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The Competition Results Are In
This is a long one, but I think it is worth a cursory read. :)
My last post was no accident. I was hoping it would be a lead-in to this post, and that I would be posting some good news from the photo competition. I am happy to say that I am.
Sunday afternoon, Kendra and I drove back down to Monterey for the awards ceremony. Before I go any further, let me break down the contest.
First, there are two divisions, "Novice" and "Open". A novice cannot have made more than $200 from selling photography or have won more than three 1st or 2nd place awards in three separate photo competitions. Kendra is a novice. Everyone else is in the "Open". I was in this division.
You may enter no more than five total images, and no more than three in any one category. The categories are "Wide Angle", "Macro", and "Behavior".
After my disastrous first dive, I went with wide angle for my second dive. I had a much more enjoyable dive as I am generally more successful with shooting wide angle. The conditions and choice of reef were better, too. This did require a longer swim, which leads me to a funny story.
Two years ago, I competed in this very same contest. Kendra was just along for the ride. I wanted to maximize my chances of getting that winning shot, so I insisted on doing three dives. Now, I've done three dives in a day many times. Heck, I've done six dives in a day. From a boat. Ten years ago.
Needless to say, three dives in one day is just too many. The cumulative effect of three long swims out to the site, on the dive, and back to shore coupled with the trudging up and down steep beaches with 80 pounds of dive and camera gear resulted in my legs completely and utterly cramping on the swim in from the third and final dive. I have never had such pain and cramping in both my legs at the same time. We're talking complete cramping of quadriceps, hamstrings, and calves.
At one point, I was laying on the bottom, clutching my camera in one hand, both legs immobilized in pain, and clawing the sand with my free hand, pulling myself to shore, one arm length at a time. When I grew tired of this futile mode of transport, I inflated my BC jacket in order to rise to the surface and determine how far I was from shore. My legs would simply not work.
Meanwhile, Kendra is witnessing all this and laughing. Ultimately, she had to tow me in to shore, and I barely could walk up the beach.
Fast forward to this year's competition, and I knew three dives was out of the question. But I'm two years older, and still not much of a beach diver, preferring my kayak as the main mode of getting me to the dive site. So here we were, ending out second dive, and my left leg seizes up. Yep, complete and total upper leg cramp. As it loosens up, my right leg starts to seize. Memories of 2007 come flooding back, and I can only laugh...in between the flashes of pain.
Needless to say, I made it ashore, without assistance I might add.
Images were submitted back in Monterey. I submitted the maximum three in Wide Angle, one in Macro, and one in Behavior. Kendra submitted two in Wide Angle, none in Macro, and none in Behavior.
Back at the awards ceremony, Kendra and I wondered just how well we would fare. The Behavior category yielded nothing. Not unexpected considering Kendra didn't enter, and my shot was an afterthought. The Macro category was the same as Behavior.
Wide Angle is where the dynamic duo of Kendra Karr and Jim Patterson shined. Kendra won first and third in the Novice division. I won First, Second, and an Honorable Mention in the Open division. Wow! We were shocked and humbled to say the least. We also realized that we would both be competing for the "Best of Wide Angle" distinction wherein the judges choose their favorite of the two divisions' 1st place winners.
And Kendra did me One Better. She won "Best of Wide Angle".
Read Kendra's post to hear how the contest ended, it should be fun and entertaining.
And here are my three winning shots. Keeping with the theme of the contest, these are unedited, straight from the camera. All I did was add my signature and resize for Flickr. That's it.
www.spurnpoint.com/Spurn_Point.htm
Spurn is a very unique place in the British Islands. Three and a half miles long and only fifty metres wide in places.
Extending out in to the Humber Estuary from the Yorkshire coast it has always had a big affect to the navigation of all vessels over the years. Help to some and a danger or hindrance to others. This alone makes Spurn a unique place.
Spurn is made up of a series of sand and shingle banks held together with mainly Marram grass and Seabuckthorn. There are a series of sea defence works built by the Victorians and maintained by the Ministry of Defence, till they sold Spurn to the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust in the 1950s. The defences are in a poor state, breaking down and crumbling. This is making Spurn a very fragile place wide open to the ravages of the North Sea.
One of the most striking features of Spurn is the black and white lighthouse near to the end of Spurn. Now just an empty shell not used since it was closed down at dawn on the thirty first of October 1986.
There have been many Lighthouses on Spurn over the years the first recorded at around 1427. The present light was built from 1893 TO 1895. The small tower on the beach on the Estuary side was originally the low light. It was built and put in to operation at around 1852. This light was no longer needed when the present lighthouse was opened in 1895.At a later date the light was removed and it was used as a store for explosives and later as a water tower. The tank can still be seen on the top. When it was operational there was a raised walkway from the shore to the lighthouse so it could be reached at all stages of the tide.
The present lighthouse was built to replace an old lighthouse that was positioned just to the south of the present one. You can still see the round perimeter wall surrounding the old keepers cottages and the base of the old lighthouse which had to be demolished due to it settling on it's foundations making it unsafe.
The only light on Spurn today is a flashing green starboard light on the very end of the point and the fixed green lights marking the end of the Pilots jetty.
Because of Spurns ever moving position there have been many Lighthouses over the years. There is a very good book by George.de.BOAR, called History of the Spurn Lighthouses, produced by the East Yorkshire Local History Society. This is one of a series of books on local history.
www.spurnpoint.com/Around_and_about_at_Spurn.htm
Around and about there are plenty of places to eat and drink. Starting from the north of Spurn at Kilnsea there is the Riverside hotel offering good quality food drink and accommodation. Coming south towards Spurn and still in Kilnsea there is the Crown and Anchor pub. A welcoming place serving bar meals fine beers and offering bed and breakfast at very reasonable rates. At the crossroads before you turn towards Spurn there is the Spurn heritage coast visitors centre. Where there is a small cafe and exhibition. At the entrance Spurn point nature reserve is an information centre and bird observatory selling books pamphlets, etc., and the last toilet on Spurn.
Past the lighthouse is the last car park. Two hundred metres further on you find the Humber Lifeboat and Pilot stations. Near the houses is a Small caravan selling tea, coffee, cold cans, hot and cold food, crisps and sweets.
All are open all year round apart from the heritage centre which is open thought the season.
BIRD WATCHING.
Is a very popular pastime as Spurn is internationally famous for birds. There are up to two hundred species recorded at spurn every year. Some of which are extremely rare. The Marmora's Warbler seen at Spurn In June 1992 was only the third recorded in Britain.
SEA FISHING.
The beaches of Spurn provide some of the best sea fishing in the area, with Cod and Whiting and Flats being caught through the winter and Skate, Flats and Bass through the summer. There is sport to be had all the year.
At the very end of Spurn is deep water ideal for Cod but this only fishes best two hours either side of low water, the tide is to strong at other times. All along the seaward side of Spurn is good for all species of fish at all times though over high water being the better. The riverside of Spurn is very shallow and only produces Flats and the bass over high water.
THE BEACH.
The beaches at Spurn are of soft sand and shingle. Whichever way the wind is blowing you can just pop over the dunes to the outer side. There are fossils and all manners of things to find beach combing. Swimming is not safe any were near the point end as there are very strong tides at up to six knots at times. But in side Spurn around the point car park is perfect at high water. The beach does not shelf to fast and very little tide. You can have the place to your self at times, as Spurn is never really busy weekdays.#
A very popular pastime at Spurn is Fossil hunting. There is a good abundance of fossils to be found in amongst the pebbles and shingle.
The Shark Trust has a very interesting PDF file tell you all about Shark Skate and rays the mermaids purses you find on the beach are egg shells from sharks and Rays. Click the link to down load the Shark Trust Brochure.
WALKING.
Walking or strolling at spurn is very easy, as there are no hills. There are various sign posted paths up and down the point. For the fit a complete walk round the whole point is about 8 miles, taking in all the point round the point end and back to the "warren" information place at the start of Spurn. You will need good footwear, as much of the paths are sand. There is limited access for disabled, but not to the point end, as you have to go via the beach.
You can park your car at the point car park and walk round the point end and back to the car park about a mile, or just stroll around the point were you choose. The only place you are not allowed to go are down the pilot's jetty and the centre square of the Lifeboat houses.
In spring and early summer Spurn is covered with a large amount of wild flowers of all species.
There are common to the not so common; from Orchids to bluebells. I must remind you Spurn is a nature reserve and the picking of all flowers is prohibited. When visiting please enjoy Spurn, as it is a very beautiful place and leave only your footprints.
Horse Riding.
There is riding available nearby at the North Humberside Riding Centre. The stables are ideally located with rides along quiet country lanes, by-ways, plus miles of sandy beach and riverbanks. The cross-country course offers a variety of fences for both the novice and the more experienced rider.
www.spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/
A Brief History of Spurn Bird Observatory
Following visits to Spurn by several members of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union in the late 1930's, a communal log for ornithological observations was instituted in 1938. This included a roll-call of species, the beginnings of a recording system, which later became standard in bird observatories. Realising the potential of the Spurn peninsula for the regular observation of bird migration a group of enthusiasts, notably Ralph Chislett, George Ainsworth, John Lord and R.M. Garnett, had the idea of setting up a bird observatory, with the Warren Cottage at the northern end of the peninsula as an ideal headquarters. Unfortunately the outbreak of war forced them to put their plans on hold but shortly after hostilities ceased a lease for Warren Cottage was obtained from the War Department and the observatory was established shortly afterwards under the auspices of the Y.N.U. with the four members mentioned above forming the first committee. A preliminary meeting was held in September 1945 to decide on the site for a Heligoland trap, work on which was begun almost immediately and the first bird (a Blackbird) was ringed on November 17th. The first minuted committee meeting was held on March 9th 1946 and the observatory was opened to visitors at Whitsuntide that year.
Initially coverage was limited to the main migration seasons, being extended to winter weekends in the early 1950's to trap and ring some of the large numbers of Snow Buntings which used to occur at that time of year and gradually coverage was increased (whenever possible) to cover the late spring and summer. In 1959 there was an important development when the Yorkshire Naturalists' Trust (now the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust) became the owners of the peninsula and thus the observatory's landlord. In 1960 a full time warden was appointed by the Trust, and although having no official connection with the observatory the fact of having an observer on the peninsula year-round inevitably helped to improve the ornithological coverage. This was especially the case from 1964 when the current warden, Barry Spence, was appointed, in conjunction with the fact that an interest in birds and their migrations was steadily growing and more bird-watchers were staying at the observatory, often for longer periods.
When the observatory opened there was accommodation for seven visitors in Warren Cottage and facilities included two chemical toilets, the Warren Heligoland trap and an ex-army hut as a ringing hut. Over the next ten years a further five Heligoland traps were constructed along the peninsula, although today only three remain in existence. In 1959 the observatory gained the use of the Annexe, one of two ex W.D. bungalows built at the Warren during the early 1950's, thus increasing the accommodation capacity to seventeen and providing much improved toilet facilities. Over the years the accommodation and facilities have been gradually improved to try to make the visitor's stay at Spurn as comfortable as possible. Other improvements have also taken place, in 1968 part of one of the derelict buildings at the Point was converted into a ringing laboratory ready for the first B.T.O. Ringing Course, held in autumn of that year and in 1971 part of one of the derelict buildings at the Warren was also converted into a ringing laboratory. The other part of this building became a laboratory for the use of students of Leeds University but this also became available to the observatory in the mid 1980's when the University no longer had a use for it. Subsequently it was converted into a self-contained accommodation unit for two, complete with kitchen facilities, and although officially known by the somewhat unimaginative name of Room F (the rooms in the Annexe being known as Rooms A, C, D & E, - whatever happened to Room B?), it was somewhat irreverently christened "Dunbirdin" by regular visitors to Spurn.
In 1965 a sea-watching hut was erected east of the Warren beyond the line of the former railway track. Due to coastal erosion it became necessary to move this in late 1974, when it was hoped that it would last at least as long as it had in its first position. Alas this was not to be, as the rate of erosion increased dramatically in the mid 1970's, necessitating a further move in early December 1977. In that year a clay bank had been built across the field behind Warren Cottage (Clubley's field) to prevent the flooding of arable land by wind-blown sea water, but on January 11th 1978 Spurn suffered its worst flooding ever when a strong to gale-force north-westerly wind combined with a spring tide. In late 1981 due to extensive construction works at Easington a large quantity of boulder clay became available and this was used to build up and extend the bank across Clubley's field, south towards Black Hut and north beyond Big Hedge to join up with an existing bank (which had been built in 1974) behind the scrape. In 1982 the sea-watching hut was repositioned on top of this bank, where it remained until the bank itself was washed away in the early 1990's.
A number of other changes to the observatory recording area began to take place from the early 1970's, including extensive building operations at the Point, commencing in 1974, with the construction of a new jetty for the Humber Pilot boats, new housing for the Spurn Lifeboat crew and the conversion and renovation of various existing buildings for use by the Coastguard and the Pilots. In 1978 following damage to the existing road south of the Warren area a new tarmac road was laid to the west of the original one, this lasted until 1988 when a second "new road" loop had to be laid, followed in 1991 by the construction of the existing loop road running along the Humber shore from just south of the Warren to just beyond Black Hut. The construction of this road resulted in the destruction of the actual Black Hut, although the area still bears the name. In 1981 the lines of wartime concrete anti-tank blocks running from the seashore to the Canal Zone were removed to fill in a breach at the Narrow Neck. This resulted in the southward extension of the Scrape field by the farmer up to Big Hedge and the start of a gradual decline in the condition of this hedge and its attractiveness to birds. In 1982 a local resident excavated a pond for shooting purposes in the wet area adjoining the Canal Zone. This never really proved successful and the land was later purchased by the Y.W.T. and the pond enlarged to become what is now known as Canal Scrape. In 1984 a famous Spurn landmark, the Narrows "Hut", a wooden migration watch shelter which had stood at the Narrow Neck for twenty-three years, was set fire to by person or persons unknown and completely destroyed, it was replaced the following year by a more solid construction made from breeze-blocks.
A period of considerable change began in 1988 when the Spurn peninsula was designated as part of the Spurn Heritage Coast. Projects undertaken include the enlargement of the Canal Scrape mentioned above and the erection of a hide overlooking it, a hide overlooking the Humber wader roost at Chalk Bank, a public sea-watching hide alongside the observatory one, provision of additional car-parking space, the restoration of the short-turf habitat in the Chalk Bank area, provision of footpaths, etc. A major project was the renovation of the Blue Bell in Kilnsea for use as offices, an information centre and a small cafe, which became fully operational in 1995. Another fairly recent project has been the creation of another scrape/pond on Clubley's field.
In 1996 the observatory celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, and for the first time in its history SBO employed a full time seasonal warden. This position has since been expanded and the observatory now enjoys the services of a year- round warden. In 1998, with a view to the future, a small bungalow in Kilnsea was purchased with money bequeathed by the late John Weston, a long time committee member, who regrettably died in 1996. This was followed in 1999 by the purchase of a strip of land adjacent to the property and is now known as the ‘Church Field’, this is planted with a sacrificial crop every year, and has also had several groups of trees planted and a feeding station placed in the north-east corner. Access to this field is available by becoming a member of ‘Friends of Spurn Bird Observatory’, a venture set up in 2003 to eventually help with the building of a new observatory when the old one falls way to the sea.
Stranger #76 – Kornel – I spotted him in the centre of Wrocław, Poland where his get-up immediately caught my attention. I approached him, asked for a photo and he instantly agreed. I started explaining the project anyway but Kornel interrupted me and told me he is a photographer himself :) We moved a few meters towards the shadows and I took a few pictures as usual. I’m happy with the result and I think Kornel’s very serious expression really makes this portrait great :)
This picture is #76 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Made this stilton tart with the aid of Frozen Flacky pastry which i defrosted and then made the edging round the side. Mostly bake cakes but really pleased with the results of this. Recipe was in this months waitrose magazine
The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40000 interlocking basalt columns which was the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is located along the Atlantic Ocean in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland about three miles northeast of the town of Bushmills.
GREAT JOB THIS WEEK GHOULS!! NO ONE WILL BE ELIMINATED, I LOVED ALL UR ENTRIES!!
1st: DEUCE - AMAZING WORK & CONGRATZ ON BEST PHOTO!
WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF TIES!
2nd: AZALEA - GREAT JOB ON A GREAT PHOTO AND WORKING IT WITHOUT EYES!
2nd: GHOULIA - LOVE THIS VERSION OF CROPPING! MODEL MODEL MODEL.
2nd: ROARY - PERFECT USE OF PROP!
3rd: SKYLAR - MY HEAD ROLLED! XD
4th: RINA - MUCH BETTER THIS WEEK BUT UR SET WAS LACKLUSTER.
4th: HAVOC - A BIT LESS LIGHTING NEXT TIME, GREAT JOB THOUGH!
5th: MILDRED - LOVE, BUT TRY A BETTER SET NEXT TIME..
6th: FRANKIE - THIS WAS A SURPRISE. I LIKED IT, BUT WHEN IT WAS SCORED AGAINST THE OTHER PHOTOS THE NUMBERS WERE VERY LOW..
CONGRATZ TO ALL MY GHOULS AND JUST FYI THERE WILL BE A DOUBLE ELIMINATION NEXT WEEK!!
Patricia came over and did a creative shoot the other night. We were experimenting with lighting and a fog machine. This was the result.
A wave of anarchist violence has been crashing through the streets of Portland, Oregon, since June 2020.
The criminals are not the Black Lives Matter movement. Neither are they "Antifa," whatever that is.
No, paradoxically, they are surprisingly well organized for people who pose as anarchists. They use Twitter to incite, plan and celebrate their "autonomous" direct actions.
Like extremists on the right, anarchists torture language and traffic in lies. For example, they insist on Twitter that damaging property is not a form of violence, though the way they smash windows, set fires, tag buildings and pull down beloved statues of great Americans such as Abe Lincoln very clearly is.
Justifiable anger over unchecked organized vandalism is met with the accusation that victims of anarchist riots care more about property than human lives. This rhetorical dodge is meant to play on liberal guilt and depends on people not recognizing a false binary when they hear one.
Callow, ignorant youth who have never been responsible for anything more economically complex than a skateboard shrug off their criminal responsibility for significant vandalism on the ground that business owners have property insurance.
They have no inkling of the real-world consequences of their actions such as the cancellation of a business's insurance or a ruinous increase in premiums.
You won't find anarchists at the negotiation table articulating their objectives or making concessions in the interest of advancing reforms. Anonymous violence under cover of darkness is their only form of argument and persuasion.
Not only do anarchists flout laws duly promulgated under our democratic system, they deprive citizens' of their constitutionally guaranteed freedom of expression by harassing and attacking members of the public and journalists for daring to capture photos or videos of anarchists in the act of committing crimes.
What are the anarchists' non-negotiable demands? They seek extremist outcomes such as total abolition of police and prisons that would never be approved by a majority of legislators or of voters in a free and fair election.
Portland's hapless and incompetent mayor lacks the political will to shut down Portland's anarchists.
The police, for reasons known only to the union leadership and insubordinate members of the rank and file, won't act decisively to interdict anarchist direct actions before they gain maximum destructive momentum.
Our deluded county prosecutor has contributed significantly to the damage in downtown Portland as a result of his ill-conceived policy not to prosecute most of the "alleged" wrongdoers the police arrest during anarchist rampages.
In true Portland form, we put a flower on it and carry on.
Participei da oficina de fotografia artesanal com a equipe Cidade Invertida e foi muito bom, aqui minha imagem, resultado deste trabalho.Parabéns ao Cidade Invertida pelo belíssimo trabalho.
Cusco Cathedral is towering over the Plaza de Armas, this colonial church is the architectural focal point of Cusco.The historic town of Cusco, Peru is a designated UNESCO World Heritage site. Once the imperial city of the Inca, Cusco’s pre-Columbian urban layout was preserved when the Spanish conquistadors began building colonial structures over its framework in the 16th century. The result is a fascinating city of layered architectural styles, archaeological ruins, and varied artistic and cultural influences, set within a winding labyrinth of cobblestoned lanes.
downtown eureka, ca, usa
the sad story of the diana mini roll.
it sat in my purse for over a year
I thought it was color, but it was b&w
so I developed, but....
I usually load at night when it's dark in my walk-in, but I tried jordan's closet and realized after I got the film out that there was light in the darkness.
I had a hard time loading. I do 120 better than 35 mm.
I developed, fixed and then thought the fixer what probably bad so I re-mixed fixer, and rewashed.
then I dropped the film trying to unscrew the reel and got lint on it.
the result is grainy.
but fun.
[I am easily pleased]
Painting Outside the Box' by Ilan Vizgan
The flute raises it's voice / what is it's story? / is it bad news or good ones or what? / It's about everything and all A poem by Nathan Alterman/ summer celebration
Mirit Ben-Nun’s paintings escape common description. An objective observation might describe it as contemporary art, though created by an upbeat young female artist, it is far from contemporary. This art possesses no “present day” defining elements. Mirit's paintings speak in a distant dialect seemingly of another era and location. By trying to pinpoint this time and place, we find ourselves wandering about without a solid grasping point. Her paintings are laced with a fire-like sensuality and striking colors. The naive and archetypal characteristics remind us of folk art. Reality is lost within the ‘erroneous’ size ratio of the numerous imagery, similarly to tribal and native art in Africa, Oceania and Australia. The surface is laboriously worked and replicated similarly to rug weaving techniques. Motifs of Western Pop can be found in many of the paintings. This combination of Primeval motifs and Western Modern Art creates cultural and historical tensions between here and there, then and now. Formatively speaking the paintings are schematically divided into colorful segments with no intermediate transitions. Strong and clear boundaries outline the different areas, each is populated with a happening, opposing or complementing the one next to it. In this fashion, for example, round shapes are confronted with geometric ones or human images with those of animals and plants. Often the paintings are outlined with a ‘frame' thereby uniting the parts and creating an enclosure, like a window within a window. As a result, unconventional compositions are created and shatter the conventional formula of the "Uniformity of subject, shape & color". The rule breaking strengthens the untamed quality of these ‘uncivilized’ paintings.
In the center of Ben-Nun's paintings stands the image of the woman and the relationship between the sexes. Women are displayed as curvaceous, seductive images often in dancing poses. The dance is used as a metaphor for courting and seduction; the thick red lips, at times heart- shaped, symbolize passion and love. When it seems that the implicit allure isn't sufficient, the female image is portrayed in a frontal wide stance, in a composition that reminds us of the letter W. But when the two images meet, the feminine and the masculine, the unification is complete; melding into each other, the images' side view completely overlaps. When in a seated position the whole shape converts into the letter M emphasizing the complimenting opposites. The protagonists - women and men - are accompanied by secondary characters; symbolic images of especially fish, hands (the Hamsa) and eyes. Those are prevalent in Middle East cultures and represent fertility, luck and protection from the evil eye. Their presence in the paintings, alongside the lovers, implies that the matter at hand is not barren erotica and carnal passion, but genuine love that yearns for a home, family and the raising of offsprings.
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-The best of this theme is Reginia
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Reginia:The best photo from you!
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-The best of this theme is Reginia.
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-Tha best of this theme is Reginia
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-The best of this theme is Rose
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-The best of this theme is Emily.
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-The best of this theme is Emily
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-The best of this theme is Rose
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Reginia:Good photo.
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-The best of this theme is Rose
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Reginia\Emily:I like you face but your poses is little boring!
-The best of this theme is Rose.
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Rose:3rd time AMAZING!!!
Reginia:I love your photo and I love dress!
Emily:Nice photo!
-The best of this theme is Rose
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Reginia:PERFECT!
Emily:Lovely!
-The best of this theme is Reginia
Theme(s) 12\13\14:
Candy Yummy:
Rose:Love it!
Reginia:I like you photo but you can better!
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-The best of this theme is Rose
Walk in the street:
Rose\Reginia\Emily:not easy decide but the best of this theme is Emily
COSMOPOL MAGAZINE:
Rose:Amazing photo
Reginia:Perfect photo
Emily:Love photo
-The best is all! ;-)
Winner challenges
Rose:7
Reginia:5
Emily:4
Votes:
Rose:20 votes
Reginia:18 votes
Emily 26: votes
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MY FUJIFILM MINI INSTANT ARRIVED! a YEEEEEH!
Was a good day! Set up this shoot with Verity, my lovely model friend. And these were the results. I only wanted to take a couple as the film is precious! But yeh, SO excited
Beauty and so much more. From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canna_(plant)#Uses :
The Canna plant's young shoots, young seeds and starchy roots are edible, and the latter can be fermented to make alcoholic drinks. Mature seeds make nice, durable jewelry beads or a purple dye. Old, dead stalks can be used to make paper. Stalk fibers can be woven into rough, jute-like fabrics. Smoke from burning its leaves is an insecticide. No wonder the Thai people give Canna plants to their dads on Father's Day. Most dads like multi-use things. Location: Our back terrace, Riehen BS Switzerland.
Photo stuff: I challenged myself to create a bright sunlight, high-contrast image without blown highlights. Result comes pretty close. Before editing, the highlights in the RAW file looked blown.
In my album: Dan's Flower Power.
Photo of a balloon being popped with a needle. (My lovely wife is doing the messy work of the popping). This is the one--and so far only--shot we took. The resulting dust cloud settled everywhere.
Strobists: ISO 200, ƒ/5.0, 4 sec., Sigma EF-500 DG Super @ 1/32
camera right, Vivitar 285HV @ 1/16 pointing up from below washing the
background (probably should have been snooted...I'll have to make one).