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G-AXUB Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander of Island Airways at Blackpool 15/12/21.
This aircraft arrived from Lee-on-Solent on the first leg of its delivery flight to Island Airways at Beaver Island Airport, Michigan, USA.
The aircraft departed Blackpool at 1258 UTC on Wednesday 15/12/21 and arrived at Beaver Island at 1640 UTC on Sunday 19/12/21.
The full routing was Lee on Solent-Blackpool-Wick-Reykjavik-Narsarsuaq-Goose Bay-Bangor-Northeast Kingdom,Vermont-Beaver Island.
Quite a trip.
Janelle against an empty New York City street, with sunset playing against buildings in the background.
Janelle had some rare free time, so we used the opportunity to have a photo shoot. Despite the fact that she was "rusty" from passing through six months without a single photo shoot, and despite the fact that the original location I had wanted to shoot at was inaccessible, we were pleased with how things came out.
I wanted to try a new concept with lighting and backgrounds, and had to wait until sunset for it. The tall buildings largely blocked the setting sun's rays at this location, which was a bit of a mixed blessing: while it probably removed some of the "magic" of shooting at this hour, it kept the heat down and gave me greater freedom of shooting angles.
The last time we did a shoot, I tried using two cameras with two prime lenses: the Leica D Summilux 25mm f/1.4 (my preferred portraiture lens) and the Zuiko Digital 50mm f/2.0 macro. At that time I concluded that the difference between both fields of view wasn't great enough for them to be useful; taking three to five steps backward or forward would give me a similar enough framing between the two that I might as well have just used one camera. This time, inspired by Justin Bonaparte's photos taken with a Zuiko Digital 150mm f/2.0, I decided to go with another two-camera setup, pairing the 25mm f/1.4 with my Sigma 150mm f/2.8 macro. This combination was seemingly more useful. I'll include more usage notes on it with an upload from the 150mm.
One of many human remains that dot across the Canadian Arctic, evidence that the land truly is a challenge to live on, But possible, This I believe is the remains of ether a whaler or an Inuit Person. The coffin was likely made form packing crates that the residents had on hand at the time.
Finally was able to break from the grind to get some outdoor drone shots done for once. Bit in wander mode, but always a good subject matter - the Grand Island southern bridges.
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Britten-Norman Islander TR-LZK at the British Aerospace Hatfield open day on 5th July 1980.
Photo by John W. Read.
Creator: Unidentified.
Location: Mackay, Queensland.
Description: A South Sea Islander wedding party in the Mackay district, ca. 1890s. Includes bride, groom, groomsmen and bridesmaids.
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Following Dreams
Some times there are more bumps in the road to your dreams.
Our dear friends the Nasco's have hit some bumps in the road.
Joe Nasco has been following his dream of playing soccer professionally for years.
All-American at Andrew Junior College and an all-conference player at Birmingham-Southern, suffered injuries while playing for the Panama City Pirates in the USL Premier Development League.
His determination still did not waiver. Joe took a job as a police officer for the Gordon County Sheriff's Department all the while still dreaming of playing soccer.
In 2012 Joe caught the eye of the Atlanta Silverbacks coaching staff. He made first professional debut on May 16th against the Puerto Rico Islanders. During that season he helped the team to a league title and was named to the NASL Best XI.
On February 12th 2014 Joe's dreams came true, he was signed with the Colorado Rapids.
Unfortunately another bump in the road was to come, On September 5, against the Los Angeles Galaxy, he set the MLS record for fastest red card in a game with a foul against Alan Gordon a mere 34 seconds into the match
After a disappointing season with the Colorado Rapids, Joe was picked up by the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. On Apr 26 2015 Joe suffered yet another bump in the road, During his first starting with the Strikers in Canada Joe Suffered a disastrous injury His leg is broken in two places, a break on the front side of the fibula and the back side of his ankle. He is going to need surgery in order to stabilize his ankle. This injury will put him out of commission for a significant amount of time. Joe not only plays soccer for a living, he has side jobs to supplement his income in order support his beautiful wife, Amber and their beautiful daughter, Caroline. Joe will not be able to hold the private keeper camps he does or keep the extra job he did for additional income to support his family due to this injury.
I decided to improve my original outrigger design (seen here: flickr.com/photos/chrispockster/2772732246/ ) and stick on a sail. I am pretty satisfied with the results, and I didn't have to cut technic tubes or string either.
Finally done! Took nearly twice as much time as I originally thought - around 4 looong months, sometimes felt like eternity -, nonetheless here it goes.
Sorry about the kitschy intro/logo, but wanted to make something special for this occasion - and with my very limited photoshop skills I guess I've reached the ceiling(:
The story behind: when I was a kid my favourite theme was Pirates, so once I became an adult - and was finally able to self-finance my old hobby - first I began to collect these old sets. (Thanks to my good friend Ferenc and his wife to surprise me with Queen Ann's Revenge, which was the actual trigger for this whole thing.) Started with the mighty pirate ships then continuing with the rest (impulse sets, blue- and redcoats, islanders, so really all of them), under like 1,5 years I've collected every little set that came out as Pirates I (except 6250, which is... oh my my, the unfamous and underestimated diamond of the full series - at least for me). Because of the life-long love for these sea-guys and their stories, once I started to build MOCs I immediately wanted to create a huge and cool Pirates-diorama. But with my limited skills and pieces it took some years to get it like - well, more or less - I always imagined.
So here it goes; hope you gonna have as much fun&joy checking the result as I had during its creation.
(Still working on the photos of the Pirates' phase, so that half comes a bit later.)