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a few minutes in the woods to look and see after mountain biking tonight .. after all that climbing and descending, a chance to reflect on climbing as a way of life, a means of survival.
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This is a collective of women weavers who are also part of a Parents' support group, parents who have come together to support girls to stay in school, in partnership with the educational charity CAMFED. It was mesmerising to watch them weave; a lifetime of practice and a craft tradition that each individual adds their own expression to.
Not me - Jim the Joker!
Jim gets Class 37 locomotive No. 37421 in his sights as she crosses Bargoed viaduct at the front of 3Z11, the 09:32 Cardiff Canton Sidings to Rhymney working on Thursday 15th August 2019.
Having enjoyed and taken inspiration from Jim's work over several years here on Flickr it was a great pleasure for me to finally meet him on this 1Z10 event. Cheers Jim!
Themesong: www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&s...
Name: Maethor
Race: Half-Elf
Age: 18 or 19
Place of Birth: Pagum, Abellinium
Loyalty: Angore (Previously), Himself
Abilities: Expert Swordsman
Equipment: Angorian Armor, Angorian Knight's Sword, Angorian Soldier's Sword
Personality: Keeps the values of Honor, Loyalty, and Courage. Is a rather sad and depressed person, doesn't like to show emotion, afraid he won't make a difference.
Bio: Maethor was born the son of the King of Angore and an Elf Peasant. He was born in Abellinium but the King took him back to live in the palace with him. At the age of 15, Gavorenth attacked Angore with an army of Demons. Maethor wanted to fight in the Siege of Madenroth but his father, Kerauth, would not allow it. Maethor left Madenroth before the siege began and returned to Abellinium to live with his mother. When Gavorenth's minions tracked him down and killed his mother, Maethor returned to Angore to deal his revenge.
So, new Maethor. Once again, I have rebooted the story but I swear, this is the last story =P I will post it eventually.
So some things you may notice about this version are the Samurai vibe is back and back in force. I decided to go a lot more Samurai after the last version which was a good MOC but very generic and not really what I wanted for Maethor.
I'm really quite satisfied with this version so I don't have much to say other than he's fragile and doesn't pose easily =P
Credit to the following individuals for help:
EMMSixteen-For making me add the full Shikoro
Hawkflight: For forcing the bulk to Samurai levels
The following were not satisfied with regular credit and requested "fucking" credit:
Zach (X): Might as well have built the MOC. Basically just telling me what was good and what was crap. Also he made a poster, which I will post later.
Ventum: Also might as well have built the MOC for me. Helped a lot with suggesting ideas for how to accomplish certain looks and ideas.
So C&C welcome, as always. And yes, why did I stay up until 1:50 to post this at 1:50 exactly? Because it is my birthday, and 1:50 is the exact time I was born. So there ya have it folks, Maethor, birthday edition!
Hopefully you'll be seeing a lot more from me in the future but don't get too hopeful =P Until next time.
~Evan
Big Beetle from P.G. County. I am no beetle expert, but I can picture book with the best of them and I want to suggest that this is a scarab in the genus Strategus. Any backup on that ID? Thanks to Sydney Shumar for cleaning up this dreadfully dirty specimen (check out all the small scale scaring on its integument). Cole Chen was the photographer here.
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Photography Information:
Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200
We Are Made One with What We Touch and See
We are resolved into the supreme air,
We are made one with what we touch and see,
With our heart's blood each crimson sun is fair,
With our young lives each spring impassioned tree
Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range
The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change.
- Oscar Wilde
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Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen:
Best over all technical resource for photo stacking:
Free Field Guide to Bee Genera of Maryland:
bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf
Basic USGSBIML set up:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY
USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4
Bees of Maryland Organized by Taxa with information on each Genus
www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/collections
PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:
ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf
Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:
plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo
or
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU
Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
Contact information:
Sam Droege
sdroege@usgs.gov
301 497 5840
Vehicle: Peugeot Expert Combi.
Date of first registration: 1st January 2002.
Region of registration: Carlisle.
Latest recorded mileage: 132,680 (MOT 16th January 2020).
Last V5 issued: 4th February 2019.
Date taken: 21st December 2020.
Album: Carspotting
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Para los incas, el lago Titicaca -cuya superficie de 900 km2 es compartida por Perú y Bolivia- representaba la cuna de la civilización humana. Incluso otros pueblos altiplánicos anteriores al Imperio Inca creÃan que el Sol y su divinidad suprema, Viracocha, habÃan nacido de las entrañas del mismÃsimo lago. Además, en torno al Titicaca, existe una leyenda que habla de una fabulosa ciudad atrapada en sus aguas: Wanakú.
La expedición, llamada Tiwanaku 2004, llevada a cabo por la organización cientÃfica Akakor, logró fotografiar con la ayuda de un sofisticado equipo robótico un Ãdolo de oro (que pasa más de 30 kilos) y varias vasijas a 70 metros de profundidad. Los objetos fueron encontrados bajo el agua, a la altura de la Isla el Sol que se ubica en el lago. Esta última, junto con la Isla de la Luna, son lugares sagrados para los pueblos andinos.
Aunque no se ha determinado la verdadera antigüedad de los vestigios encontrados, los expertos creen que existe una relación con la cultura Tiwanaku que habitó en la zona entre el 1500 a.C. y 1172 d.C. Esta civilización es considerada la precursora del Imperio Inca.
Los cientÃficos anunciaron, además, el descubrimiento de una isla sumergida llamada Wilakota (Lago de Sangre). Se presume que en el lugar se realizaban sacrificios humanos y que la isla quedó sumergida al aumentar el nivel del lago más de 100 metros durante el último siglo.
Fuente: Javier Sierra, blog