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Even at the most popular places in the world, there is always something new waiting for us :)
Sunrise forecasted by #escaype
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For my previous visit to the Humber banks the Owls didn't make an appearance until the light was going, so this time I was pleased to see them perched up and hunting as soon as I arrived just after lunch. At least 4 birds, with noticeably different colouring, were quite active until dusk.
Thanks for all your comments and favs Guys and Gals. Hope 2015 will be a fantastic year for all of you out there!
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And if people continue to steal my photographs i'm going to start tagging my photos with nasty MS Paint neon green watermarks.
I have this really good friend named Jon. He has taught me a lot over the years and like all good friends there are things that Jon has said to me that have always stuck with me. These little jewels come up in my head every now and then and always make me smile when I think of them. Case in point, this photo.
I was out for a sunrise shoot around the opera house and was hoping that I might get some color in the sky with all these beautiful clouds. As I started to see just a hint of color(what you see in this photo is all I got) I rushed around circle quay trying to find the right composition. As I came around the corner I ran to the end of the dock and setup to take some shots. Its a shot I had taken earlier in the week so after I took my shots I started to crave something different. As I walked back the way I came I remembered something Jon had shared with me, his love of "bench" pictures! Being the dreamer that he is, his love for "benches" in pictures has always stuck with me. Maybe its because there is something magical about an empty bench, longing to be sat in, while enjoying the view of whats in front of it. I have have to admit I secretly started to like them to, these "bench" pictures, maybe for the same reason. Its the dreamer in both of us I guess and its why I think we get along so well as friends.
Now every time I'm on a photo adventure, I always try to remember to grab a "bench" photo for my friend Jon.....and maybe for myself too :)
How this shot was made:
Canon 5D mkII, Canon 70-200 f4L IS
70mm, ISO 50, F22, 1.2sec
5 Bracketed exposures taken on location, -2,-1,0,+1,+2. Merged into a 32-Bit Tiff using the merge to 32-Bit Tiff HDR plugin. Lightroom adjustments on the 32-Bit Tiff to finish.
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Title: Friends for Life
My faithful companion on the sunrise shoots... Hudson
Year: 2014
Location: Lone Pine, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
Prompt: What inanimate object/thing/concept is something that you take for granted on a daily basis? What would someone who is not as fortunate as you are say about your “luck” to have such a thing in your life? Think about your blessings today – focus on opportunity/experience/something you have/do EVERYDAY that is an unforeseen blessing in your life.
My picture for the Joy of Luck group today represents two things. (besides being slightly cliche, sorry!) The first one is reading. Not just the ability to read, though I am grateful, but the access to any book I want, the time to read, the knowledge I gain, and very often the escape it gives me.
The other, which you cannot tell, is that this book is about the gorgeous mountains i live next to. I definitely take them for granted and do not get up in them as often as I should. I do know how lucky I am to live next to them, and need to make it more of a priority in our busy lives to escape there, decompress, and soak in a little nature. It is usually just what I need.
Loved to play marbles as a kid! Original watercolor 9x12. Reference photo on WetCanvas site.
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Taken for the weekly challenge. (This is a humongous crop from my 50mm lens!)
We've noticed a massive drop in the numbers of bees this spring, and of insects in general. I hope we're not too late in realising the value of these little guys.
Un'immagine semplice ma delicata, quasi eterea e soprattutto che, NELLO SFONDO, ricorda tanto il colore dei suoi occhi, per ringraziare Stefania per il testimonial che mi ha scritto.
Grazie Stefania!
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A simple yet delicate, almost ethereal image and most of all IN THE BACKGROUND similar to the color of her eyes; to say thank you to Stefania for her testimonial for me.
Thanks a lot Stefania!
I'd like to extend a great big 'Congratulations' to my dear and long time Flickr friend, Kathy. All the best to you, your family and especially little Mr. P.
This may not be the traditional bird for the occasion, but seeing as flamingos are Kathy's favourite type of bird, well, what the heck! =^D
Flamingo at the Toronto Zoo (taken last year)
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For some years Munro's of Jedburgh played quite a part in bus provision in the Scottish borders and north to Edinburgh. The original owner, who had run coaches since the 1960s and began his first bus service in the early 1990s, sold out to new owners with expansionist ideas in the late 1990s. Under the new ownership several services were taken over from First but after some years of growth Munro's fell foul of the Traffic Commissioner and operations ceased in July 2013. This MAN with MCV body was entering Edinburgh along Nicolson Street on service 52 from Kelso. (8 October 2011)
My entry for the New Elementary Lego House Competition, where contestants have to come up with their own design of the new LEGO brand experience center/museum, that is currently being built in Billund, in under 250 bricks. (246 bricks in this model)
My version is called A Hundred Million Ways after the number of ways one can stack six 2x4 Lego bricks on top of each other (102,981,504). The building consists of six two-story segments in the shape of bricks that are stacked in one of those many ways. Not the the most interesting way, sure, but a way that would actually provide enough architectural stability. A rigid interior column (right next to the transparent elevators) runs from the bottom up through all six segments. So the building is basically a slim, square tower with bits hanging over to various sides.
I dismissed the urge to make the segments look exactly like bricks, with primary colors and studs. At a hight of twelve stories, this building would probably be one of, if not the tallest buildings in Billund. Having it look like a giant toy just didn't seem appropriate from an urban planning perspective. Plus, plastic buildings have a way of looking ugly in real life.
Instead, I went with what is supposed to be a modern scandinavian style of wooden facades and glass panels. As LEGO's roots lay in carpentry, this isn't even off topic. To give visitors some added value to their experience, the building has a green roof atop the third segment. The fifth segment is almost entirely glass and gives visitors a spectacular view over the town, including the factories and Legoland.
Goal for next week: to not take a last minute photo! Been procrastinating and leaving my photos for the last day lately resulting in me being rushed on a busy sunday, trying to get a quick photo so I don't miss a week. Will have to try to change that for next week and put my all into my photos again. Hope you all had a wonderful mother's day.
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Skateboarders rally at City Hall in downtown Toronto. With a large ramp that runs close to the front building, many took the opportunity to have a run down it. Sufficive to say, many didn't make it down that smoothly.
- Here are the power-crystals you requested for the nuclear waste, or wait half of the power crystals you demanded, the other half and the cannon will be yours when we know that the goods are as radioactive as you claim...
- Well if you only give us half of the crystals and no gun, we will only give you half of our radioactive waste..
- Well, well this is how it is to trade with the scum of the galaxy, how shall we solve this little dispute?
- Well you could run it through the Radio-meter systems in your science-bay it is either that or we have to test it on a living creature...
- Sure true, I could do that but the test would take several hours, we have no prisoners at the moment so we can´t try it on one of them... Hmm, I have an idea...
The Blacktron officer calls one of his troopers:
- Hey you there, B-20232 come over here and ingest some of this material...
- But Sir what if the pirates are not trying to double-cross us, then my guts will burn and disintegrate in a much horrid way and lead to my painful death...
- Solder we can spare you we have plenty of you, if you don´t do it you will get "the special treatment" that is more painful than some bellyache and a quick death and if you are lucky, these pirates are trying to pull our legs, the choice is your dear pawn...
- Ok, Sir, I´ll do it, but I will file a complaint to the the Sinister Union for evil-troopers if I survive... Ok, Here goes nothing!
The Soldier swallows a handful of the glowing stuff from the canister, a sec or two and then starts to glow like burning magma in his face and a quick jerky spasm and then falls to the floor dead as dead corpse...
The Blacktron officer smiles:
Shout out to one of his soldiers to reused the dead soldiers suit after a anti-rad cleaning then he turns to the Pirates shakes the captains clawed hand and says:
- I do love honest pirates, you are really few these days, please take you goods, all of it, it was a pleasure doing business with you...
For you, yes you, on a cold winter day. This is from last fall in the dahlia garden at Point Defiance Park. It's a comforting thought that warmer days are indeed ahead.
This is an edit in Topaz Studio using a texture layer that gave the bokeh a touch of interest, at very low opacity, then the effect removed from the flower itself with a brush. They make using layers and masking really easy.
Thank you for you kind visits, faves, and comments my amazing friends. You are all the best! :)
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"Peter Maynard", Life in Shadows, Adelaide, Sony A7s, Rokinon 85mm f1.4, Adelaide Central Market. Cafe.
The sun rays in your eye,
The love you’re giving that I have found;
Like sun that shines though the sky,
Each love must be worth and sound.
The sun that shines each day,
The love you gave from your heart;
What matter what we do or say,
Never let it depart.
Each heart is broken only once
And never grows from sorrow,
Let there never be no bygones
Not today nor tomorrow.
Sun rays oh sun rays
Never hide behind a cloud,
Sun rays all my days
That's what love's all about;
Give me no raining shower thought,
Nor glimpse of shadows I've caught.
On each star brightening night
When only flickering light is around,
I wish you'd hold me so tight
My fright could surely be drowned;
The sun rays the feeling of touch
Each love is not made of stone,
You know I love you so much
Oh never let me be here alone.
Each heart is broken only once
And never grows from sorrow,
Let there never be no bygones
Not today nor tomorrow.
Sun rays oh sun rays
Never hide behind a cloud,
Sun rays all my days
That's what love's all about;
Give me no raining shower thought,
Nor glimpse of shadows I've caught.
Sun rays oh sun rays
There are many turning ways,
Let’s give future to all
Before it returns to the haze;
Give me no answer: perhaps or not,
Tomorrow you may have forgot.
Sun rays oh sun rays
Sun brightening rays oh sun rays.
Sun rays oh sun rays
Never hide behind a cloud,
Sun rays all my days
That's what love's all about;
Give me no raining shower thought,
Nor glimpse of shadows I've caught.
Sun rays oh sun rays
Never hide behind a cloud,
Sun rays...
The Sun Rays (A Lyric) by:
Peter S. Quinn
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My wife went ill this week and we spent a portion of it in the Hospital. She had a UTI that progressed into a Kidney Infection and when we arrived at the Hospital, she had gone "septic" with a fever of 104 and a heartrate of 140 (resting) and then hell broke loose. I honestly have never felt so lonely while sitting in the ER watching the stumped doctors try to figure out what was going wrong and fix it.
I want to thank all my friends and family for their thoughts and prayers and their continued support. She was released and has been home for a day now. I am thankful and will continue taking care of her. The final diagnosis was UTI/Kidney Infection w/ a side of Pneumonia.
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Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 24-105 f/4.0L IS
Processing with Lightroom 3 Beta and Photomatix.This is from the base of the Cibola National Forest in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
A macro of a lovely single 'Plum'.. blossom.. dedicated to my mother.. who in her twilight years.. has suffered a stroke.. best viewed here..!!
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For the weekly challenge. Thought I'd have a stab at a montage. Lessons learned here. It reads "Keep Clear'
clothes / yesterdaysvirgins
model / @elixiao0704 Eli Xiao
HMU / @makeup_chiao.n 戴巧恩
Photographer / Oldboy FbPage 半途風景
For the "Texture for Layer" group.
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Explore: Nov 5, 2008 # 476
This daisy is for my friend Juan. He has a surgery today and I want to wish him a quick and comfortable recovery. I'm praying for you Juan !!!! I know You'll be ok soon!All my best wishes!!!!
Força amigo! Um grande beijo e volte logo para nós!
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Accept my present. It is for you.
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My pieces for Uglycon 2013
A 3D Babo in his sailor's tank and hat, a Babo ice cream and Babo cookie dough with cookies
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Iona Beach Regional Park,
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada,
Fall webworms or Eastern tent caterpillars pay a visit.