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Have a very merry Christmas!
These Blythe dolls are Precocious Candy’s Mushroom, Simply Sparkly Spark, Prima Dolly Amaryllis, and Prima Dolly Marigold for “M is for Merry” in our Christmas alphabet.
I have several of these bright little ones that come to the feeders daily. I was noticing how the birds seem to come in waves to the feeders, each different type together. The noisiest ones are the House Finches and All their babies. On the tail end of them are the Gold Finches. Then the Grackles and all their babies and in-between the Titmice, Chickadees, Thrushes (they like the suet) Redbelly Woodpeckers and Cardinals. I am probably leaving some out but that is the main core of who comes. Oh and let's not forget the chipmunks and the squirrels (that come in twice a day everyday!) I easily sit here and watch by the hour!
Zuiko Digital - 14-54mm - f/2.8-3.5
Velbon PH-156
HDR / 3 Exposures / Tonemapped
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HFB Ougrée - 2017/10 - Analogue:
www.flickr.com/photos/144055782@N05/albums/72157692180859631
HFB Ougrée - 2019/7 - Digital + Analogue:
www.flickr.com/photos/144055782@N05/albums/72157710454812212
I posted this photo weeks ago and had so many views that it was selected for EXPLORE. Then I noticed that the photo disappeared from my photostream. I do not know how that could happen. But I decided to post it again.
I have not been out with the camera for a long time, other than to take holiday snaps. So, when we had a series of wonderous mist morning sunrises that I only admired from my bedroom window I endeavoured to set the alarm early and find a good spot.
I did my research and located the exact spot where the sun would rise from behind the church and project its long shadows on the screen of rising mist clinging on surface of the water. Camera battery charged, lenses cleaned, filters polished… I was all set off, with my mind forming the image I was hoping to get.
The reality was slightly different. While walking to the river’s edge I managed to scrape my leg on a hidden steel post, then I dropped half of my optics kit in long wet grass, and finally I stood for an hour waiting for the magic to happen. But the mist turned to fog and the sun never broke through. And then I was later for work.
In post-production I have tried to save as much as I could and tried to twist the photos away from flat grey mundaneness into something more pleasing on the eye.
Equipment: Nikon D7000, Nikkor 10-24mm @ 10mm. ISO 100, F16, 7-stop Hitech Firecrest ND filter. 3 exposure bracketed snaps (30se to 10 sec). Manfrotto tripod.
Swans: same equipment but without the filter and shorter exposure
Post-production: HDR of the 3 base images, swans superimposed on top. Warning filter effect using colour balance layer (boost reds in mid- and highlight- tones, boost blues in shadow).
Despite having a large trove of lovely things to photograph, I often find myself delving into my box of vintage buttons. I hope it's not because they're easy - I don't have to think too much - although that's quite possibly true. OK, let's say it's because flowers are in short supply at this time of year, which means I have to find them where I can. That sounds better and it's also true. :)
This button, from the late 1800s, is hand-painted porcelain and 1" wide.
Have you been broken?
Are you afraid to show your heart?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iB5MLmmgyE
You've been searching
Have you found many things?
Time for learning
Why have I not learnt a thing?
Words with no meaning
Have kept me dreaming
But they don't tell me anything
Life can be unkind
But only sometimes
You're giving up before you start
All you never say is that you love me so
All I'll never know is if you want me oh
If only I could look into your mind
Maybe then I'd find a sign
Of all I want to hear you say to me....
© All rights reserved Anna Kwa. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission
The Finale
So you have probably been wondering what the days and weeks mean. It actually was not supposed to be this way. Starting back in February or March, I almost completely lost the will to post. I had images from October, November, and December that were in Lightroom that I had not even looked at since the day I took them. I had a camera roll and multiple notes filled with random photos, train symbols, and all sorts of information that had no meaning until I actually associated the information with something. It was also at this time I felt fairly discouraged. From December 23 to March 16, the day before I went out again, I had only been out twice. I believe February saw one single sunny, cloudless day in the Gorge this year, a day in which I had class. There was a day that called for sun and no clouds, and I actually drove out before sunrise, planning to shoot all day only to arrive in Hood River as the sun came up to a solid sheet of clouds. I turned right around and came home. February is up there as being on of my favorite months to shoot, and I expected multiple outings this year, only to come away with none.
So anyway, about a month ago, I thought I would motivate myself to edit and post the stuff I hadn’t looked at for a few months. As much as I wish I never had to post the images, I knew that if I saved up all my favorites at the same time, it would make the posting more interesting for me. I created a note that listed in order which images I would post and what needed to be said. The list was roughly 21 images, and I thought it would make sense to do one a day, so I opted to keep the title and everything the same as it is in my notes when I post here. I guess I felt the need to explain because I do not want anyone getting the wrong idea here. By no means do I think my images are any better than anyone else’s. It was simply for me to organize my thoughts and make it easier for me to actually share some of my adventures with you all. There are plenty of amazing photographers that have come before me and who will come after me, and as someone who has only been shooting for about 4 years now, I have a long way to go before I have the right to make any claims about what’s good and what’s bad. I like looking at cool stuff, you like looking at cool stuff, and that is exactly how I want to keep it. If you made it this far, let’s add some context to what exactly you are looking at.
This is BNSFs Oregon Trunk Subdivision. Minus all the CTC upgrades within the last few years, this whole piece of railroad feels a bit like a time capsule. Estimates in the early 2000s put the traffic levels for this line somewhere in the teens or low 20s, numbers that are nowhere in sight today, and quite frankly, numbers that will never exist. The line, running south out of Wishram, WA to Chemult, OR, where it meets with the UP Cascade Subdivision, sees about 4-6 trains a day. Seeing trains in good light on this line is incredibly challenging. There is a reason that this shot, which is fairly accessible to anyone who hikes and is not afraid of heights, is scarcely seen given how photogenic it is. If the searchlights and pole line were not removed, this line would almost feel a bit like Raton is now. The road into here is actually the old ROW for the competing company (backed by Edward Harriman) that built along the eastern side of the Deschutes River Canyon. You can find abandoned infrastructure in a few places in the canyon.
Within the first 71 miles, there are 3 sidings, 2 real ones. The first siding, being Moody at MP5, is 4329 feet and has rarely ever been used. The first real siding is Oakbrook at MP38.4, being 6232 feet in length. Dixon, at MP 70, is 5469 feet, and the sidings continue from here at regular 20 mile or so intervals all the way to Chemult. Every train through here is very short, almost every single one is a manifest, and the speeds are very slow. A few more trains per day and it would almost be perfect. What you are looking at is a location known as the Twin Bridges. Instead of following the curvature of the Deschutes, the railroad crosses the river, through a tunnel, and then crosses it again immediately upon leaving the portal. The train originated from the ballast pit at “Missile Base”, a location on the Lakeside Sub. It is running to the yard at Lookout, CA, presumably for a maintenance project on the Gateway. This is, perhaps, about as peaceful a rail line you will find.
As for the current Favorites Series, it will be something I continue in the future, but this will be it for a little bit. All I have is worthless junk again, some of which I will throw around here and there. It has been fun. Thanks for viewing. Until next time.
U MBALOO5 28B
March 30, 2024 - 5:33PM
Sherar, OR // BNSF Oregon Trunk Sub
Have you ever seen this wonderful movie?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbT8s0rAZ6I
One of my very fave…just magic…
Maybe because I love horses more than every other animal…yes more than dogs too…
Maybe because this is the only movie that makes me feel something more than any other one…
Maybe because it’s just in my dreams…
Well…In the movie the kid has a little horse like this…
And he was told about the story of Bucephalus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucephalus)...
I know I tried this kind of shot with my cat but I needed to do this again!
Have a magic Thursday my friends!
PS
BlackDreams....
Nepal Pokahara, KFC School.
Er is een gezamenlijk programma voor de leerlingen van de Grundel en de leerlingen van de KFC school. Traditionele dansen, een sketch hoe een dag van een Nederlandse scholier eruit ziet. Het zorgt voor veel plezier en hilariteit
I realise the dogs have featured in many of my Flickr Christmas uploads and this Christmas is no exception. Not very imaginative I know but there is something special about this image...........
No, its not my attempt to make the image look like an old Christmas post card but the fact that Harpo is actually wearing Christmas Antlers!
A few years ago I uploaded an image of Harpo eating his reindeer ears within half a second of putting them on.
Last year I photoshopped a Santa hat on.
No ladies and gentlemen, this year he is really wearing them.
About 2 weeks ago I decided to train him to wear them, at least long enough for me to get a photo. Within a couple of few minute sessions he did! Indie, on the other hand, would wear them but just kept coming to me and wouldn't sit still. Need to keep working on her stay!
I wish all my Flickr friends a wonderful celebration with family and friends in the coming days and the very best of health and happiness in the New Year. I probably wont get to comment in the next few days so will catch up on the other side.
If dreams could make wishes come true we would one day wake up to a peaceful world.
Rae:
Body: Legacy
Head: Lelutka EvoX Prim 3.1
Sponsor: Hexz Eyes
Savannah:
Body: eBody Reborn
Head: Lelutka Avalon
Eyes: Hexz - Dolly (Swamp) - Mud Pie
Hexz LM: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Good%20Intention/45/145/2002
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Sunny's Pose: Santa Stop Here We Have Cookies
Sunny's LM: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunny%20Photo%20Studio/128...
Have been meaning to get up to this spot for some time now. This is Wild Horse Mountain looking west toward the Glasshouse Mountains.
5Dmklll with Sigma 35mm DG1.4 | 4 Frames, 5 brackets each merged in PT Gui
This planet seems good. One species seem to be so populous they have infiltrated every continent. They do have some rudimentary language skills but their mathematic ability is so basic they would never be considered an intelligent species. Atmosphere is very similar to ours with minimal terra and bioforming needed making it cheap to colonize.
The fingers quickly tapped the device sending a communication to corporate headquarters that they could apply to the commission to colonize earth with a high degree of probability of being approved.
Within a decade the ships started arriving. Humans objected to being colonized and threw every nuclear weapon they could scrap up. The colonizers retreated back to orbit, baffled by a species intelligent enough to create a bomb that could destroy the atmosphere and stupid enough to deploy it. The colonizers requested equipment to cleanse the atmosphere which was an extra expense. By the time they received approval and the equipment, all life forms on earth were dead except for cockroaches.
The colony shipped in fauna and flora from their original planet. It was much better really. Normally it was very difficult to get permission to make a planet exactly like home. There were groups that fought for planetary diversity but really it wasn't the colonizers' fault the original species killed themselves and almost everything else.
No one was happy about the cockroaches tho. Not even the groups for planetary diversity as cockroaches spread quickly across the galaxies once a few managed to get aboard ships. Major funding was approved to eradicate them. Nothing worked. The cockroaches kept surviving and coming back. Very irritating.
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Since SL is a community effort with lots of people making things, like a movie, here is the credit roll of everyone who helped make this picture possible
Windlight Sky:
Naturally Dreamy Summer from ColeMarie's Windlight Set (Series #1) by ColeMari Soleil
Backdrop:
Data Spaceship Backdrop by Synnergy.Tavis
Handheld object with pose:
Data Reader Bento Pose by Synnergy.Tavis
Myself:
Catsuit ZX-3 Maitreya White by CyberFactory
Hair: River Hair by Raven Bell
13. Bangs / Swept Right Narrow by TRUTH
Simrugh Horns Winter Special Edition by AERTH
Wrist/hands tattoo: Winter Touch, hands by +Fallen Gods Inc.
Lipstick: Evo X - 01 Silver Glitter Lipstick 75% by Izzie's
Eyelashes tinted turquoise through Lel Evox hud for Noel 3.1 by LeLUTKA
Face: Frozen (LeL Evo X) - Porcelain by Bold & Beauty
Skin: Icy by Velour
Head lel Evox Noel 3.1 by LeLUTKA
Body: Lara v.5.3 by Maitreya
Shape: Tessa Shape Vv by WoW Skins with modifications by myself
Note: I added texture and the aqua lighting on the right through Photoshop. For the texture, I used NightCafe to create an image with two planets on one layer and then used the SoftLight filter in PS at 40% opacity. The aqua lighting I brushed two circles of aqua, then Guassian Filter to spread them out, then Vivid Light filters at differing opacity for each circle.
This is my original raw picture from SL