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“We should not be upset with others that hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves.”
Building takes a long time in Second-Life, even if you are proficient in it to the point where others strive to try and learn from you. On a smaller scale, detail is always pleasant; but the bigger scale you go. The more problems arise, too many to start listing off. Finding motivation each day as well as new ideas, styles, techniques and then small things in general that would help you improve on a daily basis is.. Exhausting really.
A lot of people will say "Oh I wish I could draw/sing/dance/build/sports/etc. like you! Mine suck!" A master has failed more times than a beginner has tried, by no means am I master of my hobby. The further I delve into it, the more frustrating it gets. Especially when you strive for the perfect balance of detail, atmosphere and more.
My birthday was very recent, which I got to go shopping at Midnight Order and Warehouse with some friends. My favorite of them all are the brand new eyes that Aiizawa had made.
This shot would have been much more fun to do if the wind was not blowing the leaves all over! Those damn autumn winds!
Cockney London Pub
Padova Jazz Club
Correzzola (PD)
Dario Volpi/chitarra, Andrea Pimazzoni/sax tenore, Mattia Magatelli/contrabbasso, Marco Carlesso/batteria
[two points of view] :: musings with mark valentine
detail from a collection of 'exploratory sketches' for an exhibition of videos by Grazia Toderi, on display till Oct 31st, 2010 within one of the beautiful exhibition spaces at the Serralves Foundation Museum, Porto, Portugal
It was a sudden and intense sunset, so I wanted to capture it. The first location is where I should have stayed in hindsight, but this shot is nonetheless a great representation of the beaches of Cornwall at sunset.
Anghiari è un borgo toscano in provincia di Arezzo.
La sua fama nasce dal fatto di essere stata teatro della battaglia combattuta nell'anno 1440 tra i Fiorentini e i Milanesi, e in seguito dipinta da Leonardo da Vinci.
Il suo centro storico è ottimamente conservato e merita di essere visitato.
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Anghiari is a Tuscan village in the province of Arezzo (Italy).
The fame of the village stems from the fact that it was the scene of the battle fought in the year 1440 between Milan and Florence and later painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
Its historical center is well preserved and deserves to be visited.
As I think back over the past year one of my most memorable trips was to the Subway in Zion National Park. This is a place I definitely want to revisit but with so many beautiful places on this Earth it will have to it will just have to wait it's turn!
I typically use some hdr in my images but the light was uniform enough in the Subway itself that this one is from a single raw exposure.
View the entire Zion, Bryce and The Subway Set
View the entire Utah-Arizona Set
View my - Most Interesting according to Flickr
Got in a bit closer for this one and used 'live composite' mode to get the length. This is a great feature on the OM-1 that lets you catch 'sneak peaks' of how the long exposure is progressing at set intervals.
Olympus OM-1 w M.Zuiko 100-400/5-6.3 IS
ISO1000 f/11 400mm 60s
Single frame raw developed in DxO PhotoLab 8.7.1, colour graded in Nik 8 Color Efex and finished off back in PhotoLab.
Looking close... on Friday! theme: Progression in Size
Thank you everyone for your visits, faves, and kind comments
A person, who values the beauty of nature and ambient in the world, far richer and happier than those, who did not notices this.
Marthe continue à progresser dans les effets du décor pour son tableau. Elle a travaillé plus finement le sol et les rochers.
Here's another slide I just recently had scanned. This one is from early November just as the leaves were falling off the trees. I started hiking early in the morning and just happened to be at a few of the right spots at the right times to catch some classic glowing light. It had been a longtime goal of mine to shoot some 6x17 slides of the narrows and I'm really happy with the result. For some reason though, I still can't seem to find a white/color balance that looks right to me in this photo, but I think I'm done working on it for a while. I might revisit it in a few weeks to see if I want to make any changes.
Fuji G617
Velvia 50
Like most of us in the northern hemisphere, I'm done with winter. Happens every year around this time. As we enter March, there's a growing impatience with winter cold, snow and ice. But even though the cold lingers, the increasing presence of the sun is a source of comfort. The change in the past few weeks is nothing short of dramatic. The sun rides much higher in the sky now, and the heat emitted is that much stronger. I really notice it driving in my car on a sunny day, the greenhouse effect that send the interior temperature to 80+ degrees even when the outdoor temperature is below freezing. Photographically everything has changed now in terms of light and shadow. Winter photos are still feasible, but the character is simply not the same as December and January. This is one reason I spent so much time outdoors trying to capture the sun at its nadir. The strange shadows caused by the low sun angle fascinated me. Noon-time shadows reaching out toward me that could not form until early evening on a summer day. Also the diminution of the sun to little more than a small glow spot on the horizon. A light source that could actually be photographed in the same frame as the surrounding landscape with everything properly exposed. Almost mission impossible with the blazing bright sun of a July afternoon. A sun so bright you could barely even look in its direction. I yearn for that sun, but in the depth of winter all that really matters to me is trying to capture whatever light emerges from the darkness. This scene appeared before me near the end of several hours hiking around on a freezing cold winter day. A point at which my mind was no longer functioning quite the same way as when the hike began. Not sure why I lingered so long, perhaps intuition kept me from returning to the warmth of my home. That's when the sun emerged from the thick clouds that had shielded it all afternoon. The scene before contained all of the elements of my idealized 'snow noir' vision. Long and dark shadows, contrasted by a bright but very contained sun. backlighting, killer clouds, and as if to ice the proverbial cake, snow flurries falling from the clouds still directly over me. Brightness emerging from darkness, both held in a delicate balance, and the moment frozen in time.