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I had meant to post a mono shot today... if only to pleaseFaisal Aljunied !

But there’s so much colour to be seen everywhere this glorious sunny weather, that I couldn’t resist posting in colour!

'Tornado’ was meant to be the first of three steam shots today. However 'Flying Scotsman' failed down the ECML and I waited to long to go for the Black 5 45212 travelling from Toton-Carnforth. The plan failed, so only one picture.

 

It was an early start for the crew of A1SLT’s new build Peppercorn designed 'A1' 4-6-2 no.60163 'Tornado’ as they set off from York at 06:28 with the York-Edinburgh RTC’s "Edinburgh Flyer". Seen here passing Shipton, just after leaving York.

Travel restrictions have meant my wings have been clipped for the past 6 months. Looking through the images I have amassed had made me appreciate how lucky I have been seeing much of the world all in the name of business.

Meant to be seen as a triptych.

A last-minute flurry of snow in Cumbria on December 25th meant the UK officially enjoyed a white Christmas. The scene in London on Christmas morning was one of rain and icy wind but, even in the absence of snow, the conditions across the West End had a moody and photogenic quality that made it a lot of fun to shoot.

 

The billboard lights at Piccadilly Circus were recently switched back on after being renovated throughout most of 2017, and with the streets almost empty on the quietest day of the year, it was possible to walk into the middle of the normally frenetic roads and to photograph a vantage point that included the lights reflected in the rain-soaked streets.

 

This image is a blend of several exposures, taken using a miniature tripod and with the camera a few inches off the ground. Even on Christmas morning, the traffic was steady enough to require returning to safety on the pavement and then going back to the middle of the road to continue shooting, capturing the details that I wanted several minutes apart and then manually aligning the exposures in Photoshop to produce the finished result. It was important to me to capture the Coca-Cola logo among the billboard's rotating brands as this has been a staple of the display since the 1950s, as well as a composition that would feature one car and one person, which I felt would create a sense of depth within the image and complete the scene.

 

Once the various elements had been blended, I used luminosity masks to protect the highlights in the billboard and to recover detail in the shadows, leaving the midtones intentionally muted as I was aiming to convey the cold early-morning atmosphere. The colour cast had a cold tint straight out of camera, but I used Curves and Colour Balance adjustments to enhance the blues in the shadows, as well as a Colour Lookup set to Soft Light and using the Moonlight preset. After this, the colour-grading process was mostly a case of fine-tuning to achieve the right shade of red in the Coca-Cola logo and the right balance between blue and magenta on the roads.

 

Setting adjustments inside Nik's Silver Efex Pro to Luminosity, I selectively increased the structure within the reflection and the buildings to give them more definition, while lowering the structure along the road in the foreground, where it seemed like a softer finish would prevent the gritty detail from potentially becoming a distraction. Finally, inside Colour Efex Pro, I used sparing amounts of the Low Key and Glamour Glow filters for a dark and slightly ethereal finish, portraying the tone of a usually bustling part of the city which, except for the occasional person and car, felt as if it had been abandoned.

 

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It was meant to be 'Swans' with a landscape as background, but this is what I got and I like it so I hope you do too ;-) Taken off Essex Bridge at Great Haywood in Staffordshire.

"now there is just one pillow on the bed

where a solitary someone lays her head

a stack of books meant to be read aloud

closed and dusty awaiting a crowd" - New Lonliness by Sarah Harmer

 

Well, it's back to school...well, back to work for me but working IN a school is like going back to school. I had a great day back, it felt nice to be back in a supportive work environment and see everyone. This year is looking like an interesting, challenging yet exciting year to come!

 

TOTW: Class Is In Session

MSH: Books

 

. . . meant to be viewed on black . . . Via Fluidr . . . (then click on image to view details LARGE) . . . bigger is definitely better . . .

 

Meant to post this on Monday to mark the anniversary, but had a migraine so spent whole evening in a dark room avoiding any light. Anyway, here it is.

 

On November 14th 1971 NASA's Mariner 9 reached Mars, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another planet. After dust storms that lasted several months following its arrival, the orbiter managed to send back clear pictures of the surface. Mariner 9 successfully returned 7,329 images over the course of its mission, which concluded in October 1972.

 

The Mariner 9 model is based on a design by phreaddee on Rebrickable and can be downloaded for free, here:

 

rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-67536/phreaddee/mariner-9/#details

 

Mars is my creation, which I'm pretty pleased with tbh!

 

I was meant to be meeting (well possibly) Jim,Simon and Iain at Brothers Water this morning but as fate would have it i got a bit sidetracked on the way there.I was less than 10 minutes drive away when i just had to stop on the shoreline of Ullswater.It was still quite dark but the distant snow topped peaks stood out like a row of lighthouse's and it was a scene i just had to try and capture.

This was the view looking from Glencoyne across Ullswater and down into the Patterdale valley with the sun hiding somewhere behind the fell to the left.The sky was once again cloudless,but at least it had a pinkish glow to add a touch of colour to the early morning.

Im sorry i missed you guys if you were further up the road but you will know there ain't no mobile signal up them parts so i couldn't even ring you :(

If you did go i hope you got some great shots and i'll catch up with you's in the Ramble group later today.

I hope everyone has a great weekend :)

 

LOCATION

 

EXIF....F16....30 SECONDS....ISO 100....19MM....SINGH RAY ND3 REV. GRAD + HOYA POLARIZER

 

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You know I never meant to see you again

But I only passed by as a friend, yeah

All this time I stayed out of sight

I started wondering why

 

You said you didn't need me in your life

Oh I guess you were right, yeah

Ooh I never meant to cause you no pain

But it looks like I did it again

 

Now I, now I know I wish it would rain down, down on me

Ooh yes I wish it would rain, rain down on me now....

 

- Phil Collins

 

Awesome Live Version:

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ETUAsh2UZ0

   

. . . meant to be viewed on black . . . Via Fluidr . . . (then click on image to view details LARGE) . . . bigger is definitely better

 

. . . thanx to kerstin frank for this one . . . www.flickr.com/photos/kerstinfrank-design/4479565272/in/s...

Meant to be heading to Harrow Weald..lol! Especially after having a stand time lol

July 2022

Gladioli express strength of character, remembrance, faithfulness, and moral integrity. The gladiolus, hence its name, is also meant to pierce the heart of the recipient, conveying infatuation.

Two of my favorite things to photograph.....fences and trees....together! They make a sweet combo!

 

Happy Fence Friday!

“Wildflowers aren't meant to be cut & tamed. They're meant to be loved & admired.”

 

~ Anthony T. Hincks

 

Taken by phone during a "Corona-walk" in my environment today.

yes, these are meant to be gingerbread men. They look evil. Actually, I *know* they are evil.

 

These little.. treasures... took me the better half of an afternoon to bake... and my already sore shoulder is almost immobile now.

 

First off, the recipe sucked. I don't care what anyone says, you cannot expect half a mountain of flour to be nicely held together by some butter. It.just.doesn't.happen.

 

In the end, I wanted to throw the 'dough' (trust me, it wasnt dough) into the bin... but my mum came to the rescue.. and these guys live to see a ... well... a day or two.. before they are eaten by my kids!

 

(yes, i ate one. i also ate a lot of the dough as i was standing there, pondering what to do with it.. i feel sick at the thought of gingerbread men.....these will definitely not be made again in a hurry!! )

  

When I was doing my project 365 I did a couple of silly shots that were meant to build up to a final ninja shot. I let it slip though, and the whole year just went by in a blur and the story was left uncomplete. But this year, during the 52 weeks project I might restart that story.

 

So in 52 weeks, here is the first installment of the Ninja!

However, I am not sure if he is going to be a good ninja or a bad ninja, just now I am toying with making him a baddy.

 

I sure do feel like a bad guy these days.

 

However, I will leave you with this song. the video is awesome, I love live music and this just rocks.

 

Linkin Park ~ In The End (Live Rock Am Ring 2004)

 

(It starts with)

One thing / I don’t know why

It doesn’t even matter how hard you try

Keep that in mind / I designed this rhyme

To explain in due time

All I know

time is a valuable thing

Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings

Watch it count down to the end of the day

The clock ticks life away

It’s so unreal

Didn’t look out below

Watch the time go right out the window

Trying to hold on / but didn’t even know

Wasted it all just to

Watch you go

I kept everything inside and even though I tried / it all fell apart

What it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory / of a time when I tried so hard

And got so far

But in the end

It doesn't even matter

I had to fall

To lose it all

But in the end

It doesn't even matter

One thing / I don’t know why

It doesn’t even matter how hard you try

Keep that in mind / I designed this rhyme

To remind myself how

I tried so hard

In spite of the way you were mocking me

Acting like I was part of your property

Remembering all the times you fought with me

I’m surprised it got so (far)

Things aren’t the way they were before

You wouldn’t even recognize me anymore

Not that you knew me back then

But it all comes back to me

In the end

You kept everything inside and even though I tried / it all fell apart

What it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory / of a time when I tried so hard

And got so far

But in the end

It doesn’t even matter

I had to fall

To lose it all

But in the end

It doesn’t even matter

I've put my trust in you

Pushed as far as I can go

For all this

There’s only one thing you should know

I've put my trust in you

Pushed as far as I can go

For all this

There’s only one thing you should know

I tried so hard

And got so far

But in the end

It doesn’t even matter

I had to fall

To lose it all

But in the end

It doesn’t even matter

  

For Flickr Group Roulette ~ Villains and for The Rogue Players ~ PostSecret ( I am not really a ninja!)

 

***Strobist Info***

 

SB 800 on manual power at 1/32 behind me on the ground to seperate me from the black wall, with a pink cloth over the flashhead, SB 800 snooted to camera right to light my eyes, on manual power at 1/32 power, fired wireless from Cactus Ebay trigger.

 

Not because you meant nothing to me, but because you meant too much...

Too much for someone who was not prepared to keep, to ask, to keep

You entered me like a light that shouldn't have touched my shadows

You found them, illuminated them, and left them exposed to tremble in the invisible wind of your memories

Without promises, without answers, without return, you left leaving a void that never closes It hurts me not because you left, but because you made me feel what it means to love without being loved back, to want someone who can never be mine, to be light and have no one to give it to

I carried you in long silences, in nights when the moon was but a mirror shred, in whispers that I did not have the courage to utter

I don't hate you.. I'm not calling you... I'm just learning to carry your emptiness, I'm learning to breathe with the wound you've left, to feel how the pain turns into the invisible light, the echo of what was and won't be anymore

And maybe the worst part is that I didn't really lose you but I didn't have you either... I felt you :-)

and that cuts into living flesh...

Yayyy! A sunny afternoon, meant fun in Central Park for us wacky kidz in my second high school.

This is something all kids who go to school by central park do, but we were right by Strawberry Fields, and the Meadow.

On this day, someone's hippy friend brough inflatable fun things!! I claimed these sneakers for my elf feet, so I could stomp around and feel like I was walking on the moon.

Eric was probably err.. imbibing things he shouldn't have that day, hence his confused expression. I am sure he hs no memory of this. He also didn't seem to care much when I stomped on him. Now, that's a friend, yo!

 

Please feel free to laugh your tushis off, at our 90's teenage threads.

I meant the tree, not the people :)

The weather is meant to be poor, windy and wintery. Well, up ontop of the Downs it was, freezing, it was windy and was snowing. In Faversham it is so sunny and warm? Who knows whats going on! A new walk in a new wood in the snow. Brilliant, don't know why we have not gone before. An old Forestry Commission evergreen plantation being restored back to mixed deciduous. Lots of wild flowers, orchids, birds and interest and new!

Another stunning sunset meant to last in my memories forever over Mono Lake in Mono County, CA.

"A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at." Bruce Lee.

 

It's 4 o'clock in the morning and the alarm on my phone rings, I quickly turn it off so as not to disturb the 20 people with whom I share the room in a hostel. I have slept little and badly, but my desire to photograph Hong Kong at dawn is stronger than my desire to sleep. Before I get up, I decide to control the webcam located in Victoria Peak, nothing can be seen due to the fog, every 5 minutes I update it but the conditions do not improve, at 5.30 there is no time to reach the place before dawn, so it's time to go back to sleep. When I wake up I control the animation of the webcam progress, the fog dissipated long after dawn was over. The next day I try again, but more of the same. Well, "third time lucky" I thought, but the fog is even thicker on the third day and it does not make sense to leave my bed. The progress of the webcam shows me again that I did well going back to sleep.

What are you seeing then? Well, the twilight after sunset on my third day in Hong Kong. My main goal was not this shot, but I still got this picture. Undoubtedly, an image that I love and that is also difficult because often the clouds cover the entire city also at night. At sunset the sun can not be included in the composition because it is placed on the opposite side, but instead, all the lights of the skyscrapers are on, while most of them are off at dawn. I will never forget the amazement I felt the first time I observed Hong Kong from up here a few years ago, I had never been in front of a skyline with such a large number of skyscrapers, for sure one of the most breathtaking views of one of the most densely populated cities in the world.

 

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"Una meta no siempre tiene porqué ser alcanzada, a menudo sirve simplemente como algo a lo que apuntar." Bruce Lee.

 

Son las 4 de la mañana y suena el despertador de mi móvil, rápidamente lo apago para no molestar a las 20 personas con las que comparto habitación en un hostal. He dormido poco y mal, pero mis ganas de fotografiar Hong Kong al amanecer son más fuertes que mis ganas de dormir. Antes de levantarme controlo la webcam situada en el Pico Victoria, no se ve nada debido a la niebla, cada 5 min la actualizo pero las condiciones no mejoran, a las 5.30 ya no queda tiempo para alcanzar el lugar antes del amanecer, así que toca volver a dormir. Cuando me despierto controlo el historial de la webcam, la niebla se disipó bastante después de que terminara el amanecer. Al día siguiente lo vuelvo a intentar, pero más de lo mismo. Bueno a la tercera irá la vencida pensé, pero la niebla es más densa si cabe el tercer día y no tiene sentido levantarse de la cama. El historial de la webcam me vuelve a mostrar que hice bien volviendo a dormir.

¿Qué es lo que estáis viendo entonces? Pues el crepúsculo tras el atardecer de mi tercer día en Hong Kong. Mi objetivo principal no era éste, pero aún así me hice con esta fotografía. Sin duda, una imagen que me encanta y que también es difícil porque a menudo las nubes cubren toda la ciudad también por la noche. Al atardecer no se puede incluir el sol en la composición porque se pone por el lado opuesto, pero se consiguen en cambio todas las luces de los rascacielos, la mayoría de las cuales están apagadas al amanecer. Jamás olvidaré el asombro que sentí la primera vez que observé Hong Kong desde aquí arriba hace unos años, nunca había estado frente a un skyline con tal cantidad de rascacielos, sin duda una de las vistas más impresionantes de una de las ciudades más densamente pobladas del mundo.

The Last Jedi has been out for a week now, and I meant to have my figures done by then but shit happened and I barely missed my deadline. The Last Jedi ended up being not so great anyway. There are certain things about the film I loved, while there are certain things I hated, so I'm stuck right in the middle.

Anyway, here are the first two figures from the eight I made for The Last Jedi: Rey and Luke Skywalker.

 

Rey

"Something inside me has always been there, but now it's awake."

 

I made Rey in her Jedi Training outfit. This figure has an e-tape skirt, arm wraps, and belt, and cloth robes and belt. Everything else was painted up. The hair is the official Rey hair with the front resculpted. The lightsaber is the same one from my ESB Luke since I didn't feel like making another.

 

Luke Skywalker

"I've seen this raw strength only once before, in Ben Solo. It didn't scare me enough then. It does now."

 

For TFA I made Luke in his Jedi Master outfit (which I plan to revise), so this time I made him in his brown outfit he changes to after Rey arrives on Ahch-To. This outfit is comprised of a lot of cloth elements, such as a cloth tunic, cloth robe, and cloth poncho. The belt and boot wraps are made out of e-tape. Everything was then painted. The head is a modified Luke head, and the hair is a custom sculpt. I'm not 100% satisfied with the sculpt but hey it works.

No accessories for this guy since he didn't really use anything noteworthy in the movie.

 

So, what do you guys think? Let me know! :)

This was originally meant for a contest but didn't quite work the way I wanted it but I still liked it. Also... my hair is a straight biotch to photoshop!

when its not meant to be. This little sod perched on the flashes, on the hide in fact just about everywhere i didn't want him to but who cares it was great watching him. This was out of the proper flash coverage so a bit over processed but it is such a wonderful sight. looks like there is no option but to light this approach perch next time as its where he feels comfortable at the moment. What a wonderful night.

Meant to be posted on V-Day but 1 day isnt nearly enough time to explain how much you mean to me ^__^.. Thank you for the sweetest day anyone's ever planned for me to the point you had little old me in tears >..< Im so thankful to have you in my life, your my kind of perfect. Just to spend the day with you was enough to put the biggest smile on my face...

Shirt - [LOB] @alpha event

comes with top and pants.

Shades - [ZOOM] @alpha event.

I made you laugh, I made you cry

I made you open up your eyes

Didn't I?

 

I helped you open up your wings,

your legs, and many other things

Didn't I?

 

Am I the greatest bastard that you know?

The only one who let you go?

The one you hurt so much you cannot bear?

 

Well we were good, when we were good

When we were not misunderstood

 

You helped me love, you helped me live

You helped me learn how to forgive

Didn't you?

 

I wish that I could say the same

But when you left, you left the blame

Didn't you?

 

Am I the greatest bastard that you met?

The only one you can't forget?

Am I the one your truth's been waiting for?

 

Or am I just dreaming once again?

Some dreams are better when they end

 

Some make it, mistake it

Some force and some will fake it

I never meant to let you down

Some fret it, forget it

Some ruin and some regret it

I never meant to let you down

 

We learn to wag and tuck our tails

We learn to win and then to fail

Didn't we?

 

We learn that lovers love to sing

And that losers love to cling

Didn't we?

 

Am I the greatest bastard that you know?

When will we learn to let this go?

We fought so much, we've broken all the charm

 

But letting go is not the same

As pushing someone else away

 

So please don't let on

You don't know me

Please don't let on

I'm not here

Please don't let on

You don't love me

'Cause I know you do

I know

 

That some make it, mistake it

Some force and some will fake it

I never meant to let you down

Some fret it, forget it

Some ruin and some regret it

I never meant to let you down

I never meant to let you

I never meant to let you down

I never meant

I meant to post this during the summer, but never got around to it. Part of the swamp where great pains were taken not to allow the spread was this patch of horsetail grass. It may be a pest in other parts of NA, but here it was a refuge for two species of dragonflies: the Flame Skimmer and the Cardinal Meadowhawk. I've never seen any other insect perch on a blade, not even the less-than-fussy skimmer butterflies. Just remember that fossils of horsetail grass were from the same epoch as dragonflies, 330 million years ago. Must be something in the dragons' DNA that says, "Ah, home!" (Damselflies are "only" 270 million years old. They don't associate.)

Meant to post this early last fall but somehow it escaped into a file which I just rediscovered. Better late than nerver.

 

. . . meant to be viewed on black . . . Via Fluidr . . . (then click on image to view details LARGE) . . . bigger is definitely better . . .

  

. . . thanx to Lenabem for this great texture . . . www.flickr.com/photos/lenabem-anna/5671554490/

This Isn't What We Meant - Savatage

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAcedY0M2pc&list=OLAK5uy_lICc...

 

"This Isn't What We Meant"

 

We dared to ask for more

But that was long before the nights began to burn

You would have thought we'd learned

You can't make promises all based upon tomorrow

Happiness, security are words we only borrowed

For is this the answer to our prayers, is this what God has sent?

Please understand this isn't what we meant

 

The future couldn't last, we nailed it to the past

With every word a trap that no one can take

Back from all the architects who find their towers leaning

And every prayer we pray at night has somehow lost its meaning

For is this the answer to our prayers, is this was God has sent?

Please understand this isn't what we meant

 

[bridge]

A long time ago when the world was pretty

Standing right here in a different city

They're not coming back anymore

They're not coming back any...

 

[lead break]

 

[solo]

 

[extro]

 

Is this the answer to our prayers, is this what God has sent?

Please understand this isn't what we meant

 

THEN HE CLIMBED ATOP THE RUBBLE

OF THE FOUNTAIN IN THE SQUARE

AND HE TOOK HIS CELLO OUT

IN THE COLD NOVEMBER AIR

 

AND AS THE TWILIGHT STARTED SETTING

ON THE REMNANTS OF THIS DAY

AS THE SHELLS BEGAN TO FALL

THE OLD MAN BEGAN TO PLAY

 

AND IN THE DARKNESS OF THAT NIGHT

EACH ON THEIR OWN RESPECTIVE SIDES

THE MUSLIM AND THE SERB

WOULD WATCH THEIR COUNTRY'S SUICIDE

 

BUT NOW INSIDE EACH EVENING

THEY HAD FOUND A MOMENT'S CALM

WHEN THEY'D HEAR THE THOUGHTS OF MOZART

AS THEY FILTERED THROUGH THE BOMBS

 

Visit this location at Grand Canyon in Second Life

Not really meant as a bonus image or anything, and certainly not the greatest shot in the world. In fact I have not even saved it. Out of curiosity I decided to process the image.

 

The top image is the file as it looked straight out of the camera with nothing done to it. In order to have detail in the sky I have exposed as they say, "to the right", keeping data in the range of the histogram where even the brightest parts would have detail. So often one steals from Peter to pay Paul, and here I have sacrificed the darker areas, knowing that when shooting RAW that there would be at least some detail that could be recovered. Yes, when lifting the shadows noise will be amplified, but it is a fair tradeoff in order to get detail in the sky which to me at this time was the most important part.

 

I can not stress enough how much info can be retrieved when shooting RAW, that would simply not be available when shooting a Jpeg.

 

Certainly none of the images from the past series straight out of the camera looked like what was eventually posted.

 

I should add that I have processed to taste, but the end result certainly is very much closer to reality than the shot straight from the camera.

meant to upload this last night but fell asleep! lol!

 

found this beautiful orchid in the national gardens in washington dc. lady slippers is a term used to describe this orchid, distinguished by their slipper-shaped pouches, which function by trapping insects so that they are forced to climb up past the stamen, behind which they collect or deposit pollien.

 

i thought i would not be able to find any good flower shot in this city. even the cherry trees in the memorials were devoid of blooms.

 

if you like nature and in dc, don't forget to visit this place. a lot of information on plants and flowers. very interesting!

Can't Help Falling In Love With You

by UB40

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MxmthbKZYU

 

Wise men say

Only fools rush in

But I can't help

Falling in love with you

 

Wise men say

Only fools rush in

But I can't help

Falling in love with you

 

Shall I stay

Would it be a sin

If I can't help

Falling in love with you

 

As a river flows

Gently to the sea

Darling so it goes

Some things are meant to be

 

Take my hand

Take my whole life too

Cause I can't help

Falling in love with you

 

As a river flows

Gently to the sea

Darling so we go

Some things were meant to be

 

Take my hand

Take my whole life too

Cause I can't help

Falling in love with you

 

Oh I can't help

Falling in love with you

   

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I meant to post this image on January 1st to commemorate the Transport & General Workers' Union's foundation on that day in 1922, but owing to the New Year I was away and didn't get a chance to access my computer. So here it is.

 

the Transport & General Workers' Union was founded on January 1st 1922. With 350,000 members it was one of Britain’s largest & had a key role in improving conditions & fighting fascism.

 

In 2007, the T&G merged with Amicus to form Unite, which is currently Britain’s second largest trade union with over 1.2 million members. You can find out more on the T&G’s history on their website: www.unitetheunion.org/who-we-are/history/the-history-of-t...

 

This model was made for Brick to the Past. Brick to the Past specialise in crating massive, detailed and meticulously researched historically themed LEGO® models. You can follow us on:

 

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This one's meant to be viewed in the 360 viewer, so feel free to take a look around.

 

I ran out to Hug Point last night to take some photos and got semi-skunked, not an uncommon experience when shooting night photos at the Oregon coast, unless you define "success" as shooting with tons of clouds.

 

I call it a semi-skunking because I decided to take photos anyway, despite the thick fog and some smoke particulates in the air that added a little redness to the scene (with the help of a setting moon).

 

The camera cut through a lot of the fog last night, so this doesn't really do the scene justice in my opinion. At times the fog was thick enough that I had to turn my headlamp off, and I was momentarily concerned I wouldn't be able to find my way back to the parking lot.

  

Regression is meant here in two senses: downgrading, and multivariate statistical cause-and-effect analysis. Quite a few variables in the complex chain of causes and effects concerning climate change come together in this (lucky) shot of the Rotterdam port-industrial complex, the largest of its kind in Europe. Among these are main actual causes, among which are the clearly visible mass exhaust of CO2 and heat (the complex is by far the largest heat source in the nation) and the massive production of fossil fuels (we look at the largest refinery complex in Europe), as well as main climate change effects by the way of massive local rainfall ('aqua bombs', one is just passing here), rising river levels (shown here: the Rhine) and the rising sea level (the North Sea lying here just over the horizon).

The area shown is at triple risk of climate change. Water surges can come either from the river or from the nearby sea (and most possibly from both, acting in tandem), whereby the eventual inundation of large scale chemical and electric production facilities could produce widespread network disruption, energy shortages and severe pollution effects.

Yes, there is a great barrier near the sea that can be closed in an emergency, but nevertheless, let us all prey for serious breakthroughs in the current Paris climate negotiations!

Meant to be 6 separate images as a series, but I didnt want to upload them all separately. I'm trying to do larger concepts that take more than a day to set up now that I'm done with my 365. This one was not fun to clean up haha. And not sure if it looks that way, but I didnt make this black and white. I painted my skin and hair white then black.

You can click on the images here to see them larger individually

 

I meant to post this earlier today, to pay tribute both to our veterans and to the late Seward Johnson whose works, to me, personified Americana. Unfortunately, I was distracted and the plan to post this flew out of my head like a piece of dust, only to land again in my dusty noggin a few minutes ago! I apologize!

 

A small note: I believe Veterans' Day is to honor the living servicemen/women who served our country; Memorial Day honors those who sacrificed their lives in service of our country. If I'm wrong, I stand corrected.

 

To the brave men and women who have served our country to preserve our freedom, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

. . . meant to be viewed on black . . . Via Fluidr . . . (then click on image to view details LARGE) . . . bigger is definitely better . . .

 

✨ This Christmas, live the magic the way it’s meant to be inside a house straight out of a fairytale! ✨

 

Warm wood, twinkling lights in every corner, the scent of cinnamon, and a fireplace softly crackling…

 

The Christmas House awaits you to create the most beautiful memories with the ones you love.

 

Enjoy peaceful moments by the fire, wander through the snowy scenery, and let the spirit of the holidays wrap around you.

 

It’s the season of warmth, love, and comfort and this house has it all. 🎄

 

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•Rezzer Bed ( 40 Differently)

 

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• New scenes added every month at no extra cost

 

• Free upgrades – all new builds are automatically added to your rezzer

 

• Tenant group invite control – let your guests rez and set home

 

• Hybrid dance ball for couples

 

• Web-based radio included

 

• Built-in security for total protection

 

• Pick from furnished, part-furnished, or unfurnished

 

✔️ Every month brings a new home scene to explore.

 

✔️ Perfect for romantic or relaxing times with friends.

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