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For years, I've always had the cheapest of tripods. Probably, because when it comes to equipment that is not really for life-support, I settle for the most practical and functional -- and cheapest too. Its amusing, that in this city, a cup of coffee for my breakfast is more expensive than this tripod. But think again, if you're laughing now. My tripods can tell you that no matter how cheap they are they have been to places many of you haven't. They have been all over the world with me, literally. I can only try to enumerate and can't guarantee I wouldn't miss a thing this tripod has been to. If you're interested where the tripod has been to, read on. If not, stop here, it might be too long for you.
The Philippines -- Ilocos Norte: Laoag, Pagudpud, the windmills of Bangui, Bacarra, and to Ilocos Sur: to Bantay church, to the sand dunes and Vigan. To Tarlac, Pampanga and Zambales, through lahar and through the crater Lake of Mt. Pinatubo, partially dipped in its partially sulfuric water. Through rains and volcanic rocks. The the old cemeteries of Clark field. To Cavite: tagaytay, and its famous Taal Lake -- and on the volcano island. Batangas - Nasgubo and Taal, places and mountains of Laguna. Manila of course. Most of the places at the Metro. Albay - on the slopes of the smoldering Mt. Mayon, and tributaries and rivers around it. the caves of Camalig, it was there too. And to Palawan: Puerto Princesa, Honda Bay, Underground River -- the limestone cliffs and pristine white beaches. Aklan - of course, there's the boring overly visited Boracay and around that small island, and Kalibo. Negros -- Bacolod and Dumaguete, the capitals of the two provinces of the island. Cebu -- ah, there's too many places to mention, from the exotic Hilton Hotel, to Marco polo -- the one on the hill, to crown regency the tallest, to the beaches east of Mactan Island, to the southern municipalities, and in the middle of Dalaguete's mountain range. To Camiguin, amid all its volcanoes and its frustrating black beaches, except for the one off shore -- the white beach, the underground cemetery and the hot springs. Cagayan de Oro and its river, and some caves on its riverbank. To Siquijor, into the smallest of caves passable, and the mystic mountain of Bandilaan, and the white beach of San Juan and elsewhere in the Island, the municipalicity of Lazi, whose convent is more intriguing than it looks. Ozamiz city and its nearby municipities -- part of the places where I grew up. To samar and leyte, and walking across the San Juanico Bridge. Tacloban -- into the grand Imelda Mansion. And you think all these places are boring because its in the Philippines...
...the tripod can tell you more. To the United States, from the four seasons of New England, Boston, Washington DC and the streets of New York. The historical places of Massachusetts, Concord and Lexington. Cambridge, and walking down Harvard hall. To Connecticut visiting Yale. Walking on the streets of New york, daylight and nighttime, watching the leaves fall at Central Park, watching it covered by snow, and watching the cherry blossoms too. The escapades of Baltimore(Maryland), and Philadelphia(Pennsylvania). Hmmm... I can't enumerate them all. Washington DC and Virginia. Walking around the city of Cleveland, in Ohio, in st. Louis, Missouri, it took my self-portraits on long stretches of deserted areas of Route 66, on my way to Chicago. Visiting Lincoln's tomb at Springfield, Illinois. On a cruise yacht at Lake Michigan, with the Chicago skyline in full view. In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the beer capital of the United States. Spending time at San Francisco, and all its historical places. To Los Angeles, from Venice Beach, the the financial district, to that small famous town called Hollywood.
To the streets of Singapore, its modern architecture, to its zoo and the bird park of Jurong, to its cable cars at Mt. Faber, and the well created artificial (well, most of it) island of Sentosa, the Esplanade and the Fullerton, to Little India and the windows of China town and Joo Chiat. To Malaysia, the cities of Penang, Ipoh, Malacca, Seramban and Kuala Lumpur. To places in Gombak(Malaysia), the Batu Caves. The Federal site of Putra Jaya. On the skybridge of Petronas twin towers, and the shopping complex of Bukit Bintang. To Taiwan -- Taipei and neighboring cities, chiang Kai Shek memorial Hall, Taipei 101 and the national art museum. To Thailand and all its cultural art.
...and to Europe, from Frankfurt(Germany), to Austria. Soaked in Rain and seawater in Venice, Italy. Was there in Florence too. Helped me with bracketing shots at the cathedral square of Pisa and around Tuscany. Rome, among the ancient world, at the Colosseum and the old Roman forum, and taking shots of the old structures built by Roman emperors you can now only see in history books. Inside the walls of the Vatican, the seat of the Roman Catholic Church. And in Paris of course, where this photo is taken. To Normandy -- the D-Day landing sites and parts of Omaha beach. To Amsterdam, Belgium, Zurich and Munich...
...and there will be more.
Model: Lian Lev
Nikon D7000
Nikon 85mm 1.8
One bare CTB'd YN560 on garage door
One SB-28 with 1/4 CTO through a gridded Medium Beauty dish
Triggered with YN602
Taken during a lighting course today:-)
"The secret of the magic of life consists in using action in order to attain non-action. One must not wish to leap over everything and penetrate directly." - Lu Yen
"The power of Thought, the magic of the Mind!"- Lord Byron
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Sadly this building burned in 2014. www.sovanow.com/index.php?/news/article/lightning_strike_...
Unexpectedly finding this old home was pleasurable and sad, pleasurable for obvious reasons and sad for the state of deterioration. The house is presented in sepia not for artistic but for practical reasons; the sky was terrible in the color photos, and sepia does allow for clearer display of details. The lengthy portion below is some of what I’ve discovered historically and architecturally about this home. It was, until recently, owned by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries and is located in the Dick Cross Wildlife Management Area. Apparently the title has been transferred to the Historical Society of Mecklenburg, which presumably is planning to revitalize the house.
The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places 27 July 1979 with
ID #79003053. The Virginia Department of Historic Resources ID is #058-0066
Elm Hill, a plantation home in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, was built around 1800, undoubtedly replacing an earlier home. The original landowner was Hugh Miller, of Prince George County, Virginia, who died in England in 1763. Before his death, he had probably constructed some sort of residence on the property. The property passed to his two daughters, Anne and Jean, the first and second wives of Sir Peyton Skipwith, known as the owner of Prestwould plantation also in Mecklenburg. The structure sits on a hill and before the construction of John H. Kerr Dam and Reservoir overlooked the Roanoke River (now Lake Gaston). It once had elm trees 4 feet in diameter in front yard, hence the name.
It’s a frame 2 1/2 story house (if attic is counted) of molded weatherboard, T-shaped, each side of the main body with a wing and each wing with a small porch at the entrance. It has a gabled tin roof, originally shingle, with no dormers and with plain wood cornices. Evidence (according to the VDHR nomination form for the National Register) points to the wings once having hipped roofs. There used to be 2 pink sandstone chimneys, one on each side of the main body of the house and the wings. It’s possible the rubble in front is the chimney stones. The 17 windows, now boarded up, were 9/9 sash in main body and 9/6 sash in the wings. The shutters had open and shut type slats. At the front entrance was a one-story porch with round columns (possibly Tuscan) and round handrails; originally the house had a porch that extended to the cornice.
Overall there were 8 rooms with 10-foot ceilings; wainscoting was commonly used on the 1st level. Interior doors were 6-panel painted doors and made of heavy heart pine; the walls were plastered and the floors were also of heavy heart pine. The timbers were sawed with whipsaw and rafters had marks of broad-axe; shop made nails and wooden pegs were used throughout. A stairway in the back ell led to both 2nd level and the basement with hewn stone walls and wide oak floor boards. The basement contained a wine cellar, a storage room and the kitchen
Two other buildings are supposedly on the property—a smoke house probably dating from time of house and a crib or milk-house, possibly from the mid-19th.
If you finished this, thank you for your tolerance of my desire for information.
An early photo of Elm Hill in better condition with chimneys and porch is at www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Mecklenburg/Elm_H...
The VDHR nomination form to the National Register is at www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Mecklenburg/058-0...
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Sorry for all the uploads, but I forgot about this shot and it makes me giggle :P Cherry just being the usual 'drama queen' because the attention isn't all hers, Rusty being the big thick head wondering whats happening, and Biscuit who acts like he has ADHD slowly trying to edge away from the other two since he doesn't like to sit still!
TED: "It's Father's Day tomorrow, so while Dad wuz out today we got bizzy an' wrote out a card fer him an' rapped 'is prezzies - sum invisible socks (cuz 'e wuz sayin' 'e wanted sum) an' a pair of canvas daps fer him to ware in the summer, if we gets one. The card's got sheep on it, so I wrote inside "we luv ewe" hehehe!"
GINGER: "I hope he likes those canvas shoes, Nobby and I saved up for weeks to buy them, but we've kept the receipt."
NOBBY: "He's sure to like the socks because Mum said he nearly bought some while they were on holiday, and he likes canvas shoes anyway. I think we're on to a winner."
TED: "Well, if he don't like 'em I'm returnin' 'em to the shop fer a refund an' spendin' the munny on sweets instead!"
GINGER and NOBBY: "Oh TED!!"
Following the London Co-operative Society opening its first self-service shop in 1942, the co-operative movement led the way on the development of self-service stores to the point where, by the 1950s, 90% of self-service shops in the UK were self service. The Co-operative movement
was a catalyst for the emerging multiple-store supermarket chains, which forced the Co-op to come to terms with the rise in consumerism and move it away from its association with the "working poor" rather than a more prosperous working class.
( thanks to Jeff Wharton ( flic.kr/p/2pdtzJB ) for photo of re enactor lady waiting for the shop to open, background street photo from timepix.uk ( no. 52 / 834 ) is corner of No. 756 Middleton Road West Manchester, England, not dated
French postcard by Imp. Georges Lang, Paris, offered by Chocolats Tobler. Image: Walt Disney.
Practical Pig is one of the three little pigs of the classic Silly Symphonies short Three Little Pigs (Burt Gillett, 1933) and its three follow-up shorts, The Big Bad Wolf (Burt Gillett, 1934), Three Little Wolves (Burt Gillett, David Hand, 1936), and The Practical Pig (Dick Rickard, 1939). The three pigs are constantly targeted by the Big Bad Wolf, who wants to eat them for dinner.
The Three Little Pigs (1933) was phenomenally successful with audiences of the day, so much that theatres ran the cartoon for months after its debut, to a great financial response. A number of theatres added hand-drawn "beards" to the movie posters for the cartoon as a way of indicating how long its theatrical run lasted. The cartoon is still considered to be the most successful animated short ever made and remained on top of animation until Disney was able to boost Mickey's popularity further by making him a top merchandise icon by the end of 1934. The Three Little Pigs won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 1934. In 1994, it was voted #11 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field. In 2007, The Three Little Pigs was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
The Practical Pig (1939) was the only Silly Symphony to be billed as a 'Three Little Pigs' cartoon. It's also the final Silly Symphony to feature the Three Little Pigs, Big Bad Wolf, and the Three Little Wolves. Fiddler and Fifer are caught by the Big Bad Wolf while swimming. But things backfire when the wolf tries to get Practical Pig; he is caught instead. Practical Pig uses his new lie detector to get the information about his two brothers from the wolf.
Source: Disney Wiki and IMDb.
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The Roland 303 is often described as hypnotic or transcendent.
For me, it’s something more practical than mystical.
When patterns lock in, something becomes coherent.
Not higher. Not better. Just aligned.
It’s a state where rhythm, repetition and intuition synchronize —
extremely effective for creation, but not something to live in constantly.
The machine doesn’t elevate consciousness.
It focuses processing.
And when the body signals it’s enough, I step out of it.
I’m not chasing a state.
I’m using a tool.
--- old post---
There was a time when the the Roland TB-303 Bass Synthesizer was considered a failure.
Too strange. Too unstable. Too different from what it was supposed to be.
It ended up cheap, ignored, misunderstood.
Until people realized it wasn’t broken —
it was operating on multiple frequencies at once.
Nothing about the machine changed.
Only the understanding did.
Some minds work the same way.
Fast. Layered. Intense.
Not because they want to — but because that’s how they are wired.
Note from myself: Powerful in bursts — costly without boundaries.
Sometimes we need anchors.
Not to slow down, but to stay grounded while everything moves.
If this resonates with you, you’re not malfunctioning.
You might just be operating differently —
and waiting to be understood.
--- end old post---
- Amon the Purple
This photo has just made it in the Practical Photography Magazine which is on page 90 in May edition
Strainer with nylon bag to peel potatoes, making as little mess as possible and taking up little space.
Nothing is more practical
than finding God,
that is,
than falling in love
in a quite absolute,
final way.
What you are in love with,
what seizes your imagination,
will affect everything.
It will decide
what will get you out of
bed in the morning,
what you will do
with your evenings,
how you spend
your weekend,
what you read,
what you know,
what breaks your heart,
and what amazes you
with joy and gratitude.
Fall in love,
stay in love,
and it will decide everything.
-Pedro Arrupe, S.J.
Beck from the dizzy heights of Lindy Bop, this was my outfit for a shopping trip to Midhurst that netted 2 skirts, a top and some additional pieces of jewellery. One of the skirts is Red Herring and the other an identical one to a pretty one that my late wife used to wear. My Outfit today was a white A line M&S classics skirt with a t-shirt and summer jacket.
Jane xxx
This was the picture I entered into the travel round of Practical Photographys competition.
Now I knew it wasn't going to win but I always like to throw something into the mix, especially if it's free to enter lol but the marks my picture got upset me a little.
Practical Photgraphy mark your picture in two areas Technical and creativity and will mark you out of 5 stars for each one.
They marked me 3 stars in each one which means I didn't get anywhere in the comp but what upset me was the marking of the creativity side, I mean I went to a train station used off camera flash, provided props to suit the scene, got my daughter to hold my legs and lay on the floor to look naughty, set up the camera with a slowish shutter speed to blur a speeding train whizzing through the station, and had only one chance to get it.
WTF I feel this was a bit above average for creativity lol.
I know pictures are subjective but i suppose it hurts a little with the amount of effort we put into this shot.
Can't wait to see what shots they choose so I can compare the creative side, perhaps they will prove me wrong and the winners will not only be stunning but the creativity side will jump out of the magazine and I will look at it and say now I know why mine was rated as average.
I would love your honest opinion and please be truthful with your comment as i would like to know if I'm being over sensitive.
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...Dressed for the season!
This a little more conservative than I usually go for, but sometimes nature dictates that wearing something to keep you comfortable when its cold outside is the practical way to go!
I got myself dressed in the car again for rare weekday evening out! This time it was a special occasion- to (belatedly) celebrate Kimberly's birthday at Freddie's Beach Bar! ...And of course there had to be pictures! I got Cindy to snap some for me just to show off this lovely (and sensible!) new minidress!
My ensemble for the evening consists of a recently arrived lycra blend gray knit minidress with a gold floral embroidered appliqué from greatglam.com, layered over my black & gold lurex lycra spandex leggings from fredericks.com and my leather look flat soled knee boots from chadwicks.com.
To see more pix of me in other tight, sexy and revealing outfits click this link:www.flickr.com/photos/kaceycdpix/sets/72157623668202157/
To see more pix of me in other outfits from Great Glam click this link: www.flickr.com/photos/kaceycdpix/sets/72157621973539909/
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Steel shot-activated targets during a PG Practical Shoooters - www.facebook.com/pgpracticalshooters (PGPS) IDPA Match at the Protective Services Training Academy (PSTA)
Space was at a premium in my former apartment's bathroom. I installed these shelves and tried to keep them practical and pleasing at the same time. The wooden box is a vintage cigar box holding nail polish. I picked up the basket second-hand, and I purchased the framed drawing of a ship at a tiny flea market in Vermont many years ago.
Iconic, robust, practical. This is my 3rd version of the iconic ship that has graced the screens, tv shows and in print. I took a step back from my first version and reworked the entire model.
Red 5, Luke's main ship. Stickers from the UCS model and custom ones were used. I may add more later, but that may be for the Gray model version.
Many other x-wing designs have come since my 2016 model as well as new LEGO parts that helped shape this ship.
Like my original design this model features a durable internal structure and frame that allows you to hold the ship in front of the cockpit.
I also included internal components like my previous model to help define the various parts shown in the X-Wing cross sections. Life support, compressors, coils, power converters, power generator, flight computer, repulsorlift, hydraulic lines, communications antenna, sensor computer, primary sensor array, and a functional cargo bay.
The Landing gear was another story. Since my model is a display one I wanted to not have a working rear landing gear until LEGO develops more curved slopes that would help shape the engines. Instead, I used a similar design from my previous model to swap out for landing mode or flight mode. The front landing gear fits snug into the ship.
I am particularly proud that my cockpit design from version 1 found its way back into my latest model with slight modifications to allow the side panels to properly stay together.
Custom parts are used here. I Cut a few curved windows to make the Laser magnetic flashback suppressors. I also cut a ribbed flexible hose to fit inside the cockpit. I took a flat 2x2 tile and drilled a hole inside it to slide the technoic axle through. LEGO currently has a 2x2 round tile with a hole, but I needed a square one.
Brickarms has great monoclips and u-clips that work great for smaller ideas, such as my joystick or holding parts inside the cylinders.
The stand design is great, but I think it would work better if I swap out some parts and have several technique axles run through it and into the x-wing.
The elder chick has been practicing to fly for about 10 days now. Today, at 82 days old he did his longest run of nearly 200 meter and did not take off. He will fly very soon.
Loons are excellent divers and have heavy bones, unlike most birds that have “hollow” bones. This is the reason they need such a long ran to get airborne.