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Potter Point | Botany Bay National Park | NSW | Australia
It did not look too promising this morning, but a few wispy clouds saved the day.
Thanks to Anthony for taking us to this cool spot :)
Canon 7D | EF-S 10-22mm | Lee 0.9 soft grad
ISO 100 | 19mm | F16 | 15sec
Two exposures blend.
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a oil bubble revisited : new lighting equipment + new technique = better result(?)
Strobist info : 1 Yongnuo YN-460 ( 1/16 power ) trig wirelessly with CTR-301P. back-lighting to oil bubble in a glass fill with water.
What was once a thriving wild-west theme park in the Adirondacks is now a real-life ghost town. The park operated from 1952 through 1999, complete with Cowboys, Indians, stagecoaches, rodeos, bank robberies and just about everything else we believed life was like back in the old mythical towns of the American west. Even though this was never technically a real town, now that it is abandoned it certainly feels more real today than back in the day when it was pretending to be real. It’s remarkable that the old dirt streets and structures are all still standing there, almost as if the town is waiting for all the tourists to return. It felt eerily creepy walking around the streets, almost like something out of a Stephen King novel. If I had seen “Redrum” written on any of the walls I would have high-tailed it out of there real fast.
12.10.2024.
The isolated Corgarff Castle in Strathdon, Aberdeenshire.
Used during the Jacobite rebellion (1745) to house British troops.
Hair- Imeka from Hair Fair 2017
Skin- Enfer Sombre from Rewind 70's
Bodysuit- The Secret Store from Collabor88
Shoes- fri. from old Collabor88
The 1850's American Farm at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, Virginia.
By the 1850s, the Valley of Virginia was integrated into an expanding national market for agricultural and manufactured products. An improved road network was supplemented by water and rail transport that permitted Valley farmers and manufacturers to easily ship their products to eastern cities. In return, manufactured goods from Europe and other parts of the United States became available to Valley consumers, and Valley residents no longer had to make their own textiles and other necessities. Mass communication, in the form of newspapers and books, made Valley residents more aware of events and ideas from the outside world. In this environment, distinctions among the white descendants of Old World settlers declined and most embraced a common American culture and way of life.
While the descendents of colonists from England, Ireland, and Germany were creating a common American identity in the Valley with each generation, slavery and inequality was the legacy inherited by the descendents of African captives. Enslaved African Americans formed nearly 20% of the region’s population in 1850, which represented a small decline from 1820, though the actual number of Valley slaves increased over the thirty-year period. The number of free blacks in the Valley increased only slightly. Compared with Virginia east of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley slavery was modest in scope. Still, it was significant enough to be regarded with concern by some who thought it hindered the region’s economic progress, though most whites continued to support it.
Frontier Airlines is today known for putting animals on the tails of its aircraft. But in an earlier time, Frontier was a local service carrier that had a hub in Denver. It flew Boeing 737 and 727 jets on a route between St. Louis and Denver. A 737 reposes at the gate at Lambert Field in St. Louis as a TWA L-1011 Tri Star taxis toward its gate in the background. (Scanned from color negative film)
The Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad is a 3-foot-gauge line featuring coal-fired steam locomotives that operates on the grounds of the Cedar Point Amusement Park, Sandusky, Ohio.
Cheyenne Frontier Days, which is held over ten days centered around the last full week in July, is the largest outdoor rodeo in the US. The events include professional bull riding, calf roping, barrel racing, steer wrestling, team roping, bronc riding, steer roping, bareback riding, and many others. During this week there are many parades and other events. Additionally there is a carnival with numerous rides, games, and shops.(Wikipedia)
This gentleman is rolling paper into tubes in order to make rifle cartridges for an upcoming battle at Martin's Station. He is dressed in attire that would've been worn during the 1770's.
Martin's Station, originally built in what is now Rose HIll, Va., was for a time the last outpost before entering the Cumberland Gap (about 20 miles further down the Wilderness Road through Powell's Valley) that opened up into the Kentucky territory. The present replica is located a few miles from the original site in the Wilderness Road State Park in Ewing, Va.
The 1820's American Farm at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, Virginia.
By the 1820s, the diverse peoples who settled the Valley of Virginia had lived together for several generations. Shaped by the common experiences of the American Revolution, the founding of the United States, and the market revolution, ethnic differences began to fade. Cultural persistence remained strongest among the Virginia Germans. Many Virginia Germans maintained their language and unique customs throughout the 1800s, but after 1820 they began moving toward the mainstream of American life.
By the early 1800s, middling farmers in the Valley of Virginia were able to provide a comfortable lifestyle for themselves and their families. Such households were furnished with tables and chairs, coarse earthenware, pewter and ceramic tableware, chests, books, and bed and table linens, though rarely with fashionable goods such as mahogany furniture or porcelain. Virginia Germans often added cast-iron heating stoves and clocks to their household furnishings.
Activities in and around Virginia German farmhouses were reminiscent of their Central European heritage. Wives and daughters worked as hard as the men, and were known to assist the men and boys with fieldwork. In the house, women did the spinning and weaving and made linen and wool cloth that could be traded for goods at local stores or made into coverlets or rag carpeting. Meals prepared by German housewives were distinctive, and included dishes such as sauerkraut, scrapple, and raisin pies.
Anglo-American influences entered the Virginia German lives slowly. By the 1820s, English furniture forms, such as the chest of drawers, began to appear in their houses, and they became tea and coffee drinkers, and began using imported English dinner plates and teacups.
This was a new one on me.... a hotel AND a hardware store. So much for grabbing a beer at the bar...
Frontier Airlines (America's Green Airline - Edward the Bald Eagle) - Airbus A321-271NX (cn 11161) - N605FR - LAS 24.10.2023