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2014: Beakerhead Presents … An Optimistic Evening
Mark Stevenson is telling about an Optimistic Future.
Photo by: Denis Semenov Photography
Here is a poor man's HDR. Since I'm too stupid to figure out the whole HDR thing, I do it my way. I mask off areas that are too bright or dark (bright in this case) in quick mask, then invert the selection and use curves to make it look correct. Then, thanks Stan, I use the history brush on any areas that don't mesh well.
The dash part I didn't even adjust. However I did work on the area above the steering wheel a good deal with curves to pull the middle of the curve to the lower right. I used selective colours to tweek the red of the hood, it looked a little washed out. The curve was too extreme for the two lights on the crossing bar, so I used the sponge to remove some colour.
Can you tell the car needs a bath?
The title btw, is derived from the speedo. The Mustang is a 200 cid 5 cylinder...5 cylinder you ask? Yes, the number 5 cylinder does not work, either a broken ring or a burnt valve...still get 20mpg however. However, even if all 6 cylinders were to work, that thing would never do 140mph, even if dropped from space.
Optimistic sign for Lincoln Mall in front of the lower level of the demolished JCPenney. Matteson Illinois
Back in my favourite cafe loo ... more words of wisdom from Moonbean. Good coffee, good company and nice little phrases to share.
Always nice to see you all here and your comments. Thank you!
It's the Little Things #326
Nessie's Canadian cousin (and actually an older legend!), the Ogopogo lives in a lake in British Columbia. This one somehow manages to happily fit in a bathtub. I suspect that most cryptids, including our friend here, are pan-dimensional.
(Yes, yes, we're way behind. This one is last-last Thursday's.)
flies are buzzing around my head
vultures circling the dead
picking up every last crumb
big fish eat the little ones
big fish eat the little ones
not my problem give me some
you can try the best you can
if you try the best you can
the best you can is good enough
this one's optimistic
this one went to market
this one just came out of the swamp
this one drops a payload
fodder for the animals
living on an animal farm
if you try the best you can
if you try the best you can
the best you can is good enough
i'd really like to help you man
i'd really like to help you man
nervous messed up marionette
floating around on a prison ship
if you try the best you can
if you try the best you can
the best you can is good enough
dinosaurs roaming the earth.
New art i did recently ... i was feeling very uneasy about returning to casual work after my maternity leave. Staying home with my 2 little ones during the day and leaving to work 2 evenings a week ... Balancing life .... then i remembered to remain OPTIMISTIC. because that's who I am.
My favorite photo, out of all I took on this trip.
I like the expression on the guitarist/singer, the absorbedness of the drummer, the kid peeking from behind the pole, the blue of the mural in the background...
Today while visiting some nearby native firebush plants (Hamelia patens) I found this very optimistic honey bee trying to get nectar. Hummingbirds and green orchid bees can reach the nectar easily but it seems like a stretch for a honey bee-sized proboscis! She worked up a thirst collecting all that pollen. Frenchman's Forest Natural Area.
While it’s always touching talking to people who are sleeping on the streets, some are more optimistic than others. On Christmas night I met these guys on O’connell bridge. I asked them if they were sleeping on the streets, the man, named Martin smiled and said; ‘we are, but sure…’ he shrugged his shoulders as if to say, it could be worse. When i asked to take their picture, they were more than happy to oblige, with Martin making sure his friend turned her hat around so we could see the leaf.
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It is Independeance Day, but I think unity is a better guiding principle. I think dialogue, cooperation, and understanding will get us much further than independence at this point in our history. I am optimistic that we can do better, we can't do any worse.
America is where I live, but I am a citizen of the world.
Our thoughts have turned (optimistically) to springtime and this photograph takes us back around 75 years to a field at Balcathie Farm where farm workers are seen thinning sugar beet - the traditional way. The picture, from 1959, was taken by John Henderson, the farmer's son, who was a biology teacher at Arbroath High School and was well known for his interest in singing and rugby. The toiling locals were, from left, Charles Jorgensen, George Finlay, Ian Cummings, Jimmy Robbie, Tom Wilson, Edwin Johnston, Bob Boehm - a former German prisoner of war who elected to stay in Angus after the Second World War - Alistair Reid and James Milne.