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... they've arrived! LOL!
re: previous shot entitled, We're Expecting... triplets!
The Stadium Business Design Summit at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. Picture by Paul Heyes, Tuesday November 30, 2021.
Le quattro Stanze doppie nel cuore del relais conservano il fascino dell'architettura originaria in pietra a vista. La moderna tecnologia si inserisce in perfetta armonia ovunque. Anche nelle Suites della casa principale, con terrazzo privato o vasca idromassaggio. Nelle Penthouse Suites, la tecnologia fa da complemento alle travi a vista e alle finestre sulle stelle. Per avere il massimo dell'indipendenza e del confort, i Cottages o la Gate Lodge sono perfetti.
The four double rooms in the main house, at the heart of the Relais, harmoniously combine traditional old stone architecture with a technological core. The main house suites follow the same concept, but also offer the opportunity of choosing private terraces, exposed beams or Jacuzzi baths. In the Penthouse suites, technology complements skylights to gaze at the stars. Cottages and Gate Lodges scattered within Inncasa's grounds are best suited to ensure both comfort and independence.
Ci ho messo quasi un mese a trovare il coraggio di scrivere. Quel che c'era, ormai non c'è più. Che ci fosse di preciso non lo so nemmeno io. Perchè è vero, ho fatto tutto di testa mia. Sono partito di testa, un'allucinazione sentimentale mi ha fatto credere che ci fosse qualcosa che non c'è.
Avevo capito che la cosa non era reciproca, ma sai, so raccontarla talmente bene che sono stato vittima della mia stessa arte. Non so per quale stupido motivo, ma pensavo che... magari. E invece no, ho dovuto sentirmelo dire a voce, per permettere ad un telefono di riportarmi sulla terra ferma.
Per quanto faccia male, per quanto mi secchi usare la terapia del distacco per dimenticarti sotto certi punti di vista, io non ce l'ho con te. Perchè se la scintilla non s'è innescata non ci sono ragioni che tengano. E' così, così e basta. Lo condivido totalmente, lo capisco. Per quanto mi piacerebbe avere questo potere sul genere umano, non ce l'ho.
Certo, non è facile, ma tant'è. All'inizio faceva più male di quanto ne faccia ora, ma a qualcosa è servito. Mi sono permesso di vivere emozioni che di solito freno, per paura di quello che sarà dopo. Che poi sarebbe quello che vivo adesso. Disillusione, tristezza, melancolia, sfiducia, apatia, silenzio.
Perchè anche se mi piacerebbe tantissimo e viva nell'illusione di trovarti, non ci crederò mai del tutto. Forse sei solo un'ideale, un'ispirazione che non ha incarnato. Non posso farci niente, sebbene mi sia permesso di pensare al concetto di "noi", a prescindere da te, in fondo sento sempre che non accadrà. Non c'entri tu. E non è pessimismo, è fare i conti con la realtà. La mia storia, le mie storie, ciò che ho vissuto e non vissuto, non me lo consentono.
Un po' però mi manchi, e al momento non riesco a capire se sia un bene o un male.
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New paint software!!! Incredible stuff for $29.99 US dollars. It is head over heal better than Corel painter--I mean significantly better! If you cannot see this in full size, I uploaded this to my website so you can see the incredible textures you can create with this software: www.stantonphotostudios.com/p602592670/h19453a4#h19453a4. This is a photo that I traced... On the picture at my website I have updated it a bit further
If you have access to shopping from amazon.com, here is the link to this software: www.amazon.com/Smith-Micro-Software-Inc-ARDHBX2/dp/B001AE...
On this picture the only textured are of interest is the center of the Calla lily where the pollen is. So if you can zoom in, go for that area. Also, this software allows you to make the clone colors metallic--which I did here for the center and some of the white. For $30, this is a fascinating piece of software if you like to paint. It has gazillions of features, many significantly better than Corel or other painter software.
Have a great day/night!
See http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/7961/all, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The Przewalski's Horse is extinct in the wild and only maintained through captive breeding programmes.
Here is an extract from the IUCN site regarding this species:
Equus ferus ssp. przewalskii – Extinct in the Wild
Extract from Wakefield et al. 2002, pp. 83-84: "Since the ‘rediscovery’ of the Przewalski’s Horse for western science, western zoos and wild animal parks became interested in this species for their collections. Several long expeditions were mounted to catch animals. Some expeditions came back empty handed and some had only seen a glimpse of Przewalski’s Wild Horse. It proved difficult to catch adult horses, because they were too shy and fast. Capture of foals, with possible killing of the adult harem members, was considered the only option (Bouman and Bouman 1994). Four capture expeditions that managed to catch live foals took place between 1897 and 1902. Fifty three of these foals reached the west alive. Between the 1930s and the 1940s only a few Przewalski’s Horses were caught and most died. At least one mare was crossbred with domestic horses by the Mongolian War Ministry. One mare (Orliza III), particularly through her son Bars, was of great importance to breeding in the west (Bouman and Bouman 1994).
Small groups of horses were reported through the 1940s and 1950s in an area between the Baitak-Bogdo ridge and the ridge of the Takhin-Shara-Nuru (which, translated from Mongolian, means "the Yellow Mountain of the Wild Horse), but numbers appeared to decline dramatically after World War II. A number of causes have been cited for the final extinction of Przewalski’s horses. Among these are significant cultural and political changes (Bouman and Bouman 1994), hunting (Zhao and Liang 1992, Bouman and Bouman 1994), military activities (Ryder 1993), climatic change (Sokolov et al. 1992), and competition with livestock and increasing land use pressure (Sokolov et al. 1992, Ryder 1993, Bouman and Bouman 1994). Capture expeditions probably diminished the remaining Przewalski’s Horse populations by killing and dispersing the adults (S. Dulamtseren in Van Dierendonck and de Vries 1996). The harsh winters in 1945, 1948, and 1956 probably had an additional impact on the small population (Bouman and Bouman 1994). Increased pressure on, and rarity of waterholes in their last refuge should also be considered as a significant factor contributing to their extinction (Van Dierendonck and de Vries 1996).
The last confirmed sighting in the wild was made in 1969 by the Mongolian scientist N. Dovchin. He saw a stallion near a spring called Gun Tamga, north of the Tachin-Shara-Nuru, in the Dzungarian Gobi (Paklina and Pozdnyakova 1989). Annual investigations by the Joint Mongolian-Soviet Expedition have since failed to find conclusive evidence for their survival in the wild (Ryder 1990). Chinese biologists conducted a survey in northeastern Xinjiang from 1980 to 1982 (covering the area of 88–90° E and 41°31'–47°10' N) without finding any horses (Gao and Gu 1989). The last wild populations have almost certainly disappeared."
View Large On Black - Well... It certainly looked like an alien the first time I saw one last week! It's called an "Ambush Bug" and it's not even a half inch long.
From a couple sources on the web...
These stealthy critters sit very still on or near flowers, their superb camouflage allowing them to remain undetected while an unwitting butterfly or other unfortunate happens by to gather nectar. They then seize their prey using front legs adapted for the task - these legs resemble the front legs of the praying mantis. It is a ferocious bug indeed that takes prey 10 times its own size.
The mouth of this bug as with the assassin bug (a close cousin) is shaped like a spike that is plunged into the body of the prey it catches. The "proboscis" is used to jab the victim. The saliva then dissolves the insides of the insect it has caught. Once it is turned to liquid, this is sucked from the insect much like we might use a straw. The bug's saliva is able to paralyze the food prey so the ambush bug can feed without having to hold tightly to its dinner.
Canon 5D MkII, Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro, ISO 1600, 1/250 @ f/9, Natural light, Hand held
You can see the left leg of the Ambush Bug holding the head of its victim while it inserts it's proboscis to extract the dissolved, insect milk shake! Yummmmm....
The night before this image was taken we took this little beauty inside and photographed it with my bud's MP-E 65 and strobes, with the camera on a tripod. After our little "Studio Session" we put the bug and the flower she was sitting on back in the same spot. I checked on her several times over the next 24 hours and she hadn't moved 4 inches. On one of those occasions she had caught, and was feeding on this fly.
Very cool to find these tiny little dramas playing out under our feet!
Listen, at first you said I do, but now it's I did,
Said together we should live, now your mad with time we spend,
Used to be jealous of my friends, and fill my weekends,
But, now your off for pastimes,
Playin' games with my mind,
Your layin' the blame in my lap, but delaying laying in our bed,
Yo, I meant what I said when you weren't listening, and I'm not saying it again
~Floetry
TRUTH #1003
I TRY TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY
Today I was caught off guard by something (more like someone)
But I proud of myself for the way I responded to it.
I could have very easily made a huge mistake.
And It's funny that right after all this happened we both laughed it off
As if it was all just a test.
This whole month feels like it's been this huge test. I've been so busy lately,
but I'm sure it'll all be worth it in the end
Acciones QPM: Establecer como borrador | Mover a la papelera | Forzar el borrado | Editar | Gestionar | Configuraciones QPM
Las dos principales consolas de la actual generación, Xbox One y PlayStation 4, se presentaron inicialmente durante 2013 con el negro como color principal. Algunos detalles también estuvieron disponibles desde el primer momento con otras tonalidades, pero el cuerpo principal de ambos cacharros se ha mantenido siempre igual. Hasta ahora.
Tanto PS4 como Xbox One tendrán sus ediciones blancas durante este año. La de Sony lo hará bajo una edición especial junto con Destiny y su blanco glaciar; por su parte, la de Microsoft en blanco aún no es oficial, aunque ya ha aparecido en algunas tiendas online: sí, Xbox One terminará llegando en blanco, y casi coincidiendo en tiempo con su compañera y contrincante de batallas.
En el caso de la Xbox One blanca os sonará porque surgió como una edición especial para empleados de Microsoft. Ahora se abriría al público y, como la PS4, también con una edición especial junto con Sunset Overdrive, una exclusividad para las de Microsoft que se especula con que vaya a lanzarse al mercado a finales de octubre. Lo lógico es que el bundle de la Xbox One blanca y Sunset Overdrive también empiece a venderse en esas fechas, claro.
Jugando al ajedrez: negras o blancas, tú elijes
Suele ser muy habitual que las consolas de escritorio se presenten primero en color negro con las salvedades de Nintendo, cuya Wii empezó vendiéndose sólo en blanco, y la Wii U en ambos colores. Tanto Microsoft como Sony han tenido affaires tanto con negro como con blanco, dependiendo del modelo con mayor o menor importancia de uno u otro.
Evidentemente el color de una videoconsola no afecta en absoluto a su rendimiento, pero también es cierto que el blanco suele ser un color muy requerido por los usuarios de tecnología, generalmente por una mera cuestión estética. En el pasado también hemos visto, incluso, ediciones especiales mucho más llamativas que los planos negro o blanco, y seguramente éstas también terminen llegando al mercado tarde o temprano.
Vía | TechRadar, GameStop
– La noticia A las videoconsolas también les gusta el color blanco fue publicada originalmente en Xataka por Pablo Espeso.
Acciones QPM: Establecer como borrador | Mover a la papelera | Forzar el borrado | Editar | Gestionar | Configuraciones QPM - www.diariototal.com/2014/10/17/a-las-videoconsolas-tambie...
http://www.diariototal.com/2014/10/17/a-las-videoconsolas-tambien-les-gusta-el-color-blanco/
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View of the Boston Massachusetts Skyline at Sunset from the Prudential Center Skywalk Observatory
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I visited the newly restored and refurbished 'Dining Room' at King House, Boyle recently. Great care has been taken to be true to the Georgian style. A stunning dining table is set for 14 people and is available to hire for that very special occasions.
This image is a detail from the room, I liked the lighting, it reminded me of a shot I set up a few months ago.
Canon EOS 7D + EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM @ 70 mm - 1/1250 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200
Manual mode @ 0 EV E.C - Pattern metering - no flash
Subject Distance: 3.97 m
She was colllld the entire time.
47°24'49" N 121°30'59" W, 1009.60 m
Lake Talapus Trail, Snoqualmie Valley
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, USA
Taken on 05.15.2010, uploaded on 05.07.2012.
©2010 Adam James Steenwyk. Please contact me at ajamess [at] gmail [dot] com if you would like to use this photo. Blog: www.f128.info
A just for fun session but the post-processing wasn't fun anymore. On the left side was a picture on the wall, on the right was a window. First, I replaced both by gradient filled polygons. Although the edited part was matching the original colours, I decided to replace the whole background. The original tone was a chocolate brown colour but for the conversion, a not so dark tone might have been better, I think. The b&w conversion was made with the channel mixer (60% red, 25% blue, 15% green) in Photoshop.
Unfortunately I just had a single Speedlite 550 EX, so it was pretty tricky to get the highlights in her eyes and a natural looking light from above. I held the camera in portrait orientation, the flash with a bouncer was turned on approx. 60° towards the celing, so some light went still straight on her eyes and created the highlights while most of the light came as an indirect lighting from the celing. Sometimes the basics in physics and maths can be quite helpful :-)
Eine nur-so-zum-Spaß-Aufnahme, aber die Nachbearbeitiung war dann alles andere als lustig. Auf der linken Seite hing ein Foto an der Wand, rechts war ein Fenster. Zuerst habe ich beide durch Vielecke ersetzt, die mit einem Farbverlauf gefüllt wurden. Obwohl ich die Farben in den eingefügten Flachen so hinbekommen hatte wie im Rest der Aufnahme, entschied ich mich dann trotzdem den ganzen Hintergrund zu ersetzen. Im Originalbild ist die Farbe der Wand ein Schokoladenbraun, aber ich denke für die s/w-Umwandlung wäre ein hellerer Ton besser gewesen. Die s/w-Umwandlung erfolgte in Photoshop über den Kanalmixer ( (60% rot, 25% blau, 15% grün)
Leider hatte ich nur einen Speedlite 550 EX, so war es ziemlich schwierig Highlights in die Augen zu setzen und noch ein natürlich wirkendes Lich von oben zu bekommen. So hielt ich die Kamera hochkant und drehte den Blitz mit einem Diffusor etwa 60° auf die Decke, so ging immer noch etwas Licht auf ihre Augen und sorgte für den Glanz während das meiste Licht als indirektes Licht von der Decke reflektiert wurde. Manchmal sind die Grundlagen der Physik und Mathematik eben doch ganz hilfreich.
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Annapurna Base Camp Trekking is known as Annapurna Sanctuary Trekking as is an brilliant stroll thru diverse landscape and subculture complete with prosperous mountain vistas, terraced fields, quaint Gurung villages and a vast range of flowers and fauna during your trip with Treks Himalaya. Get the view of over three dozens of mountains trekking in Nepal. Mt. Annapurna (8091m) of Nepal is the tenth best possible mountain in the world and the journey to its base camp, which is at 4130m height, is one of the most popular walks on earth. The Annapurna Base Camp Trek is one of the most famous treks in Annapurna region of Nepal trekking. Moreover, we reach our destination by way of Mt. Machapuchhre (Fishtail) which is revered with the aid of the Nepalese for its special beauty and most popular treks in the world. www.trekshimalaya.com/annapurna-base-camp-trekking.php
Furthermore nicely groomed itinerary of the Annapurna Base Camp package, it is a famous preference amongst various outside enthusiasts, from a solo lady tourist to hikers visiting in agencies to Nepal. Many landscapes and convey you so shut to the base of 7,000 and 8,000 meter peaks in a such a quick duration of time as the Annapurna Base Camp. This trek is the combination of easy walking trail along the various landscape, forests, water resources, villages and mountains. After an exploration day in Kathmandu, fly alongside the Himalayan Range to the lake town of Pokhara below the Annapurnas. Spend an afternoon exploring the town and strolling along the lake shore. Trail takes trekkers to base camp of tenth tallest mountain of the world Mt. Annapurna (8091 m).
This Annapurna Sanctuary Trek presents a comprehensive exploration of the most hanging area in the 50 km Annapurna Range. This trekking package is designed to aid acclimatization with reasonable daily altitude increases. Setting of Annapurna Base Camp at 4130 m is unique and fairly spectacular, set amidst the majestic peaks of Annapurna I (8091 m), Annapurna South (7219 m), Machapuchhre (6993 m) and Hiunchuli (6441 m). ABC (4130 m) along the Machhapuchhre Base Camp is the ultimate destination for the trekkers in which the panoramic view of mountains never fail to dazzle. It’s ignored with the aid of the domineering peaks of Annapurna (8091m) and Machhapuchchhre (6993m), meaning “Fishtail” for its distinct summit.
14 days Annapurna Base Camp Trekking itinerary
Day 01:- Kathmandu-Pokhara (820m.) by drive 6 to 8 hrs, air 25 minute O/N hotel.
Day 02:- Drive to Nayapul same day Tikhedhunga (1540m.) 4 hrs walk O/N hotel.
Day 03:- Tikhedhunga-Ghorepani (2850m.) 6 hours walk and overnight hotel.
Day 04:- Climb up to Poon Hill (3210m.) in the morning, see sunrise in 180 degree
back down to hotel in Ghorepani & trek to Tadapani (2590m.) 6 hrs walk O/N hotel.
Day 05:- Tadapani-Chhomrong (2340m.) 5 hours walk and overnight hotel.
Day 06:- Chhomrong-Himalaya Hotel (2920m.) 6 hours walk and overnight hotel.
Day 07:- Himalaya Hotel-Annapurna Base Camp (4130m.) 6-7 hrs walk O/N hotel.
Day 08:- Morning view from ABC and trek to Bamboo (2335m.) 6 hrs walk O/N hotel.
Day 09:- Bamboo-Jhinu (1780m.) 5 hours walking and overnight hotel.
Day 10:- Rest day in Jhinu and enjoy with hot spring and overnight hotel.
Day 11:- Jhinu-Ghandruk (1940m.) 4 hours walking and overnight hotel.
Day 12:- Ghandruk-Deurali (2000m.) 6 hours walking and overnight hotel.
Day 13:- Deurali-Dhampus Phedi (1130m.) walk & drive to Pokhara 5 hrs O/N hotel.
Day 14:- Pokhara-Kathmandu by drive 6 to 8 hours, air 25 minute O/N hotel.
Further information contact below:-
Treks Himalaya Pvt. Ltd.
P.O.Box: 23044, Tarakeshwor-5,
Lolang, Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: 0097715169092
Mobile: 009779841433205
guidenepal@gmail.com
As I was getting ready to run out the door this morning (because I usually leave the house right about 7:58 - I live two minutes from work), Bailey became fixated on a couple of squirrels at the bird feeder. I had to go outside to get her to come back in and when I did, I saw a huge, beautiful spider web covered in dew in the crape myrtle tree.
This one was taken for (and edited to fit a little further) today's daily challenge, soft focus, at Photography_Beginners.
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A pelican busy prunning himself/herself on a cliff at La Jolla Shores in Southern California.
INFORMATION ON THE PELICAN:
A pelican is any of several very large water birds with a distinctive pouch under the beak belonging to the bird family Pelecanidae.
Along with the darters, cormorants, gannets, boobies, frigatebirds, and tropicbirds, pelicans make up the order Pelecaniformes. Modern pelicans are found on all continents except Antarctica. They occur mostly in warm regions, though breeding ranges reach 45° south (Australian Pelican, P. conspicillatus) and 60° North (American White Pelicans, P. erythrorhynchos, in western Canada). Birds of inland and coastal waters, they are absent from polar regions, the deep ocean, oceanic islands, and inland South America.
Pelicans are large birds with enormous, pouched bills. The smallest is the Brown Pelican (P. occidentalis), small individuals of which can be as little as 2.75 kg (6 lb), 106 cm (42 in) long and can have a wingspan of as little as 1.83 m (6 ft). The largest is believed to be the Dalmatian Pelican (P. crispus), at up to 15 kg (33 lb), 183 cm (72 in) long, with a maximum wingspan of nearly 3.5 m (11.5 ft). The Australian Pelican has the longest bill of any bird.
Pelicans swim well with their short, strong legs and their feet with all four toes webbed (as in all birds placed in the order Pelecaniformes). The tail is short and square, with 20 to 24 feathers. The wings are long and have the unusually large number of 30 to 35 secondary flight feathers. A layer of special fibers deep in the breast muscles can hold the wings rigidly horizontal for gliding and soaring. Thus they can exploit thermals to commute over 150 km (100 miles) to feeding areas.
Pelicans rub the backs of their heads on their preen glands to pick up its oily secretion, which they transfer to their plumage to waterproof it.
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The Church of the Ascension Lower Broughton, Manchester. Rededication of the church service and induction of the rev Canon Falak Sher as Rector. The celebrant for the serice was the Right Rev Philip North, Bishop of Burnley. Picture by Paul Heyes, Saturday November 19, 2022.
Ok, it's not really a raven, it's an American Crow, seen in a restaurant parking lot, but it reminded me of Edgar Allan Poe's poem, The Raven (exerpt below).
But the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door;
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore -
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking `Nevermore.'
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（BC區單隻介紹他們的故事，請看莊稚庭的FB塗鴉牆或潘貢丸的相簿）
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Stadium Business Summit 2018 at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. Awards evening and winners. Picture by Paul Heyes, Tuesday June 12, 2018.
Thousands demonstrated on Friday in Tahrir Square, demanding public trial of Mubarak, his interior ministry Habib el-Adly, and other regime figures.
The square and the surrounding streets since early morning have been emptied from all police and military presence. Most of the established political forces, most notably the Muslim Brothers, did not take part in the demonstrations.
The families of the martyrs were present, and demanded speedy trials of the police murderers, as it's becoming clear day by day that they will get away with what they did. More shockingly, most police officers who are currently undergoing trial still hold their positions (or have been promoted)! Demonstrators also denounced the brutal police crackdown on the protests in the square on Tuesday night and Wednesday.
Protesters marched, in solidarity with the detainees, by 4pm on the ministerial cabinet headquarters and the interior ministry. Policemen from inside the interior ministry's compound threw rocks and were making provocative gestures with their hands. Protesters responded by rocks and a shower of insults and chants against both the military and the police.
I've heard very strong chants, demanding the execution of Mubarak, Adly and Field Marshal Tantawi. While some are staging a sit in at the moment, others will resume protesting on Saturday, in the run up to the mass protests planned next Friday 8 July.
UN Women Fiji Multi-Country Office (MCO) was proud to participate in the Pacific Humanitarian Partnership (PHP) Meeting held 2-3 October in Suva, Fiji, which brought together the humanitarian community – including government, UN agencies, civil society organisations, social movements and international and national non-government organisations (INGOs and NGOs) – to share best practices and strengthen localisation of preparedness and response activities.
UN Women Fiji MCO Representative Aleta Miller spoke at the meeting’s opening session. UN Women also facilitated a joint session with Diverse Voices for Action and Equality (DIVA for Equality) to promote the visibility of gender and protection actors in humanitarian response – those who may not always be part of formal humanitarian structures but do vital work in their communities. Experiences were shared by national civil society members from across the Pacific region including FemLINKPacific/Transcend Oceania, Pacific Rainbows Advocacy Network (PRAN), Fiji Disabled Peoples Federation (FDPF), Women United Together Marshall Islands (WUTMI) and DIVA for Equality.
Photo credit: UN Women/Caitlin Clifford
Nautical collage part 2.
6 "Seahorse Soulmates Shadow Box" by beachchik
7 "Adventures of the Little Submarine - Illustrated Handbound Miniature Book" by Meowstro
8 "Nautical Oversized Canvas Slouch Bag" by 3Jane
9 "Blue Helmet Style Cap with Red and White Sailboats for 3-12 mos" by BabbidgePatch
10 "Capsized Photographic Print" by KyleJacobs
11 "Nautical Organic Cotton Bar Towels" by branchhandmade
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Jenna :)
I have been tagged by Samia apu
1, The first thing I do nowadays when I wake up is to turn on my laptop. its becoming a daily routine now.
2. I love tea. That's the other thing I need to drink in the morning. Ak cup chai.
3. Its been raining here in az. I want to go out but its really cold outside.
4. My previous pair of Vans lasted me 3 years.
5. I spend all my money on electronics. I rarely go to the mall for shopping.
6. I get all this amazing ideas before I go to bed. When I wake up, I forget all of those darn ideas.
7. My dad calls me Bigfoot.
8. I need to go to Bangladesh. Its been 3 years since I visited.
9. I have been wanting a mac for a while. Although I am a loyal PC guy. Same goes for Canon.
10. Cars are more attractive to me than girls. If I have to choose one only I would go with the big junk in the trunk. =p
Phew....I have written these facts twice. Last time I didn't save it and it was all gone :(
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The Stadium Business Summit 2023 at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. Picture by Paul Heyes, Wednesday June 28, 2023.
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The DSLR is crop frame, I used multiple shots at a much lower ISO and I edited both images subjectively to look their best. I didn't originally intend for these two shots to be put to a comparison, I just thought the results were interesting. There are things I prefer about both shots.
*I found out the lab underexposed the Provia by a full stop!*
If the Provia had been shot at a stop slower, it would probably be a lot prettier, but I shot it at 1/30sec handheld and that's what the meter asked for. At $23 a roll after processing, I wasn't interested in exposure bracketing my shots.
Also, if anyone knows what caused those big blue dots in my Provia, it's actually on the slides, the whole roll. I processed two other rolls at the same time and it's not on those.
A 60-foot granite monument, dedicated in 1932, is perched atop 90-foot-tall Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina commemorating the achievement of the Wright brothers. They conducted many of their glider tests on the massive shifting dune that was later stabilized to form Kill Devil Hill. Inscribed in capital letters along the base of the memorial tower is the phrase "In commemoration of the conquest of the air by the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright conceived by genius achieved by dauntless resolution and unconquerable faith." Atop the tower is a marine beacon, similar to one found in a lighthouse, that was installed to make the monument more "functional".
The tower was designed by Rodgers and Poor, a New York architectural firm; the design was officially selected on February 14, 1930. Prior to the memorial's construction, the War Department selected Captain William H. Kindervater of the Quartermaster Corps to prepare the site for construction and to manage the area landscaping. To secure the sandy foundation, Captain Kindervater selected bermuda grass to be planted on Kill Devil Hill and the surrounding area. He also ordered a special fertilizer to be spread throughout the area to promote grass and shrubbery growth and decided to build a fence to prevent animal grazing. With a strong foundation in place, the Office of the Quartermaster selected Marine Captain John A. Gilman to preside over the construction project. Construction began in October 1931 and with a budget of $213,000, the memorial was completed in November 1932. In the end, 1,200 tons of granite, more than 2,000 tons of gravel, more than 800 tons of sand and almost 400 tons of cement were used to build the structure, along with numerous other materials.
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☻ Ort: Südstadt • in Hannover • Region Hannover • Niedersachsen • Deutschland
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☻ Place.: Hanover Southtown • Hanover District • Lower Saxony • Germany
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Unsere Siamesische Gast* - Katze Mimi
hat unsere Herzen im Sturm erobert.
Manchmal ist sie zum Verlieben süß,
kann, scheinbar keiner Maus etwas tun.
und das ... nutzt sie schamlos aus. siehe hier
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Our Siamese Guest* - Cat Mimi
Wins our hearts by storm.
Sometimes it is to fall in love with sweet,
Apparently can she never hurt a mouse.
and that ... uses them shamelessly out. see here
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