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Those good folks who live in NSW and Queensland reckon they are good at growing bananas. Well, this is how we do it in South Australia!
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A forced perspective shot of my Bburago 1/18th scale Jeep and trailer with the real backdrop of my local street and some real bananas.
Bird photography is just getting harder and harder these days. I went for the Canon RF system so it would all be easy to carry on a hike. "It's lightweight" they said. "It's compact!" they said!
Even the little bird in the tree above it looks a little shocked.
I have already made one trip with the camera body.
You should see the tripod! ; )
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A forced perspective shot of a 1/18th scale model RC Suzuki Jimny Sierra set against the real backdrop of my village street. The real lens on the model trailer is the Canon RF 24-240 zoom.
This is a boundary marker on the border of northern Montana and southern Saskatchewan. I'm not saying where. Here's a friend - I won't say who - straddling our two countries, perhaps illegally, perhaps not. I won't hazard a guess.
Whether the marker is on the precise borderline or not, I do not know. On the other side of the fence, 50 feet to the left, that's definitely Montana grass. No one need worry. We could easily slip under the wire, but there's nowhere to go and nowhere to hide, and anyway we aren't interested, because we like living on our own side.
But on the lighter side... I just found this in an external drive; a friend sent it to me. I guess it was making the rounds a few years ago. Titled "You Know You've Lived in Saskatchewan Too Long When" - and here are a few excerpts:
- Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor and combine crew on the highway.
- You know who has to pay for the damage to your truck and the dead cow when you hit one.
- You've had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
- You realize all the festivals across the province are named after fruits, vegetables, grain or testicles.
- You install security lights on your house and barn and leave both unlocked.
- You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
- Driving is better in winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
- Driving in winter is often simply a matter of staying between the fence posts.
- You have never owned a vehicle that did not have cracks in the windshield.
- You find -20* "a little chilly".
- You know someone who has shot themselves accidentally.
- You know someone who's lost their license due to an impaired charge and have seen their tractor or snowmobile parked at the local bar.
To be honest, these are not far from the truth. Actually they ARE true. I became very upset one day when I had to wait for TWO cars to pass while backing out of my driveway.
Photographed in the middle of nowhere, in at least one country but possibly two. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2025 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Montreal Just For Laughs Festival 2009 - The Twins Parade.
Each year, nearly 2000 twins, triplets, quadruplets and more, gather to celebrate Twins Weekend, in the heart of Montreal. This year it was held on July 18th starting at Places Des Festivals through the streets of the Quartier Latin district for the 12th consecutive year.
Aw... poor guy goes to the Festival and ends up with a parking ticket... where's the spirit of the event officer?? LOL!
Taken at a performance by "La Salamandre", a French performance troupe, at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival.
I know I can do some tweaking and make this shot look very different.. This is only a candid shot & had to share the title with you... :D
This shoot was funny. I was moving all across my house (terrace, roof, garden, neighbours garden, neighbours roof... a lot of stunts..) to get a good view of the nest & the bird with correct directional light... Finally settled for my Gran's room. Opened the window wide open... Was busy waiting for the bird to perch on the one spot I had composed in my mind... (very frustrating...).
My dog, Daffy, loves the camera. So the moment she sees me with it, she'll forget food, play & sleep... Unlike Daffy, my cat cares a damn about the camera... Very unfriendly to those who would point one at her.
But this time she was perched on the window sill right next to my elbow... No no no... she wasn't developing any interest in photography... All she cared about was the colorful bird... Finally when I got my shot (after about an hour and a half), I looked at my cat with a smile and caught her smacking her lips!!!! OMG!
Pushed her off the sill & shut the window immediately! Poor bird... 2 hunters ain't in the best of his interest... :S
Every week, I see beautifully sharp macros by David Nice, my friend from the FFF+ in Melbourne. Bugs on his Jade plant. Was I jealous - of course, who wouldn't be of such amazing shots. Have I been able to emulate these? No! (And a bug has never even landed on our Jade plant). On Sunday, I found a wonderful assassin bug on our rear glass doors - perfect chance for some macros as it was asleep almost, languid in the hot humid afternoon. It was extra exciting because I could get in close and brace myself, it even had a wonderful reflection in the glass. How did those turn out - bust! Why, why, why I said to myself. Grrrrr, what is wrong with me? Or the lens? Or life.
So off we trotted to the quarantine department of our local Kmart and for the huge outlay of $3.25 bought a plastic tube full of all sorts of bugs, beetles and snakes. These come pre-plasticised after confiscation at customs at Brisbane International Airport - you can tell by the colours! Ah ha, my own little experiment now. Some careful rereading of the camera settings and a few clicks and flicks, wheel in a real jade plant and a dob of Blu-tack and the scene is set!
What a difference a day makes. Almost instant success - not quite a Dave Nice beauty but a lot better than some of my captures including the disastrous assassin bug! And even better (not shown here) was my 1:1 macro on the same lens. Success at last.....I am not a total failure.
Thanks for the inspiration Dave. BTW - I have a whole batch of bugs if anyone wants to rent them for a weekend!
This bug has been named after Dave - davilicus niceicus.
Taken at a performance by "La Salamandre", a French performance troupe, at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival.
While Mr. Sardonicus was on the moon, I took my time corrupting the animal kingdom.
If you really don't know what this is about, it's a homage/ copycat/ tribute/ parody of this shot (scroll down to see the dirty version) and the several smoking and/or animal shots throughout Mr. Sardonicus' photostream.
For Theme of the Week: "Copycats & Testimonials"
Disclaimer: Except turkeys, I do not condone animal smoking, except for religious purposes.
Smoke brush sets 1 & 2 by Falln_Stock on Deviant Art
A -16° C-J'avais tellement envie de nager au Lac Beauport!!!J'ai parfaitement le droit d'être "maso" mais, on me l'interdit:)))
Taken at a performance by "La Salamandre", a French performance troupe, at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival.
Funny coffee mug art and a stuffed toy of Victor, the mascot for Montreal's Just for Laughs festival.
LOL!!! Explored!!??!!!
*giggle* Zero photographic value but I found this poster funny and wanted to share some smiles with you guys :D also you all liked the previous silly poster so much :D
Also dont be grumpy today with people who love you coz they do love you so much, so just keep smiling and keep loving ;-) and of course have beer (or NOT!) ;) and I wonder what they did before 1862 :-P
Plush Just For Laughs monster from the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal.
"Laughter and joy are part of the beauty of life." --Diogo Morgado
Taken at a performance by "La Salamandre", a French performance troupe, at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival.
Montreal Just For Laughs Festival 2009 - The Twins Parade.
Each year, nearly 2000 twins, triplets, quadruplets and more, gather to celebrate Twins Weekend, in the heart of Montreal. This year it was held on July 18th starting at Places Des Festivals through the streets of the Quartier Latin district for the 12th consecutive year.
Taken at a performance by "La Salamandre", a French performance troupe, at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival.
Just for fun! ;-)
(I always wanted to do a take on this)
I am 2 weeks behind on posting, but it''s only because I've been running around having fun. Here's to a changed attitude!
Different animal prints worn together, bad puffy hair and very very bad make-up, for FGR's "When Bad Clothes Happen to Good People". Only for FGR!
Might as well stick into Theme of the Week's "The Many Faces of Me". This is the totally fake, having-fun-on-Flickr, being-a-silly-fugger face. Cause in real life... I wouldn't get caught with anything less than deliciously stylish!
Disclaimer: I love stylish people, I hate fashionable people. There's a big difference, ya know?