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The day before yesterday (25 January 2014), I spent an amazing day with friends Cathy and Terry, south of Calgary. I had found an e-mail on my computer around 12:45 a.m., just as I was about to turn off my computer for the night. Did I want to go birding tomorrow and, if so, to meet at 8:00 a.m.? A full day of excitement and enjoyment left me tired out, but so happy. I had been missing being out and taking photos, feeling lethargic and extremely tired, so this invite was welcomed with open arms. The crazy weather soared to a balmy 11C, but a lot of the day was colder, with a strong wind! Along one of the roads, we came across these and other bright red granaries/sheds - I always love to see anything bright red in a snowy, wintry setting.
Can you believe that we saw 17 owls? SEVENTEEN! I didn't photograph quite every single one, but my friends will let me know exactly how many of each owl we found, once they've gone through their photos. It was something like 10 Snowy Owls and 7 Great Horned Owls. The closest Snowy Owl was seen when it was early evening and the light had gone, and my photos are all blurry. The other owls were little more than a tiny speck in the far, far distance, but I still managed to get some kind of shot of some of them, using 48x zoom plus cropping. Perhaps I should add that maybe 16 of the owls that were seen would never have been seen by less experienced birders (and I include myself in that category!). My friends have brilliant eyes when it comes to spotting owls! Just left me shaking my head each time they found one! I'm not too bad at finding owls, but not at that distance!
An interesting link, with the information below, that answers the question: "WHY ARE BARNS USUALLY PAINTED RED?"
home.howstuffworks.com/question635.htm
"If you've ever driven through a rural area, it's likely that you've seen the red barns that speckle the farming landscape. There are several theories as to why barns are painted red.
Centuries ago, European farmers would seal the wood on their barns with an oil, often linseed oil -- a tawny-colored oil derived from the seed of the flax plant. They would paint their barns with a linseed-oil mixture, often consisting of additions such as milk and lime. The combination produced a long-lasting paint that dried and hardened quickly. (Today, linseed oil is sold in most home-improvement stores as a wood sealant). Now, where does the red come from?
In historically accurate terms, "barn red" is not the bright, fire-engine red that we often see today, but more of a burnt-orange red. As to how the oil mixture became traditionally red, there are two predominant theories. One is that wealthy farmers added blood from a recent slaughter to the oil mixture. As the paint dried, it turned from a bright red to a darker, burnt red. The other is that farmers added ferrous oxide, otherwise known as rust, to the oil mixture. Rust was plentiful on farms and is a poison to many fungi, including mold and moss, which were known to grown on barns. These fungi would trap moisture in the wood, increasing decay.
Regardless of how the farmer tinted his paint, having a red barn became a fashionable thing. They were a sharp contrast to the traditional white farmhouse. As European settlers crossed over to America, they brought with them the tradition of red barns. In the mid to late 1800s, as paints began to be produced with chemical pigments, red paint was the most inexpensive to buy. Red was the color of favor until whitewash became cheaper, at which point white barns began to spring up.
Today, the color of barns can vary, often depending on how the barns are used."
yEP i DID BUY A JACKET AND SOME YANKEE CANDLE TARTS LOL ( not the jacket displayed WAY to much money ) :)))))
Anyone remember these monitors !!!! really eyecatching arrangement... :)))
This herring gull was paddling the cold ground - maybe hoping to bring worms to the surface?
What was equally eyecatching was this patch of daffodils..... flowering, in mid January!
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Let's try something diferent.
Same theme, same water, same lighting but with black background and without borders.
Charcoal, and black ink, and fluorescent paint on paper, about 28" x 20".
For more on this one, you could click here! davewhatt.wordpress.com/2025/04/01/oh-i-see-its-just-a-re...
Not sure if it is current, the website is current manxnationalheritage.im
We were using the "Go Explore" card for the week - they are valid for steam trains, trams, buses and even the Douglas Horse Drawn bus.
With help from Mr Google manxnationalheritage.im/shop/product/go-explore-adult-pass - this is a 5 day heritage pass, it gives the access to transport as with the Go Explore card, and it also gives access to heritage sites.
Project Room
Barry McGee (TWIST)
Site-Specific Loft Installation
"Running concurrently with the group exhibition Do Not Stack, McGee takes over the project space, transforming the room’s physical relationship with the visitor into an interactive viewing. A distinctive cluster of McGee’s various paintings, works on paper and urban objects can be accessed by ascending through the floor of the utilitarian structure to the lofted space above."
Barry McGee "Site-Specific Loft Installation" at the Roberts and Tilton Gallery in L.A.
I spoke with the director of the gallery. He said that the gallery offered this 10' x 10' room to Barry McGee to do something with it. He said they got to talking and then Barry asked, "Can I build a loft?" And they did. A real interesting space. Well worth a visit in my opinion.
The Art Deco period 'Tom Parker' fountain. Napier, Hawkes Bay, North Island, New Zealand.
Had the X100T in my pocket after to dinner in Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand and this thing was lit up like Christmas - couldn't resist!
The fountain is lit at night and it cycles changes through both colour and pattern of the spray. It really does go those colours and a few more besides!
Fujfilm X100T, 23mm 2.8, 1/45th sec at f/2.8, ISO 6400
ref. 309 I can´t describe how funny play with drops of water is! I´m happy you liked too! Thanks for the comments. :o)
Known commonly as the peanut cactus because of it's many small growths, presumably looking a bit like peanuts, Chamaecereus silvestrii flowers in late Spring. The plant typically grows many small growths from the base, which easily fall of and grow. Dad had this plant many years ago and I was lucky enough to be able to get some growths from my friend Guy. The flowers are quite large in comparison to the plant size and are very eyecatching in their bold red.
Don't forget to check out the video of this spectacular event in my "Study Abroad - Videos" album!
What do you think? How you ever been to the lovely city of Paris?
I don't really recollect where I came across these tiny shines . I think in some shop while strolling with my family as they get busy shopping: on selecting, comparing, trying et all..
But I had just my mobile with me, no cams.. Recently I was transferring what I have in that mobile, Only then i got reminded of this shot.
Thought of sharing with you ..:)
Prinsengracht | Canal Pride 2015 01/08/2015 17h10
Roze Zorg 50 Plus; This boat allows us to think about health care for gay people over 50. Still a long way to go for the charming eyecatching gentleman in the middle.
Amsterdam Gay Pride
Amsterdam Pride is a citywide gay-festival held annually at the center of Amsterdam during the first weekend of August. The festival attracts several hundred-thousand visitors each year and thus one of the largest publicly held annual events in the Netherlands. Amsterdam Pride was originally organized in 1996.
The peak of the festival is during the Canal Parade, a parade of boats of large variety on the first Saturday of August, which usually goes from Westerdok over the Prinsengracht, Amstel river, Zwanenburgwal and Oudeschans to Oosterdok.
The center of the parties and concerts during the festival is the Rembrandtplein and during the festival there are many activities in the surrounding area.
[ Source: Wikipedia – Amsterdam Gay Pride ]
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What inspired me to take this picture was the eyecatching color of one of the parking cars, that created a nice contrast to the surroundings. Then it turned out I like the picture better in mono.
Also, looks like it's parking a weird limbo spot, where it's neither explicitly allowed nor forbidden to park.
Stranger #026/100 - Laura (Kandidat1)
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Gleicher Tag, erneut eine Frau mit einem außergewöhnlichen Erscheinungsbild, nur wirkt dieses Mal die Kleidung etwas "altmodisch". Es ist leicht zu erraten, was mich veranlasste, sie anzusprechen und um ein Foto zu bitten...
Es war auf dem Max-Joseph-Platz in München, einem touristischen Brennpunkt, wo täglich Tausende von Besuchern vorbeikommen. Sie stand auf dem Sockel des Denkmals in der Mitte des Platzes etwas erhöht. Mit ihrem Kleid im Stil der Biedermeierzeit und dem dazu passenden Sonnenschirm stellte sie ein auffälliges, im wahrsten Sinn des Wortes herausragendes, Fotomotiv dar.
Nur ihr Gesichtsausdruck war streng, um nicht zu sagen abweisend und sie bewegte sich unruhig hin- und her, ja sie schien sogar ein bisschen entrüstet zu sein. Wie sich herausstellte, war das Teil ihrer Rolle, die sie im Rahmen einer historischen Stadtführung darstellt / mimt.
Laura Tiess ist Schauspielerin and arbeitet für die Stadtvogel-Führungen, die mit kleinen Episoden das München vergangener Zeit wieder lebendig werden lassen.
In der kurzen Zeit bis zum Eintreffen der Besucher konnte ich noch erfahren, dass das Kostüm vom Gärtnerplatztheater stammt und diese Führungen regelmäßig zu bestimmten Zeitpunkten angeboten werden, für größere Gruppen aber auch individuelle Termine vereinbart werden können.
Ich wollte nicht ihre Konzentration stören und bat sie deshalb, nicht auf die Kamera zu achten. In den wenigen Minuten bis zu ihrem Einsatz konnte ich zwei Aufnahmen aus verschiedenen Entfernungen realisieren.
Sie hatte nichts dagegen, sich fotografieren zu lassen und war auch ohne zu zögern bereit zu einer Teilnahme an meinem Fotoprojekt "100 Strangers".
Dass sie fotografiert wird, war offensichtlich nichts Neues für Sie, aber in vielen Fällen fragen die Touristen wohl nicht einmal um Erlaubnis, sie ablichten zu dürfen. Als Schauspielerin ist es Teil ihres Berufs, im Mittelpunkt des Interesses zu stehen. Trotzdem freut es mich, dass sie so aufgeschlossen war und ich sie hier als Teil meines persönlichen Porträtfotoprojekts "100 Strangers" präsentieren kann (obwohl ich ihr keine Gage in Aussicht stellen könnte :-).
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Same day, another woman with an extraordinary outfit, but this time the clothing are looking a little bit more "old fashioned": You can easily guess what prompted me to ask her for a photo...
I met Laura at one of the touristic hot spots in Munich, where thousands of visitors are passing by every day. She stood at the "Max-Joseph-Platz" on a socket of the monument in the middle of the place with this 'cute' umbrella and a costume from "Biedermeier-Era" - an extraordinary and eyecatching motive.
Laura Tiess is an actress, working for the Stadtvogel-Guides,
which are specialized in historical tours, where short episodes should give a feeling of former times. Therefore she had only a small amount of time for me, but despite of her repelling facial expression, which was part of her role, it was nice to talk to her.
I didn't want to disturb her concentration and said, she should not pay attention to the camera, while I was trying to find a characteristic expression.
Obviously it didn't surprise her to be photographed but may be it was an exception that someone asked for permission.
She agreed without hesitation to participate in my photo project and I could realize two captures from different distances before her visitors had arrived.
As an actress, it's part of their profession, to be the center of attention. Nevertheless, I am pleased that she was so open-minded and I can present these photos here as part of my personal portrait photo project "100 Strangers"!
Thank You, Laura, for your willingness and the kind contact!
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This picture is #026 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about this project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the international 100 Strangers Flickr Group page!
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The original photo was converted from raw and enhanced by postprocessing with JPG Illuminator.
More from that amazing light setup. It's a lot more eyecatching than prior times I've done it and it wasn't entirely obvious so eventually I did a different light setup that was great but not quite this amazing.
Oh well, photography is all about a fleeting moment, regardless.
Strobist details: So, there's a pair of Godox TT600's to the left right next to each other, one with a purple gel, one with a blue gel. There's a Godox TT600 and a Neewer NW-561 to the left also right next to each other, one with a green gel one with a pink gel. The Godox's use the XProO and the NW-561 was optically triggered.
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... away from the river it was towards Fort George. The Harbor House Hotel proved to be irresistibly eye-catching. I already have some cyanotypes in the works and hope to take this frame to the darkroom too. ... #etbtsy
Continued on my blog:
Niagara-on-the-Lake on Black and White Film
Photographed with a 35mm Nikon FE Camera on Fomapan 400 Black & White Negative Film, Developed in Rollei Supergrain.
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Please feel free to use this Twitter image under the creative commons license.
I created the graphic to drive traffic to my marketing blog as part of a buzz-building assignment for a graduate degree.
Please attribute, link, like and comment - howtostartablogonline.net
Help me explore the concept of online quid pro quo. You get great visual content and I get extra credit in my emerging media class. Or at least that's the cunning plan...
Also, if you have an idea for a custom graphic you need for your own blog or website, please share with me at mkhmktg@yahoo.com. I'll give it my best shot to create something for you.