Oddities and Random Treasures
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Award for The Blind Pig Speakeasy Challenge - Oddities: www.flickr.com/groups/photopigs/discuss/72157657491523663/
An oddity can be anything that is eccentric or out of the ordinary. For this challenge, the subject matter is wide open. Entries can also be humorous or macabre or simply strange. But something about the image should make us say, "Wow! That's odd!"
Open from 10/15 through 11/14!
My first clumsy attempts at ICM, taken in April '22 at the Mauerweg / TV Asahi KirschblĂĽtenallee in Teltow near Berlin. In fact, the Brandenburg small town Teltow is part of the Berlin agglomeration, and the Berlin borough of Lichterfelde and Teltow blend "seamlessly", the yellow city limits sign (and the different-looking street signs) being the only evidence that one is leaving the city. The Mauerweg ("Wall Path") between Berlin and Teltow marks the route of the Berlin Wall on West Berlin's external border. Nowadays, it's a simple path between Berlin and the surrounding federal state of Brandenburg.
One part of the Mauerweg is also known as the TV Asahi KirschblĂĽtenallee ("TV Asahi Cherry Blossom Alley"). Back in 1990, the Japanese TV channel TV Asahi initiated the "Sakura fundraising campaign" to celebrate the German Reunification. TV Asahi's viewers donated about 1 million Euros that were used to plant Japanese cherry trees. The cherry trees were supposed to "bring peace and tranquility to the people's hearts" (Tetsuo Terasaki, the initiator of Sakura Campaign), and they were planted in Berlin and Brandenburg at places that played a special role during the division of Germany. You may wonder why you can't see any cherry blossoms on these trees. Well, believe it or not, last year we've been three times to Teltow in order to photograph cherry blossoms, but only on our third visit the cherry blossom had finally started. And this photo was taken during our second visit, a time when the cherry blossom had already started in Berlin, but obviously, the few degrees less in the more rural part of Teltow and the Mauerweg were enough to delay the blossom. Quite an odyssey ;)
I don't recall if I've used the Oly's in-camera "Live ND Filter" for this photo or my variable ND filter that I'd brought along. All I recall is that I thought "Damn, this isn't easy at all!". I need to practice ICM more in order to achieve better results – skill comes with practice, after all, and I definitely haven't practiced this technique enough, yet.
Happy Sliders Sunday, Everyone!
A wonderfully conjured and twisted tree sitting hidden on a hill. The trunk was just fascinating as it seemed to be made up of multiple twisted and warped elements. Almost as-if sometime in the past it was hurt and then protected itself by growing multiple new trunks in all directions entwining the original tree trunk.
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Head: Prophet by CRYPTID, available at this round of Engine Room, and afterwards at the CRYPTID Mainstore. Shown here wearing Velour - Tayla (Dracula).
Boots: raptor ii boots by cinphul , available at the cinphul mainstore. Will probably do another photo of these to show them off better.
Gloves: raptor ii gloves by cinphul , available at the cinphul mainstore.
Headpiece: merjan ii [barrette] by cinphul, available at the
Bodysuit: Devoradora Bodysuit by The DeadBoy, available at the The DeadBoy Mainstore.
Tattoos: Sjora by Lilithé, available at the Lilithé Mainstore.
(Iconic) Pose: From set 163 by SAPA Poses, available at the SAPA Poses Mainstore.
This image featured a departure from my usual MO, in the interest of producing my usual aesthetic while preserving more details. If you're interested in seeing the raw shots, plural, you can find them on my blog as usual.
I have always wondered how these rocks get this blue coloring. Anybody out there in Flickrland know? I'm thinking it's probably a chemical reaction between the ocean water and something in the rock; maybe copper.
At my favorite place on the California coast, Pescadero State Beach, between Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz, California.
A scene from a hike up in the Berkeley Hills. An oddity, for sure. Not really in space, but perhaps seeming to be?
sometimes there is no accounting for your neighbor's taste in their home design! ...honestly you would think it's for the birds!
elaticodesl.blogspot.cl/2017/01/space-oddity.html
"For here am I sitting in a tin can far above the world planet earth is blue ,and theres nothing I can do" ....♪ ♫
Song: Space Oddity - David Bowie
Packhorse Bridge at Wycoller, England
"Historians have argued about its age, but none of them are certain, but it is thought to either date from the 13th century or the 15th. Its construction is a bit of an oddity, in that the arches are not equal to each other and the structure’s base-stone boulders are not level, giving the bridge a somewhat precarious appearance."
35mm Ricoh 35 ZF zone focus camera Circa 1977 using Ilford FP4 black and white film.
Rescued a very underexposed shot here with post. The viewfinder on the old Ricoh ZF is somewhat obscured with a variety of once inquisitive vegetation, so framing is not so easy either.
Location: Jumis Studio
Sitting Paragon: GraveRose
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space oddity
~sebastian leonardo~
Crescent moon
Beyond bizarre
Crested lune
It's reach is far
Silence echoed
Is all it knows
A jagged home
It floats alone
Silhouette of dusted light
Faintly shining, Faintly bright
Removed of fear, Eloquent
Bruised idea, Adamant
Dimly lit it holds my key
Spacely odded entity
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Credits:
AG. Gleaming Eyes
AG. Olivia Skin - Lelutka Applier Available @ Cosmetic Fair
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Eyeshadow - Glam Affair - Greer
.: ryvolter :. Milan Leather Belt Choker
Rowne Mode.Raquel Ponytail Hair
^^Swallow^^ Drop Ear
Odara Tattoo [Carol G.] - Exclusive for Shiny Shabby Open = 20th LM: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Shiny%20Shabby/111/102/2
Eliavah ~ Brute Justice @ Epiphany
Eliavah ~ Cephalon Bodysuit @ Epiphany October 2017
LeLutka Bento Head - Greer
This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating
in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
using Pose from DelMay, Chairs from Cabal and texture by Kerstin Frank
A sneak peek version with magical touches here.
Ground Control to Major Tom
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills
and put your helmet on
Ground Control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown,
engines on
Check ignition
and may God's love be with you
Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Liftoff
This is Ground Control
to Major Tom
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it's time to leave the capsule
if you dare
This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating
in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do
Though I'm past
one hundred thousand miles
I'm feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much
she knows
Ground Control to Major Tom
Your circuit's dead,
there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you....
Here am I floating
round my tin can
Far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do.
NGG16 129 returns from a rare run to Gembrook, passing through the outskirts of town on its way towards Cockatoo, heading back to Belgrave, on Anzac Day.
It is very rare to see a Garret locomotive operate on the Lakeside to Gembrook line, with the last time one took paying passengers down that way being around 15 years ago with G42!