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If I post accurately, this seagull and the squirrel will sit side-by-side and tell the story of what was happening when I got these shots.
I had taken the camera down to the lakeshore at Jack Darling Park along with a couple of loaves of bread just to see if I could get some seagull photos with a new lens. It's always fun to rile them up a bit with crusts of bread and start shooting the action.
There was the usual scramble as the gulls shrieked at one another and fought for first position in the breadline but this particular bird got my attention because she appeared to be getting really aggressive and it was toward me. Talk about 'biting the hand that feeds you'!
The verbal assault continued and I then realized her anger wasn't directed at me but at what was behind me: a wily squirrel who had found his way into the bag I'd brought with me to the beach---the bag with the loaves of bread and this seagull was defending the food supply.
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Nexus' Defenders ( -> www.flickr.com/photos/94823306@N03/17239109005/in/contacts/ ) inpired me to make my own Defenders. So here they are:
DD: I am not really happy with his head, but I think the body works well. (Ideas for a better head are welcome.)
Iron Fist: I like the more realistic look of him.
Luke Cage: ready to bash ;)
J. J.: Her face isn't perfect, but I have no better face.
something I forgot...yes SKRULLS! : I used the Moria Orc heads on the ADU aliens.
I hope you like them.
El Castillo de Castellar se alza sobre un cerro de empinadas laderas en pleno Parque Natural de Los Alcornocales, entre los ríos Guadarranque y Hozgarganta, divisando el embalse del Guadarranque y los bosques de sus laderas, así como Gibraltar y el estrecho, a las afueras del actual emplazamiento de la localidad de Castellar de la Frontera, en Cádiz.
Esta fortaleza árabe construida en el siglo XIII se encontraba en una posición de frontera, defendiendo el reino de Taifas, de Algeciras. Fue antigua residencia de los Condes de Castellar.
Su planta es de forma irregular y posee un recinto amurallado con barbacanas, cubos, torres de flanqueo y torres de ángulo cuadradas y circulares, algunas de ellas coronadas con almenas. Destacan las torres de su entrada, con elementos defensivos como las barbacanas que defienden el acceso del castillo, perforadas con saeteras y una puerta en recodo abierta bajo un bello arco peraltado enmarcado por otro de herradura.
Desde el pequeño patio de armas se accede al caserío interior, con casas blancas y calles estrechas y sinuosas cuajadas de flores. Entre los edificios destacan el alcázar de los Condes de Castellar, con la torre del Homenaje, el Ayuntamiento y la Iglesia del Divino Salvador, de estilo barroco. Más bien parece una alcazaba, en la que el castillo sería la zona militar separada de la zona administrativa y civil.
Del Castillo de Castellar Viejo se conserva en buen estado la entrada, con arcos de herradura, que daba paso al recinto dentro del cual se cobija el poblado al amparo del castillo. Fue restaurado parcialmente en el año 1979.
Fue declarado Bien de Interés Cultural con la categoría de Monumento en 1949.
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San Felipe Castle, Cartagena, Colombia,
The crowning glory of the Spanish Empire’s defensive network of Cartagena, work first began on the fortress in 1536, when it was known as San Lázaro castle. Pirates roaming the Caribbean in those days had their eyes fixed on the wealth of Cartagena de Indias, a city rich in profits from the shipping industry and nascent slave trade. Spain needed to defend their prized asset, and they built the defensive walls that today surround the Old Town, as well as several key strategic forts. The most impressive overlooked the city from the top of a 130-foot high hill, perfectly positioned with commanding views of the bay in front of Cartagena.
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Finally finished the 3D model and I started working on the actual instructions.
Also I now have the answer to the question everybody asked me: 7672 parts.
Después de fotografiarlo en la estación de Santa Eulália (con luz bastante pésima), tocó echar una carrera para cazarlo en el siguiente punto donde tendria una luz aceptable, ya que el horario del traslado y la dificultad de sitios de la línea sumados a un contraluz hacía realmente difícil defenderse con esta pieza para que saliera el frontal mínimamente iluminado.
Ahí le vemos habiendo dejado Assumar a pocos kilómetros, aproximándose a Portalegre, donde me tocó iniciar el regreso a España, no sin antes fotografiar el Allan saliendo de Elvas.
Aquí está la información sobre los vagones que lleva remolcados: www.flickr.com/photos/alemmtrenes/38675533170
Nº 31602 (MEDWAY) Elvas > Entroncamento.
The best thing about micro's is they don't take long to build! I liking this one a lot more than my last one! My second entry for LoB Micro Castle Contest.
Today is the anniversary of D-Day 6th June 1944. This memorial, near Spean Bridge, to the memory of those who volunteered to do arduous and dangerous tasks over and above the others who also fought for freedom from tyranny, is a place of quiet. Visitors from all over the world come here and take in the magnificent solitude and views while showing their respect to the sacrifice of servicemen who, if caught, were not treated under the terms of The Geneva Convention.
The free world owes an immense debt to the heroics and service of all such from all walks of life who not only represented their own country but also the others who defended the right to freedom.
The cost of such freedom from tyranny is always high and still tyranny exists.
It is a sad state of affairs that. after so much sacrifice, the world cannot seem to live together in peace and harmony.
Working in the desolate lands of Nam Chorios, Odge spent many hours on his project. His distance from civilization allowed him the focus needed to work on his ship.
However, this remoteness brought added danger. Small bands of mutated droch roam the sands looking for human technology. A few times Odge has had to cease work to fight off these band, losing precious time and materials as a result.
This view looks at two representative cannons on the bastion of Calshot Castle. The castle is one of Henry VIII's device forts, built on Calshot Spit near Fawley to guard the entrance to Southampton Water. In the first phase of Henry’s fortification programme, 30 castles or forts were built. A curvilinear form of fortification was developed which consisted of squat artillery towers surrounded by round bastions to provide platforms for artillery. Good examples of these are Walmer Castle and Deal Castle in Kent, Calshot Castle and Hurst Castle in Hampshire and St Mawes Castle in Cornwall.
Also known as a Henrician Castle, Calshot was built as a circular blockhouse with a three-storey central keep in 1540 using stone from Beaulieu Abbey. The outer walls were lowered in 1774 and the gatehouse was rebuilt in order to provide more living space. The south-east battery was added in 1895 but has since been demolished. Due to its strategic location, the castle was kept fully operational and an artillery garrison stationed there right up to the middle of the 20th century. Although deemed an isolated outpost for the garrison’s crew and their families, the surrounding beaches and inlets were an ideal place for smugglers to land their small ships.
Between WWI and WWII, the castle was closely associated with the Schneider Trophy air races, the competing seaplanes taking off and landing in front of it. A famous name that was associated with these races was an Aircraftsman Shaw, who is better-known to many as Colonel T E Lawrence of Arabia.
Defending the Nest.
This Osprey obviously got too close to the Fish crows' nest at Ocean City NJ. Both crows continued harassing the osprey until they had chased it a long way.
What goes around comes around - both crows were mobbed by red-winged blackbirds as they flew back to their nest.
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Red Bull dj's event truck off road and in the dunes near the start of the Battle on The Beach 45 kilometre cycle race around three laps of the Pembrey Country Park,Carmarthenshire,Wales,UK....The vehicle is a modified Landrover Defender...Amazing
A male lion scared from the battles of defending his territory! This photo was taken in the Masai Mara, Kenya!
Finally, new LEGO MOC pics instead of old holiday stuff...well, decide for yourself what do you like better...
I managed to get my hands on my girlfriend's camera when she was inattentive for a sec...HA!...
The Landrover Defender is my favorite off-road vehicle - the ultimate off-road dinosaur...well, indeed a real macho car, but with a little more british reserve then his US cousin, the HUMMER...nevertheless it's raw, edged, reliable and almost indestructible...and nearly built externally unchanged for decades...not such a mushy SUV junk they design nowadays...
...Does this sound like an advertisement?...who cares...this car is a classic, so I think you'll probably have mercy with me...
...oh, I almost forgot to mention: some shapes and parts usage of this MOC (mostly the front) are influenced by Pitrek02 awesome vintage Landrover!
Putford Defender - IMO 9298985
Offshore Supply Ship
Flag: United Kingdom
Built: 2004
Length: 63 m
Beam: 16 m
Gross tonnage: 1784
DWT: 2100 t
At Great Yarmouth. Shot from Herring Bridge.
29.6.24.
Instructions: Rebrickable
The TIE/D Defender is an advanced experimental TIE starfighter from Sienar Fleet Systems, armed to the teeth with four laser cannons, two ion cannons, two warhead launchers, and a hyperdrive. It's know for it's agility and ferocity both in looks and performance.
This UCS-style TIE Defender is mini-fig scale and is based on the most common depictions of the defender in various sources. The model features a cockpit with controls that can seat a tie pilot. The bottom hatch opens for the restocking of missiles, maintenance, and refueling the hyperdrive. The top hatch also opens as does the front (pilot is put in through the front). The focus on accuracy and aesthetics means this is a delicate display model not for play. To the best of my knowledge, doesn't use any illegal techniques which would stress pieces.
It's ben a long time since the last update but the work on the Jedi Defender is still going on!
I reworked a lot of areas, like the sides and the rounded top that got completely redone.
The engines were pushed back one stud, which make the ship a whole 80 studs long... it's now officially a SHIP!!
Still working on the cone thingy on the side...
I'm also considering adding lights, lots of them...
I'll soon start to work on the starboard side and the digital model.
I want to display it at a convention mid October, so it will most likely be the last WIP shot.
Another car designed in the Speed Champions style. Again, I wanted to address some of the proportion issues of the official sets. When working at this scale, even one stud makes a huge difference in the overall look. This theme is really fun to design in, and I’d like to do some more down the road (no apologies for the pun).