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Jill suggested I either did the following :
1.) You have done a few animal shots - how about trying one more? You can take the pic in color or black & white.
2.) How about doing something with HDR or with some processing. I know you've done some of these, but I'd like to see more - maybe something pretty wild.
Since I had already captured some birds for the last round,
I chose to process 2 pics with a HDR treatment via PIcasa,
after saturating the dynamic colors a bit via Photoshop Elements.
Hope you like the result !
DJ playing music on Sunday afternoon in the halls of OPEK,
during the Trash Deluxe echibition in Leuven City
This is one aircraft I have been trying to get for a while now, although I have photographed it when it was ZK-PBF (Pacific Blue) and flew on it when painted for Virgin Samoa.
Doing the school pickup and arrived behind the airport about 2:30pm and after two Air New Zealand A320s (one from Sydney and one from Melbourne), came the "all white" Virgin operating VA124 from Brisbane. I will most likely see it again tomorrow as I see on Flightradar24 that it is on the same route/service tomorrow and my eldest son will be on it. He is coming home for a ten day holiday.
MONROVIA, Liberia February 4, 2015
A little girl prepares to get her final round of adolescent shots at the Star of the Sea clinic --a medical facility operated by Catholic Relief Services with the support of USAID. Despite the Liberian Health Ministry’s recommendation that all children under the age of one get several crucial vaccines, many hospital and clinics were too overwhelmed during the Ebola crisis to provide immunization services. Now that the number of Ebola cases is steadily dropping, routine health services are returning and ensuring that Liberia’s next generation will grow up well protected against preventable diseases.
Photo by Adam Parr, USAID
For the full story of Varbah Dolley, visit USAID’s storytelling hub: stories.usaid.gov/facing-death-six-days-a-week/
Yourbus are finally getting an entry in my fleet of Nottingham based model buses, with one of their Dennis Darts as used on the Hucknall and Chilwell services among others.
Opposite it is one of NCT's early Scania Omnicities branded for the Go2 green services. Since it was already an NCT model to begin with it already has the ticket machine and window lettering in place.
Both models are getting there but are still waiting for the finishing touches on the lights, grilles etc and the stuff I do on paper for them like number plates and logos.
Tuesday August 5th 2008
Get on at Balerno, 5.44pm.
Next to a field of ripe corn or wheat, and over the roofs of quiet bungalows. The heating is on and warm air wafts from a vent in front. A faded sign in the window of what appears to be just a house reading WE ARE OPEN ON SUNDAYS, and underneath it a string of small bells. Valley down to the Water of Leith, almost the beginning. A willow hanging right over the road. The city opens up on lower ground. And then near Slateford, a lattice of overhead railway cables, and a teenage girl pushing a buggy wearing mismatched fluorescent leg-warmers, one pink and one yellow. A man and woman carrying a bouquet through a graveyard. Over the railway itself, two trains leaving simultaneously. Fast by stops with nobody waiting and onto Princes Street. A guy charity collecting and standing with his legs too wide apart. A man with a scarred face and a large rottweiler but friendly looking. Brake lights. A church on York Place, pause beside stained-glass windows, and from the outside see only the outlines, of a figure kneeling. Spanish girls sitting behind, humming tunelessly. Another girl across the aisle is saying into her phone "I've been nothing but mean and cruel and violent and evil". Past the concrete balustrades of Meadowbank, and a small corner garden in full bloom. The warmth increases. At a crossroads in a different garden a dirty white teddybear and a Fisherprice car pressed up against the fence. Crows pick over the white lines of a football pitch that has a single upright remaining of the goalposts. And then the powerstation chimneys over the water, their smoke merging with the clouds. Turn left from Musselburgh, in the direction of a hospital sign, and the streetlights are on, and fields again this time harvested. A young girl running across a patch of burnt grass. Speed up and up with nothing either side before returning to houses and into Tranent with bleached hair teenagers outside a chip shop. Council houses converging on a narrow road. Back to emptiness and unused fields with the sun trying to break through from the direction we came. A sudden flock of birds coming back on themselves in tight circles. Oak trees forming a canopy, a cottage with a blue front door and then a large grain silo standing dark.
The sky still light.
Get into the Holiday Spirit, Vancouver!
The Vancouver Christmas Market (VCM) follows the centuries-old tradition of a German Christmas market and brings all the cultural delights at this time of the year from Deutschland to all families from every community in this part of the world to help celebrate the holiday season. Besides Christmas-themed food and entertainment, the VCM promises to offer the best shopping experience you’ll have all season as well.
This year as was last year, the location of the Vancouver Christmas Market is at the open plaza area right next to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre (QE Theatre). It is a good location and just a short 5-minute walk from the Stadium-Chinatown Skytrain station and readily accessible to buses including some Northshore lines.
As suggested by VCM which tries its best to follow sustainable eco-friendly principles, the best way to get the market is by making use of public transportation. Though parking is also conveniently located including one that is right underneath the QE Theatre should you decided to drive.
This QE Theatre location is also where the First nations Aboriginal Pavilion was during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. In fact, the founder and president of VCM, Mr. Malte Kluetz indicated that he was inspired by that global sporting event that further established the City of Vancouver as an international destination to setup a world-class Christmas market with ideas based on his homeland country of Germany.
So what can be found inside the Vancouver Christmas Market?
With 45 vendors participating this year, many of then from Germany and Austria, the VCM offers a sampling of products, services and entertainment from the Bavarian country and surrounding regions. Here, you will find Bavarian Weisswurst, German Bratwurst, Swiss chesses, salted Bretzels, waffles, cinnamon bakeries, fine Belgian chocolates and the many different varieties of hand-crafted and painted chocolate candies.
Yes, there is a Carousel ride which is Vancouver’s first and only Christmas Carousel at $3 per ticket or 5 tickets for $10 too. Information for rates, tickets, prepaid special groups (of 20 people or more) and a 2-for-1 lunch pass (for downtown workers) are available at the Vancouver Christmas Market web site at vancouverchristmasmarket.com.
New this season is a FREE RE-ENTRY offer. You paid once for admission and you will receive a re-entry pass that allows you to come back anytime you want for the entire season which opens its gates from November 24 to December 24, 2012, 11am-9pm with early closing on Christmas Eve (Dec 24) at 6pm.
The Vancouver Christmas Market is largely an out-door venue, so dress appropriately. Kaethe Wohlfahrt, Germany’s top Christmas ornament and décor company which sells hundreds of unique and one-of-a-kind Christmas decorative items, is the only shop sheltered inside a building that is part of the QE Theatre complex. Many of the outdoor shops are housed inside wooden huts. Washrooms are outdoor temporary toilets.
No Christmas tree, either real or fake is sold at the market, so don’t come shopping for that and you won’t be disappointed. At the market, you will find many finely-crafted Christmas items on display with everyone seemingly having a story to tell and an old-world tradition beckoning you to find out more.
The VCM is a licensed premise, so alcoholic drinks are available for those who can be proved themselves to be 19 or over. Glühwein and a popular variant, the Feuerzangenbowle with a rum-soaked sugarloaf set on fire and dipped into the wine (usually red) are also served at the market. Adhering to the principle of sustainability to reduce waste, these popular German Christmas beverages are served in recyclable mugs. After your enjoyment, you can return the mug to get your $2 mug deposit back.
However, due to food and liquor licensing, no dogs or other pets are allowed with the exception for guide dogs. The market is also easily wheelchair accessible.
There is a live stage which features live bands, dancers and entertainment by artists and groups from such countries as Bulgaria, the Ukraine, Germany, Estonia and others. The Santa’s Brass Band plays traditional Christmas tunes with a toe-tapping rhythm that sees many visitors dancing with their partner around the stage.
And yes, this is a suggestion for the organizer - The melodies from ‘The Sound of Music’ would seem to fit in the market very well and indeed one would feel that ‘the hills are alive’, perhaps we might see (and hear) some of that in the future? On the other hand, the Vancouver Christmas Market is certainly teeming with life with a constant stream of visitors milling about the merchant stalls on Sunday afternoon Nov 25. Mr Kluetz said he expects to have 160,000 visitors this year. The 2011 attendance was 130,000.
Besides merchandizes from European producers, there are also no shortages of local and fair Trade goods including Fraser Valley honey, products from Ecofair Tarding and Tradewinds, woolen hats and clothing from Namaste National Products etc. And speaking of honey, Germany is the biggest honey-tasters in the world, proclaimed one of the honey vendors at the market.
Frohe Weihnachten! Merry Christmas, Vancouver!
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Ray Van Eng is an award-winning photographer, journalist, Internet publisher, screenwriter and movie & TV producer. One of his videos is currently on view at the Hava Nagila Exhibit, Museum of Jewish heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City. from Sep 2012 to May 2013.
Season of Touit - picture 15
Week 40, Wednesday
"If your photographs aren't good enough, you're not close enough" said Robert Capa. The Capa was, of course, redefining photojournalism's new approach at the early twentieth century, but I can't help but quote him when speaking about macro photography. Getting close is what macro photography is about and I am constantly surprised how even quite ordinary things transform when one approaches them closer than what naked eye would see. This picture shows a rather popular subject in photography (a sunflower), but getting closer transforms it to textures of yellow and green, creating a very different picture than 'the sunflower in the field' cliché. While I'm pretty sure Capa wasn't photographing with a macro lens, I still think that getting even closer than Capa can create interesting and visually original pictures. One thing I would love to try with same approach are portraits of people and getting very close subject. Unfortunately I haven't yet found a willing candidate for the job. My daughter Aura would be perfect model for this, but being 2 years old she would never hold still for anything beyond two seconds.
Time to continue about my experiences regarding the Zeiss Touit 2.8/12 & Touit 2.8/50M. With the last post I wrote tradition and Zeiss. Now I would like to tell you about another side of it, since when there is a tradition and culture, there also a community of people. For what I've understood the Zeiss community is spread across different manufacturers, camera models, their specific mounts and works in many different internet forums (I haven't been able to find any main place, but at Fred Miranda there are loads of Zeiss users). In digital age the communities that are build around specific products and brands, like Zeiss, are also a part of the 'user experience' and can be understood as a resource which might enhance your physical use of the product. From these resources I have personally enjoyed, for example, the FM'ers quest to find the legendary 'Zeiss look'. While I'm not sure the 'Zeiss look' exists engineering/manufacturing wise since the term is originated from the cultural sphere, it is still an interesting discussion about certain visual effect which photographs can have. Another favorite of mine is the Zeiss staff scientist Dr Hubert Nasse who is very good at explaining contemporary lens design. For example, check out excellent interview done by photographer Matt Granger on Youtube. While not originally coming from Zeiss community, I should also mention the Zeiss's own Camera lens Blog, since it usually introduces very inspiring photographers and their work, shot with Zeiss naturally. There is of course more, but all in all, grubbing things from community is relevant part of the Zeiss experience because it can enhance your inspiration for photography – luckily there is loads of interesting stuff to find.
Year of the Alpha – 52 Weeks of Sony Alpha Photography: www.yearofthealpha.com
The third of our four full days in Yellowstone, and as odd as it may seem, the thrall of the geothermal sites was beginning to pale. Its not the sites themselves, but the queues to get into the parking areas and then the number of people at the well known sites.
Black Sand Basin is beside the Upper basin where Old Faithful can be found, and has two small geysers erupting almost continuously.
I loved the contrast between the rocky sediments and algae growth and the green and blue of the trees and skies.
IN the middle of a meadow, there would be a pool, and from it steam where boiling water, of the deepest blue, was percolating up.
Geology in action. Again.
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August 16
We were awake again at half five, if not an hour and a half before. Again. But outside the day was dawning clear and bright, and the moon was just visible in the lightening sky,
We were ready to go out by half six, and with the plan to go to the south east corner of the park to see more geothermal action. Sun was coming up on the way to Tower, and mist rose in every river valley, over every lake and pool. I could have stopped and took shots, but would not have done it all justice, so take my word. Glorious.
We take the road up and over the middle of the park to Canyon village, where at the gas station I buy coffee and cookies, so we could eat and sip on the winding and misty road towards Old Faithful. We stop a couple of times at some fumaroles, and all we could see was so much steam, but the vents gave out the noise of an express steam locomotive.
And despite being only seven, a few people were about. But by the time we got to the Middle Basin, there were just a few parking spaces left, one of which we bagged, and set off over the bridge and along the boardwalk to the many fools and terraces that steamed in the cool morning temperatures, and reeked of sulphur.
Pools of all shapes, colours and sizes, reflecting the now clear skies and wooded hillsides. I marveled again at the patterns and colours of the thermophiles that live in these conditions, and take their photograph.
Strained parents tried to inform and educate their children, and I said to one how great he took the time to read each information board to his uninterested two daughters, and told him, one day they would appreciate the effort.
We drive past Old Faithful and its crowds, although to be honest traffic was so light, it wasn’t a problem. We stop off at a smaller geothermal site, more pools, fumaroles and small geysers. Amazing really, and a river meandering through the activity, and water from the geysers and pools drain into the river. All around all sites is Bison poo, as I think the animals go there in the depth of winter where the heat stops the worst of frost making eating easier.
And we are done there too, so take the Grand Loop road south and then eat towards Yellowstone Lake, where we hoped it might be quieter and we could get some food which was not burgers.
I am sidetracked by the discovery beside the road of a small lake covered in water lilies, and the air filled with dragonflies and butterflies. We spend a fine half an hour here, chasing both, and me getting more shots of American Painted Ladies and a Green Comma.
We drive along the shore of the lake, and I spy a small island with a single tree on it, so think of a friend of mine in New zealand who has a lake nearby to where he lives which as a tree growing out of the water near the shore. Anyway, I think this island and tree deserve a photograph, so snap it.
We find the lodge, not that it was lost, but it is being renovated, so we nearly didn’t try to go in. A good job we did as the wooden building was fabulous, and the cafeteria was open, and served other things, so had a bowl of chili and a salad, jools had chicken pie and salad, and the dining room, which must have sat 500 at least, was nearly empty. We have a seat by the window, looking out onto the lake.
On the way back take the road to the east gate to see what the scenery was like; mostly a dead forest caused by some fire in the recent past, thousand upon thousand of dead tree trunks covering hillside after hillside, thankfully it was sunny or it would have looked spooky.
We turn for home, as thunderclouds form overhead and we could hear the distant rumble of thunder.
We do stop at one final geothermal site, a mud volcano, which, if I’m honest did disappoint, most being lost on clouds of steam, but the bubbling was more of muddy water than say, mud.
At the top of the pass back towards Tower, we stop twice to look for wild flowers and more butterflies, as I bought a book on both at the lodge, so now can identify what we see, sometimes.
The pass was in bright sunshine, yet to the north the sky was black with stormclouds and the wind picked up. On the drive back, it did rain, but not too hard and by the time we got back to the cabin, the sun had come back out and the ground was drying.
We go back to the falls after a cup of coffee, as I wanted to take detailed shots of the coloured terracing, there were still many people about, but not too crowded, but I do smirk at the trend of people wanting to be taken into front of something, as if that is the only proof they were here. As if it matters, so I watch French families and Indian families take selfies and shots of each other, then get the shots I wanted, then wait for Jools to take her shots.
We have chicken wraps on the stoop for supper, along with bottles of Moose Drool, which was pretty darn good way to end the day…..
Fat Cat has taken to climbing into bed with James at night.
Just a very quick shot tonight - work is mental at the moment!
This is a candid shot I took on a recent photo walk in downtown San Antonio. It was unusual to get a relatively uncluttered view of these four together. They were kept quite busy posing with tourists for photographs!
Nikon D300 w/ Nikon 70-200 2.8 vr
So after getting my baby home I pointed it to my Time Capsule and told it to restore itself
Its a great system
but for reasons I can't understand, it would only go over wifi despite me plugging in directly with ethernet
so restoring took 19 hours
once that was done I did a few days of stress testing to make sure everything was ok
finally I felt like it was all good
just before Thanksgiving I trusted it enough to start processing pictures again
and here we are
Following a signal check at Penrith in July 1967 Stanier Black 5 45139 gets under way again with a train of fitted vans.
Scan from a 35mm negative on Ilford HP3 film.
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"Where's my brush? Oh, thank you elephant!"
While Misty started the show, Peanut is getting ready for her act.
The name Sakya ("pale earth") derives from the unique grey landscape of Ponpori Hills in southern Tibet near Shigatse, where Sakya Monastery, the first monastery of this tradition, and the seat of the Sakya School was built by Khon Konchog Gyalpo (1034-1102) in 1073.Sakya is named after a patch of white earth in the shape of a lion's face on the mountainside.
The Sakya tradition developed during the second period of translation of Buddhist scripture from Sanskrit into Tibetan in the late 11th century. It was founded by Drogmi, a famous scholar and translator who had studied at the Vikramashila University directly under Naropa, Ratnakarashanti, Vageshvarakirit and other great Indian panditas India for twelve years .
Konchog Gyalpo became Drogmi's disciple on the advice of his elder brother .
The tradition was established by the "Five Venerable Supreme Masters" starting with the grandson of Khonchog Gyalpo, Kunga Nyingpo, who became known as Sachen, or "Great Sakyapa":