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Some of you wanted to see a full length version of this outfit and here it is.
I have worn it before and i think i have posted the photos a little while back. this was taken the other night when i was recovering from a hectic weekend.
This look really came together well just because i had worn a hat all day and it kind of squished my hair into this style lol.
Shoes are very dull just plain white flats
Many wildlife photographers tend to shy away from vultures, but yet they will go to great lengths to photograph the bald eagle. We picture our national bird as this powerful raptor that attacks and kills its prey by diving from great heights, etc. Well here's a little truth to, perhaps, rain on that parade a little bit. While an eagle can dive and kill its prey, the truth is they are very much opportunistic feeders, if not a bit lazy. They will feed, therefore, on dead and rotten meat, and I do mean rotten, very rotten! They actually compete with and will chase away their raptor cousins, the vultures. So with that image in mind, perhaps the vultures do deserve a little photographic coverage, since they feed from the same trough as the eagle ;-> These two images are of the black vulture and the turkey vulture. The latter is easily distinguished by the red on its head. The turkey vulture has the largest olfactory lobe in the bird kingdom. They are often called the bloodhounds of the skies, as they can detect the slightest aroma of 'dead meat'. If you look closely at the turkey vulture's head, you can see it highly developed sinus passages. You can see daylight though the opening, as it is open laterally to allow more air in for sampling. The black vulture is totally lacking in this specialized sinus 'array' and their olfactory lobe in their brain is much, much smaller. So what happens in nature is that the black vulture hangs out near the turkey vulture. When the latter finds a meal, the former swoops in for a free meal. And of course the bald eagle is just as likely to join in on the feast as well, running off the buzzards while it gets it fill.
Comet NEOWISE as photographed through my open window early this morning (13th July 2020). Taken with a Nikkor ED 500mm f/4 P manual focus lens plus Nikon TC301 2x matched teleconverter giving effective 1000mm focal length. Cable release and mirror-up mode used to minimise motion-blur and of course tripod mounted. As seen over East Yorkshire. Cropped in by about 10% to omit some colour noise artefacts around edge of frame. I have rotated the frame through 90 degrees for a 'landscape' presentation.
This classic 911 style Porsche built in 1967, 1991cc, having an enjoyable day driving round the Goodwood Race Circuit and keeping out of other drivers faster and more modern machinery. The passenger is watching her rear view mirror by the look of her eyes.
Image info:- Nikon Z9 with Nikon VR S 100-400mm @ f/4.5, shutter 1/160th second, ISO 64, focal length 100mm, processed in LightRoom Classic.
The sands of the Lower Antelope Canyon are forming an absolutely stunning textured rock passage that leads deeper in to the Labyrinth
They love nettles and this little swarm of mini munchers has managed to strip a patch.
www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=io
Larva
The behaviour of the larva is very similar to that of the Small Tortoiseshell, the two species often being seen together. In the first instar, Peacock larvae are very similar to those of the Small Tortoiseshell. However, mature Peacock larvae are jet black for the most part, whereas Small Tortoiseshell larvae are typically dark green with a pair of yellow stripes running down the length of their sides.
On emerging from their eggs, Peacock larvae build a communal web near the top of the plant and from which they emerge to bask and feed and are usually highly conspicuous. As the larvae grow, they move to new plants, building new webs along the way. Webs are decorated with shed larval skins and droppings and are easily found.
Larvae have several techniques to avoid predation. When disturbed, a group of larvae will often jerk their bodies from side to side in unison, which must be a formidable sight to any predator. The larvae will also regurgitate green fluid and will, if necessary, curl up in a ball and drop to the ground. Larvae feed both during the day and at night. There are 5 instars in total.
The primary larval foodplant is Common Nettle (Urtica dioica). Hop (Humulus lupulus) and Small Nettle (Urtica urens) are also used.
1st Instar
"The larva eats away the crown of the egg, and all hatch at once. Those at the bottom of the batch immediately start feeding through the leaf, and all live in a dense mass, spinning a web over the leaf. Directly after emergence the larva measures only 1.6 mm. long; the body is cylindrical; the head large, black and shining, beset with fine black hairs. On the body are four longitudinal rows of long, fine, black, simple hairs with bulbous bases; they are slightly curved and have the extreme tips very slightly clubbed and whitish. On the ventral surface and claspers are paler fine straight hairs; the spiracles are outlined with black. The surface is finely granular, with minute, raised, dark points. The colour is a very light ochreous-green, almost white-green." - Frohawk (1924)
2nd Instar
"The first moult was on June 5th, 1908, the first stage lasting six days. Before the second moult, nine days old, it measures 8 mm. in length. It is a good deal similar to the previous stage; the base of the longest hairs now form black conical tubercles, which are beset with bristles, and each terminates in a long, slightly serrated black hair. There are numerous black serrated hairs of different lengths, some extremely small, scattered over the body, which is granulated with fine black points. The head is shining black, with minute black bristles. The surface of the body is very shining, of a mottled olive-brown, blotched with pale ochreous round each of the largest tubercles. They live and feed in company. Preparatory to moulting they all assemble in a dense mass on a thick carpet of web spun over the eaten part of the plant, and thereon, packed together, undergo the second moult. When disturbed they all throw up the anterior half of their bodies in the form of a hook (thus c__) and remain so for a few minutes." - Frohawk (1924
3rd Instar
"The second moult occurred on June 9th, 1908, the second stage occupying four days. Before the third moult, thirteen days old, it measures from 12.7 mm. to 14.8 mm. long. In this stage a further development in the size of the tubercles is noticeable, especially the two dorsal rows, which are of considerable length and terminate, as all the shorter ones do, with long, slightly curved hairs. The ground colour is purplish-dark-brown, the longer hairs, which are scattered over the body, are placed on white dots. The head and other details of the surface are as in the previous stage; the claspers are pale olive-ochreous. They still live gregariously, and, as in the previous stage, prior to moulting they all assemble in a dense pack, forming a conspicuous black mass. In this stage they consume a great quantity of food; and when touched or irritated exude from the mouth a comparatively large drop of green liquid; and when slightly disturbed they throw up their heads and fore part of the body as in the last stage, and if still further annoyed or shaken they fall to the ground with much wriggling, at the same time lowering themselves by a silk thread." - Frohawk (1924)
4th Instar
"The third moult June 13th, 1908. The third stage also lasted four days. Before fourth moult, eighteen days old, the larva is 25.4 mm. in length; very similar to the previous stage. All the tubercles are well developed, the two dorsal rows being about twice the length of the sub-dorsal and lateral series. The white spots are now more distinct and numerous. The head and legs are shining black, as well as the anal pair of claspers. The ground colour is a purple-black; in other respects the details are the same as in the previous stage. Before moulting they again assemble in a dense mass." - Frohawk (1924)
5th Instar
"The fourth and last moult took place on June 18th, 1908, the fourth stage lasting five days. After fourth moult, fully grown, about twenty-eight days old, it averages in length about 41 .3 mm., some specimens as much as 44 mm. long. It is fairly cylindrical and comparatively slender; the first segment is much the smallest. There are six longitudinal rows of black shining spines from the fifth to eleventh segments inclusive; the second and third segments have each only two dorsal spines, which are longer than those on the other segments; the fourth and anal segments have each four spines; the first segment has no spines, but a transverse ridge of fine black hairs. The spines are sub-dorsal, super-spiracular and sub-spiracular. They are long and shining black, sharply pointed, and bear numerous bristles of various lengths; the body is densely covered with minute black bristles, which adds intensity to the rich velvety-black ground colour. At the segmental divisions the surface is smooth and of a dull leaden-black. Each segment is encircled with numerous pure white globular warts, each emitting a fine white hair; the largest are in front of the spiracles. On the first segment is a dorsal, shining, black, transverse disc, and two round ones on the anal segment; the first is small and adjoins the eleventh segment, the other forms a large rounded knob on the extremity. The head and legs are shining black and thickly studded with black bristles of varying lengths; the claspers are ochreous-brown at the base, the middle portion bright ochreous, the foot palest. Several of the larvae were fully grown on June 24th (the fifth stage occupying six days), making the larval period twenty-seven days: twenty-five days feeding and two days occupied in changing to pupa." - Frohawk (1924)
So I have turned forty. Life has been too busy to allow me to spend any considerable length of time to do any meaningful reflection, not when you have a newborn to take care for at home. I still do not have the time to pause and take it in fully, but I guess I am quite happy at where I am at the moment. Definitely appreciating what I have right now, glad that I am overcoming some barriers in the past few years and growing into the current me who enjoys more freedom at heart than when I was living alone in Canberra in my early twenties. Life is good. God is good. Here's to the next ten years!
The comet was drifting toward west northwest in Lyra. Dust tail was short toward south a bit eastward. The length was 8 arcminutes at the most as in the closer view near the right lower corner. Dust coma was small and round. Bluish green ion halo was not visible yet at the night. Planetary Nebula M57, NGC 6720 was bright near the right upper corner. North is up, and east is to the left.
The comet comes near us, distance about 0.284au on February 2, 2023. It is predicted that the comet will be bright, around magnitude 5 and get to be visible with our naked eyes in Camelopardalis near Polaris in northern sky.
Sun Distance: 2.972au
Earth Distance: 2.273au
equipment: Takahashi FSQ130ED f/5.0 and Canon EOS R-SP4II, modified by Seo-san on Vixen AXD Equatorial Mount, auto guided at a star nearby with Fujinon 1:2.8/75mm C-Mount Lens, Pentax x2 Extender, ZWO ASI 120MM-mini, GPUSB, and PHD2 Guiding with comet tracking on
exposure: 6 times x 900 seconds, 4 x 240 sec, and 4 x 60 seconds at ISO 3,200 and f/5.0
First exposure started at 15:32:02 July 2, 2022 UTC.
site: 1,410m above sea level at lat. 37 45 03 North and long. 140 06 25 East in Shirabu pass at the border of Fukushima and Yamagata 福島山形県境白布峠.
Sky was dark and clear. SQML was 21.34. Wind was almost none. Ambient temperature was around 17 degrees Celsius or 63 degrees Fahrenheit. It was superb night.
Camera Canon EOS 7D
Sigma 10-20mm f/4
Exposure 0.4
Aperture f/14.0
Focal Length 20 mm
ISO Speed 100
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Singh-ray Nd2 Grad
Big Cypress National Preserve
Southern Florida
USA
Alligator photographed in a national preserve 45 minutes from my home. I have no idea of its length. The many reflections and color in the water were created by plants growing by the water. It appears I have a visiting dragonfly on its back.
The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), sometimes referred to colloquially as a gator or common alligator, is a large crocodilian reptile endemic to the Southeastern United States. It is one of two living species in the genus Alligator within the family Alligatoridae.
Adult male American alligators measure 11.2 to 15.1 ft in length, and can weigh up to (999 lb). Females are smaller, measuring (8.5 to 9.8 ft) in length.
The American alligator inhabits freshwater wetlands, such as marshes and cypress swamps from Texas to southeastern and coastal North Carolina.
American alligators are apex predators and consume fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Hatchlings feed mostly on invertebrates.
They play an important role as ecosystem engineers in wetland ecosystems through the creation of alligator holes, which provide both wet and dry habitats for other organisms.
Throughout the year, in particular during the breeding season, American alligators bellow to declare territory and locate suitable mates. Male American alligators use infrasound to attract females.
The conservation status of the American alligator is listed as least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Historically, hunting had decimated their population, and the American alligator was listed as an endangered species by the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Subsequent conservation efforts have allowed their numbers to increase and the species was removed from endangered status in 1987. The species is the official state reptile of three states: Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
A market stall in Hoi An, Vietnam selling lanterns.
Sony RX-100 MK3 compact camera
Aperture ƒ/1.8
Focal length 8.8 mm
Shutter 1/30
ISO 125
"The Inca dove or Mexican dove (Columbina inca) is a small New World dove. Inca doves reach a length of 16.5–23 cm (6.5–9.1 in) and weigh 30–58 g (1.1–2.0 oz).[2] They are slender, with a gray-brown body covered in feathers that resemble a scaled pattern." From Wikipedia.
Posted just a few odds and ends, taken on Day 7 of our 13-day birding trip to South Texas. A few interesting things, but not the greatest photos of most of them. So happy to see them all and just happy to get any kind of shots.
We had an early start as usual on Day 7 of our 13-day birding trip to South Texas, 19-31 March 2019. Leaving our hotel, La Quinta Inn & Suites in Mission, we drove to the Bentsen - Rio Grande Valley State Park / World Birding Centre.
"As part of the World Birding Center, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park is a world-class destination for bird-watching. The Rio Grande Valley hosts one of the most spectacular convergences of birds on earth with more than 525 species documented in this unique place. Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park alone has an impressive list of 358 species recorded within the park’s boundaries. Birders have a chance to see migratory birds during their yearly migrations over the valley including flocks of thousands of hawks from the park’s Hawk Tower in the spring and fall.... Over seven miles of trails offer a variety of opportunities to encounter wildlife inside the park."
tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/bentsen-rio-grande-valley
In the afternoon, we drove roughly 32 miles east to the Estero Llano Grande State Park, arriving there at about 1:00 pm, and spent two and a half hours looking for birds.
Is death something new in the stock
Of events stored for mortal's sake ?
By Nature from it's early wake
Scented blooms although shorter lives may take.
Length of life is not the mark
A human holds, a golden hook
To fish his laurels or to gain
His ends in life avoiding stake,
But the way he acts before its break.
Life of man from where it comes
And how in body lingers who knows ?
And who is to pronounce
It's form or size, and its immanence
Are we able to know ? poor souls
To let you see your sun set at noon
O ! hapless would it ever be ?
For irretrievable, if it is to happen
Could you dear mum bear the pain ?
Hurled unto darkness, what more to add
From the world to depart is sad
But to part with the one, prideless to you in life
Would it be so hard indeed ?
- Anuj Nair
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Program:Manual
Lens:12-28mm f/4 G
F:8.0
Speed:1/60
ISO:200
Focal Length:14.0 mm (35 mm equivalent 21.0 mm)
Focus Mode:AF-C
AF Area:Single Area
Shooting Mode:Single-Frame
VR:Off
Metering Mode:Spot
WB:Auto1
Focus Distance:3.98 m
Dof:inf (0.94 m - inf)
HyperFocal:1.22 m
Length: 644 m.
Width: 195 m.
Height: 243 m.
Being one of the most mass-produced heavy cruisers at the beginning of the Insectoid War, this vessel by its design presented the concept of the large battles of those times: a moderate number of plasma guns and turbolasers, located so that it is most effective to fire sideways. The classic linearcruiser, which at that time was considered obsolete, but the war showed its usefulness. Thanks to its design, it was convenient for conducting bombardments from orbit, which was facilitated by the presence of twelve ballistic missiles on board. And its speed and range made it possible to conduct raids deep into the territory of the enemy.
Program:Manual
Lens:15mm f/2.4 G
F:16.0
Speed:1/80
ISO:200
Focal Length:15.0 mm (35 mm equivalent 22.0 mm)
Focus Mode:Manual
Shooting Mode:Single-Frame, Auto ISO
VR:Off
WB:Auto1
Picture Control:Standard
Focus Distance:14.13 m
Dof:inf (0.66 m - inf)
HyperFocal:0.69 m
This poor GSD limped the whole length of the promenade but still seemed happy accompanying his mistress. I took this shot to demonstrate to my companion how ridiculously effective these little pocket cameras can be shooting at full optical zoom. The equivalent Zoom range if this were a 35mm camera is 25mm to 750mm. I zoomed out slightly so that the digital zoom did not engage and so that I could see both subjects at once. I believe the girl and dog were over 150m away viewed from the embankment.
Joshua swam in his first summer swim meet recently. He finally feels confident enough in his breaststroke to swim the IM. This shot shows him in the starting leg, swimming butterfly. There was not much competition in this meet. He easily won all his races, often by more than a pool's length. Helps when he's swimming in the 13-14 year old division. The summer of Joshua.
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Moral Stories - 500ironicstories.com/moral-stories
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File: D0104
LadyArtist photo-shoot, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, on Tuesday 15th November 2016.
About the photographs.
This is Marie posing in a size 22, medium length brown faux fur coat, with hood from M&Co. She is also posing in her own black latex corset, and black hold-ups stockings. One photo shows her with the hood up, and the other with the hood down.
I booked Marie for a two hours photo-shoot at my home.
The first hour was done in my back garden, for a fashion style photo-shoot and also for my graphic design project. You can see those photos in one of my Albums titled LadyArtist (Marie).
After this, the second hour was for moderate level kind of photography, including this outfit and poses. Those were test shots I took in the top floor hallway.
Despite my being deaf with communications difficulties, Marie did remark that she found working with me to be going so well, and left positive reviews on my profile.
Marie was a model (either professional or amateur, I forgotten which one), and registered under the username of LadyArtist on PurplePort, a website for models to advert their services.
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Bartolomeo Cincani called "il Montagna" (Orzinuovi, 1449/1450 - Vicenza, 1523) - Cassone (1492) - walnut wood (gilded, carved, tempera painting) height 70 cm; length 208 cm; depth 79 cm; (round diameter 29 cm); - Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan
Acquistati nel1884 per 1000 lire, questi due tondi lignei sono inseriti sul fronte di un nobile cassone rinascimentale alla veneziana che porta al centro un'arma raffigurante un orso rampante su fondo d'oro. Essa è stata identificata con quella della famiglia Buri di Verona. I due dipinti illustrano antichi esempi di virtuosa continenza femminile: a sinistra l'episodio di DuiIio e Bilia, a destra quello della Vestale Tuccia. La scena con Duilio e Bilia, tratta dalla storia antica, è qui interpretata secondo la lezione che ne diede San Gerolamo nel Adversus Jovinianum: il console Gaio Duilio, vincitore della battaglia navale presso Milazzo contro i Cartaginesi (260 a.C.), aveva sposato una donna dal leggendario pudore. Ormai vecchio e tremolante (rementi corpore), il console si vide rinfacciare, durante un'altercazione in pubblico, il tremendo fetore del proprio alito. Rientrato afflitto a casa, chiese alla moglie per quale ragione costei non si fosse mai lamentata di tale difetto. Lo avrei fatto - rispose la donna - se non fossi convinta che la bocca di ogni uomo puzza in tal modo. Nel dipinto, il testo latino della replica proverbiale appare riprodotto sulla base del pilastro che regge un arcone, al centro della composizione: “DIXISSEM / TIBI NISI / PUTASSEM / OMNIBUS / VIRIS OS / SIC/ OLERE”.
La vicenda della vestale Tuccia, ingiustamente accusata di avere infranto il voto di castità, è invece desunta da Valerio Massimo (Dictorum et factorum memorabiIium exempla, VIII, 1,5); da Plinio il Vecchio (Naturalis Historia, XXVIII, 12: Pigler, Il [1956], 1974, p. 346): la giovane donna provò la propria innocenza trasportando al tempio di Vesta acqua raccolta nel Tevere con un setaccio. I soggetti indicano chiaramente che questo cassone fu eseguito in occasione di un matrimonio, per celebrare le virtù della sposa. La straordinaria sapienza prospettica di Bartolomeo Montagna.
Purchased in1884 for 1,000 lire, these two wooden tondos are inserted in the front of a noble Renaissance Venetian caisson that bears in the center a coat of arms depicting a rampant bear on a gold background. It has been identified as that of the Buri family of Verona. The two paintings illustrate ancient examples of virtuous female continence: on the left the episode of Duilio and Bilia, on the right that of the Vestal Tuccia. The scene with Duilio and Bilia, taken from ancient history, is here interpreted according to the lesson given by Saint Jerome in Adversus Jovinianum: the consul Gaius Duilio, winner of the naval battle at Milazzo against the Carthaginians (260 B.C.), had married a woman of legendary modesty. By now old and trembling (rementi corpore), the consul was held up to ridicule, during an altercation in public, the terrible stench of his breath. Returning home afflicted, he asked his wife why she had never complained of this defect. I would have done so - the woman answered - if I were not convinced that every man's mouth stinks in this way. In the painting, the Latin text of the proverbial reply appears reproduced on the base of the pillar supporting an archway, in the center of the composition: "DIXISSEM / TIBI NISI / PUTASSEM / OMNIBUS / VIRIS OS / SIC/ OLERE".
The story of the vestal Tuccia, unjustly accused of having broken her vow of chastity, is instead inferred by Valerius Maximus (Dictorum et factorum memorabiIium exempla, VIII, 1,5); by Pliny the Elder (Naturalis Historia, XXVIII, 12: Pigler, Il [1956], 1974, p. 346): the young woman proved her innocence by transporting to the temple of Vesta water collected in the Tiber with a sieve. The subjects clearly indicate that this chest was made on the occasion of a wedding, to celebrate the virtues of the bride. The extraordinary perspective wisdom of Bartolomeo Montagna.
This mirrored selfie gives a full-length view of the sweater dress and color-coordinated bolero style sweater ensemble Ms. Essay wore on a chilly Fall day to attend the November 2021 luncheon event organized by the St. Louis Gender Foundation.
File: 2016001-0148
Newport (Welsh: Casnewydd), Wales, United Kingdom, Friday 29th January 2016.
About the photograph.
This is Lulu, wearing a medium length, size 22, brown faux fur coat with hood, from M&Co. Here, she is seen with the hood up.
Lulu is a model I booked for a two hours outdoors photo-shoot, in and around Newport, Wales. For the outdoors photo-shoot, you can view them in my Album titled “Lulu”
After the outdoors part was done, there was plenty of time left out of the two-hours booked slot, there was maybe 30 minutes, maybe 45 minutes, left out of the 2 hours.
Lulu did not like the idea of myself paying a full 2 hours fee for just like 1 hour of photo-shoot, so she and her husband let me use their made-shift studio in a spare room, to do some more photography.
I agreed and took the opportunity to build up more experience.
Between 1985 to 1999, because I am a deaf person, I have struggled with getting a college course in photography, struggled to get a job working in photography, also struggled with trying to become a photographer myself. This was because in those days, in the UK, there were still discrimination towards the disabled people.
My family, family friends, teachers, career advisors, and social workers, they all would say things like “You can’t be a photographer because you’re deaf. How are you going to communicate with people?”
But in the 21st century, discrimination is mostly just about out of the way, and a lot of people are becoming more open minded. I got to work with 6 different models so far (at time of writing this), and in all cases, despite myself being deaf with speech impaired, we have got on well.
As a matter of a fact, those models also remarked that they enjoyed working with me, some mentioned that my way of directing them to what kind of poses, is clearly understandable.
I figure that taking the opportunity to keep taking more photos of Lulu, in their home, would help me find more new ways of communications with the model.
About M&Co.
In 1834, Neil McGeoch started a pawnbroker business, in Paisley, Scotland, and over the many years, the family business expanded to 6 pawnbroker shops.
By 1953, the brothers Len and Iain McGeoch decided to convert the pawnbroker shops into clothing stores, and traded as Mackays Stores Limited. Over the years, they acquired a few other clothing retail business and expanded to approximately at least 140 by 1986, up to 270 by 2005.
In 2005, the company was rebranded as M&Co for a more modern image, and went on to operate over 300 stores, including few overseas and an online store.
The company first specialised in women’s clothes, later expanded to include men’s and children’s clothes.
Sadly due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the early 2020s, the company struggled with business as customers stayed at home, and struggled to keep going.
The company finally went into administration, and it was reported that the branding was bought by the McGeoch family. By spring of 2023, M&Co was closing down.
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Shepherd, Nicholas H., photographer.
[Abraham Lincoln, Congressman-elect from Illinois. Three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front]
[Springfield, Ill., 1846 or 1847]
1 photograph : quarter plate daguerreotype ; plate 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.
Notes:
This daguerreotype is the earliest-known photograph of Abraham Lincoln, taken at age 37 when he was a frontier lawyer in Springfield and Congressman-elect from Illinois. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 4)
Attributed to Nicholas H. Shepherd, based on the recollections of Gibson W. Harris, a law student in Lincoln's office from 1845 to 1847. (Source: Gibson William Harris, "My Recollections of Abraham Lincoln," Women's Home Companion (November 1903), 9-11.) Robert Lincoln, son of the President, thought the photo was made in either St. Louis or Washington during his father's term in Congress.
Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 4-5.
Title devised by Library staff.
Gift; Mary Lincoln Isham; 1937.
Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham--1809-1865.
Format: Portrait photographs--1840-1850.
Daguerreotypes--1840-1850.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 95861318
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g02439
Call Number: DAG no. 1224
Camera: Sony DSLR-A700
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 75 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: -0.7 EV
Good Afternoon we present the Nikki Dress and Nikki Heels at the BETRAYAL Mainstore.
The Nikki Outfit is the perfect night look. Nikki may be a knee-length dress but she packs plenty of sexy with waist hugging, open laced sides. Pair it with the essential diamond studded Nikki heels.
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Come by the Mainstore today and try a Demo :)
87th Annual Slush Cup at Sunshine Village, Banff, Alberta, Canada, May 18, 2015.
Held annually on the May Long-Weekend (the final day of the ski season), contestants attempt to ski or board across 120 feet of ice cold water (notice that the snow floating on the surface has not melted).
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I find the map and draw a straight line
Over rivers, farms, and state lines
The distance from 'A' to where you'd be
It's only finger-lengths that I see
I touch the place where I'd find your face
My fingers in creases of distant dark places
I hang my coat up in the first bar
There is no peace that I've found so far
The laughter penetrates my silence
As drunken men find flaws in science
Their words mostly noises
Ghosts with just voices
Your words in my memory
Are like music to me
I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
I, I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms
After I have travelled so far
We'd set the fire to the third bar
We'd share each other like an island
Until exhausted, close our eyelids
And dreaming, pick up from
The last place we left off
Your soft skin is weeping
A joy you can't keep in
I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
And I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms
I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
and I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms
Program:Manual
Lens:70-300mm f/4-5.6 G VR
F:8.0
Speed:1/320
ISO:280
Focal Length:300 mm
AF Fine Tune Adj:-1
Focus Mode:AF-C
AF Area:Dynamic Area (3D-tracking)
Shooting Mode:Single-Frame, [3], Auto ISO, [9]
VR:On
Metering Mode:Multi-segment
WB:Auto0
Picture Control:Flat
Focus Distance:14.13 m
Dof:1.04 m (13.62 - 14.67)
HyperFocal:374.42 m
No one is afraid of heights, they are afraid of the fall
settings:
Canon EOS 60D
Exposure: 1/250
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 135mm
ISO Speed:100
by Meyer-Optik Görlitz Domiplan 50mm F2.8 (Zebra Model) + National TELE CONVERSION LENS VW-LT1
150.0mm ( 35mm equivalent focal length )
This photo was taken at Focal Length (35mm format) - 1200 mm. Using a different camera, I was able to zoom in much more than the above photo, taken from exactly the same spot. So difficult/impossible to hold the camera steady, so I don't use it very often, but I was curious to see what kind of photo I could get.
"The great grey owl or great gray owl (Strix nebulosa) is a very large owl, documented as the world's largest species of owl by length..... In terms of length, the great grey owl is believed to exceed the Eurasian eagle-owl and the Blakiston's fish owl as the world's largest owl. The great grey is outweighed by those two species as well as several others, including most of the Bubo genus. Much of its size is deceptive, since this species' fluffy feathers, large head and the longest tail of any extant owl obscure a body lighter than that of most other large owls. The length ranges from 61 to 84 cm (24 to 33 in), averaging 72 cm (28 in) for females and 67 cm (26 in) for males. The wingspan can exceed 152 cm (5 ft 0 in), but averages 142 cm (4 ft 8 in) for females and 140 cm (4 ft 7 in) for males. The adult weight ranges from 580 to 1,900 g (1.28 to 4.19 lb), averaging 1,290 g (2.84 lb) for females and 1,000 g (2.2 lb) for males. The males are usually smaller than females, as with most owl species." From Wikipedia. The link below shows how small the skeleton is, compared to the size of the bird.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_grey_owl
Talk about a lucky weekend for Great Gray Owls - just what the doctor ordered! One individual seen on the Saturday and then two different individuals seen on Sunday, 11 March 2018.
On Sunday, I decided to follow a group of friends for the first part of their day's outing. The rest of their day was going to be a walk in an area that is treacherous in winter, as well as being a long hike. The very last thing I need at the moment is to break an arm or a leg - or anything. I am so glad I got up early and started the day with them, as we ended up seeing two separate Great Gray Owls.
The first owl (not this photo) was perched in a group of trees and then flew to a tree that was closer to us. It is always amazing to see such a large owl perched on a very thin branch/twig, showing that most of the bird is a mass of light-weight feathers.
The second owl, seen in this photo, was at first perched in a tree that had beautiful, dead leaves, adding a welcome splash of colour. The light was challenging, but at least it wasn't snowing. A few minutes later, it flew off and landed in a far-away evergreen tree (seen in this photo). Again, the light was a challenge, but I managed to rescue a few shots. After parting from my friends, I had to drive past this location again and was happy to see the second owl still in the same distant tree. I waited a little while, hoping it might fly and land closer, but it seemed perfectly happy staying exactly where it was.
I was just in time to get back to the city and join a different group of friends for a walk at Mallard Point in Fish Creek. Park. The birds we saw were too far away for any decent photos - but I didn't need any, after such an amazing owl morning. After the walk, we headed for Tim Horton's for late afternoon coffee and snack. Just being outdoors on such a lovely, sunny, comparatively mild day felt good.
Model: Abdulaziz
Camera Nikon D5000
Lens Tamron 70-300
Exposure (1/100)
Aperture f/4.2
Focal Length 116 mm
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash No Flash
Focal Length: 105mm, 1/90sec-F/22, Aperture Priority, ISO 400, Built-in Flash: TTL, handheld. Holland Woods, Singapore, 20 Jan 2008.
As I can't load the video of this dress in motion due to file size I will have to demonstrate it this way.
Just a simple left right motion makes this dress move so wonderfully. Ive got 2inch heels on under here and the hem only just skims the ground. its so nice to get a proper long dress.
Expanded the mountainside further so it now covers the length of a baseplate, which is most likely the dimension I'm going for with this build. Added a spur to the right of the fields in order to break it up and added another jungle covered area in the right corner.
Quite a bit of experimentation going on in the forested parts. Trying to use plant pieces that I normally just use for miniscale to represent parts of the wild jungle, such as bamboo leaves, 3x4 leaves and even a few green flags.
Laid out the rest of the river as well, though it will probably change a bit as I build. Added a small creek on the right that feeds into the river, and will also work as a divider between the jungle and the next section which will probably be more paddy fields.
The 180 degree turn of the river is kind of the main feature here, and I envision the center "peninsula" to be mostly rice paddies as well. I'm a bit concerned though, that it will be hard to make such a sharp turn look good, especially when it comes to the terraces. My selection of lime green wedge plates is a bit limited.