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I visit Monrepos not only because of the squirrels but because of the birds there too. This Great Tit looks as if he posed nicely but they never sit still for more than a second, even if I bribe them with birdseed. :)
Well, how would you look at Osborne House, the private residence Victoria and Albert had built for themselves around 1850 and in Italianate style on the Isle of Wight? A place of calm where they would recover from the strenuous business of being Queen and representing the royal and quite imperial first family of what then was a world power. I find the boar, this symbol of wilderness and ferociousness (the pig, profoundly unacceptable in some traditions), quite adequate. After all, imperial rule and colonialism were brutal in essence. But then, you would perhaps expect me to say this because I am an old republican. In this matter, one can have many points of view. Fuji X100F.
The edge of a fallen leaf.
For MACRO MONDAYS - Edge.
Many thanks to all who look, comment and add to their favourites. It is always much appreciated.
HMM!
This is another shot from my very rushed effort to capture a great Adelaide sunset a couple of nights ago.
Essentially by the time I made my mind up to go take some shots the sun was nearly down. (See my previous photo post for the full story).
This was one of my first shots of the short session and you can just see the last bit of the sun over the horizon.
An old instrument for measuring distance on a map. I found this when I was cleaning out my father's desk. It still works - not broken, but old. A memory of my father.
Taken for Macro Mondays- "Broken/old but still loved" and 52 Weeks of Pix 2011 - "Something old".
(This is how we do, This is how we do)
Oh oh
Sipping on Rosé, Silver Lake sun, coming up all lazy
(This is how we do)
Slow cooking pancakes for my boy, still up, still fresh as a Daisy
Playing ping pong all night long, everything's all neon and hazy
(This is how we do)
Chanel this, Chanel that, hell yeah
All my girls vintage Chanel baby
It's no big deal, it's no big deal, it's no big deal
This is no big deal
This is how we do, yeah, chilling, laid back
Straight stuntin' yeah we do it like that
This is how we do, do do do do, this is how we do
This is how we do, yeah, chilling, laid back
Straight stuntin' yeah we do it like that
This is how we do, do do do do, this is how we do
Big hoops, and maroon lips, my clique hoppin' in my Maserati
(This is how we do)
Santa Barbara, chique, at La Super Rica, grabbing tacos, checking out hotties
Now we talking astrology, getting our nails did, all Japanese-y
(This is how we do)
Day drinking at the Wildcats, sucking real bad at Mariah Carey-oke
It's no big deal, it's no big deal, it's no big deal
This is no big deal
This is how we do, yeah, chilling, laid back
Straight stuntin' yeah we do it like that
This is how we do, do do do do, this is how we do
This is how we do, yeah, chilling, laid back
Straight stuntin' yeah we do it like that
This is how we do, do do do do, this is how we do
This one goes out to the ladies at breakfast in last night's dress
(It's how we do, straight stuntin' like that)
Uh-huh, I see you
Yo, this goes out to all you kids that still have their cars at the club valet and it's Tuesday
(This is how we do yeah straight stuntin' like that)
Yo, shout out to all you kids, buying bottle service, with your rent money
Respect
This is how we do, yeah, chilling, laid back
Straight stuntin' yeah we do it like that
This is how we do, do do do do, this is how we do
This is how we do, yeah, chilling, laid back
Straight stuntin' yeah we do it like that
This is how we do, do do do do, this is how we do
This is how we do
This goes out to all you people going to bed with a ten and waking up with a two
This is how we do (straight stuntin like that)
Ha, not me
This is how we do, yeah, chilling, laid back
Straight stuntin' ya we do it like that
This is how we do, do do do do, this is how we do
What? Wait. No, no, no, no.
Bring the beat back.
That's right
(This is how we do), oh oh
(This is how we do), oh oh
This shot is from June 2008. At that time a London - Edinburgh set would, after the arrival at Edinburgh, work to the down loop at Prestonpans due to platform shortages at Waverley. I positioned myself at the east end of Prestonpans Station to capture the set in the loop and the 1500 from Edinburgh passing it. To my delight as I waited for the 1500 to pass , another set appeared heading north ! This was the only shot I took, nearly all in line !
91105 in the loop, 91118 pushing the 1500 ex Waverley and 91119 heading to Waverley. 17/6/2008
Paddy, navigating the impossible overhang that surrounded the rock .. with ease I might add, just as well I didn't need to rescue him!
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We have a special challenge at We’re Here! today: “It's a Saturday ... so today, let's spend a few minutes (or hours) showing off one of your favorite special photographic techniques. And, in your photo's description, explain what you did to get the intended (?!) result.”
Our images are then to be foisted upon our unsuspecting host What’s Your Technique?
I love creating images made out of several blended photographs. The elements come from my archives, recent or old, and are usually from several separate locations and different times. It’s great fun to enter these in contests when they fit the theme – and the contest themes themselves often serve as the inspiration for the image created. I don’t often “win” the contests, but that is hardly the point. Just as with the “We’re Here” themes, it is the challenge and creative work that causes me to spend my precious hours doing this. I have been wanting to create a new texture for a while now. These take me more time than seems reasonable – so today’s the day!
I combined a snap of my daughter’s kitchen wall in afternoon sunlight and a sandstone wall at a Napa winery, ran the result through Manga 5 Art Studio for some spray painting, and tortured that in “Paint Shop Pro” with blurring, layering, contrast adjustments, and a software-generated “straw texture”, until I couldn’t possibly remember how to do it again. Then I blended several different layers of it in different opacities and saturations with my subject – taken at the Idaho Springs Heritage Museum. The originals of my new texture and the owl shot are in the comment box below. I altered the dates to the past so they will “fall out” of my current photostream.
And, voilà! I have to fess up to falling into the “a few hours” category of Hereio today! I don’t have a contest in mind, but Spotlight Your Best has a “Bird Life” theme this month, so I will put it there.
For jermai: thank you very much, oliver .. :-)
Bob Dylan - Blowin' In the Wind
(Thanks to adele for the beautiful texture :-)
I could say this was taken out in the wilds somewhere , but no - this is Greater London and in Bushy Park ( one of the Royal Parks ) . These two were part of a larger group taking time out to head to a waterway across the open fern covered ground .
As for the scenario with these two with one sticking it's tongue out at the other !!
Y101 had a rail roll over under their train Sunday morning, as they came off the Holliston Industrial Track back onto the main. Murphy's Law dictated that this happened in downtown Framingham with the train of placarded hazmat cars strung across normally-busy Waverly Street; fortunately, everything stayed upright and they had it cleared up in time for the Monday morning commute.
How Tomorrow Moves, indeed.
At Ebento ~
[IK] Grandma Kitchen - Buffet
[IK] Grandma Kitchen - Kitchen Cloth
[IK] Grandma Kitchen - Chopping Boards
[IK] Grandma Kitchen - Branch Hanger
[IK] Grandma Kitchen - Wooden Cutlery
[IK] Grandma Kitchen - Potatoes Plates
[IK] Grandma Kitchen - Basil
At Kustom9 ~
tarte. hanging fern basket
Other items used ~
KraftWork Rustic Foldable Table . Washed Out Paint
Nutmeg. Farmhouse Kitchen Waste Bin
Nutmeg. Farmhouse Kitchen Round Bowl Stack
Nutmeg. Farmhouse Kitchen Pitcher / 2
Nutmeg. Dacha Teatime Strawberry Preserves
Nutmeg. Charming Zen Round Flower Rug
Nutmeg. French Cafe Teacups
Nutmeg. Farmhouse Brunch Pears / 1 Bonus Item
Nutmeg. Fresh Delivery Egg Carton
Nutmeg. Fresh Delivery Milk Jar / 1
Nutmeg. Tidy Pastels Clock Rust
Nutmeg. Grandma's Cottage Basket w/Flowers
Nutmeg. Cane Chair PG
Nutmeg. Garden Junk Milk Can
Apple Fall Rural Farmhouse RARE
Apple Fall Vintage Jelly Molds
Apple Fall Stacked Wire Baskets
Apple Fall Silver Antiqued Rabbit
Apple Fall Rolling Pins Assorted
Apple Fall Hanging Wicker Basket
Apple Fall Neva's Antique Scales
Apple Fall Ceramic Milk Jar
Apple Fall Old Painters' Stool
Apple Fall Rusted Flour Tin
Apple Fall Tin Squirrel
Apple Fall Neva's Vintage Lockers
Apple Fall Straw Broom
Apple Fall Atelier Pendant Lamp
West Village Field Wellingtons - Yellow
West Village Seeded Bread & Tomatoes
..::THOR::.. Vintage Breadbox
dust bunny . hanging plants . ivy planter
_8f8 - Granny's Winter Cottage - Curtain
*LODE* Decor - Geranium Pot [white]
How low should you go for a picture ? :)
Lesser Yellowlegs
Jusqu'où il faut aller pour une photo ? :)
Petit chevalier