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I think it's safe to say I am partial to historical villages and potential they hold for still life vignettes. I am especially drawn to old bottles. Sherbrooke Village has a wonderful apothecary store full of originally packages bottles, boxes and tins.
I love the fact the bottle the image is named after says:
Chronic Weaknesses and Complaints related to Women!
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Just over a week ago, the radar showed a potential break in the storm that was raining up and down the west coast of California. So what does any self respecting seascape photographer do? I made my way to one of my favorite local spots and enjoyed the stormy light at the beach.
This is the infamous "hole" in Hole in the Wall beach. I've passed through here hundreds of times, often running from the waves that wash through here. The tide was pretty low on this evening, and the arch was taller than usual as the storms had scoured out a lot of sand. The low tide did allow for some nice sunset reflections vs. having water movement in the foreground. I'd like to try this composition again with more waves, but the sand has already started to build back up and the interesting rocks along the bottom are starting to get covered up.
This image easily had too much dynamic range for a single exposure and is a result of double processing a single RAW file and blending it with a bracketed "fused" image using the Exposure Fusion function in Photomatix. I am keen to try more advanced image blending techniques for shots such as this where traditional filter use and single exposures just don't work.
Anyway, hope everyone had a great weekend and as always, thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it!
Nikon D300
Nikon 12-24mm @ 12mm
-bracketed exposures at f11, ISO 200 fused and blended with a single RAW file
-Tony Kuyper's luminosity masks and color tools used extensively to better balance the image
The first spring Peony to open up and show its full potential.
Of course I had to photograph it. That is what I do! :-)
Diptych collaboration with Mark. For the Diptych_This! group
Left: mine
Right: his
both undefined images
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APAG are printing a catalogue of 60 international artists in conjunction with UNICEF. The brief was to create a piece of work around the theme of childhood and UNICEF's key values... this is my submission!
It's intended to illustrate the potential within all children, in all situations, all of the time, everywhere. Not all children are given the best start in life. UNICEF help ensure those less privileged children are offered the same chance to develop their potential, regardless of their situation.
The numerous columns of text on the buildings describe everything from child poverty and hunger, to childhood diseases, childrens rights and the goals of UNICEF.
:-)
"Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land.
Thus the little minutes,
Humble though they be,
Make the mighty ages
Of eternity."
- Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
North American Rockwell OV-10A 67-14615 (N93LM) at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, June 1997. Scanned from Fujifilm Provia 35mm transparency.
A local woodland, which I guess has a limited lifespan......In a rather desperate search for anything to photograph on this grey August day, I went walking with just a prime and picked out details....and quite enjoyed it too.
With only one P42DC, Amtrak Train No. 4, the eastbound "Southwest Chief", heads over Rock Creek JCT on Main Track 3 of the KCT East-West Corridor before entering the BNSF Marceline Sub at Congo. They left KCY 1 hour and 33 minutes late this morning.
Why only one unit today? Well, they did arrive in Kansas City with the usual pair of P42DC's, but the Charger on last night's Lincoln Service Train No. 319 suffered mechanical issues around Hermann, MO, and though they did make it all the way into KC, they didn't want to risk anymore potential service disruptions on the way back to Chicago this morning. So, the plan was conceived last night to remove the lead unit off this morning's No. 4, AMTK No. 176, and use it for this morning's No. 318 from KCY to CHI.
I'm sure you're thoroughly shocked to hear a Siemens Charger nearly broke down again. 12/1/24.
Never judge a photographer by the size of their tripod!
Taken by Jeff Welker while I was composing the previous post of the DC-7B.
Exam next Friday. Potentially going camping afterwards so I should get some more interesting shots there I assume! I have 1-2 more photos to upload from this day at the beach. I'll get around to that sooner or later.
My first explore! Woohoo! Thank you to all my lovely contacts! Kind of fitting that my 100th upload is my first explore, no? Please feel free to browse through some of my other beach work!
On another note, I hope you're all well. Thanks for your kind comments all.
Take care,
Ben
This dress was inspired by Teika, who inspires me every single day! I love this dress, but it doesn't compare to the dress it was inspired by!
Gwen Guthire is not exactly a common household name though she scored some “big hits”. Yet, on the scales of fame what could count for more than singing back-up for Aretha Franklin, or for composing the soul/funk standard “Supernatural Thing” for Ben E. King?
Those two accomplishments are enough on my scales, but what adds interest to the Gwen Guthrie story is that three years after “Supernatural Thing” was released, the Newark, NJ born composer/singer relocated to Jamaica and began working with some of the island’s top reggae musicians, most notably Peter Tosh.
I’d like to know how she settled on that direction, but I took note at the time “Padlock” (1983) was released that she was working with the heavy-duty Jamaican rhythm section of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare. This kind of collaboration was facilitated by Island Records whose roster included all those concerned. (Sly and Robbie also famously worked with Grace Jones). Even so, Guthrie later stated that Island Records’ president Chris Blackwell, " . . . tried to hold me back, not letting me realize my full potential. I don’t believe in that. That’s why I left. Slavery is over, honey." Wow, how frequently has that happen in the history of recorded music? Exactly . . . Peter Tosh had the same kind of beef with Blackwell.
Back to the music (thankfully) . . . Gwen did some hit making with Sly and Robbie including the above. She also came up with another curious career juxtaposition, becoming known as the “First Lady of Paradise Garage” by way of this music: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Garage
It started to rain as we pulled out of the driveway for a Sunday drive with cameras in the back seat - and continued to do so much of the day. On to plan B, we picked up an apple pie at a nearby farm bakery and a freshly baked round of sourdough bread that makes my mouth water just thinking about it. We did stop at a couple of spots for pictures on the way home - until the rain started again. I saw some potential in this image with "Sliders Sunday." It's not quite processed to the max but was certainly boosted for effect.