or two if you need road service, with an expected towing bill of over $1,000.00.
Sufficiently warned, I set the cruise control to 30 mph and settled back for a 2+ hour journey. I didn’t pass anybody, and nobody passed me. I did occasionally see dust plumes from a vehicle a few miles ahead.
After about 55 miles there is an open gate and a sign for Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument. The ranger Station lies about a mile beyond. Until a few years ago, the only communications that the rangers had with the outside world was by two-way radio. Now I suspect that they have a satellite setup. I stopped there but, finding nobody around, continued down the last five-mile stretch of road.
This suddenly becomes about the worst road you can imagine. Large rocks jut up making the truck sway back and forth. I scraped bottom once. In places, you could walk faster than you could drive. I had remembered that the road would be bad, but not this bad!
Somewhere along this stretch, I found a ranger riding a fat-tire bike. I told him that I wanted to spend the night at the campground but had no reservation. He said that reservations are required through the National Park Service site and he had no control. So I asked him if I could just find a vacant campsite and stay for the night, then pay up on the way out the next day. He said that after 5:00 I could see if there were any vacant spaces left. I thanked him and rocked my way on down to the overlook.
It was early in the afternoon. There were maybe five cars parked there — more people than I had anticipated. I got out and walked around, taking a few photos. Toroweap is a small place, and although the view from the rim is breathtaking, there in’t much else. There is really only one place to shoot the iconic photo looking east (upstream) and another place a few hundred feet away to shoot looking west, past Lava Falls.
I began to get concerned about the camping situation. I found another ranger on a fat-tire bike and told her what the first one had said, and she said, “Well, he’s the boss”. They both told me that I absolutely had to be in the campground by 30 minutes past sunset, or out of the park. Then she said that the gate (5 miles back down the awful road) would be locked at 8:05.
So, I thought that it was time to check out the campground. There are nine spaces. Only two of them were unoccupied. I chose what seemed to be the less desirable one and pulled the truck in. Then I waited for someone to show up and kick me out. Eventually someone came and took the other available site.
Sunset would come at 7:15. I guessed that it would take me 30 or 40 minutes to drive back to the gate. So I would have to leave by 7:25, and even then I might not make it.
I waited at the campsite until 6:45. Some of the photographers were starting to hike back down to the overlook. The sky was still cloudy and conditions didn’t look promising. But I decided “In for a dime, in for a dollar” and grabbed my D800e with the Rokinon 14/2.4 and tripod, and walked back down toward the overlook.
I had found a different viewpoint from the standard one, not quite as good, but different — and mine alone. I took a couple of shots of the cloudy horizon and turned around to return to the campsite, half expecting to find a fuming ticket holder demanding that I get off his lawn.
About 100 feet up the road, I noticed that a pale pink rim was forming on the eastern horizon. I watched it as I continued to walk, until suddenly the sky started to get more color. I turned around and ran back to my spot on the rim, just as the colors came up. I grabbed the camera and started shooting, no time to set up the tripod! Then I saw the full moon coming up over the cliff. (This was the night of a total lunar eclipse. But that wouldn’t happen until much later.) Then, suddenly, the sky went flat.
I returned to find my truck still there and nobody waiting. So I climbed into the back and went to sleep.
The next morning, true to my word, I stopped at the Ranger Station to pay the $6.00 camping fee. The ranger said that there had been a last-minute cancellation. Good fortune was smiling on me that day!
I drove at a leisurely speed back to the pavement and Fredonia. From there I went up to Kanab, then east to Johnson Canyon Road, onto Skutumpah Road, to Cannonville and Escalante. I had a decision to make before I reached Hole-in-the-rock Road, and it was coming up fast.
Backlighting continues to be a struggle for me. I happened to look over to see five birds land in unison on a branch. Number six kept trying to find a perch but it was not to be. I knew this was going to be a tough shot square into the noon sun. I didn't get a chance to play with exposure compensation because this happened so fast (I even have easy exposure compensation enabled and use it regularly). You can see the result is way less than desirable but I thought the behavior deserved to be seen even though the exposure was way off. Practice continues...
The wings of the MiG-21 model were a compromise from day one. The large wedge bricks had the correct angle but limited my ability to design the wing. I was able to find solutions for the flaps and ailerons that worked well, but the tile pieces on top to cover the landing gear wells break up the smoothness of the wing's surface. If I were to go back a redo the model, I would definitely spend some time fixing this one weak point.
My little Sony has lens correction permanently switched on. Turned off in post shows why; huge distortion. BUT fun to play with.
Also, this is NOT intended as a criticism of the lens. It is as only big as a couple of biscuits, so some stunning engineering has gone into making it. Some compromise inevitable.
Judges 16:23, 1 Samuel 5:2-7, & 1 Chronicles 10:10
Dagon is the Philistines god. He is described in 1 Samuel in the bible. Basically he is a hand crafted god they worship, supposedly half fish half flesh (human), Recently we have been talking about compromise in our church and how it can take over our lives and turn us away from God or displease Him. This idol, Dagon is a symbol of this, representing that we are enough fish to be with believers and act like them, and enough flesh to be with worldly people (non believers who dont follow Jesus). Its when we are two faced or hypocrits, and after these two years I decided to be all in for God. This drawing is a tattoo for my Youth Pastor, who is an amazing guy and asked if I could draw this up for him as a tat. I took it on and its definitely affected me as well. If you have any more questions please contact me at imagine_my_world@yahoo.com. This was first drawn in pencil then taken to photoshop where I edited and finalized it.
Dinosaur National Monument is a United States National Monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between Colorado and Utah at the confluence of the Green and Yampa Rivers. Although most of the monument area is in Moffat County, Colorado, the Dinosaur Quarry is located in Utah just to the north of the town of Jensen, Utah.
The nearest communities are Jensen, Utah, and Dinosaur, Colorado. The park contains over 800 paleontological sites and has fossils of dinosaurs including Allosaurus, Deinonychus, Abydosaurus (a nearly complete skull, lower jaws and first four neck vertebrae of the specimen DINO 16488 found here at the base of the Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation is the holotype for the description) and various long-neck, long-tail sauropods. It was declared a National Monument on October 4, 1915. In April 2019, the International Dark-Sky Association designated Dinosaur National Monument an International Dark Sky Park.
The rock layer enclosing the fossils is a sandstone and conglomerate bed of alluvial or river bed origin known as the Morrison Formation from the Jurassic Period some 150 million years old. The dinosaurs and other ancient animals were carried by the river system which eventually entombed their remains in Utah. The pile of sediments were later buried and lithified into solid rock. The layers of rock were later uplifted and tilted to their present angle by the mountain building forces that formed the Uintas during the Laramide orogeny. The relentless forces of erosion exposed the layers at the surface to be found by paleontologists.
The dinosaur fossil beds (bone beds) were discovered in 1909 by Earl Douglass, a paleontologist working and collecting for the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. He and his crews excavated thousands of fossils and shipped them back to the museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for study and display. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the dinosaur beds as Dinosaur National Monument in 1915. The monument boundaries were expanded in 1938 from the original 80-acre (320,000 m2) tract surrounding the dinosaur quarry in Utah, to its present extent of over 200,000 acres (800 km²) in Utah and Colorado, encompassing the spectacular river canyons of the Green and Yampa.
The plans made by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on a ten-dam, billion dollar Colorado River Storage Project began to arouse opposition in the early 1950s when it was announced that one of the proposed dams would be at Echo Park, in the middle of Dinosaur National Monument. The controversy assumed major proportions, dominating conservation politics for years. David Brower, executive director of the Sierra Club, and Howard Zahniser of The Wilderness Society led an unprecedented nationwide campaign to preserve the free-flowing rivers and scenic canyons of the Green and Yampa Rivers. They argued that if a national monument was not safe from development, how could any wildland be kept intact? On the other side of the argument were powerful members of Congress from western states, who were committed to the project in order to secure water rights, obtain cheap hydroelectric power and develop reservoirs as tourist destinations. After much debate, Congress settled on a compromise that eliminated Echo Park Dam and authorized the rest of the project. The Colorado River Storage Project Act became law on April 11, 1956. It stated, "that no dam or reservoir constructed under the authorization of the Act shall be within any National Park or Monument." Historians view the Echo Park Dam controversy as signaling the start of an era that includes major conservationist political successes such as the Wilderness Act and the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
This image is a "compromise" between a hard astrophotography process - primarily using Astro Flats Pro and more conventional image.
The slender setting crescent moon created a LOT of light and made it a little harder to get things right, on the other hand, it also helped to light the scene.
The "model" in the lower right is also the photographer (me).
Finally, our recent article here features a cropped image from this same series.
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IF YOU'RE NOT HAVING FUN, STOP.
This is art, not work. If your model's not having a good time, stop.
If you're not sure, ask.
This isn't brain surgery. This is not essential. There are many things you have to suffer for, many things that require pain and sacrifice.
Art...know what, art shouldn't be one of them. No one dies. No one is saved.
This is a chance, an opportunity. Do something because of passion, enjoyment. There's enough of your life that's miserable. That's a compromise. That's a sacrifice.
Let this be a refuge from that, yeah? Have a good time. Create a good time for the folks you're with.
But if you compromise the process, you’re an asshole when you start out and an asshole when you get back.”
Yvon Chouinard from the film 180° South
That quote made me laugh so hard because it's terribly true -- It's referring to all the people who climb Everest only because they have enough money to do it without significant effort vs. those who really rough it.
I have great respect for Chouinard and Tompkins. If you haven't seen this documentary, I highly recommend it. Make sure you tuck your passport in a safe beforehand, or you'll be booking a flight to Patagonia during the film! :)
Hope you all had a great Valentine's Day!
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My first baking experience , Pineapple bread , tastes like semi sweet cake , Martin’s Photographs , a Lonely Good Friday exercise , because i cannot be to close to Family and friends , physical distancing , because of my compromised immune system , good time learning new skills and having fun doing so , Ajax , Ontario , Canada , April 10. 2020
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IPhone XR
Pineapple bread
My first baking experience
Martin’s photographs
Lonely Good Friday
Physical distancing
Friends
New baking skills
Bread
Baking
Close to family and friends
Compromised immune system
C.L.L.
You all have a good and safe Easter weekend
Having fun doing so
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April 2020
Good time learning new skills and having fun doing so !
Not to close to family and friends
“A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece”
~Ludwig Erhard
So I am going to start uploading some of the shoots (wedding, senior portrait, maternity, random) I've done over the last year. I will probably put most of them at the end of my stream, just so as not to have a ton of pages of new stuff at the beginning of my photostream. I will be moving them up a few at a time, but for now, they will just hang out there! Since I don't have a website yet, I want to make sure that I at least have most of what I've done in one place. If you have a second, feel free to take a look at my new Portrait Work Collection!
Jumping over to the other side of the river now! This is Carlo's Bake Shop, which is featured on TLC's "Cake Boss" and is located in Hoboken, NJ. We spent Friday evening here with some friends and on our walk from the PATH train to meet them we stopped here. There wasn't really a line so we were able to walk right up and get a few cupcakes and the best cannoli I've ever had! We even saw a few people from the show inside, including the Cake Boss, Buddy Valastro! This is a 5 handheld exposure HDR processed with HDR and Color Efex.
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With an awesome sunset brewing and a cold, cold wind blowing, I decided not to take a trek to the beach level, instead shooting from the cliffs over Pebble beach. I just couldn't fathom a day off from my camera. Crescent City, California USA
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2010.
You think, so you speak.
...So you exist.
Never compromise your freedom to speak up.
21 February is the International Mother Language Day. In 1952, young souls of Bangladesh embraced death while protesting for our freedom to speak in 'Bengali', our very own mother language.
Seen from the top of the Baiyoke Tower II the Bangkok road network feels a little 'organic' to say the least........
I didn't take a tripod to Thailand with me so consequently these night shots are slightly compromised. Considering this was shot at 1/10th of a second using 1600 ISO it's much better than my old D300s would've produced.
Click here to see more photos from my trip to Bangkok and Krabi last Summer : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157687709552266
From Wikipedia : "Baiyoke Tower II (Thai: ใบหยก 2; RTGS: Bai Yok Song) is an 88-storey, 309 m (1,014 ft) skyscraper hotel at 222 Ratchaprarop Road in the Ratchathewi District of Bangkok, Thailand. It is the second tallest building in the city after MahaNakhon, and comprises the Baiyoke Sky Hotel, the tallest hotel in Southeast Asia and the seventh-tallest all-hotel structure in the world.
With the antenna included, the building's height is 328.4 m (1,077 ft), and features a public observatory on the 77th floor, a bar called "Roof Top Bar & Music Lounge" on the 83rd floor, a 360-degree revolving roof deck on the 84th floor and the hotel offers 673 guest rooms. Construction on the building ended in 1997, with the antenna being added two years later. The Baiyoke Sky Hotel website notes the height without the antenna as 309 m (1,014 ft), but the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), Emporis and SkyscraperPage note it as 304 m (997 ft)."
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