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50/365, Major staring longingly outside my office window. We had lots of rain today which means no walk :(
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Bittern departs Crewe on the The Cumbrian Ranger. This is version 3 of the photo. Current trying out Adobe Lightroom.
Well assholes, I’m done. Its been a fun few months of hardcore building but I over did it. When I get into something (Lego in this case) it’s all I can focus on. It does mean I work at a next level of efficiency and creativity, but also creates conflicts in other parts of my life. I’ve blown off too many opportunities to get pussy and blazed outa my mind because of Lego; I need to get out of this obsession for a while and focus on different things like school and.. yeah school ;)
But don’t you fuckers worry, I’ll be back sometime but for now I’ve got to build a couple of badass biplanes and restore some relationships. If you look through the dates on my photo stream you’ll notice 4-8 months gaps between Lego building, so this happens a lot, but eh, I always come back.
Once I start building again, I'll continue my massive Ship project and also live stream that shit, cause I'm one charming motherfucker.
Also, this Halo reach space fighter thing is what I’ll mostly start with once I return before the big SHIP.
Go Red Wings!
Sometimes out focus is not bad
đôi khi out focus cũng không phải la` xâú :)
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Built by Westport of Westport, WA in 2007 as the STEADFAST. 112 feet in length and has a cruising speed of 22 knots and can top at 25 knots. She hails out Delray, FL and is not a charter yacht. Crewman are deploying finders for passage through the Great Bridge Lock in Chesapeake, VA.
Two drunk persons have passed out in a corridor.
The cruise ships crossing The Baltic Sea are infamous for the heavy alcohol consumption. All pictures are 100% authentic (nothing is arranged).
This was my 3rd attempt in trying an out of bounds image.
I think it came out really well with the tutorial I used.
For our day out in Venice, Mike and I headed to Piazza San Marco. During our time there, we visited the Museo Correr, which is housed in the Procuratie buildings that once served as the Palazzo Reale (Royal Palace).
We began our self-guided tour of the museum in the Imperial Rooms, then continued through the Neoclassical Rooms. Here, you can see a view of the Sala da Cena (Dining Hall) and its centerpiece -- Dedalo e Icaro (Daedalus and Icarus), which was sculpted by Antonio Canova circa 1777.
An informational placard provided more details on the sculpture, while the museum's website provided a few details on the room's decoration. I've transcribed those descriptions below:
Canova and Venice: Daedalus and Icarus
This marble group of Daedalus and Icarus is one of Antonio Canova's earliest masterpieces. The work was commissioned by the procurator Pietro Vettor Pisani for his Palazzo Pisani Moretta overlooking the Grand Canal. Just 20 years old, with amazing genius, Canova achieved a suggestive contrast between the classical model (Icarus) and the characteristically Venetian 18th-century pictorial naturalism, inspired by Giambattista Piazzetta's ''heads'' (Daedalus).
This skillful composition links the two figures around an ''empty'' void, enclosed circularly by the thread that goes between Icarus's wing and Daedalus's hand. Expressing a form of emotional and dramatic communication, with his face contracted by doubt, the father Daedalus is attaching the wings -- made of feathers held together by wax -- to the arms of his young son Icarus, who is humoring him in all tranquility, looking forward to the joy of flight that will allow him to flee the labyrinth and the threat of the Minotaur.
The treatment of the marble surface is vibrant and still a long way away from the polished purity that was to become a characteristic of Canova. An eloquent trademark of the sculptor, the mallet and chisel lying at the feet of the elderly architect place Canova in continuity with Daedalus.
Presented at the ''Fiera della Sensa'' (Ascension) in 1777 where it met with resounding success, young Canova earned 100 gold zecchins for this work, which he used to travel to Rome for the very first time. It was there that his experience of the ancient and the support of a variety of different people were to result in his decisive turn to the classical and his rise to international renown.
Sala da Cena (Dining Hall)
The Dining Hall of the palace has maintained its original neoclassical decor completely intact. The ceiling fresco depicts Olympus and is the work of Giovanni Carlo Bevilacqua; the tondi with stories of Cupid and Psyche are by Pietro Moro. On the walls, between grisaille decoration against a gold background, are small tondi with the months of the year and the signs of the zodiac. In the lower band of decoration are tondi with views of the capitals of the Lombardy-Veneto regions. Above the doors are pairs of putti by Sebastiano Santi; dating from 1824-25, they allude both to the seasons of the year and to the childhood of Apollo and Diana.
Snow Storm
It was nearly white out conditions here today. We went from a Spring like day yesterday to a snowy and blustery day today!
One of those snatched shots out of the top deck window, didn't come out too badly all in all.
This is inside King Edward VI Community College, Totnes and there was plenty of buses parked waiting to take away those little darlings....
In this group huddle we have 3 different local operators, the Grey Cars Plaxton Coach has had a couple of previous re regs - 5658 RU, M170 SUX and A12 ESS, the Countrybus Merc is interesting being a UVG bodied example.
Obviously I would never think about walking into a school / college grounds to shoot this so it had to be grabbed when the chance arose :o)
WIT: After the fireworks crowd left, I hung out at the beach to watch the storm clouds move out to sea as stars began to come out. It's always fun to see how long exposures make water look like a sheet of ice and night look like day. 10 second exposure on a tripod with shutter release. Focus could have been better. It was on manual. f2.8 even with a wide angel lens and a little wind made it challenging.
So here we are, on the road again, and I hadn't sorted out the Sony A6000 to Snapseed interfaces.
I shoot RAW and my image transfers from this trip look meh. After 4 weeks it finally occurred to me to look at the file size. Lo and behold, thumbnail jpgs were transferred. Ugh.
This is why my cellphone images look sharp on Flickr and the A6000 images do not.
I tested shooting RAW + JPG and the good, full Rez JPG does transfer. Lesson learned.
Next thing is image processing.
I read about how Norman Seeff used to print high contrast works with a twist. He used a black stocking between the enlarger lens and paper to give a interesting softness to some of his images.
He wasn't by any means the only one to do this.
When I worked at Samy Cameras photo lab on Sunset Blvd in Hollyweird we used to do this at client request. It was really no big deal.
What was a bigger deal was our use of Agfa Portriga Rapid 111 Glossy paper. It gave a gorgeous deep walnut brown tone. We used this for may of the gallery shows we printed for various then famous photographers.
Taking the black stocking idea and borrowing tones from Portriga Rapid, it turns out, expresses pretty well how I feel about Rome.
So, here is a series of images done in an old, outdated, likely not very hip manner.
It's always nice to dine out with friends and McCormick and Schmicks is a nice place to do it. The food is great and the service is finely tuned for women like us.
Our waiter was nice and he was very attentive too, .We were taking pics and he asked us if we would like him to take one or two with all 3 of us in the picture, I thought that was a nice touch and it got him a huge collective tip at the end of the night.
I had Chilean sea bass with some nice trimmings around the plate and opted for a beer instead of wine which is what you might expect but I had a few wee drams before our late night dining so beer was a safe bet to keep me upright. Ha!.
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I was playing around with some filters what do you think!
Bodie, an original ghost town from the late 1800's, stands today in a state of "arrested decay". So coined by the State of California when they took over the town in 1962 to make it a State Historic Park.
In 1859 William (a.k.a. Waterman) S. Bodey discovered gold near what is now called Bodie Bluff. A mill was established in 1861 and the town began to grow. It started with about 20 miners and grew to an estimated 10,000 people by 1880! By that time, the town of Bodie bustled with families, robbers, miners, store owners, gunfighters and prostitutes of all kinds. At one time there was reported to be 65 saloons in town. Amongst the saloons were numerous brothels and 'houses of ill repute', gambling halls and opium dens. Needless to say that there was entertainment for every taste.
After a long day working the claims, the miners would head for the bars and the red light district to spend their earnings. The mixture of money, gold and alcohol would often prove fatal. It is said that there was a man killed every day in Bodie. Presumably, the undertaker never had a slow day.
There are records that say that Wm. Body took a ship from New York, around the horn to end up in San Francisco. The name of the town was changed at some point in time, before the majority of the people made their way to Bodie. There are different stories as to why - one says it was to keep the correct pronunciation of town's namesake. Another says that the sign painter didn't have the room for the tail of the lower-case "y". Today, even though Bodie is lost down a dusty 13 mile long road, off of state highway 395, it is amazing just how many people are aware of this once glorious town.
There's a story about a little girl whose family moved from San Francisco to Bodie. Depending on who tells you, or where you read it, she wrote either: "Good, by God, I'm going to Bodie" or "Goodbye God, I'm going to Bodie". Once you get through this site, you'll have to decide for yourself.
other photo's in my Bodie Set
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Nikon D90| Nikon 18-200mm @18mm| f11| 1/250 sec| ISO 200| Manual Mode| Hand Held | PS CS5
I'm still experimenting with this manual 35-70mm, this time zooming out during a long-ish exposure...
Fall has finally reached Southern California, and now that the rain has stopped Jenni and Haven go on a rare outing together for a picnic in one of the local parks. They walk along the grass searching for a place to sit. To fill the silence of the long walk, Jenessa starts to talk.
Jennessa: ... It was just me and my dad for a long time. He, he had a hard time getting over my mom leaving us. Then he met my step mom and step sister. I was suddenly out shined by every little thing from grades to spelling bees, who got the first guy, and so on. That was my whole point into getting into Modeling. She wanted it so bad, cause I did. She told me one day as we waited in a crowed room; "Might as well just give up now Jen. You'll never make pass with girls like me here." Who would have thought I'd prove her wrong.
Haven: *looks to Jennessa her eyebrow raised* That was a...touching...life story and all, but why are you telling me all this?
Jenessa: I don;t know. We don't seem to hang out as much as I would like. I mean, yeah we're friends but we know barely anything about the other.
Haven: You know everything about me. Grew up in the Army, moved around the world, never lived in one place too long, starting a new school over and over, making friends just in time to movie again... Having a wonderful life...but you're all alone. Which isn't wonderful. It fricking sucks. And that is why I don't need to talk about my past. there isn't anything there to talk about.
Jenessa: Oh, Haven, you don't need to worry about moving now, huh? That nice little condo you just got in the city looks cozy. 'Sides, you have everyone at Fate's. Speaking of which, why are you wearing rain boots? It hasn't rained since like Tuesday.
Haven: Oh these? I don't know, cause I want to. I love wearing my rain boots in the fall and spring. It just, i don't know, gets me in the mood for the season.
Jenessa: Yeah, but...
Haven: But? But what!?
Jenessa: They sort of match your jacket. I mean, who gets shoes to match a sweat shirt?
Haven: Um, I do, cause I love this sweat shirt, and these are $342 dollar boots, one of a kind may I add.
Jenessa: Your friend from FDIM?
Haven: *beaming a smile* Yes. I love John to death, and I love his fashions... You know me so well.
The two girls go for a hug, walking on as they do.
Ugh, stupid weather! It was windy today ( as it always seems to be in my area ), and it caused stupid fly away, and even messed up the balance of my girls at one point. The rain is gone though! So the weather should chill out in the next day or so; then I will get more fall photos.
Happy early Thanksgiving, I have testing all week at school -_-
Thank's to Sophia for snapping this picture, last year, in Albany NY, on our way to lunch at the Rainbow commnity center -- too bad we don't have such a meeting place in Montréal!
This isn't my usual. I watched as this gentleman carefully sorted through the "butts" and then went over and broke them down into a peanut butter jar saving the tobacco. I focused on the “butts” because as you can see he was not only careful to get the ones that had some tobacco left, but also left them in a neat manner. What bothers me is that we, as a world society, could do better helping people like this, but we don’t. As long as they are not sleeping in our back yards they remain “out of focus.”
It's a jungle out there
Disorder and confusion everywhere
No one seems to care
Well, I do
Hey! Who's in charge here?
It's a jungle out there
Poison in the very air we breathe
You know what's in the water that you drink?
Well I do, and it's amazing
People think I'm crazy, 'cause I worry all the time
If you paid attention, you'd be worried too
You better pay attention
Or this world you love so much might just kill you
I could be wrong now, but I don't think so!
'Cause it's a jungle out there
It's a jungle out there!
It's a jungle out there
Whenever a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go through it alone and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the power of the flock.
In the fall when you see geese heading south for the winter flying in the "V" formation, you might be interested in knowing what science has discovered about why they fly that way.
It has been learned that as each bird flaps its wings, it creates uplift for the bird immediately following. By flying in a "V" formation, the whole flock adds at least 71% greater range than if each bird flew on its own.
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.