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I got Panasonic 7-14mm for my E-P1 about a month ago. It is a cute, wide and expensive lens, and now I am looking for a way to use it. But cannot find the time to go on a dedicated photo shoot. So this evening I decided to take some wide shots...
From the archive, Oracle twin towers in the early evening.
Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Australia.
I've taken a few other shots of these towers in the past - click here to view those.
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One boat is named after a country (1851), and the other boat is named after a company (2013).
The black boat on the left flying the large American flag, the America, is a replica of the first boat to win the America's Cup. In fact, the cup is named after this schooner. In order for the America to win, it had to beat 15 other boats representing England in a race around the Isle of Wight. America beat all the other boats by at least 8 minutes in the 60 mile (98 km) race. The story has it that Queen Victoria asked who was second, the famous answer being: "Ah, Your Majesty, there is no second." Sorry, New Zealand.
162 years later, the winning boat bears no resemblance to the America. Built of carbon fiber, using a wing instead of a sail, the Oracle is a true modern sailing machine. Congratulations to the crew who sailed this boat, the engineers who designed it, and the financiers who paid for it.
History:
Oracle Oak, Quercus xmorehus. A hybrid between Black Oak, Quercus kelloggii, and Interior Live Oak, Quercus wislizeni. Obviously only begrudgingly deciduous.
The weather finally cooperated (sort of) and I managed to get out and and shoot a bit. I drove up to Redwood Shores, to the lair of Larry and shot around Oracle HQ. Its an impressive campus, with an impressively large security force.
Like my other Power Figures, this is loosely based on African Bochia and Minkisi power figures, sometimes called "nail fetishes" because of the nails and other pieces of metal that are driven into them ritually to release their magical power.
The figure (head, arms,legs, body) is entirely hand-sculpted by me.
Additive material includes acrylic “doll eye” beads hand-painted by me, replica antique doll parts, fishing net, glass beads, rusted nails.
Oracle (Power Figure)
Handmade doll sculpture. 12.75 inches tall.
Mixed media.Copyright © 2010, Shain Erin. All rights reserved.
Sean Tucker's airplane, the Oracle Challenger III biplane, seen here at the 2008 Aviation Nation air show at the USAF Nellis base, is claimed to produce more than 400 horsepower, and weighs only 1,200 pounds. The Challenger III is equipped with a unique set of wings that use 8 ailerons instead of 4. The tail on the airplane is modeled after the tail used on high-performance radio control airplanes.
A visit to the site known as the Oracle of Delphi or where in Greek Mythology a High Priestess of the Temple of Apollo served as the oracle. It occupies an impressive the south-western slope of Mount Parnassus overlooking the coastal plain to the south and the valley of Phocis.
Timelapse of sunset at Oracle HQ, Redwood Shores, California taken on 17th December. Used an old G9 with CHDK for capture. Edit in Premiere.
In the frame of Common Ground week in Antwerpen, the Oracle Practice session guided by Caroline Daish and Michel Yang
Let’s step inside the aural space
and open the channels between ourselves and others!
In the frame of Common Ground week in Antwerpen, the Oracle Practice session guided by Caroline Daish and Michel Yang
Let’s step inside the aural space
and open the channels between ourselves and others!
These buildings are just down the street from us and I love to go over there as, behind the whole Oracle complex, there are acres of wetlands bordering to the San Francisco Bay.
Everything looks better on fluidr
Besides Sean D. Tucker's custom biplane, there was another Oracle-sponsored plane at the show, and I'm not sure who was flying it.
This came late in the day and by that time, I thought I had enough number of sharp images, so I decided to drop down the shutter speed again, and go for propeller motion look, even if it meant I lost some sharpness.
I actually got some sharp images nevertheless, with propeller blur. So 1/250s worked quite well.
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