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This is the last of ten quiz questions - the total score possible is 40 across the ten questions!
Merry Christmas to all my followers and friends on Flickr - thank you all for your support and the interest shown over the last year. I have been blown away by how popular my collection has become. Earlier this year I reached 4 million hits and now close to 4.5 million. I find this totally incredible. May I wish you all a happy holiday and peace and prosperity for 2021
ASK ADDA DADA a QUESTION !
Several people have asked ADDA questions over the years about his FOLSOM STREET FAIR photographs....
FIRE AWAY !
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* WHAT DOES 'ADDA DADA' MEAN ?
- ADDA is a rearrangement of the letters in DADA , which was an art movement in the 1920/30s ..it caused a huge upheaval in the preceived notions of art of the time...
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*DO YOU REPOST PHOTOS ?
~usually only for a BEST OF album. the photo aboves shows how i try to keep track of photos that have been posted previously.
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*SOME PHOTOS SEEM SIMILAR or A DUPLICATE ?
~photos are taken in succession, so, they can appear very similar, or they can be adjusted/cropped.
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~HOW MANY PHOTOS DO YOU TAKE ?
*usually 500 to 1,500 depending on the event (and my energy)
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~HOW MANY PHOTOS DO YOU TAKE of EACH PERSON?
*usually 3 per person, FACE, FACE & CHEST, CHEST--if a person is NUDE, then there are more photos naturally.
*if the person is clothed, it is usually only one unless their outfit is super interesting
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~ DO YOU ONLY PHOTOGRAPH LGBTQ+ EVENTS?
*yes, it is easier to ask people at an event that one is most likely to be photographed, than to take photographs of people on the street
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~WHY THE LONG INFO ON ALL PHOTOGRAPHS ?
*many countries do not allow 'creep shots' (photos of people without their permission) and it needs to be stated in the description, as well as, if the photograph is SAFE or RESTRICTED. many countries do not allow RESTRICTED photographs whatsoever
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~WHAT IS 'VIEW COUNT' ?
*'VIEW COUNT' is how many times ADDA DADA's FLICKR photographs have been seen . currently it is over 600 MILLION VIEWS, which means that an undetermined amount of people have viewed a variety of ADDA DADA's photographs over HALF A BILLION times. .
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~DO YOU GET PAID FOR YOUR VIEWS ?
*no. FLICKR does not pay per view, nor are their sponsors
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~THEN WHY IN THE F+ DO IT ?
*LOL...well, i like documenting the events & i feel it is important for the LGBTQ+ to have the events documented.
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~HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO POSE ?
* i politely ask each and every person if i may take their photograph. i presume i have a non-threatening manner , so people are more apt to say 'yes'
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~DO YOU GET PEOPLE WHO SAY 'NO'?
*most certainly. i do not pry on why, though several state it is because of their job or possible recognition.
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~THE PHOTOGRAPHS SEEM TO BE THE SAME STYLE. WHY?
*yes. that is correct. i like that extreme 'vintage' direct look-into-the-camera photograph. it is very DADA- 'a bit non-posed'
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~DO YOU DO STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY?
*no. i do not like staged nor faux poses. i want the person-direct-, not some fake and contrived situation.
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~WHERE DID YOU LEARN 'YOUR STYLE'?
*basically, on my own. i have been taking photographs since 1976. unfortunately, all my 'printed' photos have been lost over the many moves over the years. once digital cameras & FLICKR/FOTOLOG came into being, it was easier to display, expose, and store photographs
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~SOME PHOTOGRAPHS ARE REALLY 'OUT THERE' !
*such is LGBTQ+ life . the HUNKY JESUS CONTEST by the SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE cause LOTS of friction for FLICKR (and myself) for there are folks who do not appreciate that subject matter. NUDE EVENTS also are tricky.
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~WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECTS TO PHOTOGRAPH?
*besides the ones i take ? lol i do love FOUND OBJECTS ( items on the street) which is VERY DADA !
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~WHO ARE YOUR FOLLOWERS ?
*i've had some exceedingly famous people tell me they like/follow my FLICKR. i do not want to 'out' them.
*i've also had some regular people send me messages that they appreciate my documentation of the 'freedom' for in their country they are not allowed do express themselves as such. there have been some heartbreaking 'confessions' of thanks
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~HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY ACKNOWLEMENT/NEWS ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU PHOTOGRAPHED?
*yes, some people are happy that i photographed them. some are thankful. sometimes i get notices that a person has passed away. that is really sad for i do remember most occassions when i photograph a person.
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~HOW LONG DO YOU SPEND PHOTOGRAPHING A PERSON?
*actually, it is exceedingly quick. not more than 5 minutes. it is approaching the person, asking permission, possibly explaining who i am & why i want to photograph the person, then i take the several photographs.., then thank them, .
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~HOW DO YOU KNOW TO TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH OF A PERSON?
*bizarrely, ADDA DADA has HUNK-DAR ( it's like 'gaydar', but it spots hunks..lol) ok, it is just a 6th sense of who is photogenic or will give a great photograph.
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~HOW MANY PHOTOGRAPHS DO YOU TAKE TO GET THAT ONE PERFECT ONE ?
*I only take the 1 to 3 photographs, or 1-6 depending on the state of 'undress'. what you see posted is what i take. i do not take hundreds of one person, then post only one. i'm a photographer , not a camera button pusher.
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~no, i do not...i may crop. but i like my photographs raw.
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The Cosmic Question Mark (NGC 7822) is a nebula located in the constellation Cepheus, which is approximately 2,900 light years away. The nebula is home to one of the hottest stars known. The star is known as BD+66 1673. This star is one of the primary sources illuminating the nebula.
The nebula gets its name because it resembles a question mark in its entirety. I didn’t plan very well and didn’t shoot another couple mosaic panels to capture the entire nebula! The other two panels will be another project in the winter as this was a little bit of a pain to capture.
Image Detail:
- 22 hours of total integration time (300 seconds, gain 100, camera cooled to 14 degrees)
- 11 hours of HA/OIII narrowband data for each panel
Equipment:
- SVBONY SV503 80ED
- SVBONY SV220 HA/OIII dual narrowband filter
- SVBONY SV226 filter drawer
- Sky Watcher Star Adventurer GTi
- ZWO ASI 2600MC Pro
- ZWO ASIAIR Mini
- ZWO EAF
- ZWO 120MM guide camera
- ZWO guide scope
Software:
- PixInsight
- Adobe Photoshop
- RC Astro Blur Xterminator
- RC Astro Noise Xterminator
- RC Astro Star Xterminator
They usually know where the bathrooms are (that's the "loo" to me Brit buds, the "WC" to mein German buds, and a "tree" to me Aussie and Canadian buds.).
Relax, it's just a bit of humor. Police action in San Jose, California. Resolved peacefully.
Question: Whose opinions and guesses are better than yours?
Consider below before inserting your
Answer: ________________
Macho Mentality Persists, Says Pope
Notes Attitude Ignores the Novelty of Christianity
VATICAN CITY, FEB. 10, 2008 (Zenit.org).- A discriminatory macho mentality continues to persist in cultures that ignore the novelty of Christianity to recognize the equal dignity of men and women, says Benedict XVI.
The Pope said this Saturday upon receiving in audience participants from the international conference titled "Woman and Man, the 'Humanum' in Its Entirety," which marked the 20th anniversary of the publication of Pope John Paul II's apostolic letter "Mulieris Dignitatem."
The conference, sponsored by the Pontifical Council for the Laity, ended Saturday.
"From the second half of the 20th century until today," said the Pope, "the movement for women's rights in the various settings of social life has generated countless reflections and debates, and it has seen the multiplication of many initiatives that the Catholic Church has followed and often accompanied with attentive interest."
In the apostolic letter "Mulieris Dignitatem," the Pontiff said John Paul II saw the need to "delve into the fundamental anthropological truths of men and women, the equality in dignity and their unity, the rooted and profound difference between the masculine and the feminine, and their vocation to reciprocity and complementarity, collaboration and communion."
The Holy Father continued: "In the face of cultural and political currents that attempt to eliminate, or at least to obfuscate and confuse, the sexual differences written into human nature, considering them to be cultural constructions, it is necessary to recall the design of God that created the human being male and female, with a unity and at the same time an original and complementary difference.
"Human nature and the cultural dimension are integrated in an ample and complex process that constitutes the formation of the identity of each, where both dimensions -- the feminine and the masculine -- correspond to and complete each other."
Mom and dad
Benedict XVI, however, insisted that discrimination continues: "There still persists a macho mentality that ignores the novelty of Christianity, which recognizes and proclaims the equal dignity and responsibility of women with respect to men. There are certain places and cultures where women are discriminated against and undervalued just for the fact that they are women.
"In the face of such grave and persistent phenomena the commitment of Christians appears all the more urgent, so that they become everywhere the promoters of a culture that recognizes the dignity that belongs to women in law and in reality."
"God entrusts to women and to men," said the Pope, "according to the characteristics that are proper to each, a specific vocation in the mission of the Church and in the world. I think here of the family, community of love, open to life, fundamental cell of society.
"In it, woman and man, thanks to the gift of maternity and paternity, together play an irreplaceable role in regard to life."
The Pontiff affirmed the right of children to have a father and a mother, and the state's role to "sustain with adequate social policies all that which promotes the stability of matrimony, the dignity and the responsibility of the husband and wife, their rights and irreplaceable duty to educate their children."
EXPLORE # 159 on Sunday, March 2, 2008; # 460 on S03-01-2008
«Questions of science,
Science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart.
Tell me you love me,
Come back and haunt me (...) »
Coldplay - The scientist.
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Ça faisait longtemps que je n'avais pas pris Yuki en photo ainsi que Clemy alors pourquoi pas prendre les deux en même temps ! Clemy à de nouveaux acryliques, qui lui donne un air moins innocent et enfantin donc.. Je ne sais pas, elle changera quand je me serais lassée. On les voit mal mais ils sont violets avec des pointes de jaunes, je la prendrais mieux en photo plus tard ^-^
My question is what are they doing? They were on a rotting log, many more than those pictured. I know the larvae live in rotting wood, so perhaps they just emerged. But many were flying around in some sort of frenzy. Perhaps it is a mating frenzy?
Lake Roland, Baltimore County, Cockeysville Quad, May 29.
(Photo of Town Dollhouse)
The Winner of Question 8 is....Fee! Yay.
Question 9: in the movie A Christmas Story the brothers are called Ralphie and _____?
My work is not to be used anywhere without my permission © All Rights Reserved by : areeb ♥'s photostream ,, For your Questions : ask.fm/Areebaa
So, as you can tell from the title, I have another question for you guys. This ones about my profile picture, I'm thinking it might be time to change it up a bit, seeing as I've had this one since I began here on Flickr. I may also change my banner as well, just so everything's been changed.
So... yeah, what do you guys think? Feel free to give suggestions and opinions. I know this is probably quite a minor thing, but still felt it might be something worth asking. XD
EDIT #1: I have found one I'm pretty happy with, thoughts?
EDIT #2: May try this one, seeing as this one is me. (or at least a version of me. XD)
That wasn't a question! [giggle!]
We had our December T-Girl Nation Dinner Party at a new location (because our old haunt- Hoang's has closed)! This time we got together at the lovely Thai Temple restaurant in Arlington, VA! The staff was very friendly & accepting and the food was delicious!
...As was my ensemble which is centered on this marvelous gold cap sleeve mermaid scale wet look lycra spandex minidress from coquetryclothing.com, my gold fish scale stretch belt, a lovely retro style black stretch lace shrug from a new vendor I've found for retro styled clothing- pinupgirlclothing.com, my copper & black Premier French Heel fully fashioned stockings from secretsinlace.com and my black patent peep toe platform pumps with the 5½" heels from venus.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 clothes from Coquetry Clothing click this link:
www.flickr.com/photos/kaceycdpix/sets/72157626739774869/
To see more pix of me out & about click this link: www.flickr.com/photos/kaceycdpix/sets/72157632318953102/
To see more pix of me showing off my legs click this link: www.flickr.com/photos/kaceycdpix/sets/72157623668202157/
DSC_5331-4
Maroc, Rabbat.
Un regard, une question de point de vue.
Miroir du monde, l'image révèle, le miroir inonde le cadre d'un autre reflet.
Morocco, Rabbat.
A look, a question of point of view.
Mirror of the world, the image reveals, the mirror floods the frame with another reflection.
Est-ce indécent? C'est ma question. En musardant sur le site formidablement artistique et littéraire La Petite Mélancolie, je suis tombé sur un dessin de Hans Bellmer qui montre Nora Mitrani, nue, de dos. Et cela devient aussitôt délicat. Bien qu'elle fut quelque temps la compagne, la muse, le modèle de Bellmer, et ce, jusqu'en 1953, j'ai le sentiment de trahir, de violer quelque chose, d'exposer un secret - qui n'en est images.jpgpourtant pas un. Le cul de Nora, les fesses de l'auteur de Rose au coeur violet, qui devint la compagne de Julien Gracq en 1953, après avoir quitté Bellmer. C'est elle. La compagne du grand écrivain... Nue. De dos... Lorsque je rendais visite à Julien Gracq, chez lui à Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, je me tenais en général, un peu en décalé, sous un portrait de lui signé Hans Bellmer, encadré et accroché là. L'extrême pudeur, la réserve monacale vis à vis de tout ce qui relève du privé, de l'auteur de Prose pour l'étrangère, m'ont toujours empêché d'évoquer sa vie amoureuse, même si cette relation était connue, mais à peine. Pensez! Je crois même que l'idée ne m'a même jamais caressé l'esprit. Et là, découvrir tout à trac le cul de Nora, m'interloque un peu. C'est comme si j'entrais dans l'intimité de mon auteur fétiche, et comme si un peu de sacré se trouvait soudain désagrégé. A la vérité, je ne saisis pas très bien ce que je ressens.
N.B. : Je réalise que nous connaissons tous ces dessins, qui illustrèrent notamment les oeuvres de Bataille, comme Histoire de l'oeil, et que Bellmer, les surréalistes, tout cela est devenu familier à qui s'intéresse, même de loin, à l'histoire littéraire, lorsqu'elle chemine avec, ou bien à côté, de ses alliés substantiels (selon la belle expression de René Char), que sont les peintres et les dessinateurs. Ma curiosité m'a fait défaut, puisque j'ignorais l'identité du modèle fameux de nombre de dessins érotiques de Bellmer.
Nora Mitrani, née en novembre 1921 de parents judéo-espagnols et italiens à Sofia (Bulgarie), écrivain, philosophe, attachée au mouvement surréaliste, meurt d'un cancer à l'âge de 39 ans. Un très beau texte, signé Stéphanie Caron : Nora Mitrani, surréaliste au si secret visage, lui a été consacré, que l'on peut lire sur Internet : Nora Mitrani par Stéphanie Caron
(Voir par ailleurs l'adaptation cinématographique du Balcon en forêt qu'en fit Michel Mitrani, le frère de Nora, en 1979, avec notamment Jacques Villeret dans la distribution. Un délice).
I have lived in Tokyo for about a year and half now and I can confidently say now that I really enjoy living here. I have met a number of people living here from abroad and when asked the question on their thoughts of living here, it's either they love it or hate it. I come from the U.S., so living here(and maybe vice versa for Japanese) is very much like living on an alien planet. So many things are so different culturally and etiquette wise that it's the only way I think of to describe it. I am not saying it's good or bad, but it's just very different. I had visited here many times before moving here so I had a rough idea as to what I was getting into, but visiting and living here are two different things.
This is where it gets complicated. Regardless of who you are, or where you come from Japan will send you on a roller-coaster of emotion out it for most of the first year of you living there. When you first arrive here everything is fun and new. Going out everyday making friends, discovering off the beaten tourist path places, etc. Then eventually the uglier parts set in. (Now this can happen in any country I am sure, but this is the first place for me to live abroad so I am basing it on here.) Sooner or later the language will get to you here. Japanese is unrelated to any other language around the world. It has it's own set of rules, and somethings if you try to litterally translate to English will make no sense at all. After all that you have the written language. Made up of Chinese Kanji and combined with Hiragana and Katakana. It can get overwhelming really fast. Combine that with most Japanese people not being as quick as westerners to really open up and be friends can leave you feeling a bit isolated. Luckily for me I already knew people here, but if I didn't this would be a tough hurdle to get over. On top of that, there is a lot of racism here. This could be the toughest thing to look past of them all. It's always in your face, but there is little you can do about it. It's not like anybody ever attacks your or anything like that, but more of the kind of thing where you might not get a job for the simple fact that you are not Japanese.
After discovering all of this (and you will) now is where you decide how you handle it. Everyone will go through times where they are having a good time, but then some days it will really drag you down. This will go on for about a 8 months to a year for most people. Then where you end up is up to you. Some people stew in the things of the uglier side of it and it ends up making them hate here as well as the people. This is very easy to do.
For me I try to focus on the things I do like about living here. Living in the largest city in the world and not having to worry about crime really is almost enough to over come everything else. I can't count the number of times I have forgot something at a cafe etc. and it still being there the next day or if I fall asleep on the train (which I often do) and my cameras are out, nobody is going to try and take it. When I tell people outside Japan about this, they find that hard to believe, but it's actually true. Why is this? I really have no idea, but it's very utopia like in that sense. One of the big things for me is the lack of the alpha male complex here. This is kind of hard to describe, but I don't ever feel like I am being judged in a "you ain't no manly man" kind of way. You can literally dress and be just about anything you want here and nobody will make you feel as if you shouldn't.
Another thing that really stands out for me is the fact that I don't have to drive hardly anywhere in this country. Take a train no matter how you cut it beats a car in every way. Sure the trains can be packed, and you often have to stand, but it allows you a form of down time that you don't get when driving. Being able to read a book, play a game, study, or just read the internet in the middle of the day while going about your busy life makes your day all the better. Being trapped in a car and having to watch out for idiot drivers or sitting in traffic is enough to ruin anyone's day.
I guess I could go on and on about things, but really to sum it up the most important thing (like anywhere else) is to surround yourself with people that you like and to push away the things that you don't. For Japan I feel that's far easier to do than in the U.S., like everywhere else it's not the perfect utopia, but for myself I have found reasons that it comes as close for me as I think I could ever really get.
For those that are interested, you can follow me on Instagram at: @the_real_jason_combs
Do ya'll think people would be interested in purchasing minifigs like these off ebay as I am thinking whether or not to sell them?
I was going to buy a dolly
When I was shopping at the store.
But then I had to ask myself
A question, like: 'what for?'
I thought about the stuff I have
In boxes piled high.
I can't find things when I look for them
So now I rarely try.
Or I buy things and leave them sit
In bags or in a box.
I don't want 'em, I don't need 'em
But I got 'em, lots and lots.
These new dollies are quite tiny,
Bratz, I think they were.
Bratz Dolls, Classic Minis
And a bargain at two-fer.
But two for ten whole dollars
That's five bucks apiece!
And these dolls are really tiny
Like, two inches tall, at least.
Five bucks! You must be kidding!
For a doll that small? Obscene!
These little plastic figures
Should be in a gum machine!
Put in a nickel or a dime
And turn the crank or knob.
If the machine don't eat your coin
You'll get a little glob
Of molded plastic in a little
Brittle plastic ball.
You'll look forlornly at your palm
And ask yourself, 'That's all?'
Usually the plastic ball
Is better than the prize.
But it only cost a nickel
So you shrug and roll your eyes.
The new dolls are called Blind Box
Which means you don't know what you'll get.
Just like with the old gum machine
A let-down lies ahead.
But now Blind Box is all the rage
Like coin machines of yore.
And fools like me spend fives and tens
Hoping we will score.
Score what? A piece of plastic junk
In a little plastic cube?
As was the case in yesteryear
The buyer is a rube.
Five bucks! Not just a nickel!
Ten bucks! Not one thin dime!
And here I thought the gum machines
Were bordering on crime.
A hundred years have passed, it seems
'Tween now and way back when
And things, they cost a hundred times
As much as they cost then.
But me, I'm now much smarter,
So I thought about my stuff
Sitting in the storage shed
And I told myself, 'Enough!'
I walked right past those little dolls
On a shelf down near the floor.
I do not need a Blind Box doll
That costs ten bucks or more!
I wandered through the store aisles
Buying eggs and cheese and rice
Milk, and bread, and butter
Then I thought about the price.
Things now cost so much, it seems
That money has no meaning.
I thought about those little dolls...
You can guess where this is leading.
Yeah, I went back, and picked one out
And then I picked out two.
I mean, with money being worthless
What harm would it do?
I coulda bought some carrots
Quite a lot for ten.
Maybe then my eyesight
Would be what it was again.
I coulda bought some apples
A dozen, maybe more.
Then I might start feeling good
Like I did before.
Instead, I bought a tiny doll
In a tiny plastic box
I have not opened it up yet
So I don't know what I got.
Doesn't really matter.
It's just some plastic chunk
That I'll shove in to a storage bin
With my other plastic junk.
Maybe I could take it back
Do I have the receipt?
Or did I lose the slip somewhere
Beneath the car's back seat?
Shouldn't I feel happy?
I got a brand new toy!
Where is the excitement?
Where is all the joy?
Instead, I'm feeling foolish
Over money, things, and all
And wondering why I spent ten bucks
On a Blind Box Doll.
Three Questions
When this female grizzly made serious eye contact with me three questions popped into my mind.
Is it just curiosity?
Is she just warning me to get out of her space?
Is she considering me for dinner?
No matter. The answer to all three was the same. Get back into the car. I had been shooting over the hood of the car and as soon as I got back inside she lost interest and began to browse the nearby vegetation for goodies.
So...yeah, this is the picture in question, the one that was used by a national geographic photographer to promote a for-profit photo workshop at Burning Man. Kinda funny that it's getting all the attention, because it's a fairly crappy HDR in my opinion. Anyway, thanks for the support...you can check out my other burning man photos here:
Burning Man 2012:
www.flickr.com/photos/michaelholden/sets/72157631392416880/
Burning Man 2011:
www.flickr.com/photos/michaelholden/sets/72157627529205924/
Burning Man 2010:
www.flickr.com/photos/michaelholden/sets/72157624681071111/
Burning Man 2009:
www.flickr.com/photos/michaelholden/sets/72157622425997753/
Burning Man 2008:
www.flickr.com/photos/michaelholden/sets/72157608718823709/
Here's the original story:
Chris and I got to Burning Man on Friday the 28th, before the event opened. Shortly after sunset I rode out to the Man. It had just rained and was fairly stormy. The only person out there was a single Ranger, on what has been called "stick duty". I took a number of exposures and ended up liking this one the best...something about that Ranger out there all alone. This is an HDR image made from three exposures (1/13, 1/25, 1/50) at f7.1 shot with my bitchin' Tokina 14-24mm wide angle lens. After I processed the source files in Photomatix I ran it through Noise Ninja to help deal with artifacts induced in the HDR manipulation process.
You can view and download high-rez versions of this photo on a nice background on my website at
www.michaelholden.com/pics/v/bman09/DSC_7998_9_7_tonemapp...
(lots of other pics from Burning Man, festivals, events, parties and chihuahuas are up there too!)
Does this answer your question????
Old Bar Beach Festival 2016.
Old Bar, New South Wales, Australia.
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action. - Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd.
William Shakespeare - To be, or not to be (from Hamlet 3/1)
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Boethius swam as hard as he could for shore. The freezing water pierced his skin and flesh, down to his bones. It felt like a thousand knives stabbing at you. He fell numb, just as the sun began shining through the clouds.
Boethius couldn't remember how he got to shore. He presumed he passed out and by a miracle floated to the shore. He awoke on a cold, hard stone surface. He noticed that he was only feet from the dock he had seen on the horizon when his raft broke. Boethius lifted himself upon the dry frozen-over dock. He heard calling, but his ears were filled with ice water. He lay his drenched body on the dock.
"Oy! Looks like we got ah live one laddies!"
"Doesn't look too alive to me."
Boethius, laying in puddle of water now looked up to the three guards. He muttered to himself, "Not these guys again."
"Oy! Whad you say?"
"Nothing, I was just...coughing. Do you guys have a fire, or somewhere warm that I can stay?" Boethius asked.
"Whad does this look like laddie? An inn?" Said one of the guards.
"Where ya comin' from? You one of them fish people?" Question the second guard.
"Shut-up, you nimrod. There ain't no sea people!" Said the other guard.
"I was sailing up the cost, when a storm hit me. Where am I now?" Boethius asked.
"Oy! Welcome to the cold waste land known as Garhiem laddie. You must've been blown far off course."
"He don't look like no sailor boss." Remarked the other guard, just as Boethius was responding to the previous guard.
"Oy shut-up! He's tryin' to talk!" Scolded the guard who seemed to say "Oy" before every sentence.
"Do you guys have a fire? I'm freezing." Asked Boethius once more.
"Yea. Just up the hill. Oy. You two" As he motioned to the other two guards, "carry em up the hill. He's in no status to walk."
The two guards helped Boethius to his feet, while the guard who seemed to be in charge marched ahead. They helped walk him up the hill to a fire, which was a beautiful sight to Boethius.
"Thank you." Said Boethius as they set him down next to the fire.
"Oy, I gots to say, you don't look like no sailor I've ever seen." Said the guard in charge.
"You guys are the Galanir's men, right?" Asked Boethius trying to dodge his captors questioning.
"Yes. We be employed by her majesty, the true Queen of Roawia."
"So you guys, are Outlaws?"
"I guess you could say before her majesty took over, we might have been a little outside of the law." One of the guards chuckled. "Why?"
"Well, I'll be honest with you guys, I'm no sailor. I've been running from the law for most of my life."
Boethius looked dead into the eyes of the other guards. There was a moment of silence among each other. Boethius turned his head down, towards the flickering flames. The three guards looked at each other, with questioning faces.
"Oy, will you give me and boys a minute to discuss something?" Asked the guard in charge.
"Sure, I guess so." Said Boethius.
The men gathered a little farther down the hill to the camp.
"How do we know he's an Outlaw, and not some Lenfel trying to give us the slip?"Finally asked one of the guards.
"He ain't got no markings, but he seemed pretty serious."
"Oy, I think he be telling the truth. Who would openly admit to being an Outlaw, besides another Outlaw?"
"I guess so. I say we bring em back to town, and make sure he don't leave."
"Oy, good idea laddie. We'll tell him we believe em, and bring em back to town. We'll tell em to stay in town, so if he is trying' to plot something, he can't spread the word up the cost."
The three men agreed to the plan. They came back up the hill and told Boethius they had believe him. They told him they were waiting for three boats from the Queen's Palace to arrive, but then remarked that they didn't think they were coming. They told him they were going to lead him back to town.
I experimented with a snowy landscape here. Not quite sure if it worked, but I liked it. This was actually pretty fun to build, and challenging to write for. Enjoy!
This is for my LCC ( Lands Of Classic Castle ) character, Boethius the Exiled. The full story can be viewed here.
Tagged by ♥♦ Psycho ♠♣
. Thank you very much dear. :-)
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How old are you?: I forgot! :-P
Do you have any pets?: Yes. Tomcat Kenny. ♥
Which Disney Movie is your favourite one?: Geri's game, Toy Story, Brave, the Princess diaries, Alice in Wonderland, UP and more. :-)
Favorite Cartoon?: Futurama, Family Guy and more. :-)
How many dolls do you have?: about 110
How many MH Dolls do you have?: One. Ghoulia Yelps ♥
How many EAH Dolls do you have?: 0
How many Winx Club Mattel Dolls do you have?: 0
Which doll is your favourite?: All. :-)
Which is your favourite anime? : Manga.
Who is your favourite Winx and why?: Flora. She loves nature. :-)
Which was your most expensive doll?: Hujoo Doll. :-)
YouTube or Flickr?: Both :-)
Which was your first doll?: Rubber baby. :-)
Which is your most wanted doll at the moment?: Blythe doll! ♥♥
Who is your favourite MH Character?: Ghoulia Yelps. :-)
Which power would you choose: Earth or Water?: Both!!
My Scene or Bratz?: I do not know. My Scene? :-)
Barbie or My Scene?: Both. :-)
If you could choose a fictional character to be your boyfriend, who would you choose?: Hatter - Johnny Depp. ♥♥♥
When did you start collecting dolls?: Five years ago? :-)
How do you Flickr Peeps feel about your images being included in Tumblr accounts?
I have an image that (for some reason) has thousands of views and notes on Tumblr which is lovely, however, they have the main image hosted there without a link back to the main file on Flickr.
25.media.tumblr.com/aa690c7206e7822a92385dc5c44f9261/tumb...
it's kinda bugging me as I recently went through lots of grief trying to get a company to remove one of my images from their website.
For some reason I thought the Tumblr community would always retain information relating to the original author / photographer.
Any Thoughts?
Chiffchaff
(definite ID, we heard him sing).
Seen in a landscape protection area in Achim near Bremen - Lower Saxony - Germany. Picture taken about one week after our first sighting of Chiffchaffs this year in Northern Germany.
This one is dedicated to Luis-Gaspar, who already misses the Chiffchaffs in Portugal :-))) I hope they will have a great summer with us and return south to him in greater numbers come autumn. Which leaves for me the question where their "real" home is, or do they just have two places of residence like some people do?
:-) Cheers, Ulrike.
Zilpzalp
(definitiv identifiziert, wir hörten ihn singen).
Gesehen im Landschaftsschutzgebiet in Achim bei Bremen. Aufgenommen etwa eine Woche nach unserer ersten Sichtung dieses Jahr bei uns in Norddeutschland.
Dieser hier ist Luis-Gaspar gewidmet, der die Zilpzalpe jetzt schon in Portugal vermißt :-))) Ich hoffe sie werden hier einen guten Sommer haben und in vergrößerter Zahl im Herbst zu ihm zurückkehren. Nun frage ich mich bloß noch wo denn nun eigentlich ihre "richtige" Heimat ist, oder haben sie einfach zwei Wohnsitze so wie manche Leute es eben haben?
:-) Herzliche Grüße, Ulrike.