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This Scaly-breasted Munia was seen searching for some veggies to keep it healthy. Seen at the Los Angeles County Arboretum.
“We wrapped our dreams in words and patterned the words so that they would live forever, unforgettable.”
― Neil Gaiman
© 2016 Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott
A shift in the weather patterns has renewed winter in my part of the world. It is this time of year that we all get really, really sick of winter and desperate for the green of spring. I shot this abstract indoors using available light and the new Tamron SP 90mm f/2.8 Di 1:1 VC Macro lens that just came to market during my review. You can check that review out here: bit.ly/1Mx4y7a or watch it here: bit.ly/1UeliGG
Technical Information: Canon EOS 6D, Tamron SP 90mm f/2.8 Di 1:1 Macro VC, Processed in Adobe Lightroom CC, Photoshop CC, and Alien Skin Exposure X (use code "dustinabbott" to get 10% off)
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Title suggested by my beautiful, sexy and lovely friend who is also responsible for the first half of my Flickr Id.
She sent me this joke and I could not help but ROTFLMAO :-
Little Tim was in the garden filling in a hole when his neighbor peered over the fence. Interested in what the cheeky-faced youngster was up to, he politely asked, "What are you up to there, Tim?" "My goldfish died," replied Tim tearfully, without looking up, "and I've just buried him." The neighbor was concerned, "That's an awfully big hole for a goldfish, isn't it?" Tim patted down the last heap of earth then replied, "That's because he's inside your f&*#ing cat."
Milwaukee Brewer Brian Anderson tries in vain to catch home run by Baltimore Oriole Ramon Urias. Moment captured June 8th, 2023 at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (USA)
Happy Fence Friday (HFF)
Fastrack liveried and branded 4320 GN15 CXT is seen on St Johns Lane, Hartley whilst working route 433. Friday 6th May 2016.
A Fastrack StreetLite on other duties is still uncommon and the vehicle is replaced at the earliest possible opportunity. On this particular day 4320 was replaced by 4061 upon arrival at Bluewater on this very working.
Wrightbus Micro Hybrid StreetLite DF 11.5m MAX
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First shooting with Sarah.
We went in a parking to try some "under ground grounge" looks.
And as she was seating here, I have seen this "dark composition".
It is for me the expression of depseration.
Is it working?
Light setup:
1 cobra in beauty dish triggered with yn622c with ETTL to fill in the modelle.
Thanks to her boy friend which was my VCFC (Voice Commanded Flash Carrier)
Local snowman pleads for speedy meteorological rescue during an abnormally warm February day near Munising, Michigan.
I had a goodie arrive in the post courtesy of eBay this week and I was desperate to try it out - a Componon 35mm f/4 enlarger lens. This covers the gap I had between a 28 Componon and an el Nikkor 50 beautifully and well I' very happy with it. I like doing moths and this lens should be the right mm for that. If you ever get into using reversed enlarging lenses, the lenses to look for are 6 element lenses, they can be had relatively cheaply nowadays with the declining use of enlargers and the results can be really nice.
I did a blue background for 2 reasons one of which was that a very nice fellow goin_bald kindly suggested it as an alternative on my last shot., I'm glad I listened. Also, I wanted something to show off the orange beard and blue and orange can sometimes be quite striking together. Another option I'd like to try on another similar fly would be gray - which bizarrely comes from looking at the kindle for iPad colour scheme. The orange certainly stands out - grey might be too flat though. Decisions decisions. hm.
I would have liked to have done a different insect but unfortunately I'm much better at photography than I am at entomology. Learning what's where, when and what's pretty is something that's going to take me a little longer - feel more than welcome to comment with links to decent books or websites. Help appreciated =).
Technical: SmallHD background; rear curtain sync 1s exposures; 146 photos into 48 sub stacks, retouched from Dmap composite, finished off with CS3, noiseninja & Topaz Detail. Step size of 35µm, polystyrene chip cone diffuser. Resized 10% to lose noise. Componon 35 f/4 reversed on flat bellows so about 1:1; 3 flashes @1/32 perpendicular @2,6 &10 o clock.
Link to 100% jpg: farm6.staticflickr.com/5451/7178341348_268475b834_o.jpg
UPDATE 2014 - I have put together an extreme macro photography learning site to explain the techniques and equipment used for all my macro photos here in Flickr which is now ready. To point to a few of the links that people who want to learn this stuff might like to have a browse of:
Focus Stacking, Focus Stack Preparation, Shooting A Stack, Stack Processing, Stack Post Processing, Schneider Kreuznach Componon 28 mm f/4, Schneider Kreuznach Componon 35 mm f/4, Schneider Kreuznach Componon 80 mm f/4, Nikon El-Nikkor 50 mm f/2.8N, Reject Enlarger Lenses, JML Optical 21 mm f/3.5, 20 mm Microfilm f/2.8, Anybrand MP-E 65 Macro Lens, Manual, TTL, Rear Curtain Sync, Extreme Macro Backgrounds, Single Colour Background, The Gradient Background, Adjustable Flash Shoe Mounts, Extension Tubes, Eyepiece, Field Monitor, Flash Bracket, Focusing Helicoid, Holding Tools, Lens Adapters, M42 Iris, Macro Tripod, Making A Macro Beanbag, Insect Photography
Ein sehr interessanter Lost Place, dessen ehemaliger besitzer sich aufgrund Finanzieller schwierigkeiten das Leben nahm.
12 months of lockdown have taken its toll, and one is reduced to this on ones daily exercise. What I understand is a Class 66 has just passed the former occupation crossing from where 44023 was photographed 58 years earlier. The Riverside Inn and the River Trent remain, but the goods line has gone.
Oh to take today's camera equipment back to the '60s.
Desperate Dan, hero of DC Thomson's ‘The Dandy' comics, is immortalised in Dundee, his place of ‘birth'. The grizzly-faced strong man is cast in an 8-ft tall bronze statue in the city centre alongside his ‘Dawg'. Quoted from Dundee.com
"Send me away I'm here on my own.
Hammer, stutter now Lets rock, lets roll now
I'm desperate. I'm better off like this
Don't you know I care"
Desperate - The Killes
Monstrously tall cornstalks sway wildly in the outflow of an advancing thunder storm. Just a few weeks ago this field was populated with innocuous looking tiny green sprigs. But corn grows at an alarming rate. It now towers three feet over my head, blocking all view of the adjacent landscape. It seems dense and impenetrable where once was open and airy. It's changed the entire look and feel of this environment. At times that change takes on a sinister and even ominous overtone which absolutely thrills me. I love when everyday places are transformed by circumstances into dark places that heighten one's sense of awareness and hint at unseen peril. Corn fields check those boxes for me. Especially when storms whip the stalks into a frenzy of motion. It's very unsettling to be among the rows when the fury of weather is unleashed. The sound of wind rustling the leaves overwhelms all else. Impossible to hear normal sounds of birds and nature amid this cacophony. The only other noise able to penetrate the howling wind is the crack of thunder, a terrifying wildcard in the turbulent approach of a storm. And lately the storms have coincided with sunset. The dusk leaches away the vibrant color of daylight and fills in the highlights with deep shadow. Wonderful time for the imagination to go wild as the visual world is reduced to the most basic form and shape.
Miri had the meeting in a tavern, located about three miles away from Avon. Only a few people showed up.
"Secure the area!" one of the Lenfel men bellowed as he came in. "I want this building queen-proof. There had better be a good reason for you to call us here, Miri. What is it."
Miri shrugged. "I don't know. Ask him."
I stepped over to the table. "Evening, gentlemen. I understand that you war leaders don't talk much."
The oldest leader slammed his spear into the ground. "Not at all. But let me guess. You and your Loreesi scum talk all the time."
I tensed. "Well, yes."
The captain-looking one drew his sword and stalked toward me. "You Loreesi!"
I jumped backward. "Whoa whoa whoa! Umm. . . We are all fugitives now -- outlaws in the eyes of the Queen! It's time we three nations start working together!" those words sounded familiar I glanced over to Miri. She had a grin plastered all over her face. Obviously, those words were familiar to her too.
He lowered his sword. "Humph. Speak."
I stepped back to the table. "Yes, uh, right. Let's cut to the point. We need to work together to stop the Queen's invasion. If we do, I think we have a good chance of winning."
The big Lenfel pointed his chicken leg at me. "We would have to be pretty desperate to have a Loreesi lead us."
Miri stepped up. "Ah, but he has experience with large-scale military strategy, something none of us have."
Big Burly's brother lowered his bottle. "Still, it has to look pretty hopeless to have a Loreesi help us."
Just then, the door flew open as a scout ran in. "Outlaws! Massing just to the east of us! We're caught between a hammer and an anvil!"
Mr. Chicken-Pointer shook his head. "What's your plan, Loreesi."
;) inspired by
Queen: I want to break free..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxt6gJtftTw
have a fabulous freaky friday everybody and try to break fee! ;)
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the textures in the backround are not my work,they`re made by "skeletalMess" ( you`ll find his fantastic work here:
www.flickr.com/photos/skeletalmess/ ) and by Joes Sista,have a look here:
www.flickr.com/photos/27805557@N08/5174517536/in/contacts/
thank you very much for sharing your amazing work!