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American fascination with the automotive tail fin began in the late 40's and was inspired later in the 50's by the jet age. The tail fin race peaked in 1959 with Cadillac winning, mainly over Chrysler for fin supremacy, Ford played along but it wasn't part of their design plan to be involved in one-upmanship. By the mid 60's the fin had faded away, fun while it lasted though.
SUNSET - The Florida Everglades - 10/21/23
Autumn '23 - Palm Beach County, Florida U.S.A.
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge - great egret juveniles
*[left-click for a closer-look - great egret (group) in-flight]
Antwerp Central Station, Flanders, Belgium.
Another fisheye shot of this beautiful trainstation, it just screamed for it. The place looks empty and it was, all government staff were on strike that day, so no trains were running. Lucky me!
Tech:
Nikon D700
Nikkor 16 mm f/2.8 Fisheye
ISO 200
f/16
7 xps ranging from 1/15 to 4s
Merged in Enfuse
Tripod with cable remote
PP with Nik Color Efex Pro
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Zwei Tage vor der drohenden Limitierung kostenfreier Flicker-Konten auf maximal 1000 Fotos hat der Flickr-Betreiber an einen Ausweg erinnert.
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SUNSET - The Florida Everglades - 10/21/23
Autumn '23 - Palm Beach County, Florida U.S.A.
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge - backlit grackles
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - boat-tailed grackle - males]
*[took some slight angle-positioning to get this just-right - fun!]
Boat-tailed Grackles are large, lanky songbirds with rounded crowns, long legs, and fairly long, pointed bills. Males have very long tails that make up almost half their body length and they typically hold them folded in a V-shape, like the keel of a boat.
The glossy blue-black males are hard to miss as they haul their ridiculously long tails around or display them from marsh grasses or trees. They are so common Everglades guides nicknamed them swamp rats! They are all over the Everglades! Fun to observe.
SUNSET - The Florida Everglades - 10/21/23
Autumn '23 - Palm Beach County, Florida U.S.A.
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge - in the wild
*[left-double-click for a closer-look]
*[treetop - great egret - anhinga]
Still life . Photo taken in a retail store. Colors exploited to the max because - I love color.
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The finished image from yesterday's installation commemorating Armistice Day, outside the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum at Gloucester Docks.
By Bristol artist Jody Thomas and Stuart McLain of Hype Street Art.
Overcome by a moment of inner wackiness, I decided to tackle this image of Central Park in New York in a 'different' way. The whole scene was filled with people having fun, so this is what led me to this particular interpretation! Best wishes, Ric.
On our way out of Vegas we stopped at this place called the Peppermill Fireside Lounge.
It's an off the strip, old school Vegas sort of place.
It has been here since 1972.
This photo doesn't do it justice.
It is a classic Bar, Lounge. If you go to Vegas stop in for a drink.
The Bar area has a floating fire pit. Straight out of the Playboy Mansion look.
Below is the link. Take a look and check out the photos.
My idea of over the top.
Painted farm shed in country SA (3 of 3).
A real beauty and such an eye catcher - even though it was a gray day! More than a match for any painted silo!
[Painted farm shed_3of3_country SA_IMG_8279]
Sunset ~ Boca Raton, Florida U.S.A.
Summer 2018 ~ Florida Everglades
AT SUNSET - The Florida Everglades - 10/21/23
Autumn '23 - Palm Beach County, Florida U.S.A.
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge - in the wild
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - Great Egret]
Sandhill Crane - In the Wild - is it in distress? is it not?
stuck on its lower bill? - likes it? - playing around w/ it?
We'll never know as we left him there - to fend for himself...or not.
(didn't seem to bother him and his bills were operational to feed)
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - sharp profile portrait w/ debris]
Not sure what he's got there. Could be anything picked up today? or an hour ago? or somewhere between here and Canada? Didn't want to stress it out - by trying to help remove the weird hanging debris.
Very Big-Bird - massive 6ft 7in wingspan!
Autumn 2023 - mid-day - last Nov. day
Florida Everglades - Nov. 30th, 2023
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
South Florida - Palm Beach County, Florida
*[Among the wading (big) birds of our area with extremely
long-legs and extremely wide-wingspans, they seem to be
MUCH BIGGER than the great-blue-herons and great-egrets]
*[When they all get 'honking together', even in-flight,
they are REALLY, REALLY LOUD! Fun to hear. LOL]
*[Incredible that these (two) are totally WILD and floating
around North America. They seem to return every winter]
Happy Slider Sunday! HSS!
This is the famous Horseshoe Bend in the Colorado River near Page Arizona.
I had the privilege to see it in person over two years ago and took this shot. One has to hang precariously over the edge to take such a shot.
I have processed the heck out of it and never had anything I was happy to post. I decided to have fun with it and take it one step further.
The best thing is to have a sense of humour about it and post it as an example of what not to do!
I likely unintentionally have at least a few more examples in my photostream! :-)
Please have a look at my automotive photography album: www.flickr.com/photos/kenlane/albums/72157634353498642
Hi-Risers are a type of highly customized automobile, typically a traditional, full-size, body on frame, V8 powered, rear wheel drive American-built sedan modified by significantly increasing the ground clearance and adding large-diameter wheels with low-profile tires. Depending on the model and style of body, autos customized in this manner can be labeled "donk," "box," or "bubble." Hi-risers originally grew out of the Dirty South subculture, but the trend has spread across the United States. Vehicles customized in the hi-riser style are distinguished by their oversized (even disproportionate) wheels, ranging from 20 inches to 30 inches or more in diameter (largest being 50 inch), as well as fanciful custom paint-jobs and expensive audio equipment. Suspension modifications similar to those employed on lifted pickup trucks are made to give adequate clearance for the large wheels. Often the suspension is modified so the front end sits slightly higher than the rear end, giving the car a swaggering appearance. Because of the exaggerated look gained from installing a lifted suspension and enormous wheels, donks are also known as "hi-risers" or "sky-scrapers."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Riser_(automobile)
Donk Cars are also referred to as Hi-risers, Box cars or Bubble Cars and are basically a type of customized vehicle that has been significantly altered to increase ground clearance. This is usually achieved by installing extremely large-diameter wheels with low-profile tires. Donk Cars originally grew from the South American culture and over the years has spread to the rest of the United States and other countries. Vehicles customized in the hi-riser style are distinguished by their over sized wheels, which are quite often between 22 to 30 inches and on some occasions even bigger. These Donk cars are usually fully customized with fanciful paint-jobs and expensive audio equipment too. Suspension modifications similar to those employed on lifted pickup trucks are made to give adequate clearance for the large wheels. Often the suspension is modified so the front end sits slightly higher than the rear end, giving the car a swaggering appearance. Because of the exaggerated look gained from installing a lifted suspension and enormous wheels, donks are also known as “sky-scrapers.”
dailynewsdig.com/what-is-a-donk-car-find-out-more-about-t...
Sandhill Crane - In the Wild - vertical
Very Big-Bird! - massive 6ft 7in wingspan!
Autumn 2023 - mid-day - last Nov. day
Florida Everglades - Nov. 30th, 2023
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
South Florida - Palm Beach County, Florida
*[left-click for a closer-look - sharp-profile portrait]
*[Among the wading (big) birds of our area with extremely
long-legs and extremely wide-wingspans, they seem to be
MUCH BIGGER than the great-blue-herons and great-egrets]
*[When they all get 'honking together', even in-flight,
they are REALLY, REALLY LOUD! Fun to hear. LOL]
*[Incredible that these (two) are totally WILD and floating
around North America. They seem to return every winter]
Ventura, California, down by surfer's point.
Half hdr...
What I mean is that the ocean, beach, rocks, the trees are all hdr (3 blended exposures). But the sky is just from the shortest (darkest) exposure. It's the same thing I did with the last one in my stream.
And for those of you that think it's overdone, you're quite right. It is. But like I said in the last overdone one, I was overdue for some 'over the top'. It's kind of therapeutic. Besides, if I showed you just one of the exposures of this photo, you would just go 'blah'. Trust me, you would. Out loud. Then you would just click on...
Explored! Thank you much!
I was standing on top of a road bridge looking down at one of the cemeteries in Troon ... unfortunately, this particular cemetery has had to be extended!
This ancient graveyard was opened in 1862.
Flickr Lounge ~ Weekly Theme (Week 9) ~ Over The Top ...
Stay Safe and Healthy Everyone!
Thanks to everyone who views this photo, adds a note, leaves a comment and of course BIG thanks to anyone who chooses to favourite my photo .... Thanks to you all!
SUNSET - The Florida Everglades - 10/21/23
Autumn '23 - Palm Beach County, Florida U.S.A.
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge - silhouette
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - fisherman returns]
*[golden glow - canoe-path - sawgrass - reflection - boat]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everglades
Group Cover Photo - Rural Photos Group - 11/22/23
For doing me the honour of writing me a very friendly testimonial, thank you so much! I know you liked the beach picture I recently posted and that you made a crop suggestion on it. This is the crop applied to another beach image I had taken on the same evening.
I know I've gone completely overboard with this overly romantic image that makes the glazing on your teeth pop; but hey: people still do this stuff for real :-) If anyone has a music suggestion to go with this, that could give fun results :-)
A window display in front of LaForet Harajuku for the Japanese lolita brand Angelic Pretty. Just about everything is pink - including the small accordion!
The view count comes to 18,008,236 at 9:36 AM this morning 31 January 2016.
With the current view count per day (roughly 15,000), it will take 1,270 years to let everyone on the globe to see my pictures! The global population is approximately 7 billion.
Wish my friends a great Sunday!
It is raining outside.
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This is the picture and story posted in December 2013. The view count was 3 million at that time (December 2013).
After the 17 months and now it is May 2015, the view count comes to 13.4 million (13,432,407 views as of 11:26 AM this morning). This is something to do with the new approach of Flickr stats and also support of my friends.
My pictures are mostly mundane subjects and candid shots of ordinary city life. These types of pictures are not going to get a lot of views.
If you want to have great many views, one should shoot those very fashionable "staged self portrait" or "imaginary theme heavy Photoshop" pictures! :o)
Thank you for all your visits, comments and faves after all these years!
Have a great Friday and weekend!
Thank you everyone for the 3 millions views! The view count is sitting at 3,008,350 this morning on 17 December when I checked into Flickr.
On 30 September 2013, I hit the 2 millions views mark. It took 39 months to get my first million views on Flickr and then it took only 10 months to reach the second million. Now it takes less than 3 months to reach the third million. What shall I say about this? Internet or Flickr is just wonderful!
It makes the works of an amateur like me reaching so many people in the world. And it also gives me the opportunity in interacting with hundreds and thousands of fellow photographers.
I did mention about the limitations of my photography before. I have not yet found my unique theme. Many aspiring photographers develop their own theme and keep working on it. I am still shooting randomly and casually and mostly locally in my neighbourhood and hometown. This is not going to be producing any great works. :o(
What goes up has to come down at the end. I don't think that another miracle is going to happen i.e. another million in a month?
The views will slowly go back to "normal" when my contacts are getting bored with my mundane and minimalism pictures. :o)
We visited the Whistler Olympic Park on Sunday. The skier is climbing up the hill and then he comes down nicely in the runway.
What climbs up, will go down!
Happy Tuesday! Thank you for all your views, comments and faves!
River of Grass - The Florida Everglades - 10/21/23
Autumn '23 - Palm Beach County, Florida U.S.A.
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge - in the wild
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - duck weed - lily pads]