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Nikon D810 Photos Pretty Swimsuit Bikini Ballerina Model Goddess Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens for Nikon DSLR Cameras!
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Pretty Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess!
She was tall, thin, fit, and most beautiful!
All the best on your epic hero's odyssey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
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Modeling the new black & gold & "Gold 45 Revolver" Gold'N'Virtue swimsuits with the main equation to Dynamic Dimensions Theory on the swimsuits: dx4/dt=ic. Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! :) You can read more about my research and Hero's Odyssey Physics here:
herosodysseyphysics.wordpress.com/ MDT PROOF#2: Einstein (1912 Man. on Rel.) and Minkowski wrote x4=ict. Ergo dx4/dt=ic--the foundational equation of all time and motion which is on all the shirts and swimsuits. Every photon that hits my Nikon D800e's sensor does it by surfing the fourth expanding dimension, which is moving at c relative to the three spatial dimensions, or dx4/dt=ic!
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Fine art swimsuit model, ballerina, and ballet photography!
Nikon D810 Photos Pretty Swimsuit Bikini Fitness Model Goddess Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens for Nikon DSLR Cameras!
45SURF Fine Art!
After looking through my work,what do you think about Nikob vs. Sony? Do you prefer the Nikon D810 and Nikkor / Tamron / Sigma lenses /glass, or the Sony A7r and Sony Sonnar Carl Zeiss e-mount glass/lenses? I love them both! And I am so excited about the Sony A7rII !
Check out the new dress on my eBay shop :) www.ebay.com/usr/eifeldolldress
Check out the new dress on my eBay shop :) www.ebay.com/sch/eifeldolldress/m.html?item=261672350654&...
International show jumping in Chester...England.
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For me, fashion is a form of art. I wanted to take the time and experiment with some styles and colors to se what works and what doesn’t. Feel free to comment on what styles you think work best 😃
For old times sake...I'm not sure if the Bench Monday group is still alive and well, but it used to be one of my favorites. So I couldn't help but take one last night. Luckily, my daughter still remembers how to balance on really strange objects. : )
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Nikon D800E photography of Pretty Brunette Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess @ the 45SURF Summer Beach House! Gorgeous Brown Eyes! I'm thiking about adding a deck and a pool to the beach house / surf shack! You'll have to visit!
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Classic California--an athletic model goddess in Red, White, & Blue American Flag Gold 45 Revolver bikini with the Moving Dimensions Theory Equation on it: dx4/dt=ic! Tall, thin, fit and very, very pretty!
Here's some new epic video of the epicly pretty brunette goddess--shooting stills & video @ the same time!:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_7feV3T1Rs (Sony NEX 6 Video with 50mm F/1.8 Prime (nice bokeh!))
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7pH5VBiO6g
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqAoJZgqSs4 (Sony NEX 6 Video with 50mm F/1.8 Prime (nice bokeh!))
Be sure to enjoy the epic videos in full screen HD! :)
Photos shot with the AMAZING Nikon D800 E and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens and the B W 77mm XS-Pro Kaesemann Circular Polarizer with Multi-Resistant Nano Coating. Classic California Brunette Beach Babe! Beautiful Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess with Pretty Blue Eyes and wavy sandy-brownhair!
Shot in both RAW & JPEG, but all these photos are RAWs finished in Lightroom 5 ! :)
Modeling the classic 45surf t-shirts and the Gold 45 Revolver Gold'N'Virtue Bikini on a sunny Malibu summer afternoon--my favorite for shooting on the beautiful socal beach!
Shot with the new Nikon D800E and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens.
Captured in both RAW and JPEG.
Modeling the black & gold "Gold 45 Revolver" Gold'N'Virtue swimsuits with the main equation to Moving Dimensions Theory on the swimsuits: dx4/dt=ic. Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! :) You can read more about my research and Hero's Journey Physics here:
herosjourneyphysics.wordpress.com/ MDT PROOF#2: Einstein (1912 Man. on Rel.) and Minkowski wrote x4=ict. Ergo dx4/dt=ic--the foundational equation of all time and motion which is on all the shirts and swimsuits. Every photon that hits my Nikon D800e's sensor does it by surfing the fourth expanding dimension, which is moving at c relative to the three spatial dimensions, or dx4/dt=ic!
May the Hero's Journey Mythology Goddess inspire you (as they have inspired me!) along your own artistic journey! Love, love, love the 70-200mm F/2.8 Lens! :)
All the Best on Your Epic Hero's Journey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
May the classic California HJM Goddesses guide, inspire, and exalt ye along yer heroic artistic journey!
All the Best on Your Epic Hero's Journey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
The books behind the pretty goddess on the Malibu beach hut and surfboard are The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, Homer's Iliad, Homer's Odyssey, Shakespeare, and Herman Melville's Moby Dick! My favorite books! Will have some video of the pretty model reading them beside a campfire soon.
They're all collectors editions! My books cost as much as my surfboards!
And for those who always ask, I shoot in RAW! Always! :)
A Gold 45 Goddess exalts the archetypal form of Athena--the Greek Goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts and reason. A Gold 45 Goddess embodies 45SURF's motto "Virtus, Honoris, et Actio Pro Veritas, Amor, et Bellus, (Strength, Honor, and Action for Truth, Love, and Beauty," and she stands ready to inspire and guide you along your epic, heroic journey into art and mythology. It is Athena who descends to call Telemachus to Adventure in the first book of Homer's Odyssey--to man up, find news of his true father Odysseus, and rid his home of the false suitors, and too, it is Athena who descends in the first book of Homer's Iliad, to calm the Rage of Achilles who is about to draw his sword so as to slay his commander who just seized Achilles' prize, thusly robbing Achilles of his Honor--the higher prize Achilles fought for. And now Athena descends once again, assuming the form of a Gold 45 Goddess, to inspire you along your epic journey of heroic endeavour.
Skip A. Stone noticed that the sunflower seedlings finally bloomed today on Father's day.
(my whole family came to have brunch today at the culinary school)
170/365
21/52 Friday 16th March 2012
I know this isn’t a self-portrait but I would love to explain why I didn’t create a self-portrait this week :)
Basically, I started taking photos, more or less, at the same time I picked up a pencil. I was never really into art or photography when I was little, but at the age of around 19 I managed to get into architecture at university. This is where I guess I was introduced to photography, drawing and design in general. To be honest at first I hated it, the main reason was because I just couldn’t draw anything at all or take a decent looking photograph for that matter (in fact I even screwed up one of my years at uni because of it haha mainly because I was just lazy and couldn’t really give a shit about anything at the time). But I never really gave up. As I continued to draw and take photos, I began to get the hang of it and I started to love it! So besides taking photos, I guess one of my biggest passions would be to draw and design in general (This is actually a digital drawing that I had done this week). I think this will be the only drawing I will ever post as part of this project but I might do a 52 week project with drawings instead of photos (when I find the time haha)
if anyone is interested this is my Tumblr! account!
Ask me questions here! if you feel like xD
For Tiki Machine's ( tikimachine.blogspot.com.au/ ) Western themed Art book to be released at this year's San Diego Comicon and featuring the work of 50 incredible cartoonists, animators and artists.
Packing up the propellant and the new rocket builds for the desert. The pink Crayon piggy bank now sports an aluminum nozzle on the rear… and the minimum diameter 38mm bird will test the latest "mellow" and "pink" propellant from Cesaroni Aerospace Canada, eh! Those will be first flights for the girls.
The 3D-printer has been running every night to churn out fin cans for six young boys who will be launching rockets for the first time. I also have a 4"-diameter fin can there that I need to simulate as it pushes the limits of the Makerbot, and the fins are a bit stubby.
I have a boatload of night and day launches to pull off. The propellant alone includes a N5800, M3000, and a dozen L, K, H, and I motors. Each letter grade is a doubling of total impulse, and the M motor class is the largest that's legal in California. Hello Nevada!
Here's a fun video of the large bird I'll be focusing on...
Farms on the Peel River floodplain near Tamworth in northern NSW seem to be in a pretty reasonable state, but away from the river, conditions remain desperate as the drought persists. Chaffey Dam is almost down to 20% capacity.
HD PENTAX-D FA 15-30mm f2.8
Copyright Susan Ogden
Most all of you know my passion for art, but even i did not know my passion for art in nature...and the ability to make art flow in the landscape, like this man does! i am totally head over heels for this drystone stone wall, which begins straight, atop a hill and follows the hill down to the roadway, breaks and picks up on the other side draping down to the water and seems to flow into it, coming up out of the water on the other side and then slithering up the hill and curving in and out of the trees there before crossing another roadway and straightening out again. The flow of this in its natural surroundings is breathtaking....and if i could, i would steal this piece of art for my own!
This one is for my Flicker friend Ang Wickman whose supportive comments have always been so welcomed in my photos. I certainly thought of you when I took this photo during our family vacation.
This image illustrates the Bristol VRL concept to its best advantage. Placing the engine longitudinally on the offside beyond the rear axle not only simplified the driveline but also enabled a rear entrance or exit to be fitted. One downside was that a long rear-overhang was required, which wouldn't have been acceptable on shorter chassis. I suspect that there may also have been some weight distribution issues. This is a 36 foot VRL-LL (vertical rear longitudinal-engine, long low chassis), a type that was offered but not actually built. Some very similar 36-foot dual-door (front and rear) buses were built for the South African municipality of Johannesburg on the marginal higher VRL-LH chassis. The bodies for these were built locally by Bus Bodies (SA) to a very neat design with equal-length side windows. My version uses standard ECW windows bays with an awkward half bay at the rear, as fitted to various bodies built by that concern. Interestingly ECW had produced drawings for a 36-foot body to a similar layout on what was then called the Bristol N-Type chassis, but using equal-width window bays. The unusual low-mounted route number was characteristic of most South African municipal fleets (01-May-10)..
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Athletic Goddess! Nikon D810 Photos Pretty Swimsuit Bikini Fitness Model Goddess: Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Nikon Cameras!
Loved shooting the awesome Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Nikon Cameras! It was a bit tough sometimes to achieve optimum focus at F1.4 due to the shallow depth of field, but hey--not every eyelash has to be perfectly sharp! I could do it if I and the model were perfectly still, or F1.8 or F2.0 did the trick too. Kept switching it up! We had fun and she loves the photos! :)
All the best on your epic hero's odyssey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
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Modeling the new black & gold & "Gold 45 Revolver" Gold'N'Virtue swimsuits with the main equation to Dynamic Dimensions Theory on the swimsuits: dx4/dt=ic. Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! :) You can read more about my research and Hero's Odyssey Physics here:
herosodysseyphysics.wordpress.com/ MDT PROOF#2: Einstein (1912 Man. on Rel.) and Minkowski wrote x4=ict. Ergo dx4/dt=ic--the foundational equation of all time and motion which is on all the shirts and swimsuits. Every photon that hits my Nikon D800e's sensor does it by surfing the fourth expanding dimension, which is moving at c relative to the three spatial dimensions, or dx4/dt=ic!
Instagram: instagram.com/45surf
Fine art swimsuit model, ballerina, and ballet photography!
Nikon D810 Photos Pretty Swimsuit Bikini Fitness Model Goddess Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Nikon Cameras!
45SURF Fine Art!
After looking through my work,what do you think about Nikon vs. Sony? Do you prefer the Nikon D810 and Nikkor / Tamron / Sigma lenses /glass, or the Sony A7r and Sony Sonnar Carl Zeiss e-mount glass/lenses? I love them both! And I am so excited about the Sony A7rII !
Feel free to ask me any questions! Always love sharing tech talk and insights! :)
And all the best on Your Epic Hero's Odyssey!
The new Lightroom rocks!
Picture Taken Of Seven Bryant Park Building Located At 41st Street And 6th Avenue Lit Up for The Holidays In New York City. Photo Taken Tuesday December 7, 2021.
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iPhone 11 PRO
A blank 'For Rent' sign on a blue painted cinder block wall.
Feel free to use this photo for your website or blog as long as you include a photo credit with a clickable (hyperlinked) and do-follow link to brianDhawkins.comrel="nofollow">ImSickOf.com/
Pretty Athletic Goddess! Nikon D810 Photos Pretty Swimsuit Bikini Fitness Model Goddess: Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Nikon Cameras!
Loved shooting the awesome Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Nikon Cameras! It was a bit tough sometimes to achieve optimum focus at F1.4 due to the shallow depth of field, but hey--not every eyelash has to be perfectly sharp! I could do it if I and the model were perfectly still, or F1.8 or F2.0 did the trick too. Kept switching it up! We had fun and she loves the photos! :)
All the best on your epic hero's odyssey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/45surfAchillesOdysseyMythology
Instagram: instagram.com/45surf
blog: 45surf.wordpress.com
Modeling the new black & gold & "Gold 45 Revolver" Gold'N'Virtue swimsuits with the main equation to Dynamic Dimensions Theory on the swimsuits: dx4/dt=ic. Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! :) You can read more about my research and Hero's Odyssey Physics here:
herosodysseyphysics.wordpress.com/ MDT PROOF#2: Einstein (1912 Man. on Rel.) and Minkowski wrote x4=ict. Ergo dx4/dt=ic--the foundational equation of all time and motion which is on all the shirts and swimsuits. Every photon that hits my Nikon D800e's sensor does it by surfing the fourth expanding dimension, which is moving at c relative to the three spatial dimensions, or dx4/dt=ic!
Instagram: instagram.com/45surf
Fine art swimsuit model, ballerina, and ballet photography!
Nikon D810 Photos Pretty Swimsuit Bikini Fitness Model Goddess Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Nikon Cameras!
45SURF Fine Art!
After looking through my work,what do you think about Nikon vs. Sony? Do you prefer the Nikon D810 and Nikkor / Tamron / Sigma lenses /glass, or the Sony A7r and Sony Sonnar Carl Zeiss e-mount glass/lenses? I love them both! And I am so excited about the Sony A7rII !
Feel free to ask me any questions! Always love sharing tech talk and insights! :)
And all the best on Your Epic Hero's Odyssey!
The new Lightroom rocks!
View your artistic mission into photography as an epic odyssey of heroic poetry! Take it from Homer in Homer's Odyssey: "Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted; moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home; but do what he might he could not save his men, for they perished through their own sheer folly in eating the cattle of the Sun-god Hyperion; so the god prevented them from ever reaching home. Tell me, too, about all these things, O daughter of Jove, from whatsoever source you may know them. " --Samuel Butler Translation of Homer's Odyssey
All the best on your Epic Hero's Odyssey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
Pretty Asian model!
Pretty one piece Swimsuit!
From the golden spiral in the whirlpool galaxy and our very own milkway galaxy, to the golden mean of an athletic models' proportions, to the divine proportions found in a beautiful models' face, to the optimum curves and compositions of my fine art photography, I have found the Fibonacci sequence and golden number Phi to be omni-present. And so it makes sense that I found the golden spiral to naturally emerge in my physics theory--Dynamic Dimensions Theory--which postulates that the fourth dimension is expanding at the rate of c relative to the three spatial dimensions, giving rise to relativity, the quantum, and time and all its arrows and asymmetries. Yes! I have a pPh.D. in physics! Photons of ligth are but matter which surfs the fourth expanding dimension en route to creating a beautiful photograph.
And yes I am working on a book combining my philosophies on Phi, fine art photography, physics, the golden mean and number, the divine proportion, and the natgural emergence of the Fibonacci numbers in life and beauty. The book, filled with my photography aongside classic poetry, epic physics, and philosophy, will be called The Golden Hero's Odyssey. :)
Tinsley'allocated FGWA Pool 47 285 is seen waiting to leave Stoke Gifford for Avonmouth, on December 11th 1987.
She was built at Crewe as D1987, entering service on January 29th 1966.
TOPS info:-
47285 FGWA TI S M 0 XA.
52A Gateshead 29/01/1966
41A Tinsley 03/1970
52A Gateshead 04/1972
55A Leeds Holbeck 10/1972
41A Tinsley 03/1973
Allocation recoded 41A to TI 05/1973
Renumbered 47 285 21/12/1973
BR Bristol Bath Road 06/1977
TI Tinsley 10/1987
BS Bescot 03/1998
Store 11/01/1999
Withdrawn 28/01/1999
DF Derby Fragonset 28/10/2002
Reinstated 28/10/2002
Moved into Toton Training Compound in 10/00, and still resided there when it was sold to Fragonset Railways 10/9/02.
Moved from Derby to Barrow Hill by rail on 14/8/03 and, following the removal of all useful spares, was taken by road to Ron Hull Junior, Parkgate, Rotherham on 24/1/05, still intact on 1/2/05, but had been broken up by 5/2/05.
I hope you enjoy looking through my Flickr images. Please consider helping me pay for my Flickr subscription, and to help me buy-back some of the 4000 of my slides from the past that I'd like to get back.
I'll rescan all of my older uploads in the fullness of time.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Made explore August 19
I will be back Tuesday.
And I hope I can catch up with all your postings can't wait, see you then.
A very odd shot, but I like it for some reason. Bad lighting and settings. I traveled 120 miles today and if anyone still doesn't think Mother Nature is sick from this drought...just follow my tracks. The best thing I saw today was a fertilizer truck with this sign on the back: "Another truckload of politician's promises" He wouldn't stop long enough for me to take the picture!!!!
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BEYOND SEEING . ART THAT BRINGS TOGETHER THE BLIND AND SIGHTED . EXHIBITION
A Styrian collection shown in Moscow . 29 November 2013 - 12 January 2014
WINZAVOD . Centre for Contemporary Art . Moscow . WINZAVOD CCA. 4TH SYROMYATNICHESKIY LANE, 1, BLD. 6.
A joint project by the Benedictine Admont Monastery, Austrian Cultural Forum in Moscow and WINZAVOD Centre for Contemporary Art
The exhibition “Beyond Seeing” features works of art from the international collection of the famous Benedictine Admont Monastery in Austria.
The Admont Abbey has amassed one of Austria´s most important collections of contemporary art. For this exhibition, it will show one of its most prominent projects, "Beyond Seeing" for the first time outside of Austria. A monastery of the Benedictine order, the Admont Abbey was founded in 1074 and is one of the oldest monasteries in Austria.
The exhibition project presented in the Red Hall of WINZAVOD Centre for Contemporary Art will showcase sculptures, multimedia objects, photographs and works involving Braille alphabet, which all together can only be deciphered through a dialogue between seeing and non-seeing visitors."
The project was first envisioned 11 years ago when, in 2002, the Admont Monastery commissioned 25 artists through its “collection in progress” project to create works designed specifically for an exhibition titled “Beyond Seeing.” The exhibition is intended for blind, visually impaired and seeing visitors alike.
The works in the exhibition are united by a central focus on the non-visual experience of art. Each object is perceived differently by seeing and non-seeing individuals. At the same time, each piece has its own artistic form that speaks to the aim of the project; this renders these objects, paintings, installations and multimedia works visually diverse and gives each one a unique, often striking aesthetic. Many of the works can be touched, listened to and even sniffed, which makes this art accessible—perhaps even familiar—to non-seeing individuals. Seeing visitors, in turn, will come face- to-face with an entirely new and unexpected side of art, and will have an opportunity to imagine how the world of blind people “looks.“
Artists: Yuri Albert, Thomas Baumann, Wolfgang Becksteiner, Adi Brunner, Hannelore Demel- Lerchster, Johannes Deutsch, Heribert Friedl, Matthias Gommel, Michael Gumhold, Stefan Gyurko, Maria Hahnenkamp, Julie Hayward, Tomas Hoke, Anna Jermolaewa, Karl Karner, Michael Kienzer, Karl Leitgeb, Michael Maier, David Moises, Werner Reiterer, Constanze Ruhm, Emil Siemeister, Gustav Troger, Norbert Trummer, Martin Walde, Hans Winkler, Fabio Zolly.
Exhibition Curator: Michael Braunsteiner (Admont Monastery Museum)
Project Director Moscow Exhibition: Simon Mraz (Austrian Cultural Forum in Moscow)
Project Management: Pater Winfried Schwab (Austria), Simon Mraz (Russia)
Scientific monitoring and documentation: Barbara Eisner-B.
Simon Mraz, Director, Austrian Cultural Forum in Moscow: “The exhibition ‘Beyond Seeing: Art that brings together the blind and sighted” is one of the Austrian Cultural Forum’s key projects in Moscow for the 2013 season. This project is unique for two main reasons: first, it draws on works from a monastery with nearly a thousand-year long history that has amassed a contemporary art collection of an international scale. Second, the Admont Monastery has created a special project that offers both blind and seeing visitors a new approach to art.”
Michael Braunsteiner, Art Director and Exhibition Curator: “Blind people have a role in the contemporary art discussion. We will have an opportunity to witness a fascinating and mutually enriching process between the blind and the seeing: ‘art sharing’ (the joint experience of coming into contact with art) and ‘space sharing’ (the joint experience of being located in a single space). Seeing people discover a new approach to interpreting art and the subject of blindness. In this way, art breaks down barriers and opens the gates.”
Sofia Trotsenko, Director, WINZAVOD Centre for Contemporary Art: “Unfortunately, in today’s society, religion and art are too often pitted against one another with no attempts to find points of intersection. We are very pleased that the Admont Fund, which represents an ancient religious institution, is working to develop and support contemporary art, thereby establishing a dialogue between two of the most important aspects of society. Winzavod is happy to take part in this project in collaboration with the Austrian Cultural Forum and not only support the international cooperation between our two countries, but also carry out an important social function by providing an opportunity for the blind and visually impaired to experience contemporary art.“
www.winzavod.ru/eng/events/?id=1129
The collection in Admont:
www.stiftadmont.at/english/museum/museum/blindenkunst.php
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On our holiday in Australia, Port Douglas July 24, 2014 Queensland, Australia.
Our first stop was Port Douglas where we had five wonderful days.
Port Douglas is a town in Far North Queensland, Australia, approximately 70 km (40 mi) north of Cairns. The town is named in honour of former Premier of Queensland, John Douglas. Port Douglas developed quickly based on the mining industry. Other parts of the area were established with timber cutting occurring in the area surrounding the Daintree River and with settlement starting to occur on lots around the Mossman River by 1880.
Previous names for the town included Terrigal, Island Point, Port Owen and Salisbury. The town is situated adjacent to two World Heritage areas, the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Douglas,_Queensland
For anyone interested, the technique I use to process these ultra-high ISO images is an Astrophotography processing technique in Photoshop called Luminance Layering where you work with a 4-layer LRGB image - Luminance, Red, Green, Blue.
Almost all the noise is contained within the Luminance layer, which is a black and white Greyscale layer, and not in the 3 colour layers. So the strategy is to separate the L layer from the RGB layers and do noise reduction on it and then recombine it with the colour layers.... easy peasy. This part of the process takes about 5-6 minutes, it's the colour matching and image tweaking that takes so much time. Sometimes, when even the best noise reduction program can't do the job, Luminance Layer might do the trick.
This might be a helpful analogy: Think of drawing a black-ink intricate line drawing. In addition to the lines add hundreds of tiny dots to simulate noise. Now colour over the black-ink drawing and dots with red, green and blue transparent colour paints mixing them together to give a variety of blended colours. This is very similar to a typical digital camera image. Now think of extracting only the black-ink lines and dots. Now remove only the dots and sharpen the lines. Finally, add this modified black and white image minus the dots back into the coloured image and voila!
Let me know if you're interested and I'll post the workflow here below.
HOW TO DO LUMINOSITY LAYERING IN PHOTOSHOP:
1. Convert the raw file of your image into a 16-bit Photoshop file. Don't do any processing on the raw file or Photoshop file yet.
2. Make a copy of the Photoshop file and open both files at the same time in Photoshop.
3. Extract the luminance layer from the copy by doing this:
Select Image>Mode>Lab Color. On the right side in the
Layers panel click on the Channels tab. Click on the
Lightness layer and select it by doing Selection>All.
4. Create a new blank file by doing File>New... and click OK.
5. Paste the copied Lightness layer on the new blank file.
6. Covert this new file with the Lightness layer in it to an RGB image by doing Image>Mode>RGB Color. Flatten image.
7. Open the RGB image in your favorite denoise reduction program or Photoshop plugin and denoise the image to your satisfaction. With ultra-noisey images you need to crank up the settings.
8. Copy the denoised RGB image and then paste it onto the top layer of the original image. You will now have a denoised black and white image on top of a noisy colour image.
9. Finally, set the Layer Blend Mode to Luminosity and play with the opacity settings until you're satisfied with the result.
This is one of my favorite custom projects to date. The client (awesome and patient) and I went for quite a bit of time, discussing ideas/additions/etc, to help make an "as-accurate-as-possible" Transformers Prime : Ultimate Predaking. Where to begin....This originally started as a Beast Fire Predaking figure (leader class) - It was quite far from accurate. The commissioner supplied me with MANY high-res stills of the character. He/we also worked with some of the best 3D designers to create many replacement and add-on parts.
HEAD : This custom Predaking has a new custom head designed by Incedius, and printed via Shapeways. The face (frosted ultra detail) actually had 2 eye holes which I filled in with clear epoxy to allow the 3mm yellow LED light inside to shine through. The head's 2 large horns connect via ball joints and fold out, then back, then down to fit inside the dragon neck when transformed into alt mode.The new custom head also sits on a new neck/collar shape also designed by Incedius and printed on shapeways. The original neck/collar/neck area was removed to allow for all the new parts.
LEGS / ARMS :Predaking's upper arms and upper legs were shortened a bit. All "hollow" areas as well as some of the Cybertronian tattoos were filled with 2-part epoxy clay, then sanded smooth. his 5mm ports on the forearms were removed. He also has fully articulated hands. Each finger connect to the palm via a ball joint and then has a hinge type joint on the knuckle. These articulated hands were designed also by Incedius (shpws.me/q4NZ) I recommend the "Strong White Flexible" printed material. These hands also have his signature arc shaped designs on the back of the palm and the hands are designed to hold 5mm weapons as well. On the lower legs, I added the blade/fin type shapes (orange) and there are 2 on each leg (one outer, one inner) the outer ones are magnetically attached and need to be swapped to the other leg when in Dragon/Beast mode to fit/Transform properly.
CHEST / BACK : A small embossed "Predacon" symbol was added to the chest. On Predaking's back are 2 "faux" wing attachments which have hingable smaller wings (accurate to the show's CGI) that clip onto the cylindrical shapes on his back (same as the stock wings) these add-on parts also have awesome giant spikes going upwards, making him even more accurate. These were designed by Incedius and were also printed via Shapeways. I believe these are exclusive to this commissioner's project only.
VOICE CHIP and ELECTRONICS : Predaking got one of the coolest upgrade options ever. A voice chip/module custom programmed and built. This module and speaker were all integrated into the chest/torso of Predaking and are discretely hidden. It contains SEVER different voice phrases. It is powered by 4.5 volts of juice, which is a series of coin batteries in one of the AA battery areas. The "push to activate" button is located under the battery unit. The batteries are east to access in case they ever get weak or worn out. In addition, the head's LED and chest LED are sync'd to the voice module, so while he's talking, they light up to accent the audio. I believe this is the (at least my) first custom with a completely custom made sound module! See the video!
Predaking's voice phrases are :
I AM NOT YOUR BOSS! I AM YOUR KING!
PREPARE TO PERISH!
I WILL TEAR YOU APART!
THE TIME HAS COME FOR YOUR EXTINCTION!
GOOD, NOW YOU KNOW WHAT MY FELLOW PREDACONS ENDURED BEFORE YOU MASACRED THEM!
I AM NO BEAST!
I AM PREDAKING!
BEAST MODE : Predaking's beast mode has many add ons. To begin with., his back was retooled and reworked to give better details (which also hide the electronics. The incredible articulated tail has 16 points of articulation, and is super accurate! It was designed by Ariel Lemon and printed via Shapeways. The rugged tail design also includes Ariel Lemon's "extension" This new articulated tail also has a 5mm post on the base, so Predaking can hold it in his new articulated hands! You can find Ariel Lemon's tail on Shapeways here : www.shapeways.com/model/1320083/articulated-predaking-tai...
Predaking's Dragon head and articulated neck were designed by Incedius and (again) printed via Shapeways. The neck has 7 points of articulation. The dragon head has 4 points of articulation as well (2 on the "splitting" jaw and 2 on the mandibles) It's also designed to hold an LED light, which I replaced with a new (brighter) yellow 3mm LED. The wire for this light runs down the neck to the base where an on/off switch controls it. The battery to the Dragon's head LED is easy access in case it needs replacing. You can find Incedius' Articulated Neck and accurate Dragon head here : www.shapeways.com/model/1277613/ultimate-tfp-beast-king-h... (Again, I suggest the white strong flexible material for this print) I took it upon myself to add on some new thin spikes on the top of the dragon's snout as well as 2 sets of longer whisker type parts on the bottom of the jaw.
From tail's end to dragon nose tip, Predaking is about 25" inches in length!!!
Finally, the Dragon wings have had some upgrades as well. I removed all the "webbing" (plastic filler) between some of the wing "bones" and sharpened up all the points. These wings were also given awesome extensions (designed by Incedius) which add a few more inches to each wing and another hinged point of articulation. With these extensions, Predaking's wing span is a whopping TWENTY NINE inches wide!!!
ADDITIONAL : Predaking was also geared up with some nice hand weapons designed by "Customs by Z", these were printed via Shapeways and have ball joints which plug into the existing sockets on the wrists. Also, Predaking wouldn't be complete without a nice light up display base. The base is 10 inches in diameter and approx. 3" tall. It is outfitted with an inner string/loop of red LED lights. It is adapted to be powered through a normal 120v wall outlet. The top of the base is acrylic/plexiglass and has an embossed Predacon symbol which catches the red LED lights on it's edges.
All in all, I loved this project. Originally, I knew nothing about the character, and now that it's done, Predaking is one of my favorite Transformers!
my entry for the LCC what are you in for contest.
the ork lord was a minor problem to the factions until he decided to have his wizard burn thew the wall of one of the loreos out posts.
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So after borrowing the Harlot for a photoshoot meetup event at my studio I was invited to do a feature shoot of the bike for Show Class magazine. The magazine is a dedicated subscription monthly book about the chopper world. Die hards know about it, the average magazine rack at your local store does not. This was exciting because of the credibility that is involved with getting your bike featured in such a mag, so when Eric the owner contacted me and asked if I would shoot for it, I jumped at the chance.
Rather than doing the typical portraits of a chopper amongst an auto shop, or near some industrial estate, I thought we could do something a bit different. Lots of the back alleys and old houses in the neighborhood nearby offered an "off the mainstream path" sort of depiction without getting out of the city. Neighborhoods where these enthusiasts tinker in their small garages, simply because they love the craft and art of these bikes. Seeing the dirt, overgrowth, and alike, meant that this isn't some poser show bike; it's a bike that gets to ride and be seen. We decided on almost 20 images for the article, but these two I've included I thought really captured the vibe of the day, and the rest were detail shots that showcase the build of the bike.
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