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I bet this old truck could tell some GREAT stories!
This is an old image reworked with DistressedFX for Slider's Sunday. HSS!
AND Happy Easter!!
A yellow tuberous Begonia with tiny heart shaped anthers taken at the Ballarat Begonia Festival, Victoria.
Another oldie but goodie " Mellow Yellow "by Donovan 1966
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQNBQI3UDag
Many thanks for your visit, comments, invites and faves...it is always appreciated..
HBW
An oldie. I thought I would break into some archives. I have so many images I have created but haven't posted yet.
This one inspired me today. It felt very Monet to me. :)
-Alphonse de Lamartine
Another New Year's Resolution suggestion. "I promise to spend time being inspired by music and letting it move me into a better relationship with a friend."
Music can be a powerful thing. It can transform us. It is the universal language that we can all understand and that is what makes it so very special. You would be surprised how listening to music with someone can grow a bond.
For me, listening to music with loved ones is deep rooted. Putting on records for my grandma and sitting quietly together, holding hands and smiling at each other as we listened intently was some of my fondest memories of time spent with her.
Imagine what it can do for you. You're on a road trip with someone who you don't know how to talk to. You hear a song you both like and suddenly you both are singing the lyrics out loud. This act breaks the awkward silence and gives you both common ground. :) Think about the possibilities music can add to your life. They are infinite. Happy listening!
1. I promise to do one nice thing for a person each day.
2. I promise to reach out to someone I have not in a long time.
3. I promise to spend time being inspired by music and letting it move me into a better relationship with a friend.
365: the 2022 Edition 7/365
HFF! An oldie but a goodie and a small reprieve from all this hot weather, even if it is just a visual cool down! It was a beautiful ice storm that we had that year and finally when it stopped I remember I just HAD to get out and explore. We got lost and I couldn't even begin to try and remember how we got to this barn now. It's a beautiful one. I hope everyone has a great weekend!
but you can't come in.
A vast private estate in Surrey which took us quite a while to pass by walking ... Happy Fence Friday!
When in ON it is a must for me to drive some backroads and find oldies of any kind. We weren't disappointed this day.
We couldn't find any markings as to what this car was. It was totally stripped.
an older piece that is one of my absolute favorites, inspired by ee cummings
spring's million(who
are
and do not wait)
buds imitate
upward each first flower
of two
(these words above came first & inspired the piece. line of the poem written across the center of the painting)
Eliza: Bad_juju, have you seen my horse?
Me: No. Look around, I wouldn't think he'd get very far.
Eliza: I know; it's amazing that I've been through the desert on a horse with no legs!
"Through the waters of beauty and grace. We will one day dock at the same port, and give rest to our weary heads" (The Umbrellas: Ships)
(This is one of my all time favourite songs, and immediately thought of it upon painting)
Snow Day Today. The whole country pretty much stopped and had a big hissy fit because noone could get anywhere or do anything (IN LONDON). I had a reading day so it didn't much matter to me. I'm in tomorrow though. I also have plans for after University so I hope the weather isn't too bad. I'll be taking my camera, maybe you will see what I got up to. Oh the mystery. The weather was good for Rosie, who has Aaron visiting her from NC, I was happy for her having a short day so they could be together :]
utdesertduo commented on my wallpaper. It's textured, and painted white so it's pretty good for light painting upon. This is an oldie but goodie. I keep procrastinating, saying I'll paint new shapes or get new material to post up here.. I'm totally aware I need to do this, I need a plan of action, and to get my ass into gear.
I'm glad I have three comments within five minutes of posting.
Thanks go to snowbuddy_, utdesertduo and of course, DavidStGr
P.S: I'm still hanging on in Explore.
For this view, I set the time machine's space-time continuum circuit back 74 years to the West Coast.
Here's a GREAT video about Bunker Hill and its complete demise... www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNyRSrw7WS4
In the mid 1960s, a large 19th century neighborhood consisting of once glamorous but now dilapidated Victorian mansions and run-down wooden homes was completely leveled in the name of urban renewal. A series of tall, bland mid-century apartment buildings took their place.
Here's what I found in the website Curbed.LA.com.
The very words “Bunker Hill” and “Downtown” didn’t exactly conjure up visions of a harmonious landscape. The city had long before decreed what had been the most densely populated residential district in Los Angeles a crime, disease and hazard-riddled blight.
“The Hill was viewed as a cancer whose spread could only be prevented through removal,” writes Stephen Jones in The Bunker Hill Story: Welfare, Redevelopment and the Housing Crisis in Postwar Los Angeles.
The redevelopment project adopted by the city on March 31, 1959 grew out of an urban revival movement sweeping the nation and kickstarted by federal housing acts that offered aid for the clearing of “urban blight.”
The cold is a lonely place to be, the Peepmeister would rather have a warm body to snuggle...or just let me back in the house, It's ZERO out here!!!!!
I think normally this old barn would stick out like a sore thumb with it's paint job, but surround it with all these beautiful fall colors and it comes to life.
To see more Autumn photos of Boulder Junction Wisconsin visit our website: www.lifeinthenorthwoods.com/
I always loved station wagons because they seemed to symbolize family fun and road trip adventures.
I saw this wagon from two blocks away and ran for it. I was afraid the owner was going to drive off before I could snap a few. I took this image with a 17mm tilt-shift lens I rented for one of our road trips. I had a hard time with that lens. By the time I got the hang of the tilting and the shifting, it was time to go home. Can't say it was money well spent. blah
Happy Tuesday!
Trouser stiffening cockpit view for chaps of a certain vintage...ie my age.
For, dear viewers, this is the Jaguar E-Type...if you had one of these in the 70s you were guaranteed perpetual klunge...(see Inbetweeners for translation).
Alas, I could only run to a Ford Cortina mk2 1600 (not the GT, nor the sexier E) ...frankly mine was crap...however, I still managed an unfair share of hot totty, well it was blessed with a cassette player!
if my kids are reading this then get a grip, I was young once too!
Apologies for the constant use of ellipsis.
While driving in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan near the town of Ontonagon we spotted this old deserted and abandoned prairie treasure set back off the road. Every time I see a barn or building like this I wonder what life would have been like when it was in it's prime. It would be great if you could travel back in time and see.
To see more Northwoods scenery pictures visit our website: lifeinthenorthwoods.com/scenery.htm
Kissimmee, Florida - 01/28/11
This beautiful old Corvette is one of a series of almost 400 shots that were keepers from the seemingly gazillions that I apparently felt compelled to shoot at the recent Mecum auction. It would take me forever to post them all, so I'm just going to post a few of my favorites unless you want to see more.
Here is the description of this Corvette, which sold for $52,000.00:
Lot F270 1954 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster
Blue Flame Six, Automatic
She's thrilled I'm not using a flash! Her tail is just a-thumpin on the floor!
This silly dog made it to Explore! Thank you! :)
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I came across this shot of my favorite fence in Florida and had to post on this special Friday. In a few hours I'm leaving work for a looong weekend away. Woohoo!
HFF!
While driving in Northern Wisconsin we spotted This Old House set back off the road. The light and color of it were breathtaking. I wondered how such a treasure could get in this shape. I forgot my snowshoes so I had to wade through knee deep snow to get close enough for some pictures. The picture below was taken by my wife sitting in the car and thinking I was nuts doing this. You know me by now I will do anything to get the picture I want.
For more Winter Photos of Northern Wisconsin visit our website: www.lifeinthenorthwoods.com/
SX-70 Sonar One-Step
600 film
The color is repellent, almost revolting; a smouldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight.
- from "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
In the alley behind/beside Zebra Color Lab where I get all my 120 film developed, is this brick wall with an old antique couch in front of it. I have always been fascinated by this couch, it's beautiful in its ruination and age but I never snapped a single picture of it until February 2009 on a bleak, rainy day. It reminded me of "The Yellow Wallpaper" that I had read in one of my earlier college literature classes. I think it is fitting that tomorrow, when I go to drop off more film at Zebra, that I revisit The Yellow Couch around the same time I first photographed it last year and take another photograph this year. If it is still there...
Restless and stuck at home on a rainy summer day...I'm just brainstorming right now. Got a lot of new ideas written down on my secret notebook :-p I should spank and bitchslap myself for not grabing the camera in a lot of days.
Will do a shoot tomorrow for the sake of my laziness!!
I was out with the long zoom, and not really paying attention. Then I heard him coming... Don't know if it's a genuine Shelby Cobra or just a replica but it was beautiful.
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My darling Peep is getting so old...she turned 14 this month and while she is feeling better than earlier this year, I can really see the difference in her mojo. This was taken last year, I just really liked this shot , so I played in Picnik to give it something extra. Hope you like it!
Peep was so relaxed in the sunshine that warms this area every morning...until I came in with the camera!
original image flickr.com/photos/fittyhiss/421759724
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Peep is sick today www.flickr.com/photos/fittyhiss/1702284190/in/photostream/
She is a 13 year old dachshund...most days she appears to feel like a puppy (without chewing up my shoes! :), but some days, she just wants to be snuggled close to me.
Peep speaks, rolls over, shakes your hand, lays down to pray...she's a smart dog.
I have uploaded this one for a few different reasons. 1, so I can link back to one of my favorite Dragonfly images that I posted earlier this year, for any newer followers, 2, I was practising focus stacking (images of the lens use focus stacking for much deeper depth of field, and finally to encourage people on the fence about trying a macro lens.
This is my old Micro Nikkor 3.5. It is manual focus only which is not a problem as when working in macro you are not going to rely on auto focus, as focus can be very critical with such shallow depth of field. Live view magnified helps immensely...Stabilization...nope, you don't need it. For best results a tripod is required.
I bought this lens off of ebay years ago. There are still many of them on ebay and you can always get something for under $100 including shipping. I use a cheap adapter to mount to my Canon bodies and can meter in manual which is best and easiest, or Aperture priority, second best. Not an action lens by any means. Best quality is acquired when you take your time.
The center image is a crop of actual pixels, so this is what I get to see when I piexel peep my original file. Unfortunately at the time I did not use focus stacking on the dragonfly.
Focus stacking for anyone interested is simply bracketing your focus, loading them into photoshop as a stack, having photoshop align, and then blend the parts with highest contrast, which turn out to be the sharpest bits. There is a bit more to it than that, but it is easy and there are tons of tutorials on the Internet. Depth of field is limited only by the amount of different focus points you use. The images you see of insects shot under very high magnification where the entire head is tack sharp has likely used focus stacking, and on a dead insect.
Anyone wanting to see the full frame, but at a reduced resolution can see my old post here www.flickr.com/photos/160381392@N05/48041507251/in/datepo...
Just a few things to keep in mind, although this lens is capable of 1:2 oreproduction (or more on a crop body) or 1:1 with an extension tube, to get that degree of magnification you must be within a few inches of the subject. So really something like this is perfect for flowers or other non moving subjects. The longer macro lenses, such as 105mm or 180mm allow you to be farther away so are better suited for skittish insects. I was lucky in that this dragonfly stood motionless for quite some time, allowing me to get closer and closer.
Magnified view, of course holds the best detail, affording the clearest view.
This is an oldie but a goodie. We were not only mother and daughter but we were life long best friends until her death at 91. I think I was in high school here. Oh how I wish I could use that phone she has in her hand and make a call to heaven. I miss her so much, I miss her voice. I have so much to tell her.
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Peep is in her favorite spot, warm and snuggly...she seeks peace and calmness from the storm, that is Phoebe the Pekingese.
Relax my friends, the little monster is sleeping.
Live from Berlin, Jakarta & all points in between....our Philco takes us there.
I chose to shoot our Vintage Philco for this week's "Weekly Photo Challenge" to shoot "something having to do with music"... I gave Mr. Texas to Mexico this old radio several years ago after a friend gifted me with this incredible piece. I had it rebuilt & gave it to Mister for an anniversary. The "Directional Loop Aerial System" from the 1940's still receives signals from all over the world.
View all of the Photo Challenge shots this week: www.flickr.com/groups/1091826@N21/pool/
Under the hood is a 351 c.u. with over 300 piston popin horse power. There is something a little different about a Monterey than a Montclair , I couldn't pin point It so I ask the owner . The difference is the roof the Monterey is like a business coupe with a higher roof ,the Montclair has a lower roof more of a choped look and chrome trim below the side windows