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I know there is a raging debate on this topic. I fall on both sides. Do you change the image to make the image all it can be, or do you represent what was actually there when you shot it?
Normally I tend to allow myself some latitude for manipulation. When I shot this, the core of the Milky Way was behind the church. I did not realize that until I got home. I could have put in a sky from another image, but maybe because this was a church, I felt like I better just leave it as it was.
This is my first Milky Way of the season. While I was shooting this I was struck by the fact that every YouTube video that tries to teach landscape photography gets the first and most important rule wrong. The most important thing to know in landscape photography? Tuck in your shirt when its cold! Seriously, that wind tunnel up your shirt will freeze you out and make you run for the car seeking warmth. If you are not comfortable shooting, you probably won't shoot long. The same goes for standing in streams, or the surf, or anything else. It was below freezing when I shot this, and I was bundled.
This is the Locust Grove Church in Oregon. The last service here was held in 1914. This was shot with low level lighting, which I actually think was silly because i used a Move-Shoot-Move star tracker. So why shoot with low light? Not sure, force of habit I guess. I should also note that I did not enter the church in any way. That light inside was shot through the window behind the other side of the church with my light on a tripod, sitting in the dirt. Beyond the no-trespassing signs, I also have a huge degree of respect for places like this.
Oh, by the way, I am trying to get a Move-Shoot-Move Flickr group off the ground, so if you shoot with this great little star tracker, please join the group and add lots of images! You can find the group here
And guess who helped with the gear and especially the tripod? -short note from Wilson (Matt's son)
Let me know what you think of the image,
Macro Mondays.....wabi-sabi.....
In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi is a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete". It is a concept derived from the Buddhist teaching of the three marks of existence specifically impermanence, suffering and emptiness or absence of self-nature. Characteristics of the wabi-sabi aesthetic include asymmetry, roughness, simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy, and appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of natural objects and processes.
The last days of a once fine round crib near Lostant,IL. When I was in 6th grade I played in an elementary school basketball tournament-I bet this crib looked a lot better those 45 years ago.I'm getting old! LOL
This is still a nice old round crib,built a little different than most.I'll post a pic of the complete structure later...
People just decide that their boat isn't worth it anymore, they dump it or maybe it breaks down. According to CJ a local boat captain it costs they county about 15k to remove these boats and they only have a budget each year of 85K. So, when these owners determine enough is enough for them, they remove the VIN numbers and anything of value and let the rest of us pick up the mess. I really dislike people like that. Best part.... If you look at the name of the boat close up... Integrity.
The little man stands up for the future…
I live in the United States of America, and, while I’d never tell anyone who to vote for, I find the pivotal moment before us too important to sit quietly on the sidelines. No matter where you live, I hope you have the ability to stand up for what you believe in, to use your voice, to use your power for good, and, right now in my country, to get out and vote.
I believe in working together to build a world founded on kindness, compassion, connection and community. I believe character matters. I believe we should lift one another up and treat each other with dignity by showing respect even if we disagree. I believe everyone has the right to make decisions about what happens to their body, and everyone has the right to choose who they love. I believe in a world where everyone can pursue their dreams and where we help one another to achieve them, a world where we bring people together through understanding. I believe in freedom, and the best way to be more free is to grant more freedom to others.
If, like me, you have this important right, the right to vote,
please do, and stand up for your future.
Adelaida, AUSTRÀLIA 2023
The General Post Office is a colonial-era building situated on 141 King William Street on the north-west corner of King William Street and Victoria Square. It is the former General Post Office for South Australia. Postal services operated from the building between 6 May 1872 and 11 October 2019.
A 14-story hotel was built behind the historic structure, starting in 2021. It opened as the Adelaide Marriott Hotel in 2024.
History
General Post Office
The original building was constructed in the period 1867–1872, and was the most expensive building constructed to that time by the colonial government in South Australia. It was constructed from Glen Osmond and Glen Ewin stone, and ornamented with Bath limestone.
A competition was held in March 1866 for the design of the building, with the winning design submitted by Edmund Wright in collaboration with Edward Hamilton. They were at the time in practice with Edward John Woods, and Robert G. Thomas may have had a hand in the design.
Prince Alfred, The Duke of Edinburgh, was involved in laying the foundation stone, who also officially named the clock tower Victoria Tower on 1 November 1867. The capstone was put in place at a ceremony on 25 May 1870. The height of the tower was put at 154 feet (46.9 m), a little taller than the Albert Tower of the Town Hall on the other side of King William Street. The original plans had the tower somewhat taller, but R. G. Thomas was obliged to redesign it, as a cost-saving measure.
The building was extended in 1891-92.
There was also an office tower addition to the original post office in the 1920s.
Hotel
On 14 October 2019, Adelaide's GPO was relocated to the adjacent GPO Exchange tower at 10 Franklin Street. Plans were announced for the original building to have with a Westin hotel built atop it.
In April 2021, South Australian premier Steven Marshall attended a sod-turning ceremony, to mark the beginning of construction on the hotel. The hotel was estimated to cost A$200, with property developer Greaton handling the construction. Designed by local architects Baukultur, the tower, on the site of the 1920s addition, will retain the entire original GPO building, with some sections incorporated into the new hotel. Upgrades to the structure as well as additional seismic retrofit have been added, to ensure the structural integrity of both the old and new buildings. The topping out ceremony took place in October 2023, and included an Aboriginal smoking ceremony by traditional owner representatives Kuma Kaaru.
The 285-room, 14-story hotel opened as the Adelaide Marriott Hotel on 22 August 2024.
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Docked at the Holcim Toledo Terminal
Articulated Barge, Self-Unloading Cement Carrier; Paired with Tugboat G. L. Ostrander, Length Overall [Combined Tug & Barge]: 544′ , Home Port: Cleveland, OH
Busy day of boat traffic in the St. Joseph River. Minutes later, the barge sounded a long blast and sailed into Lake Michigan on the way to Green Bay.
Integrity Toys/Modern Muse Collection/Socialite Cafe/Adele Makeda/Jessy Ayala
Integrity/Fashion Royalty/The Glamorous collection/Darius Reid/Playing It Cool/Jason Wu
Sunset, Saranac Lake, Adirondacks, NY.
How many evenings have I waited through, watching my exposure drop with each passing minute. Sunset has no integrity. What may have been spectacular last night, with the same type of day as today, won't necessarily happen again. Clouds are always a help, but not an absolute. Sometimes there's a glow that just keeps intensifying, with a perfectly clear sky. Then there are days with the right combination of cloud cover proportionate to sky and horizon to light the world on fire. If conditions look right, expectations rise. But there is no honesty. I have been set up so many times with what looked like perfection, only to see it fizzle at the last. Too often, the sky can go neutral in an instant, the clouds turning white to gray without a hint that color ever even existed. It's not exactly lying. It is more like someone pretending to be one thing, and not being who you thought she was at all. You wonder, when she's holding out that promise, what pleasure she takes in deserting you, in being unfaithful. On this night, though, she has my back. As the ridgelines become erotic silhouettes, I ache at the colors of desire thrown up--the heat of the yellows, the warmth of the oranges, the passion of the pinks. And sadden at how quickly they fade into that vault of ice above. After so many disappointments, I shake my head at how easily I am seduced by the fulfillment. I've learned not to trust anything, except that there will be a sunrise, and there will be a sunset, even if there is nothing to be seen. Sunset has no integrity, but I do. I keep returning, every time it calls for the lust of it, I guess. But tomorrow, I will be in a different place, with a different feeling in my heart. And maybe I'll find a sunset that doesn't fade to blue.
CN L514 is done their work in Thamesville, and returns west towards Chatham to eventually turn south down the Sarnia Spur to Blenheim
“A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.”
Denis Waitley
I watched OOAK of left AskAnyGirlGiftSet in ebay in 2011.
Because I were not able to buy it, I kept only an image.
It is splendid now even if I look.
Right:
coat & swan top: Barbie&Integrity
skirt: ClearLan
accessories: barbie basics
Left:
everything barbie
Cuxhaven 2018.03.18
Type Chemical carrier
Flag Malta Flag of Malta
IMO 9380415
MMSI 249379000
Callsign 9HQS9
Year Built 2008
Length 131 m
Width 19 m
Draught Avg 6.7 m / ...
Speed Avg/Max 10.8 kn / 17.3 kn
Deadweight 10736 tons
Gross Tonnage 7833 tons
FR Monogram/ Illumination/ FR/ Mattel Barbie Style/ Fashionistas/ Harley Davidson/ Anne Klein/ FR Nippon/ Trendy Girl/ Azone/ The Vogue HK
Chemical Tanker Key Breeze en Duzgit Integrity, passeren hier ter hoogte van Hoek van Holland.
IMO: 9344265
Name: Key Breeze
Ship type: Oil/Chemical Tanker
Flag: Gibraltar
Gross Tonnage: 2885 t
Deadweight: 4296 t
Size: 96 x 14.2 m
Year Built: 2006
Status: Active
IMO: 9380415
Name: Duzgit Integrity
Ship type: Oil/Chemical Tanker
Flag: Malta
Gross Tonnage: 7833 t
Deadweight: 10736 t
Size: 131.85 x 18.9 m
Year Built: 2008
Status: Active
Port of Rotterdam