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I love pairing my crafty side with my artistic side and merge the two. This is a mesh slouchy hat I made last night. Very relaxing to crochet...
(Project 365 Day 82)
This is the ridiculously awesome backpack I got from work. It has 743 zipped pockets. It means I never have to be more than a wifi connection away from work! Yay! ;)
This creek runs through our neighborhood and eventually behind our house. This is the view from the bridge on the main boulevard. If you look carefully you just make out someone's soccer ball. Yes I typed soccer, I am an American remember, our football is way different.
I was going to take a night shot of the Arch of Victory but I realised that, while it wasn't a 365 pic, I did one during Earth Hour earlier in the year. (Besides I'll be at it's re-opening tomorrow anyway).
Today's Project 365 photo is of a boat out sailing on Lake Wendouree. It carries the logo and colours of Ballarat Grammar.
The Yacht Club (the club, not the DJs) sails every Saturday doing their season. They also do a 'learn to sail' program www.ballaratyachtclub.com.au/Learn_to_Sail.php
And now... here's some smooth yacht rock
The Best First Impression is Music.
I received this today in my mail from Emma from Tumblr. :) Love it so far. ^^
I've missed a few of my daily photos. I was out with the dog this morning and there was an amazing view of the sun sending shafts of light through the trees and mist over the road. After bringing the dog back in and getting a camera, that scene had disappeared. You'll need to use your imagination.
I wasn't in the right spot to capture the gorgeous sunset happening this evening, but I was able to grab an interesting sky image nonetheless.
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I guess I am preparing my sons to live through married life someday without being shot as I get them familliar with washing and drying! What a good Mom I am!
So, I had these two filters stuck together
well ... a filter, and a step-up ring, actually ... but the story remains the same ...
They were stuck
and I couldn't take them apart
I tried hard to get them to turn
to unscrew them
but no matter how much force I used
they wouldn't budge
I handed them to someone else
insisting on how bad they were stuck
She tried
with no more result
So I put them back on my table
and in the course of a few days
I tried a few more times
a few dozen more times
trying to apply more force than before
To no avail
I reached a point
where
I came to believe that they would remain stuck together forever
unless I somehow sawed the step-up ring
Not a pretty foresight
After one more
fruitless
attempt
I went to Google and asked
"How to separate filters that are stuck together"
How enlightening !
If you are so inclined
I'll let you discover by yourself
all the
wonderfully varied
ideas
that some people have had
and
that they took the time to write down
for every one to try and explore at home
And then
after some of these entertaining pages
I came across this :
Do not apply heat - both filters will expand together.
Do not apply cold - both filters will contract together.
Do not apply anything - especially not force.
Hold each filter with only 2 fingers applying the least amount of pressure you can.
Now
after having tried
for several days with
as much
force
as I could
my first thought was
Nah ... won't work
and even if it could have worked at first
now is too late
I most certainly messed it up
by forcing so much
But not wanting to dismiss an idea
just like this
I went on to prove that this idea couldn't work
So I took the filters in my hands
and with the
least
amount of pressure ...
... I failed
I mean... I failed to prove that this wouldn't work
because
what happened is that I got the filters to turn
and I got them separated
in five seconds flat
right there
My thoughts went
Oh wow, they're separated !!!
to
How did that work ???
to
Oh wow, they're separated !!!
to
There's no way it worked so simply !!!
to
Oh wow, they're separated !!!
to
Was is really this simple all along ???
to
Oh wow, they're separated !!!
to
Oh ... that's the force itself that kept them stuck together ...
to
Oh wow, they're separated !!!
to
Oh ...
to
Oh wow, they're separated !!!
I think at this point I should mention that I was somewhat thrilled these filters got separated ...
And behind the thrill
a sense of
irony
surfaced
All this time
here I was
using force
to get them unstuck
when ...
All this time
I was
convinced
they were stuck
I was
convinced
I had to use force
I was
convinced
it would be a
difficult
task
requiring
force
... more of it than I could exert
And this got me wondering
of course ...
about all these assumptions
I carry
that the task will be diffcult
about all these times I am so convinced
in advance
that something will be painful
How many things
do I assume
will be hard
and
engage in with unnecessary force
making these things
as diffult as I thought they should be
... when all I'd have to do
would be to just step in
and be there
with the least amount of pressure
and everything would go smoothly
How many times
did I make things difficult
instead
of flowing though them
and
simply
surrendering
to what
simply
is
?
How many
scary images
did I impose
on simple things
from my scared mind
?
How many subjects
did I complicate
believing
they were
difficult
to learn
?
How many steps
didn't I take
convinced
that they would be painful ?
How many
will I
?
"Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin." ~Ned Rorem
Laughter is the best medicine, apparently... I guess, lately, I've been laughing inwardly.
According to old superstitious beliefs, you shouldn't laugh too much, or you'll start crying. Are there really such things as tears of happiness?
:o) Hope you've had a happy weekend dear friends...
From Wikipedia:
The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is an African even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest of all land-living animal species, and the largest ruminant. Males can be 4.8 to 5.5 metres (16 to 18 feet) tall and weigh up to 1,700 kilograms (3,800 pounds).
Project 366-1
Day 114/365
Dropping off my daughter after her friend's birthday party. They had a blast.
I was a big fan of comic books in elementary school. I read Superman, Batman, etc, but I think my favorite was called Metal Men which dealt in vicious metal stereotypes. Lead was fat and slow, Mercury was hot-headed, Platinum was a sexy woman dressed in fetishwear. I lost interest in Jr. High, but then discovered underground comics on trips to San Francisco in the 60s. These are all that remain of my collection: Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #2, Zap Comix #3 and Slow Death #4.
After that, I lost all interest in comic books. Now I read comic strips -- Calvin & Hobbes, Doonesbury, Far Side, Dilbert, etc. and watch the occasional comic-based movie.
I decided to go for a bit commercial today. Actually, unlike my idol Dustin Diaz (yes, he is famous, you can google for his breath taking works), I'm a industrial photographer, which mean I do photography mostly for advertising.
Artistic photography just a bit too complicated for me, (Maybe?) it takes more time and luck to produce one good shots, while the Commercial ones require less time to take picture but more on the photoshop phases.
Well, that's called a day, tomorrow, I will introduce to you guys more exciting works... I promise it won't be boring ;)
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Day 9 is a Macro shot of a water-drop hitting a colorful Martini glass full of water. My awesome wife picked this glass up for me last year for just this purpose.
Equipment used: Canon 5D MKII, Canon 70-200 2.8 L IS, Canon 500d close up filter, Quantum T5d-r with umbrella to camera left (you can see umbrella reflection in droplet). Shot was exposed @ 1/125 of a second @ F16 ISO 600 with the Quantum on full power. The quantum needed to be full power due to the very narrow aperture needed while using the 500d close up filter. It should also be noted that this is only my first attempt (6th frame) at this technique.
365/28-06-2010
This morning I woke to thick fog along the river....I grabbed my camera so I could get the sun before it turned into a foggy glare.
Every shot had these dreaded powerlines hidden to the naked eye till you process the photo:-) or should I say unseen because I was looking straight through them.