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Biggs in heroic fighter pilot pose.
When the Special Editions came out, I thought it was a shame that they didn't restore the Anchorhead scenes. It would have been a more valuable addition than Rontos walking in front of the camera or Boba Fett breaking the fourth wall. It would have added more depth to Luke and Biggs' relationship and actually given the latter's death some emotional punch. It would also have pointed up Luke's journey, from loser kid patronised and barely tolerated by his so-called friends to true hero. The story is that Lucas dropped those scenes on the advice of his film school peers, on the grounds that they slowed the story down (where were they when he was making the Prequels?) but I've realised that it also avoids creating a plothole. Namely, how has Biggs got to Yavin IV so soon after telling Luke that he's going to jump ship & join the Rebels, which can only be a day or so before Luke leaves Tatooine. OK, Luke ends up there soon after, but he's escorting vital data and in the company of, first, a fugitive Jedi and, later, one of the leaders of the Rebellion that he's just rescued! Surely the Rebels would have exercised more caution in the case of Biggs, otherwise the Empire could have found the Rebel base a lot quicker simply by infiltrating someone into the Rebellion.
I was also perplexed that Luke & Biggs' reunion takes place in the hangar. Why wasn't Biggs in the briefing with all the other pilots? I considered the idea that Biggs had only just arrived and Luke was the one who vouched for him, something along the lines of : "Hey, Skywalker, you're from Tatooine, right? We've got this other guy says he's from there and that he's a pilot. We need pilots but we need to be sure of him before we bring him here. You ever hear of someone called Darklighter....?"
Of course, this ignores the fact that Red Leader is prepared to take Biggs' word about Luke's abilities, which suggests they've known each other for a while. So, as I said, the Anchorhead scenes create more problems than they solve!
Brigitte esce dal mondo in bianco e nero per tuffarsi nei miei colori...
Out of black and white world, Brigitte enters my colours!
ICBC, BC's insurance company, yard full of written off vehicles
but not the Yellow Chevrolet pickup helping the blue Suburban
ICBC, Salvage yard,
Queensborough, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
1 more from tonight... this one is raw and gritty but I like it.. it was a moving train in the dark and it was about 300 yards away in this shot... this is a CP freight train heading north out of the Vaughan yard....
Little ferns beginning to grow, out in our tortoise habitat
I am still trying to whip these germs and not winning, so far. I felt awful for Ken's birthday yesterday. :( Awful.
In early November 2018, I had to make a short trip out to Elmira, New York. One of the highways needed to travel on to get there from Ohio is I-86. I was surprised to find that it had very little traffic and was the most scenic interstate highway i've ever saw. These photos were taken during the ride along I-86 in western New York.
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Bursting out of the only tunnel on the Harz Mountain Railway between Wernigerode and Drei Annen Hohne, in eastern Germany. April 2009. © David Hill.
Dust. You can see the thickest clouds of dust raised by the vehicle on the road -- but you can't see the lingering dust suspended in the air. It just hangs there, invisible and dry, and when you step out of the car you don't really notice it. But it gets in your mouth and on your clothes and in your hair and on your camera; and when you get back in the car you feel mildly gritty and your hair feels like dusty straw and you need to rinse out your mouth. You have to keep the air vents on the car closed to outside air, or the dust drifts inside. It coats everything. Everything.
A sneaky video of a woman wearing a mask - I found this to be quite strange, as we do not have them in England.
As my wife and I were driving Route 23 north in Kentucky headed towards West Virginia, I noticed a train headed in our same direction. I then noticed that the lead engine was a Canadian Pacific diesel, which I've never seen one in person. I looked at my wife and pretty much just said I was going to get ahead of it and stop to take a few pictures. Thankfully the tracks pace the road for several miles along that stretch of 23, so I sped up, got to a pull-off spot and was able to get out and snap some pictures.
The train consisted of a CP lead unit in tandem with a CSX engine, and then a long line of CSX coal hoppers. I snapped a bunch of pictures and then got back in the car. We got back on the road, and of course caught back up with the train. I again told my wife I was gonna get ahead of it and try to get one more set of pics, which she excitedly encouraged. I was able to get ahead of the train again, get pulled off, and setup to take another series of pictures at a different crossing.
I know for some, these pictures may be nothing special.....but for me, it was a little slice of excitement in what was an otherwise winding down road-trip as we approached Huntington WV, and then Teays Valley WV. Getting a chance to take some of my own pictures of a CP engine, and doing a quick train chase just made for an exciting evening for both of us.
I photographed this beauty again a couple of weeks ago. It was our 6th time working together, I don't think I'll ever get tired of photographing her.
Model : Orla O'Brien @ 1st Option Models.
Make-up : Laura Duggan
This is a Barbie Basics Collection Models. I need one more in this group and one of the Red Collection and my Barbie Basics Collection will be complete.
Cowgirl meets fairytale.
Special thanks to Emma, Phoebe, Katie, Mei and Nick for making this shoot possible :)
Clark County Museum, Henderson Nevada. Yashica D TLR, deep red filter, Fomapan 200 in Rodinal 1:100 full stand @ 1 hour
This lovely creation was one of many gifts from my friend, Hinda Nathan (1919-2010). Other gifts she gave me include a thimble from Tunisia, a box from Nicaragua, and a pill box from Alaska. She was very generous with these little gifts. I treasure them!
Taken at The Regency, Laguna Woods, California. © 2014 All Rights Reserved.
My images are not to be used, copied, edited, or blogged without my explicit permission.
Please!! NO Glittery Awards or Large Graphics...Buddy Icons are OK. Thank You!
This description came with the doll ~
Makoti, a Zulu matron ~ A Zulu girl qualifies to wear the traditional Headdress (Gil writes ~ called an 'isicholo'...they're beautiful!) upon becoming officially married. She is now a Matron. In some areas, her mother will present her with a small doll to ensure health, wealth and happiness in her new life as a married woman.