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I had no idea what I was taking picture of, but the building looked interesting. The sign was a bit of a clue and it turns out, that Vancouver is only 4 years older than this refinery. It looked abandoned, but still produces 10% of Canadian sugar. Rogers Sugar was founded in 1890 by Benjamin Tingley Rogers. If I have a son, I would name him Tingley, for sure. Tingley may had some problems in school with that name, but he became one of the wealthiest men in Canada.
942. Vancouver 18. 2017-Jul 11; P1310340. Upload 2022-Feb 05. Lmx -ZS25
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Buffalo & Pittsburgh BR-1 switches out American Refining in Foster Brook with the short lived Conrail 7803.
A pileated woodpecker twisting his head to the left and downward to reach something within his excavation.
A farmer unloads raw salt at salt field yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh. This photo is taken in the destination of Banshkhali Upazila in the division of Chittagong in the country of Bangladesh.
The salt industry being one of the largest labor intensive cottage industries of Bangladesh absorbs largely around 5 million people directly or indirectly. The total value chain of the salt industry in Bangladesh involves largely two sub-sectoral activities namely-- the refining process which is operated by salt mills and the crude salt production process that involves a significant chunk of marginal farmers of coastal Bangladesh.
Among the farmers, farmers some are cultivating salt on their own lands while the other farmers are cultivating salt after taking the land as lease either directly from owners of the lands or through middle men. Local administration sources said a huge quantity of lands are being used for salt cultivation in Banshkhali this year.
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বাঁশখালীর উপকূল জুড়ে চলছে লবণ উৎপাদন। এখানকার বিভিন্ন ইউনিয়নে ৫০ হাজার লবণচাষি ১৫ হাজার হেক্টর জমিতে লবণ চাষ করছেন। অনেকে জমি মালিকের সঙ্গে চুক্তিতে চাষ করেন। উপজেলার কাথরিয়া, বাহারছড়া, সরল, গন্ডামারা, পুইছড়ি, শেখেরখীল, ছনুয়া ও খানখানাবাদ উপকূলীয় এলাকায় ব্যস্ত সময় পার করছেন তারা।
লবণ চাষিরা জানান, কাঠের রোলার দিয়ে মাঠ সমতল করার পর চারপাশে মাটির আইল দিয়ে ছোট ছোট প্লট তৈরি করা হয়। এরপর ছোট প্লটগুলো রোদে শুকিয়ে কালো বা নীল রঙের পলিথিন বিছিয়ে দেওয়া হয়।
জোয়ার এলে মাঠের মাঝখানে তৈরি করা নালা দিয়ে জমির প্লটে জমানো হয় সাগরের লবণাক্ত পানি। অনেকে ইঞ্জিনচালিত শ্যালো মেশিনও ব্যবহার করেন। এভাবে পানি সংগ্রহ করার পর ৪ থেকে ৫ দিন রোদে রাখা হয়।
কড়া রোদে পানি বাষ্পীভূত হয়ে চলে যায় আর লবণ পড়ে থাকে পলিথিনের ওপর। লবণ চাষ মূলত আবহাওয়ার ওপর নির্ভরশীল। একটু ঝড় বৃষ্টি হলেই উৎপাদন বন্ধ হয়ে যায়। কুয়াশাও লবণের জন্য ক্ষতিকর।
উৎপাদিত লবণ থেকে পানি সরে গেলে ব্যাপারীদের হাতে তুলে দেওয়া হয়। এই লবণ কিনে নিয়ে কারখানায় রিফাইনারি মেশিনের মাধ্যমে পরিশোধন শেষে বস্তা বা প্যাকেট ভর্তি করা হয়। পরে সেই লবণ চলে যায় বিভিন্ন স্থানে।
A farmer unloads raw salt at salt field yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh. This photo is taken in the destination of Banshkhali Upazila in the division of Chittagong in the country of Bangladesh.
The salt industry being one of the largest labor intensive cottage industries of Bangladesh absorbs largely around 5 million people directly or indirectly. The total value chain of the salt industry in Bangladesh involves largely two sub-sectoral activities namely-- the refining process which is operated by salt mills and the crude salt production process that involves a significant chunk of marginal farmers of coastal Bangladesh.
Among the farmers, farmers some are cultivating salt on their own lands while the other farmers are cultivating salt after taking the land as lease either directly from owners of the lands or through middle men. Local administration sources said a huge quantity of lands are being used for salt cultivation in Banshkhali this year.
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বাঁশখালীর উপকূল জুড়ে চলছে লবণ উৎপাদন। এখানকার বিভিন্ন ইউনিয়নে ৫০ হাজার লবণচাষি ১৫ হাজার হেক্টর জমিতে লবণ চাষ করছেন। অনেকে জমি মালিকের সঙ্গে চুক্তিতে চাষ করেন। উপজেলার কাথরিয়া, বাহারছড়া, সরল, গন্ডামারা, পুইছড়ি, শেখেরখীল, ছনুয়া ও খানখানাবাদ উপকূলীয় এলাকায় ব্যস্ত সময় পার করছেন তারা।
লবণ চাষিরা জানান, কাঠের রোলার দিয়ে মাঠ সমতল করার পর চারপাশে মাটির আইল দিয়ে ছোট ছোট প্লট তৈরি করা হয়। এরপর ছোট প্লটগুলো রোদে শুকিয়ে কালো বা নীল রঙের পলিথিন বিছিয়ে দেওয়া হয়।
জোয়ার এলে মাঠের মাঝখানে তৈরি করা নালা দিয়ে জমির প্লটে জমানো হয় সাগরের লবণাক্ত পানি। অনেকে ইঞ্জিনচালিত শ্যালো মেশিনও ব্যবহার করেন। এভাবে পানি সংগ্রহ করার পর ৪ থেকে ৫ দিন রোদে রাখা হয়।
কড়া রোদে পানি বাষ্পীভূত হয়ে চলে যায় আর লবণ পড়ে থাকে পলিথিনের ওপর। লবণ চাষ মূলত আবহাওয়ার ওপর নির্ভরশীল। একটু ঝড় বৃষ্টি হলেই উৎপাদন বন্ধ হয়ে যায়। কুয়াশাও লবণের জন্য ক্ষতিকর।
উৎপাদিত লবণ থেকে পানি সরে গেলে ব্যাপারীদের হাতে তুলে দেওয়া হয়। এই লবণ কিনে নিয়ে কারখানায় রিফাইনারি মেশিনের মাধ্যমে পরিশোধন শেষে বস্তা বা প্যাকেট ভর্তি করা হয়। পরে সেই লবণ চলে যায় বিভিন্ন স্থানে।
Another refining old photo.
This is my favorite swan picture out of my collections, even though it was sort of out-of-focus. I regret that I only took one shot, without having any alternative position or exposure.
Slovnaft is an oil refining company in Slovakia.
Slovnaft's factory near Bratislava is a significant polluter of groundwater. To protect the waters of Žitný Ostrov, a hydraulic wall of wells has been built east of the Slovnaft site, the polluted water of which is constantly being cleaned
This week's theme for Mosaic Montage Monday was Refine. What inspired me was something I read about the trend towards people refining their craft, becoming masters of their craft.
Excellence in photography has always interested me and I continually try to advance towards achieving it. I enjoy seeing photography from people who treat photography as an art.
I am so happy to finally have a great camera and I am learning all the things it can do that my old camera couldn't. Photography is more than the camera, though. The environment you create when your spirit is into it is something special. For me, I am always fine-tuning that part of it...
Hair - D!va, Samantha
Bikini - :zk:, Sunny
Skirt, Drape & Belt - Baiastice, Marea @FaMESHed
Picture by Lilias Ianlanthas
JACKET: ::LFE;;Celine Jacket_Maitreya
BODYSUIT: _CD_ Lorena Brown Jumpsuit - Maitreya Lara
HEELS: Blueberry - Bonita Heels - Ankle High - Maitreya
NECKLACE: Kibitz - Aniabis necklace - onyx
HAIR:little bones. Mara
"Hâtez-vous lentement, et sans perdre courage,
Vingt fois sur le métier remettez votre ouvrage,
Polissez-le sans cesse, et le repolissez,
Ajoutez quelquefois, et souvent effacez".
Dans mon cas pour cette gare, ce n'est pas 20 fois mais plusieurs centaines de fois.
Contrairement à ce que l'on pense souvent, cette formule ne fait pas référence à l’Odyssée d’Homère, dans laquelle Pénélope, la fidélité personnifiée, refuse de reprendre époux malgré l’interminable absence de son mari Ulysse. Et qui, pour éloigner les prétendants, donne comme excuse, des années durant, jusqu'au retour d'Ulysse, la confection d’un large voile qu’elle se doit de terminer avant une éventuelle seconde noce. Mais démonte chaque nuit tout ce qu'elle a tissé durant la journée.
Il s'agit d'une citation de l'écrivain français Nicolas Boileau dit Boileau-Despréaux, extraite de "L’Art poétique", un poème didactique de onze cents alexandrins classiques paru en 1674, qui, à mon sens, garde toute son actualité, près de trois siècles et demi plus tard.
Appartenant au registre désuet, elle signifie : n'hésitez pas à travailler et retravailler inlassablement votre projet ou votre texte, à le peaufiner, à l'instar de l'artisan tisserand, qui ne cesse de remettre, autant de fois qu'il le faudra, son ouvrage (c'est à dire la pièce de tissu qu'il est en train de fabriquer) sur son métier à tisser.
"Make haste slowly, and without losing heart,
Twenty times on the loom hand over your work,
Polish it endlessly, and polish it again,
Add sometimes, and erase often".
In my case for this station, it's not 20 times but several hundred times.
Contrary to what is often thought, this formula does not refer to Homer's Odyssey, in which Penelope, fidelity personified, refuses to take a husband again despite the interminable absence of her husband Ulysses. And who, to ward off the suitors, gives as an excuse, for years, until the return of Ulysses, the making of a large veil that she must finish before a possible second wedding. But dismantles every night everything she has woven during the day.
This is a quote from the French writer Nicolas Boileau dit Boileau-Despréaux, taken from "L'Art poétique", a didactic poem of eleven hundred classic Alexandrians published in 1674, which, in my opinion, retains all its topicality, nearly three and a half centuries later.
Belonging to the obsolete register, it means: do not hesitate to work and tirelessly rework your project or your text, to refine it, like the artisan weaver, who does not cease to put back, as many times as he will need, his work (i.e. the piece of fabric he is making) on his loom.
The raindrops glittering in the sun refine this already beautiful dahlia blossom and create a masterpiece of shape and color. I think that it should do without big words and work on its own.
For this reason, I'll leave it at that and wish you all a bright start to the week.
Die in der Sonne glitzernden Regentropfen veredeln diese auch so schon schöne Dahlienblüte und schaffen ein Meisterwerk aus Form und Farbe.Ich denke, das sollte auch ohne große Worte auskommen und für sich alleine Wirken.
Aus diesem Grund belasse ich es dabei und wünsche Euch alle eine strahlenden Wochenstart.
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The modern history of petroleum began in the 19th century with the refining of paraffin from crude oil. The Scottish chemist James Young in 1847 noticed a natural petroleum seepage in the Riddings colliery at Alfreton, Derbyshire from which he distilled a light thin oil suitable for use as lamp oil, at the same time obtaining a thicker oil suitable for lubricating machinery. In 1846, Baku (settlement Bibi-Heybat) the first ever well drilled with percussion tools to a depth of 21 meters for oil exploration, based on data of Nicolay Voskoboynikov; it was 13 years before the Drake's well was drilled in Pennsylvania. The new oils were successful, but the supply of oil from the coal mine soon began to fail (eventually being exhausted in 1851). Young, noticing that the oil was dripping from the sandstone roof of the coal mine, theorized that it somehow originated from the action of heat on the coal seam and from this thought that it might be produced artificially.
Information by Wikipedia.
Texture's & Effect's by William Walton & Topaz.
The first section of #120 begins the climb out of the Helena Valley.
All the stacks belonged to the American Smelting and Refining Company's smelter operations.
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In 1964, Ferruccio Lamborghini moved from building tractors to creating phenomenal exotic sports cars to challenge Ferrari. Lamborghini enlisted Paolo Stanzani and Gian Paolo Dallara to assist in implementing Lamborghini’s first production car, the 350 GT at company factory in Sant’Agata, Italy.
The 350 GT was a front engine, 3.5 V12 hand built grand touring car with a racing motor in the tradition of chief competitors Ferrari and Aston Martin. The 350 GT made its world debut at the 1964 Geneva Auto Show where it was warmly received.
Lamborghini continued with the 350 GT refining and updating the design and construction of the car until 1966 when it was decided that a similar model with upgraded 4.0 liter engine was in order.
Enter the Lamborghini 400 GT.
Utilizing the dramatic styling of the 350 GT, Lamborghini moved forward with the 400 GT, the larger 4.0 liter Bizzarini designed six Weber carbureted engine providing more power with 320BHP. The engine was mated with Lamborghini’s in-house made five speed gearbox providing an easier driving experience.
There were two 400 GT models, the GT (or 400 GT Interim) and the 400 GT 2+2, the standard tourer body style which included some minor cosmetic changes, slightly larger to accommodate the back seats.
If it was Lamborghini’s intention to create a “statement” car straight away, the 400 GT 2+2 Superleggera certainly filled the bill. The 400 GT is reminiscent of its competitors but with Lamborghini’s own styling touches, twin round headlights, (changed and replaced on the car above?) sweeping narrow pontoon fenders, and arching roofline swept back to meet the rear deck lid in an elegant style with excess weight trimmed out to aid performance lending to their magnificent presence.
In all, Lamborghini built 224 400 GT 2+2s from 1966 to 1968.
In the market, 400 GTs have performed well over the last several years with concours quality examples remaining above the half-million dollar mark culminating in a steady and impressive rise in values beginning in the early 2010s and remaining solid performers in the exotic and collectible market.
As long term investments, 400 GTs check all the boxes, hand built, low production numbers and being among the first Lamborghinis produced, exactly what collectors look for.
credit: Curated Super Cars
Refining my comet shooting technique after the dramas of last time. I used a Nikon D810A with a Sigma Art 135mm lens at f/2, ISO200, 27 x 30 second shots during and beyond astro twilight. The camera was on a ZWO AM5, I used the ZWO ASIAIR Mini to polar align, then get my framing where I was happy with it, and ran the autofocus routine with a ZWO EAF connected to the lens. Once that was done I ran unguided in continuous exposure mode with a wired shutter release that locks on, while I shot landscape astro comet shots with the other camera. For processing I used APP, I didn't do any comet alignment. I removed much of the astro twilight colour from the sky and with more subs the satellites are almost gone. The artifact on the bottom right is from the ground getting in the frame! Final processing in Photoshop.
Time has a way of refining perspective. I've been thinking about the recent wildfires in Los Angeles Eaton Canyon/Alta Dena, Palisades, Hughes. I don't know yet how to photograph them. But I did photograph some wildfire areas back in 2021, walking burns and mudslides up the south central coast that happened in 2018.
In that year, the Woolsey fire burned much of the same area as the recent Palisades fire, burning through the Malibu hills and up the coast into Ventura. Many homes were burned. Even after 3 years, you could still see bleached driveways, foundations, and patios where homes were. Like bones in the sun. And in the hills, trees, palms, and patches of soil were black. There was a stillness.
It is here, in the Malibu hills, where I shot this photo.
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Umicore Precious Metals Refining operates as one of the world's largest precious metals recycling facilities.
Azimuth 254.3°, 33.7 km away (21 mi).
Address: A.Greinerstraat 14. B-2660 Hoboken (Antwerpen)
In 1974, a 450-ton mobile portal crane with a 125 m wide, 75 m high span spanning the construction basin and adjacent construction hall was erected on the site of the former Cockerill shipyards in Hoboken by engineer Frans Cools. Since 2001, the former shipyard has been used by Smulders Projects Belgium nv to produce foundations for offshore wind turbines.
Azimuth 254.7°, 34.9 km away (21.7 mi), height 75 m (246 ft).
Address: Macabilaan, B-2660 Hoboken (Antwerpen)
Photo taken in 2011 from the top of the Brusilia Residence.
FR : Usine Umicore et grue Titan à Hoboken
Umicore Precious Metals Refining est l'une des plus grandes installations de recyclage de métaux précieux au monde.
Azimut 254.3°, distance 33.7 km.
Adresse : A.Greinerstraat 14. B-2660 Hoboken (Antwerpen)
En 1974, une grue portail mobile de 450 tonnes, d'une portée de 125 m de large et de 75 m de haut, enjambant le bassin de construction et le hall de construction adjacent est érigé sur le site des anciens chantiers Cockerill à Hoboken par l’ingénieur Frans Cools. Depuis 2001, l’ancien chantier naval est utilisé pour la production des fondations pour des éoliennes offshore par la société Smulders projects Belgium nv.
Azimut 254.7°, distance 34.9 km, hauteur 75 m.
Adresse : Macabilaan, B-2660 Hoboken (Antwerpen)
Photo prise en 2011 du haut de la Résidence Brusilia.
NL: Umicore Fabriek en Titankraan in Hoboken
Umicore Precious Metals Refining is een van 's werelds grootste recyclagefabrieken voor edele metalen.
Azimut 254.3°, 33.7 km ver.
Adres: A.Greinerstraat 14. B-2660 Hoboken (Antwerpen)
In 1974 werd op de site van de voormalige Cockerill scheepswerven in Hoboken door ingenieur Frans Cools een 450 ton zware mobiele portaalkraan met een spanwijdte van 125 m breed en 75 m hoog geplaatst, die het constructiebekken en de aangrenzende constructiehal overspande.Sinds 2001 wordt de voormalige scheepswerf gebruikt voor de productie van funderingen voor offshore windturbines door Smulders projects Belgium nv.
Azimut 254.7°, 34.9 km ver, 75 m hoog.
Adres: Macabilaan, B-2660 Hoboken (Antwerpen)
Foto genomen in 2011 vanaf de top van de Brusilia Residentie.
Copyright © Jacques de Selliers 2025 – All rights reserved.
Reproduction prohibited without my written consent.
Reproduction interdite sans mon accord écrit.
Reproductie verboden zonder mijn schriftelijke toestemming.
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DBCSC maakt nog gebruik van meerdere diesellocomotieven type MZ (ex-DSB). Enkele zullen binnenkort worden afgevoerd nu DBCSC drie ME-en heeft geleased van Nordic Re-finance. MZ 1456 rangeerde op 21 juni 2022 door de straten van Vamdrup met een beladen VW-trein (G7445) bij het depot waar vanuit de auto's naar de dealers worden gebracht.
Die DBCSC setzt noch mehrere Diesellokomotiven vom Typ MZ (ex-DSB) ein. Einige werden bald entsorgt werden, nachdem DBCSC drei MEs von Nordic Re-Finance geleast hat. MZ 1456 rangierte am 21. Juni 2022 mit einem beladenen VW-Zug (G7445) durch die Straßen von Vamdrup am Depot, von wo aus die Autos zu den Händlern gebracht werden.
DBCSC still uses several diesel locomotives type MZ (ex-DSB). Some will soon be disposed of now that DBCSC has leased three ME's from Nordic Re-finance. MZ 1456 shunted through the streets of Vamdrup on 21 June 2022 with a loaded VW train (G7445) at the depot from where the cars are brought to the dealers.
Fairbanks Alaska. ca. 1985.
The United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company. Illinois Street supply yard.
The USSRM provided equipment to the Fairbanks Exploration Company (F.E. Co) in support of gold mining operations outside of Fairbanks in the middle part of the last century.
www.asme.org/about-asme/engineering-history/landmarks/113...
Friday Flashback.
Tri-X 400, Minolta SRT.
It was raining outside so I set the tripod up in the passenger seat, rolled down the window and took the photo. I took a few test shots and wondered why everything was blurry. Then I realized I should probably turn the car off to reduce the vibration during a long'ish exposure.
Shell Puget Sound Refinery / Anacortes, WA
These are the big vats that they used for refining sugar from molasses when this mill was in operation. All that remains of the original structure is the walls and these kettles and other machinery. The roof is now replaces by a huge, steel structure, and walkways have been built inside it so people can get closer to the equipment.
When I first started coming to Sugar Mill Gardens back in January of 2008, the walls had no protection around them and the whole ruin was encircled by a chain link fence to keep people out. I think the decision to reinforce the structure with the steel roof was done to preserve what's left of the walls and the kettles. Parts of the wall came down even during the time between when I started visiting, and when they built the enclosure. It is rather monolithic and ugly, but the good thing is that we can now go inside and see things closer up than before. Future generations stand a better chance of seeing this old mill's ruins now.
It's really hard for me to try to explain how hard it is to motivate myself to do any photography these days whilst I continue to recover from my knee injury. Recovery has been seriously interrupted by lockdowns and closures of gyms...indeed, I've not even been able to see a physio for over 6 months. With all of that my fitness has suffered considerably and so even short excursions can sometimes feel like I'm hitting the wall at mile 22 of a marathon. Therefore, the thought of making the effort to climb a hill for photography when the conditions are less than ideal...well, it doesn't appeal.
When on the hill, a different fear now presents itself. Fear of another injury. I used to head out without a care in the world really. Sure, I might slip and fall, but I always felt that I was the master of my own destiny, even in those circumstances...but now it is different. My body just failed when I injured my knee, with very little in the way of warning, just a little knee pain like I've had for years anyway. The actual step I took when my tendon snapped was so incredibly innocuous, it's the type of step I've taken thousands, if not millions, of times before...it was just like going down the stairs at home...but in that moment, my tendon chose when I was alone, on a hill, in inclement weather and without a mobile signal, to snap...not at home, going down the stairs. And now, although the injured knee presents no pain, my other one does, so the fear is that that will someday go too, as so often seems to happen with people who rupture one tendon, eventually the other one ruptures too. Add to that a lack of strength in the injured knee, some balancing issues and a tendency to give way without warning...that all adds up to a heck of a lot of nervousness when going off the beaten track.
The day I took this photo was no different in many ways. I was solo. The weather was inclement. There was no-one really around. I did have some extra protection in the form of a satellite transceiver that enables me to send an SOS and I did tell my wife where I was this time. But with boggy conditions underfoot, it still meant my mind wasn't wholly invested in photography until I'd set up my tripod and decided to wait, in the cloud and drizzle, for things to happen. And so I waited...and waited...and waited. About 2 hours later I felt the subtle change in temperature on my neck as the sun tried to break through the misty conditions. Poised with my finger on the shutter just hoping for the mistiness to clear a little to reveal the landscape, the conditions brightened to the left of the scene you see here until not only were the two tress visible, but also the landscape beyond...and low and behold, a rainbow. What resulted was a stitch pano consisting of 7 vertical frames and 160 megapixels of Lake District loveliness. This scene lasted for all of 30 seconds...and then it was gone.
I don't tend to big-up my photography, especially these days. I tend to work behind the scenes, especially for anything from Snowdonia, where I spend most of my time, refining my project and building, what I hope will be, a quality book. However, when I go elsewhere, it is sometimes nice to share what I captured, and I think even I like this one enough to shout about it.
Built in 1912, Hudswell Clarke design, delivered to Colonial Sugar Refining's Lautoka Mill in Fiji in 1912, repatriated 2011.
Dear Friends, I am back again from the Himalayas...It's another homecoming for me...to be back with all old friends here....to be in the folds of trust, love and care again on this grand arena...sharing with you the touch of it of two old friends sharing the bond while erasing the paths of time and age...taken in Ladakh, India
I wanted to be ready for the solar eclipse in April so I took a deep breath and bought a real solar filter. Coupled with my a6600 and a Sigma 100-400 I snapped these hand held pictures of the sun. It was partly cloudy for about three hours today and I'm hoping for another sunny day later this week. I'd like to set up a tripod and refine the exposure some. Once I get a good set of values it should be about the same any not cloudy day that I go out.
I will tweak this style a little but have been wanting to use this fabric for something like this for a while :)
"Her true motive is to refine the world, to upgrade peoples' understanding -- so that everyone can have the space they need to become fully themselves."
Queen of Swords inspired build for this round.
Not a ton really to go into for this one. Heavy influence taken from Magic the Gathering's Elesh Norn along with promotional artwork of the Iron Throne from the Game of Thrones Television show. Was neat how some of the negative and positive traits of the Tarot Card applied slightly to the character the build was based off of.
Between being on vacation for half of this round's build time and being sick for the other half, I didn't have as much time to really flesh the build out the way I initially envisioned it. Originally wanted to try a different color scheme and build an actual platform for her to stand on, but I'm happy enough with the way it came out.
Built for the MOC League 2022
Round 2
Theme - Tarot Cards
This view shows the proximity of the refining operation to the Root Glacier, now nearly obscured by layers of dirt and rock moraine scoured from the mountain valleys above. Below that surface, however, some solid ice still remains from past centuries of glaciation. In the distance can be seen snow-capped 16,390ft (4,996m) Mount Blackburn.
Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark preserves some of the buildings remaining from the copper ore refining operation active here from 1911 to 1938, including the machine shop (left) and the power plant with its four smokestacks.
Over its brief history, Kennecott Corporation, with support from J.P. Morgan, Guggenheim and other New York financiers, produced $200-300 million worth of copper and silver. (Source: National Park Service website)
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I will tweak this style a little but have been wanting to use this fabric for something like this for a while :)
Originally shot June 2021 this is a re-edit utilising a years worth of learning new techniques and refining my processing style.
L'Garçon refines his game...
Skippy was inspired by the following sophisticated creations:
Deadwool's Peak Suit, available at Monsieur Chic!
Zerkalo's Black Line Collection, available at Monsieur Chic!
Zerkalo's Memories Collection, available at Shiny Shabby!
Apple Fall's Country Hall, available at Shiny Shabby!
Apple Fall's Tournament Billiard's Table, available at Apple Fall!
Your car awaits...
Keep shining bright everyone!
P.S. If you look very closely, there are SHIPS!!! on my tie! Thank you Mister Masa for my favorite new blue tie!
Okay now that I am getting closer to refining this effect, I will be driving everyone crazy......... I have been striving for a diffused lighting for the highlights and i think i have stumbled on a 3rd party filter that produces the effect I want. It's a very subtle effect, barely noticeable by most, but I notice it.
Once again, the picture of the car was not taken (by a camera, that is) by me. Actually taken off the internet. Hope I don't get sued - but why should I. I'm not selling these pictures............yet!
Hope you enjoy..........