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I would call this more of an assemblage than a build since the head is just placed onto the body. Still, I think it looks close enough to a Doozer.
Test shot at 30 sec using big stopper to discover why the D7100 was producing green and magenta bands on long exposures, turns out it is very sensitive to light entering the eyepiece. problem solved. Idiot behind camera problem.
Found this locked door where someone had left some sampaguita flowers. Thought it would be an interesting contrast......Vigan Ilocos Sur
The butterfly on the right here is slowly moving its wings to test if they have hardened enough after unpacking from inside the chrysalis. Both of them are green-banded swallowtails (Papilio palinurus), also known as the emerald peacock.
The way the colour is achieved in these wings is through refraction of the light and not through pigmentation which result in the green varying quite a lot depending on the angle from the light to the wing and then from the wing to the eye (or in this case: lens).
In this shot, the green is quite cool, but the same specimen here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53676184796/ - it looks almost yellow.
Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53713761193/
Two more shots illustrating the difference the angle makes here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53668843729/
The Lyceum Theatre in Harden dates from around 1920 - 21 and replaced an open air movie theatre. It closed in May 1973 although the building has seen some use since then as retail space.
A short journey up harden back, through Goitstock woods, which culminates in this magnificent waterfall.
Please come bringing new things.
Let very old things come into your hands.
Let what you do not know come into your eyes.
Let desert sand harden your feet.
Let the arch of your feet be the mountains.
Let the paths of your fingertips be your maps
And the ways you go be the lines of your palms.
Let there be deep snow in your inbreathing
And your outbreath be the shining of ice.
May your mouth contain the shapes of strange words.
May you smell food cooking you have not eaten.
May the spring of a foreign river be your navel.
May your soul be at home where there are no houses.
Walk carefully, well-loved one,
Walk mindfully, well-loved one,
Walk fearlessly, well-loved one.
Return with us, return to us,
Be always coming home."
-- Ursula Le Guin --
Always Coming Home
A collage postcard to 'home'...
Earthchild's pose by LouLou Teichmann of Bauhaus Movement
Wearing: Mesh Body Project, Izzie's, Miamai, Wasabi Pills, Maxi Gossamer, Lassitude & Ennui, Schadenfreude
Pose for the homeward bound avatar by Mien
Wearing: Glam Affair, Truth, SLink, Spirit Store, and more...
Earth for both avatars by Mesh Mafia
Multiple backgrounds for collage from Hubble telescope photography and elsewhere...
Both avatar photos taken in Second Life
BNSF 4022 and BNSF 4710 leads a westbound auto train towards the small farm town of Hardin, Missouri on BNSF's Marceline Subdivision.
October 6, 2014
With the beginnings of a storm in the background, GL103 and CM3306 power out of Harden with a QUBE box grain.
Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings is hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects.
This image is Straight Out Of Camera (SOOC).
A view of Hierve el Agua Cascada Grande seen from Cascada Chica.
Hierve de Agua is a unique rock formatio of hardened mineral deposits left by water that has calcified over thousands of years. It is one of only two petrified waterfalls in the world!
Sometimes things in Mexico (and the rest of Central America) can be complicated and you should be aware that this area of land has been fought over by many local people.
The waterfalls were closed from 2005-2008, due to land disputes. Finally, the two towns outside the waterfalls have come to an agreement and each has an entrance and an entry fee, depending on where you are coming from.
Oops:
2021 the locals closed access completely to tourists.
The view along the up or northbound platform at Harden Railway Station. The station was built in 1877 when the main southern line arrived in the area. It served as a terminus for a few months until the next section was opened. It is still an active passenger station with services between Sydney and Melbourne.
XP2017 leads ST24 to Sydney through the Horseshoe curve within the town of Harden. Despite NSW TrainLink operating these trains since 2013, branding has yet to appear on the former CountryLink fleet. There is currently plans to replace this fleet with more modern rollingstock too, however a repaint has been promised of the current XPT and Xplorer fleet.
When brake vans were no longer used in NSW there were a few locations where, for safety and operational reasons, they were retained. One such location was Harden where JHG 34044 was used for wagon transfers to Cunningar. When the grain sidings at Cunningar were extended and reconfigured the van was no longer required and it was pushed to the end of the stock siding where, many years later, what is left of it still remains.
3 differing Kenworth models heading north on the Hume Highway just up from Yass.
(1 of 3) Unknown owner/operator out of Canberra in the good looking 2009 silver Kenworth K108.
92 of 3) Madden's Refrigeration of Harden, Kenworth K200.
(3 of 3) Lindsay Brothers with the fruit & veg behind the Kenworth T409.
Coolalie, New South Wales, Australia.
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This is for someone very special to me. You know who you are. Don't make it too hard. Be careful, please...
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SOOC from RAW file.
Shot using flash from underneath as the only light. White paper below and rear. Manually fired flash.
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waitin' in the rain
I swear I'll never ever wait again.
You gave me your word
but words for you are lies.
Darlin' in my wildest dreams I never thought I'd go
But it's time to let you know -
I'm gonna harden my heart
I'm gonna swallow my tears
I'm gonna turn and leave you here.
All of my life I've been waitin' in the rain
I've been waitin' for a feelin' that never ever came
It feels so close but always disappears.
Darlin' in your wildest dreams you never had a clue
But it's time you got the news -
I'm gonna harden my heart
I'm gonna swallow my tears
Darlin' in my wildest dreams I never thought I'd go . . .
I'm gonna harden my heart
I'm gonna swallow my tears
--Quarterflash
You didn't seriously think I'd leave them plain, did you?
Also, because I know some idiots will ask this:
Q: 0mg @r3 th3y sp0s3d t00 b3 d@m@g3d?!?!1
A: NORLLY?
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A craggy old pear tree juts up against a brooding sunset sky. The leafless branches put me in mind of diagram of the nervous system. I think ever since seeing the apple tree scene in the Wizard of Oz as a kid I've had the tendency to imbue trees with human characteristics. I've watched this tree for years in my own backyard. It's grown up like a child, once pleasant and happy-looking into this sinister and senile old man. Long dead but somehow still standing, throwing off large branches and bits with each passing storm. The trunk is pitted with gaping holes chiseled out by woodpeckers, creating habitats for squirrels. Poison Ivy creeps its way up from the base. The last pear fell from this tree many years ago, and even in its prime they were awful, covered with brown spots and inedible. Likewise this tree has witnessed my transition (hopefully not as harshly) from young man to old. A silent sentinel to the passage of time. I suppose that's part of the reason the tree still stands. I'm not ready to cut it down just yet. It will fall of its own accord. Until then I still appreciate the darkness and forlorn quality in scenes such as this.