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Question is what does one wear to drop a CV of for a possible job?
Always a hard one that, especially as i was going to the tip afterwards. so, casual , professional or just smart. and do i remove my earrings and nail polish?
No doubt i will decide at some point
Where is he? Late again. Here I am all glammed up for a night of cocktails and fine dining and who knows afterward,
I will have to find a new boyfriend.
Are you available?
Hello! How is everyone?
i know I've been absent, and I do miss the flickr community!
Just an update for those of you that are bothered... I've moved into a large 2 bedroom flat just blocks from the beach, near loads of fun things. Steve is here living with me, and we're loving life. I've been shooting still, and doing paid gigs every now and again, however, it's just been difficult to keep things updated with work, graduate school, and also interning! gah! I keep telling myself that I "need" to shoot more for myself... and have yet to do so. I must stop saying "need" and just "DO". Ahh, I'm sure some of you know what I mean. Anywho, hope you're all well, and keep in touch via FB or my blog.
Cheers to those of you keeping in touch already ;D
Hope you're all well! xo
Going to an airshow this weekend, so I'm sure I'll find some inspiration! Haaa... or maybe next week, I just need to (will) walk to the beach everyday and take photos... right?! Right.
xo
Beauty On Black!!!!
blog.
This is another shot of the abandoned Towitta homestead (closer and later in the morning) I have not decided which works better, so I add this image so you can compare and contrast it to the other image.
See comments below for other image.
This is the first coneflower blossom to open and a frittilary was right there as soon as it opened. It's been years since I saw a frit.
2 more photos in 1st comment box.
As Coco said “take one thing off before you leave the house” or words to that effect, lol. Anyhow, that’s how I’m feeling about my makeup. It’s not practical to take something off so I’m starting with less. Wish me luck! Lol
This is the outer shell of one of Krefeld's home improvement stores. I am wondering why they all, like Home Depot, have orange as a theme color. The story of this shot?
I was approached by an employee (after beeing stared at by customers for a while) asking me if he could help. No, I am fine, I am just taking shots of the wall nothing more, and the carts and the hinges of some doors. No, forbidden, need approval of Mr. V. O.k. I explained to Mr. V. - no big deal, no spying, just abstract images. I could go ahead. I was into it when I heard "whatyour doing there?" A customer in his top of the line Audi started shouting. I asked him who he was, somebody from the company? No, just a concerned citizen. He added: "I could arrest you for taking shots - people can arrest people if ..." "a crime is happening or had just happened," I added. So, what's the crime? He said: "Just this, taking photos, uhm, you could be preparing a theft." "Preparing," I said, "is not a crime and does not fall under the statute." I explained what I did for a living and he backed up. He isn't like the Stasi, he said, just concerned. Now that you mentioned it, I thought.
Pictured is a Royal Marine from 539 Assault Squadron performing a beach assault from a Landing craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) Hovercraft in Harstad, Norway.
The winter deployment 16 for the Royal Marines in Harstad, Norway forms part of the NATO COLD RESPONSE 16 Exercise.
Developing cold weather warfare skills with the Norwegians, Dutch, USMC and members of the Royal Navy’s sister Services. Ensuring the UK has a high-readiness flexible force with a truly global reach.
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Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
and sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
and sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chilliest land
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
~Emily Dickinson
(Part VI of a poem called Life)
Today, 12 March 2010, I am 62. I hope to stick around until at least 63... because I'm terribly OCD for odd numbers... LOL
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend :))
She is a molded-face felt I made a few years ago. I was never pleased with her faceup, but I didn't know what to do with it. Then Gita bought her Birdie, and I saw how I wanted Molly's face to be. She doesn't look like a Pongratz, of course, but now she looks like she should.
this is an old picture of the same shoot as the one with the "we live young" tattoo and i really liked it but never uploaded. i just edited it abit differently for a photo class.
sometimes i feel just like that picture.
i didnt had the time to do a shoot this weekend but im definately going to do oneeee, i promise some pictures :)
Tegenwoordig van eind november tot half januari: tussen Black Friday en Driekoningen is één langgerekt feestseizoen. Ook hier in de Leidsestraat is dat duidelijk te zien.
Deze foto maakt deel uit van het compilatie album "Greatest Hits", dat HIER te vinden is :
2015: 41/52
This weeks theme: What is it ?
"This week, we like you make a picture of a (familiar) object in such a way that the object is not easily recognizable."
Please don't use my images on websites or any other media without asking for my written permission.
Autumn is almost over and the Winter chill is ready to set in here in the Southern Hemisphere. Ready to unpack those boots, warm coats and woolly scarves.
Digital Photomanipulation
Stock Resources and Credits
Corel Paintshop Pro X7
From Pixabay
From DeviantArt
Old eye glasses by @CindysArt-Stock
Purchased From Depositphotos
#127/ 365 Photo Manipulations Project
Perhaps Boston is more commonly referred to as "beantown," but visitors and locals alike will flock to this Chicago landmark to get a feel for the city. While it may be a tourist trap, it's one of my favorite locations in the city. Being lucky enough to sit here alone, as the city breathes around me, the city feels like my own, and the sparkling lights shine on.
Is that a cheerful greeting? I can never read a cat's mind. Is she happy to greet me? Or is she looking at me accusingly for disturbing her peace? If only cat can smile, then we know what they think, sometimes.
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
This was our "Scarlet Pimpernel" It used to nest on our Emerald cedars ... for 12 years ... this year it DID NOT RETURN from California USA. It used to feed off my hands ... there are more images of it here:
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Here it is on our Emerald Cedars:
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Here it is! I don't know what "it" is, but there it is. Eastbound BNSF train ZSTOWSP6, with a healthy cut of reefers on the head end, passes the sign for the famous Jackrabbit Trading Post on old Route 66 in Joseph City, AZ.
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One may be excused for borrowing cliches from the realm of popular utterances. Then, that is how it does feel when you see sights such as this in real life.
A perma frosted river slam bang in the midst of tropical coconut trees in Bangalore.
This is Bellandur in Bangalore, a place notorious for foul smell, skin rashes and breathing troubles and a prime spot of ecological disaster.
Bellandur Lake is the largest water body in the plateau that is Bangalore. The terrain made it a huge reservoir which cheked the flow of water from the Koramangla and Challaghatta valleys and then slowly discharged it into the Pennar river that flows into Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu.
Till the 1980s it was a ecologically sound lake with fishing, irrigation of crops and potable water being drawn from it. The city population exploded in the late 1980s when it became the hub of IT business. Houses and offices sprung up everywhere at a frenetic pace. The income and cash flow generation was enormous. Money flowed everywhere. Business flourished, more people came in. In a few years time, the lake lost its potability, its fishing and its pristine beauty. The clear water became a turbid black pool with hyacinth growing wild.
The storm water drains which used to bring in the excess rain waters into the lake became channels of sewage that the residential and commercial buildings discharged unfiltered into the waterways. The lake just died a quick death. The overpowering stench of hydrogen sulphide and allied sulphur & phosphorus compounds infused the atmosphere all around it. A stench that we in India are familiar with where letting pollutants freely into the eco-space is not regarded as a danger.
Today the lake is about 700-800 acres big and is overgrown with hyacinth and weeds and it has two outflow channels that takes its polluted waters downstream. The public works departments have made two spillways which are narrow and it is here that on rainy days the lake water generates lather and foam that rises up many feet high and it piles up. The rustling wind over the lake ever so often raises large suds in the air and they keep on floating up like soap bubbles in a child’s play toy. At times the foam covers the bridge over the spillway and people have perforce to pass through it.
It is from one of these places that this photograph has been shot on a post rainy day in July 2016.
In the year 2016, we still have this problem and looks like will continue to have it in the near future as well. It is to do with how things are done in India. The Sewage treatment plants filter and throw the water into these water bodies. Even if you consider this as a clean and not a reprehensible act, then you must know that almost 50 percent of these plants do not even work and untreated sewage goes straight in. Secondly the number of STPs are not enough. The government of Karnataka expresses it inability by quoting lack of finances.
The situation is the same as governments in India have always expressed. Take urban transportation. UN, World Bank and a whole host of other nations and institutions had always been willing to fund a metro system in Delhi etc but the government would not take the money as such projects did not have kickbacks and opportunities for contractors to generate bogus bills as a tight fiscal discipline was always a pre requisite for such grants. So it took decades for the Indian government to agree to have the metro system.
That is how the cookie crumbles in India and I guess people in Bangalore as well as the ones living alongside the holy Yamuna river must wait for some succour and common sense to prevail in the corridors of the government where one day they may agree to being funded under a tight fiscal control.
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It is apparent by the lack of paths etc. that the south side of Loch Affric is one of the less visited areas in the glen. The lack of paths certainly makes for harder travel over the rough ground but getting away from the crouds in the more popular locations is definitely worthwhile.
This fantastic viewpoint to the west up the glen was marked by a very old looking cairn.
Pentax 67II + AE prism + SMC 105mm f/2.4. Hand Held.
From Yoyogi Uehara, Tokyo. Japan.
Kodak Portra 400.
Romance at the Italian Riviera. The love couple standing on a tower which was used for a big wheel-mounted cannon during WW-II. "Make love not war." Dedicated to my Personal Italian Travel Advisor: Angela Lobefaro. Thank you for the travel tips :)
Photo taken from the Bunker (Le Batterie) e ritorno during our walk from San Rocco to San Fruttuoso. The remains of German anti-aircraft gun emplacements.
Romantisch zoenen op een plek waar tijdens de 2de wereldoorlog een groot kanon stond. Je kan de draaicircel aan linkerzijde nog duidelijk zien. "Make love not war" een slogan die gericht is tegen oorlog in het algemeen.
This is no plate... it's a FASHION CATE! Cate is wearing a Fashion Integrity gown by Jason Wu.
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The week is off to a rocky start with visit to a brewery first thing on Monday morning. This fine Royal plate from the Lawrence Collection, taken on a still day, shows a fine enterprise seemingly in full swing. Those chimney vents are interesting. and I suspect that they were under the influence of the wind to take away the vapours? I never heard of a brewery in Rathdowney and it will be interesting to read what can be dug up!
The "leaning chimney cowls" are confirmed to be of a type that turned with the wind - so obviously weren't always angled to the right :) Our contributors also tell us that Perry's Brewery dates back to 1800 - and looks very similar in this 1832 illustration. The suggestion, though not absolute, is that this image may date from around 1900 - based on the dates attributed to other Lawrence/French images of the area....
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Perhaps after c.1900
NLI Ref: L_ROY_10403
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, is located about 100 km south of the Peloponnese. Crete was the center of Europe's first advanced civilization, the Minoans, from 3000 to 1400 BC. The Minoan civilization was overrun by the Mycenaean civilization from mainland Greece. Crete was later ruled by Rome, then successively by the Byzantine Empire, Andalusian Arabs, the Byzantine Empire again, the Venetian Republic, and the Ottoman Empire. In 1898 Crete, whose people had for some time wanted to join the Greek state, achieved independence from the Ottomans, formally becoming the Cretan State. Crete became part of Greece in December 1913.
Heraklion is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete. With a municipal population of about 180.000 it is the fourth largest city in Greece. The greater area of Heraklion has been continuously inhabited since at least 7000 BCE, making it one of the oldest inhabited regions in Europe. As a major center of the Minoan civilization it often considered Europe's oldest city.
The fortress, located at the entrance of the old port of Heraklion, was named "Castello a Mare" by the Venetians who built it in the early 16th century. The site was possibly first fortified by the Arabs in the 9th or 10th centuries. By the second Byzantine period, a tower stood on the site.
In 1462, the Venetian Senate decided to improve the fortifications. Old ships were filled with stone, and were sunk to form a breakwater and increase the area of the platform on which the fortress was built. The "Castello a Mare" was completed in 1540. During the 21-year long Siege, Ottoman batteries easily neutralised the fort's firepower. The Ottomans eventually took the fort in 1669, after the Venetians surrendered the entire city. They did not make any major alterations to the fort, except for the additions of some battlements and embrasures.
F is for fumble, fall, and fortunate [there wasn't more damage ...]
F is also for
frosted adj. a surface coating on glass that cannot be seen through clearly
fragment v. 1. To break or separate [something] into fragments
2. To become broken into fragments, e.g., After the fall, the light bulb fragmented
filament n. A fine wire [heated electrically to incandescence in an electric lamp]
This is the 14" I've been sloooowly putting together.
It's originally a ~2003 f4.6 Orion Optics (OO) Dobsonian.
I got OO to make an 'Ultra Grade' 1/10 PV f4 mirror, changing the focal length from 1600 to 1400mm. I cut about 170mm off the tube and repositioned the primary mirror.
I had a carbon fibre secondary spider made by TS optics in Germany (which cost more than I originally paid for the scope). I fitted the primary and secondary mirrors with Kendrick dew heaters. I also upgraded the focuser with a 2" Feathertouch. The focuser/secondary area is stiffened with a flocked aluminium sleeve, which also offsets the centre of balance, giving a slightly tighter turning circle. The final weight is 23kg.
It now has 100mm back focus, as my intention is to run the scope at f2.9 with a 0.73x reducer (TS or ASA). I think f2.9 may not be worth trying without upgrading to a carbon tube however. I also have a 5x Televue Powermate, which can take the focal ratio to f20, with a pixel resolution of <0.1" using a ZWO 290.
P.S. Ronseal does much more than what it says on the tin. I promise to buy some more genuine counterweights, just not this month.
The Witch Head Nebula (also known as IC 2118) is a faint, eerie-looking reflection nebula in the constellation Eridanus, near the bright star Rigel in the neighbouring constellation Orion. Its name comes from its resemblance to the profile of a witch's face, complete with a hooked nose and chin.
This rendition is a little different. The image scale of my instrument does not allow the entire Witch head to be seen, only the chin and nose are in the frame. I have also flipped the traditional orientation, which is upside down in the version. I think it works in this orientation, the highlighting at the top is my favourite part.
Here are some key features:
Composition: The nebula is made up of interstellar dust and gas that reflects the light of nearby stars, primarily Rigel. This scattered light gives the nebula its characteristic bluish colour, enhanced by the dust particles, which scatter blue light more efficiently than red.
Location and Size: It lies approximately 900 to 1,000 light-years from Earth and spans about 50 light-years, making it a large structure in the sky.
Illumination: The bright light from Rigel is the primary source of illumination, but other nearby stars also contribute. The nebula's reflection effect is similar to how Earth's atmosphere scatters sunlight.
Appearance: Its spooky, ghostly shape and faint glow make it a striking subject for astrophotographers and astronomers.
Astronomical Interest: The nebula's dusty regions are of interest for studying the processes of star formation and the interaction of starlight with interstellar matter.
The Witch Head Nebula is a fascinating example of how simple interstellar materials can create striking, familiar shapes in the cosmos when viewed from Earth.
Instruments:
Telescope: 10" Ritchey-Chrétien RCOS
Camera: SBIG STXL-11000 Mono
Mount: Astro-Physics AP-900
Focal Length: 2310.00 mm
Pixel size: 9.00 um
Resolution: 0.82 arcsec/pix
Exposures:
Lum 72 X 600
Red 30 X 380
Green 30 X 380
Blue 30 X 380
Total exposure: 21.5 Hours
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It seemed fitting to find this little pup relaxing outside the Life is Good store in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. He seemed quite content with his day in the sun.
this is how simple and beautiful love can be it is just there , i feel it with heather and my friends and my sister who is so amazing she is one of the best things on flickr bless you cause when my life fell down you stood by me ,,,
to the voice inside me calling me out to breathe in the fall colors, offering me a place to feel my feelings.
I felt the warm embrace of mother nature like a grandmother that is so delighted for you to seek comfort in her soft plentiful embrace...that she quietly continues to hug you long after you've let go.
I want to allow myself the companionship of solitude more often, the gift of time to be nothing but a grandchild to mother nature.
I know many of you all are hurting today, grieving the loss of a friend.
And I want you to know I carried you all in my heart when I went to the water's edge...
it is, indeed. The "Blue Lagoon" on Pulau Labengki.
The islands of Labengki and Sambori are almost unknow yet spectacular places of Sulawesi. Read my TRAVEL BLOG on how one man fights for these natural wonders to survive.
Katchen is wearing a beautiful dress from "louginglinda" that she has received as a little welcome back present from me today. Thank's a lot, Linda!
I am so happy that she's back!! : )
Meme (a.k.a ange de l'amour) & I are iChatting & bored. :P
so this is a collaboration of our work
- taken by me edited by her ..
tHANk UUUUU Love
Is Aruttas beach is by my taste the most beautiful beach I ever visited. The reason is its sand. Flint stones are hard enough, so they were not grinded to very fine sand, but are remaining in a size of rice. It's an extreme pleasure to walk by such a sand and crystal clear water adds to the sensation.