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The predictions were for us to have an extremely cold winter with more snow than any year in the last 50.
So far it's not come true on the west coast. Lots of rain.
This image is a must in large on black.
Happy 2012 everyone!
My first set of 2012 predictions are: Chickens, Parrots, and creepy Irish dictators with hooks will take over the world.
Call it a foreshadowing of things to come ;)
The sun sets on a remote cove near Laupahoehoe on the Hamakua coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. No HDR.
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Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 17-40L @19
1/5th-second exposure @F11
LEE soft ND grad (100x150mm - 4x6in) 0.9 + 0.9
Lee foundation kit filter holder with Lee 77mm adapter ring
No polarizer.
ISO 125
RAW file processed with Capture One by Phase One
TIFF file processed with Photoshop
Small Slik Sprint mini II tripod
Manfrotto 322RC2 pistol-grip ball head
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Laupahoehoe (lowpa-hoy-hoy) is a small and incredibly beautiful penninsula on the east side of the Big Island, about 15 miles north of Hilo. There once was a town here until a tragic tsunami swept through in 1946 killing many people including students and teachers at a school. They moved the town up the hill about 400 feet to avoid this in the future. Today, you would never know that repeated tsunamis strike on a regular basis (big ones every 50 years or so, warnings every year). It is lush and green with a spectacular picnic area with party facilities. The name means "leaf-lava" and is named for the chunky leaf-shaped lava that lines many of its beaches.
This place is overlooked by most tourists because it is off the beaten path, but it is possibly my favorite place on the island aside from the two big valleys. It is a tough place for landscape photography though. The coast is sharp and rugged with black lava everywhere. Without perfect light, the lava does not show up on a photograph against the white very large surf. The beach is exposed with no coral reef so the waves are big and dangerous.
So, I hiked south of the point until I came to this cove with an angle that allowed me to see the sunset light. Although this view is at sunset, this is a sunrise beach except during May-August, and even then it is setting way to the left. Also, this is one of the few spots in the area with rounded rocks and encrusted lava that is not jet-black. This helps the photographic potential a lot!
This is yet another place that you MUST see if you visit the Big Island of Hawaii!
The map shows the exact location.
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My pictures are featured on the front page of the newly redesigned
The state Gov. of California website. Have a look! It is Flash with my pics cut into layers for a 3-d slideshow. If you are into building apps, the State has opened up lots of data to the public, so check it out!
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Google Earth
Simply the best way to scout out locations that there is. You can see sun angles and pre-visualize light under lots of different conditions. Sometimes you can actually pre-compose your shots! This has saved me many thousands of vertical feet of climbing by avoiding spots with blocked views etc.
Satellite imagery (choose 'National' for a local US region or use your fave website)
www.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/?wfo=mtr
Tide charting and preditions: (chose your area in US, other countries have similar websites)
tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.shtml?gid=235
Wave Heights (I choose 'North Pacific from Global')
polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/main_int.html
Or Here:
www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/RP1bw.gif
Photos of every inch of the California coastline from a small plane. Excellent for close in detailed views.
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A brief foray now into my film archive. I've been posting some recent colour conversions from digital RAW files, and a few shots that are very close to black and white in colour, but here's a true b&w photo, from more than 40 years ago. I was developing my own negatives in those days, hence the heavy grain (I would freely experiment with different films and developers). All I remember was walking along the sidewalk one April day and seeing this image whole: the graffiti and the building behind it, the meaning obvious, a bleak prediction. My job as photographer is to observe and record. One shutter click, then move on. Nitty gritty city. Sadly, the message has been prophetic for a lot of people.
Photographed in Victoria, BC (Canada); scanned from the original Tri-X negative, ISO 400. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 1977 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Stagecoach 15040 LX09AAO is seen pulling into Walthamstow Central in the winter sun, off to Stratford City. When the 97 tenders are announced I highly doubt these Scanias will last very long, my prediction is them going to do non London Stagecoach operations.
At the risk of giving you a bit too much Piggen, I present a slightly different angle and a detail of the Piggen weir on that lovely foggy day.
Deer Island, New Brunswick, Canada.
In July I went to the Bay of Fundy to photograph fishing weirs.
Weir fishing is a very old method of fishing - the stakes of an ancient fishing weir have been found near to the Bay of Fundy, in Maine, dating back over 5,000 years - and it has been practiced around the world in almost all seaside and riverine cultures going back millennia. Despite challenges, weir fishing continues to be practiced around the largest Bay of Fundy Islands (Grand Manan, Campobello and Deer Island), defying predictions over 40 years ago that it was about to die out. The herring may not come in the same numbers as they used to, but older weirs continue to be maintained and a few new weirs are being built in the hopes of big herring catches. The herring weirs are made from 40-70 foot long stakes pounded into the ocean floor, top poles (thinner, lighter birch or aspen poles around 12- 18 feet tall) and are hung with twine nets. When herring come in to the coastal areas in their huge shoals they are directed, by a fence attached to the shore, into the heart-shaped weir where they are trapped. Although all weirs follow the same design principle, each is unique, its shape dictated by the currents and counter-currents, the type of sea bottom (sand or rock) and whether or not it has an additional pen for holding herring.
If you would like to read about my trip through the largest Bay of Fundy islands of Grand Manan, Deer Island and Compobello Island, take a look at the blog post about my Bay of Fundy Islands trip. There is a an album for the fishing weir series, but you can also look at image from my trips to the Canadian Maritimes going back to 2014.
There were no northern lights last night in spite of amazing predictions of a great show... So this geysir "Strokkur" became the star of the night...
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So with the new DLC trailer that was released on Friday, there were some silhouettes teasing future DLC characters. Now you would just think that these silhouettes are just placeholders and aren't really what the characters would be. But after doing some research, I guess the DLC characters for Mortal Kombat X was teased the exact same way and their silhouettes lined up with who the characters actually were. So I'm going into this assuming the silhouettes are accurate to the actual character being teased. So I'm just going to go down from left to right and say who I think they are.
Beast Boy - Now I chose beast boy because this character has a rather slim and male figure, which lines up with Beast Boy. Also Beast Boy is a highly requested character, so I wouldn't be surprised if he's one of these characters.
Black Manta - Come on, this is Black Manta. And before you pull the "No way he's in that stage transition in Atlantis!" Well tell that to Brainiac in his own stage and Martian Manhunter in the first Injustice. It's probably going to be like if you choose Black Manta, Ocean Master or something will take his place in the stage transition.
Rorschach - Now it's been teased quite a bit that Watchmen characters could be in Injustice, and the figure looks like it's wearing a fedora with the points on the top of his head, and some sort of trench coat, like what Rorschach wears.
Etrigan the Demon - Now obviously this is a bigger character, and I just wanted Etrigan, there was no thought put into this one. Some are saying it could be Azrael, which I can buy too.
MARTIAN MANHUNTER - That's right, that ain't Raiden! Now the reason I chose Martian Manhunter is because I feel like this is a troll, it happened before with a DLC character in Mortal Kombat X with some sort of shape shifting character, and I will fight for Martian Manhunter to be back in Injustice until I die!
Mera - Now I chose Mera because this character is obviously female and if you see the top of her head, there's some points, which could be her crown.
Well those are my predictions, make sure to leave your's in the comments! And if you do, leave them in the same order I did so I know which character corresponds with silhouette.
Drank a Leninade this morning. Couldn't taste it though, it was too early and the day wasn't hot enough. Managed to get out and take some good street photos on the bus and around town but you won't see them till i get the film developed. Finished a roll of Tri-X and did a roll of T-Max, it was pretty fun, I'm back in action in Portland.
But as for this shot, it could be a prediction of the future of this country. When we are all in subsidized housing smoking out of communal ash-troughs on the smoke porch, because the United States has gone communist. I'm sort of already living in it. Could happen, I don't know.
Fortune telling is big in Japan. When the outlook is positive, one takes the prediction with them. When it is not so fortunate, it is folded and left at the temple.
Ozaki-jinja Shrine, Kanazawa, Japan.
i have no doubts that soon, at least a few of these little twirly-birds played hide and seek & will make their presence know on my front lawn this coming Spring 🌞
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Bodie Island Lighthouse
Nags Head/Bodie Island, North Carolina
I made a huge mistake last week. As some of you may know, I started shooting large format film a few months ago when I picked up a used 4X5 view camera. While that experience has been overwhelmingly positive so far, I’m still getting used to the process and making lots of newbie mistakes (and hopefully learning from them along the way). Some of you might be wondering “why start shooting film now?” That’s a great question and one that I’ll save answering for another time. The mistake I mentioned occurred when I tried to shoot a sunset with both my film camera and my DSLR at the Bodie Island Lighthouse. I was in the NC Outer Banks with the family last week for a little working vacation and I was checking The Photographer’s Ephemeris (TPE) several times daily for sunset color predictions using their newly integrated Skyfire algorithm (side note - if you’re not familiar with this, google it. it’s pretty cool. If you are a photographer and don’t use TPE mobile app, give it a look… it’s been invaluable to me for a few years now. and I’m not paid to endorse either product, but I do highly recommend at least TPE which costs around $8 in the app store. Skyfire has a 30 day free trial, but becomes a monthly subscription after that… something like $3-5 per month. I will be paying for it once my 30 day trial runs out). Skyfire was telling me that there was a 90% chance that Tuesday evening’s sunset would be epic. Given my familiarity with the locale and already knowing the composition I wanted ahead of time, I decided to carry both my digital and film gear with my primary objective being to come away with a good film exposure on either Fujifilm Velvia 50 or Kodak Ektar 100 (depending on the dynamic range of the scene, one film may be better suited than the other). The logic for carrying my DSLR was simply to hedge my bet that I would come away with a good image (being new to film, the possibility of a film failure is extremely high). That’s where I made the mistake. To shoot film takes a great deal of concentration and while I was so focused on getting a decent film exposure, I missed capturing the best part of the sunset with my DSLR. Don’t get me wrong, I do love this particular shot, but I missed the “epic” part of the sunset because the entire sky was only on fire for about 5 minutes. After that, the best light quickly trailed off to the right of this frame, so I had to recompose on the fly to keep the best light in the sky. I have to say that despite missing the entire sky lit up, I’m pretty happy with this one.
I sent my undeveloped film off to a lab in New York yesterday so now it’s time to sit back and play the waiting game, which I don’t mind and is actually kind of fun. It’s kind of like Christmas when that box shows back up at your doorstep and your heart races as you open it and put the developed film on a light table. The waiting is one thing that I thought I wouldn’t like about shooting film, but I found it to be pretty exhilarating. I just hope I captured the best part of that sunset on film! We shall see…
Thanks for looking!
I see in colour and find B&W difficult. I really concentrated on the comp and what would make a good square crop. It is really difficult because the sky does not always conform to the vision. Olga
Look into my crystal ball and see what you can predict for Super Bowl XLII... :)
my predictions...??
... one of the most frequently whispered questions as guests arrive for Super Bowl parties today will be "who is playing?"...
... it may rain in Phoenix... in Phoenix...?? oh yeah...
... most commercials will actually see more air-time online than on television... what? have you not seen them all aready...??
... Tom Petty will not perform “You Don’t Know How It Feels”... but many folks hope he brings Stevie Nicks with him...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGgNpSwwF6A
... pig-in-a-blanket will be on many home buffet tables... ;))
what do you see for Super Bowl Sunday in the crystal ball...?? your predictions...??
and who would have predicted this would make Explore...!! thanks for all of your comments, favs and appreciation...!!
“Tomorrow’s Car? New designs place the engine behind. Colored transparent plastic forms top, upper half of body and tail fin.
“Streamline from nose to tail, looking like a giant aerial bomb on wheels, this model from a leading independent car manufacturer has its engine lifted bodily from the conventional forward spot and set down near the rear axle in what would be a 1940 car’s trunk compartment. Although still in normal alignment, the engine and transmission are operated by remote control from the single driver’s seat placed up in the very nose of the car, where the operator can take full advantage of his unlimited field of vision, unhampered by any trace of bulky fenders or engine hood.
“Back of the driver, in a compartment that looks as roomy as a small living room, the passengers relax in comfortable unpholstered chairs, positioned nearly in the center of the car body, as far as possible from the axles, and at the point where vibration and road shock are at a minimum. Light pours in through a transparent top and, as the teardrop car purrs down the highway, no trace of noise or odor from the engine in the rear has any chance of annoying those in the passenger compartment.” [Text from the accompanying article]
A car assembled from the front end of a Volkswagen bus, the tail end of a plane and the top of a Vistadome train
"Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future!"
-- Niels Bohr
Smile On Saturday-Happy Feet
I've had these very comfortable Clogs by Predictions for 23 years. These are made of woven leather. They are a bit worn around the edges but still in very good shape.
Mr. Fred the Horse, no relation to Mr. Ed, can predict snow. Just before it snows, the glue holding his body to his head becomes brittle and snaps leaving Mr. Fred's head bodiless. You can hear Mr. Fred exclaim, "Dagnabbit, it's going to snow!"
Stansberry Lake, Washington 2018
In this fifteen minute exposure, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher as it is rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building from Launch Pad 39B, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA made the decision to rollback based on the latest weather predictions associated with Hurricane Ian. NASA’s Artemis I mission is the first integrated test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, SLS rocket, and supporting ground systems. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
* PREDICTION MIDOAROSA TATTOO FACE *
BXB
* CHARLOTTE HEADPIECE *
EVENTO HARAJUKO
SIX FEET UNDER
* OJOS XCI *
SHIMMER SHOP
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concrete oracle made with concrete, scratch marks and paint
Vorhersage.
Betonorakel aus Beton, Kratzmarkierungen und Farbe.
Altocumulus clouds have several patchy white or gray layers, and seem to be made up of many small rows of fluffy ripples. They are lower than cirrus clouds, but still quite high. They are made of liquid water, but they don’t often produce rain.
Predictions. Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury, Lara Robinson, Liam Hemsworth... 2009. One of my favorites movie.
Let's tell the future
Let's see how it's been done.
By numbers. By mirrors. By water.
By dots made at random on paper.
By salt. By dice.
By meal. By mice.
By dough of cakes.
By sacrificial fire.
By fountains. By fishes.
Writing in ashes.
Birds. Herbs.
Smoke from the altar.
A suspended ring or the mode of laughing
Pebbles drawn from a heap
One of these things
Will tell you something.
Suzanne vega,,,,,,,,,,,,,