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Was cleaning up and rearranging my displays. Took this chance to shoot my Optimus Prime/Convoy collection. It just struck me this is the first time shooting all my Optimus together!
Hardly a complete collection. I've basically skipped the Armada, Energon and Cybertron series. No Beast stuff either.
Along the E&N Trail - 3 (of 24) - Sony A77 II with Vivitar 55 mm 1:2.8 Auto Macro Prime (OM Mount) & Fotodiox OM to SN(A) Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
I'm experimenting (always) with some old prime lenses....
one of our dogs was watching us working in the garden, exactly on the same spot, the sparrowhawk was resting the other day...
( We've found Boomer ( and the other 2 dogs) on a site for selling used goods !!!! )
Tramonto all'Osservatorio Astronomico G.V. Schiaparelli di Varese. 13 Novembre 2011.
© Mauro Del Romano
website: www.drmaurophotography.com
Amazon Prime Air (Air Transport International) Boeing 767-323(ER)(BDSF)(WL) N397AZ pulls up the gear after lifting off of Runway 28 R at Chicago O'Hare enroute to Phoenix Sky Harbor Interational as Air Transport International 3458.
Cobra Prime Tech Mitsubishi L200 fire control Demonstrator The Emergency Service Show Birmingham NEC 2014
March 2020, the first days and weeks of COVID lockdown in France... Having been head of the Legal Department in a world-leading biotech company for 12 years before I retired, I am quite accustomed to dealing with emerging pathogens and what’s to be done in such a case.
Therefore, as soon as I heard and confirmed factual reports about what was happening in China (and that was early January 2020), I knew what would be coming and I quietly began to stock gloves and masks —not those ridiculous surgery masks that don’t help much, but the FFP3 masks that have genuine filtration and protection capabilities, such as the one in this photo. My wife mocked me at the time, as all the powers-that-be kept uttering soothing words about how the virus would never come to us (just like the cloud from Chernobyl which flew all over Western Europe but conveniently stopped at the Rhine and never went over France...).
There was, unfortunately, no more mocking in the weeks and months that followed. I wish the mocking had continued, as that would have meant I was wrong, and nobody likes to be right about more than 110,000 people (and counting!) meeting an untimely death in France only... and we ended up being much less hit than many other countries...
Anyway, in March 2020 I shot this picture with items that were going to be so symbolic of 2020 and 2021... and probably other years...
NYC: Home / D700 + FX Primes
Kata R-102 bag + D700 + SB-600 + Primes
Clockwise from top center: D700 + SB-600 + Sigma 50 f/1.4 EX DG HSM,
135mm f/2D DC, 85mm f/1.4D, 77mm ExpoDisc, 50mm f/1.8 AF, 20mm f/2.8 AF,
35mm f/2D, 105mm f/2.8G VR Micro (Middle: 60mm f/2.8G Micro)
Nikon D60 | Nikon DX 35 | ƒ1.8 | 1/60s | ISO100 | Handheld | Flash
Autobots, Transform and Roll out!
Optimus Prime gets the Lil’FIG treatment. Unfortunately because of a conflict with the licensing (hasbro + lego = never gonna happen) this would not be a part of the Lil'FIG cuusoo project and was done just as a fun build.
Color scheme/design is based on the 80's animated cartoon
Coastline at the Basque Corniche, a portion of the Basque Coast Trail, near the towns of Ciboure and Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Pays Basque Region, France
Some background information:
The Basque Coast Trail is coastal path starting at Erretegia beach in Bidart and ending at Hendaye, 25 kilometres away. It can be explored in several ways, but it’s best to always walk towards Hendaye in order to have the view of the mountains. The Basque Corniche, a portion of this coastal path is characterised by jagged cliffs, fern-covered moors and impressive views over the ocean. It stretches alongside the coastal road "Route de la Corniche" between the muncipalities of Ciboure and Hendaye at the Spanish border.
The trail is lined with gorse, bringing the visitor from one vista to the next and presenting many pretty views over the Atlantic Ocean, which batters the rocks. The northern part of the Basque Corniche around the towns of Ciboure and Urrugne is only sparsely urbanised, while the southern part around Hendaye near the Spanish border is populated denser. However, also the preserve of Abbadia is located in the southern part. It is a natural reserve of 65 hectares (160,618 acres) around the neo-Gothic castle of Abbadia, which also houses an observatory with a meridian telescope from 1880. Both castle and nature reserve are visited by more than 150,000 people each year.
Since 1989, the domaine d'Abbadia also hosts the collection of fruit trees of the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, containing more than 100 varieties of apples and 50 varieties of cherries, but also a number of different plum and medlar trees. The Basque Corniche provides a great diversity of landscapes and atmospheres. The colour of the cliffs alternates between grey, blue and rose and shows different layers of sediments and their vertical tectonic movements.
Aero haline grass clings to the windy cliffs, accompanied by Phragmites grasses and invasive pampas grass on top of the cliffs, while the coast’s back country is dominated by mountains such as La Rhune or the Jaizkibel mountain range. The cliff coast is always intermitted by sandy or pebble beaches, which are a surfer’s paradise. And the beautiful coastal towns and villages with their traditional, often timber-framed houses in the Labourdine style invite the guest to stay. But see for yourself: The Basque Country is really worth visiting.
Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Ciboure are neighbouring harbour towns, which are just seperated by the Nivelle River that pours into the Bay of Biscay at this point. On the right side of this picture, you can see the Fort de Socoa near Ciboure, a fortification built in 1627 under the reign of the French King Louis XIII to protect the region from the Spanish. In 1686, the famous French military engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban strenghtened the fort.
Saint-Jean-de-Luz has more than 14,000 while Ciboure has more than 6,200 residents. Both towns are located in the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in southwestern France, about 20 km (12.5 miles) to the southwest of the city of Bayonne. The Spanish border is only 10 km (6.2 miles) away and the Spanish city of Donostia-San Sebastian is situated about 30 km (18.6 miles) to the southwest of Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Ciboure.
In the Middle Ages, Saint-Jean-de-Luz was just a little fishing hamlet in the possession of the canons of the cathedral Notre-Dame de Bayonne. In the 15th century, fishers from Saint-Jean-de-Luz were among the first to discover the shores of Newfoundland. Far away from home, they successfully sought after fishing for cod and whaling. Hence, it is fair to say that the town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz became wealthy because of fishing. But it is also well-documented, that it subsequently assured its wealth, by having its own Basque corsaires resp. pirates, who used to capture trading vessels, mainly from England and Spain. In the 16th and 17th centuries, English sailors even called Saint-Jean-de-Luz the "Viper's Nest".
However, Saint-Jean-de-Luz is also known for its royal wedding connection. In 1659, the Treaty of the Pyrenees between France and Spain was signed, one clause of which was the marriage of Louis XIV to Maria Theresa, the Infanta of Spain. Saint-Jean-de-Luz and its church were chosen to host the royal wedding in 1660. The marriage is one of the most important political marriages in history that brought an end to a bitter war.
Today, visitors of the cathedral can see that the main door is bricked off. Two legends circulate this oddity: First, it has been said that the door the couple passed through was later closed to represent the closing of the troubles between France and Spain. A more popular theory among the locals is that the king, Louis XIV, ordered the door to be closed off, so no other couple could walk into the church to be married in his footsteps.
In 1713, the Treaty of Utrecht, by which Newfoundland was relinquished to Great Britain, administered a severe blow to the fishers of Saint-Jean-de-Luz. To complete the misery, two storm tides destroyed the harbour and main parts of the town in the course of the 18th century. All these events caused many residents to leave their homeland and the population of Saint-Jean-de-Luz dwindled from 13,000 to just 2,000.
Emerging tourism helped the town to bounce back. After a railway connection had been built, Saint-Jean-de-Luz experienced a downright touristic boom. At the end of the nineteenth century, Saint-Jean-de-Luz had already become a very popular beachside resort town for the surrounding high-society. Like Biarritz, Saint-Jean-de-Luz was particularly appreciated by the French and Spanish aristocracy. The French composer Maurice Ravel, a native of Ciboure, frequently vacationed at Saint-Jean-de-Luz from Paris, where he was centered for almost his entire life.
While we were exploring the region we stayed at a little boutique hotel directly at Ciboure’s seaside promenade, right opposite of Saint-Jean-de-Luz. It was a very pleasant stay and I can highly recommend Saint-Jean-de-Luz or Ciboure as a basis for your trips in the Basque country. The Atlantic Ocean, the Pyrenees and also Spain are so near.
I just returned from a family trip to San Antonio over Christmas. Probably the most memorable thing we did was attend the Alamo Bowl and watch BYU play Colorado in football. A couple of days before the game, the bowl organized a pep rally on the Riverwalk in which the coaches and players were introduced to fans. We happened to grab a spot on a bridge crossing the river that was very close to the stage. This picture shows Coach Prime (Deion Sanders) on the stage with Travis Hunter (Heisman winner) and Shadeur Sanders. Lots of hype and excitement around the Colorado team, but during the game they played poorly and BYU dominated.
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23/08/2019 : Zürich, Hardstrasse: Bürohochhaus Prime Tower (Annette Gijon, Mike Guyer, 2011)
Missing the 's' from Prime Lines, R140XOB was one of the Mercedes delivered new for the Bedworth, Longford, Foleshill routes in the late 1990's
It's seen here on Tower Street in Coventry in June 2007.
Treasure our time, every " now " is our ＂Prime time ＂． Agree ? ; ))
珍惜我们的每个当下。 每个“当下”，都是我们的黄金时刻！！ ；） 认同？ : ))
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( I am busy today, need to working at home, sorry for post and run ! ;)) )
Taken at Botanical Garden Singapore ( 植物园 )
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Full-blown movie Transformers repaint... protoform verion of Optimus Prime. Several layers of metallics here - first a metallic black base, then layered drybrushes of Oily Steel, Silver, and a custom mixed metallic light blue. Then accent colors were added in. All screw holes were filled in and sculpted to keep the figure one solid piece with no distractions.