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Starting my #Disney #FilmCollection series with these 3 ladies from #Oz who started it all! ✨😍 A stunning debut! 💚 Just wished they had done a good version of #Theodora as well! ❤️#OzTheGreatAndPowerful #Glinda #Evanora #WickedWitch #WizardOfOz #MilaKunis #MichelleWilliams #RachelWeisz #DisneyDolls #EmeraldCity
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The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, a landmark of the Pacific Northwest, and an icon of Seattle. It was built in the Seattle Center for the 1962 World's Fair, which drew over 2.3 million visitors, when nearly 20,000 people a day used its elevators. Once the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River, it is 605 ft high, 138 ft wide, and weighs 9,550 tons. It is built to withstand winds of up to 200 miles per hour and earthquakes of up to 9.1 magnitude, as strong as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake. It also has 25 lightning rods. It has an observation deck at 520 ft and the rotating SkyCity restaurant at 500 ft. The downtown Seattle skyline, as well as the Olympic and Cascade Mountains, Mount Rainier, Mount Baker, Elliott Bay and surrounding islands can be viewed from the top of the Needle. Photographs of the Seattle skyline often show the Space Needle prominently, above skyscrapers and Mount Rainier. Visitors can reach the top of the Space Needle by elevators that travel at 10 miles per hour. The trip takes 41 seconds. On windy days, the elevators slow to 5 miles per hour. On April 19, 1999, the city's Landmarks Preservation Board designated it a historic landmark. [www.spaceneedle.com/home/]
(source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Needle)
Luck be a lady.
Every year for the 4th of July, Lady Liberty makes an appearance in Seattle to celebrate the nation's birthday. Perched atop the kite flying hill at Gas Works Park on Lake Union the over sized blown up head of the Statue of Liberty can be seen from all around the city. She lights up at night for the entire weekend as a part of the Family 4th celebration at the park. One of these days I want to photograph the fireworks from the park with the old gas plant towers lit up along with the Statue of Liberty and the crowds among them.
This is Episode 8 of the fourth season of TIA International Photography's Seattle timelapse series, "Emerald City Infinity".
This episode features footage of Seattle in the summertime, including the renovated waterfront, views of and from the Space Needle, ferries departing from the Seattle Ferry Terminal, cruise ships at the Port of Seattle, cityscape and skyline vistas, Alki Beach Park, Olympic Sculpture Park, sailing on Lake Union, and so much more. This is a personal favorite episode from the entire ECI series. Enjoy.
"Emerald City Infinity" (or "ECI") is a timelapse video series produced by TIA International Photography (TIA). ECI was created from hundreds of timelapse videos recorded between March 2021 and the present date.
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I don't do much 35mm photography anymore, or at least not as much as I used to. My trusty Nikon FM2n is in other good hands most days and much of my own work gets done with medium format. But I did pick up an Olympus XA a year or two ago. The XA may very well be the best pocket 35mm ever. It's small, durable, and reliable. Has a feather touch shutter that is also super quiet. The lens is fast, wide and sharp (35mm f2.8). Plus it has rangefinder focusing for manual control - or you can preset the focus to be able to whip it out of a pocket and expose on the go. There are several iterations that came after, but my favorite is still the original. And even though it takes me months to work through a single 36 exposure roll I still carry that camera in the breast pocket of my coat everywhere I go.
What I do even less of though, is share the work I make in this manner. It tends to be.. quieter, a bit more simple, concentrating not on extraordinary or bombastic moments, but the pleasantly subtle moments that come between.
It always seems to be over before you know it.
A fitting photo to mark the end of my week long adventure in the state of Oregon. The trip was a whirlwind tour of the rugged coast, peaceful cascade lakes highway of Central Oregon and the beervana of Portland. Each stop had its own distinct feel and charm neither of which I could honestly say was better or worse than the other. With two to three nights in each of spot time allowed for us to explore the diverse landscape the state has to offer. From climbing a 500 foot sand dune on the edge of the ocean in Pacific City, to waking up at 5:30am to watch the sunrise over Mt. Bachelor from our campsite on the edge of Hosmer Lake, and lets not forget the tasty brews enjoyed in the Rose City.
All good things much come to an end however, as a return to reality is always inevitable. It is time to return to work and the daily grind of life, where for small moments through out the day I can day dream of the soothing sounds of the ocean or the sprawling stands of trees in the Central Cascades of Oregon. Pictures will help keep the images fresh in my head, as I shot eight rolls of film on the trip. The most pictures I’ve taken in a one week span since switching over to film almost exclusively.
Life seems to go by in a flash. It is refreshing to get out and enjoy what the world has to offer outside the office. I’m already dreaming of adventures for next spring and summer. The list of ideas is already longer than time will allow for.
All that's left is the stars in the sky.
A couple years ago I took an image from roughly this same spot with my Canon XSi that I have been wanting to replicate ever since. admittedly this shot does not come close to it, largely in part because their was little to no cloud cover the night I took it. Yet it doesn't make it any less compelling of a photograph as is.
This spot might be one of my favorite locations to photograph the Seattle skyline. The rolling grass hills and old Seattle Gas Company towers frame the city nicely making the city look much father away than it actually is. On a good night when the clouds are cooperating the dynamic shifts upwards as the skies take center stage in the image. The endless possibilities are what keeps me coming back time and again.
This photograph was taken maybe 40 minutes after sunset, just as the lights of the city where beginning to lighten up the night sky. I left the shutter open for 45 seconds, which turned out to be more than enough time to ensure the lawns in the foreground where exposed properly. Next time I think I'll wait a bit longer to let the skies darken even more allowing the skyline to stand out a bit more.
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I woke up at 2am with this inspiration to do this time lapse. this is one of the frame from it.
Camera: Canonet QL17 GIII
Film: Ilford Delta 100
Location: Central Library - Seattle, Washington
Seattle Central Library houses a mind boggling amount of books. 1 million of them to be exact, placed upon 9,906 shelves. Surely there is something to interest even the pickiest of readers. I know for a fact they have quite an extensive photography section.
This image has previously appeared in my photostream in a more cropped fashion, as part of a triptych of the Central Library.
Retribution is inevitable!
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The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. The 1956 television broadcast premiere of the film on CBS reintroduced it to the public.
On a funny note, Dad let my sister and I stay up to watch the Wizard of Oz when we were little. I STILL think it is one of the scariest movies ever and had nightmares after that about flying monkeys! Mom was SO mad at Dad!
(I almost forgot I had these wonderful little Madame Alexander dolls, which I bought at the auction some time ago!)
Cast:
Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale
Terry as Toto
Ray Bolger as Hunk/Scarecrow
Jack Haley as Hickory/Tin Man
Bert Lahr as Zeke/Cowardly Lion
Frank Morgan as Professor Marvel/Wizard of Oz/Gatekeeper/Carriage Driver/Wizard's Guard
Billie Burke as Good Witch Glinda of the North
Margaret Hamilton as Almira Gulch/Wicked Witch of the West
Charley Grapewin as Uncle Henry
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Thank you ALL for you all for your fun comments and faves! What a great time of life!
View from Kerry Park
Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the 15th-largest in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 makes it one of the nation's fastest-growing large cities.
Seattle is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington. It is the northernmost major city in the United States, located about 100 miles (160 km) south of the Canadian border. A major gateway for trade with East Asia, Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling as of 2021.
Kerry Park is a small public park and viewpoint on the south slope of Queen Anne Hill in Seattle, Washington, United States. It overlooks Downtown Seattle and is located along West Highland Drive between 2nd Avenue West and 3rd Avenue West. The park's view is considered to be the most iconic views of the city skyline, with the Space Needle prominent at the center, Elliott Bay to the west, and Mount Rainier in the background.
The park encompasses 1.26 acres (0.51 ha) and includes a railing and several benches facing south towards the skyline. A stairway on the west end of the park connects below to West Prospect Street and the Bayview-Kinnear Park, which has a small playground. Kerry Park is named after the couple lumberman and business magnate Albert S. Kerry and his wife Katharine. They lived nearby, and donated the land to the city in 1927 "so that all who stop here may enjoy [its] view."
Information courtesy of Wikipedia
Emerald City is the new game design by Fair Play and was inspired by a game called "Jewel Quest".
A new era is born: This is really something new and was never seen on all the grid before: "The Jewel Gacha Hunt"!
28 creators of fantasy and gothic joined, to make these vision come true. Play for a price without knowing which merchant release will drop.
The first "Team Gacha" in Second Life!!
Certainly, there will be also awesome new releases, who donates and charity a percentage to:
Relay For Life Of Second Life (American Cancer Society)
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Team Fox For Parkinson's Research
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Quick business trip to Seattle to meet with prospective clients...and how do I spend my lunch hour? Taking more photos. ;)
Hope you all are doing great--I miss you!
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Finally feeling like my old self again after a long stint with the flu I decided to head up to the Emerald City for some much needed R&R with my son while he was on Spring Break.............!
I even dusted off the old Nikon (which was covered in cobwebs from lack of use) packed her up in the truck and off we went............:)
First new "clicks" that I've taken in I can't remember how long.............!!!!!!!!
Hope everyone is doing well and I'll be catching up with your photostream's later tonight and tomorrow.........!
Have a great weekend..........!
~Hugs~
City of Seattle on a chilly winter day .
The light was perfect at sunset and the polarizer did the rest.
I had a view of the Seattle skyline on Saturday (Sept. 22, 2018) afternoon from a third story window in a stairwell of the Good Shepherd Center. Fall colors were beginning to show amongst the greenery of the "Emerald City".
I watched the storm clouds blow in over old brick chimney stacks and power lines strung with vintage glass insulators. The 100 year old apple trees on the property stood shrouded in nets as this year's crop ripened for imminent harvest.
See more about this event at seattle.urbansketchers.org/2018/09/emerald-city-turning-g...
This is the place where they stayed. It draws inspiration from music, nature, and water, making it truly unique. Seattle has notable connections to music and film, featuring attractions like Bruce Lee's grave, the movie "Sleepless in Seattle," and the grunge rock movement, which includes iconic bands like Pearl Jam and where Nirvana played their first show and got their recognition. P.S. Edgewater Hotel: Features a Pearl Jam Suite filled with band memorabilia and a replica of the Easy Street Records Mother Love Bone mural.
The standard postcard image of Seattle from Kerry Park on Queen Anne Hill. The wind was so extreme that I was experimenting with higher ISOs than I am normally accustomed to. Not too bad, though I still prefer the lower ISOs and will be investing in another tripod that lets me put some weight under the center column for these conditions. This view (though constantly captured) is special because my wife and I were married at a church just three or four blocks above this view. Enjoy!