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Unit LE-M032
Toa:Air
Matoran build/Southern Continent
Sedrin – active, stage 8
Hurricane Flute
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Decided to try to see if the lights in the kitchen could substitute for daylight in a pinch - results are not great but I think I finally have a cheap idea of how I can muzzle my flash for future pictures.
Here are the last of the photos I have of this lovely open forecourt garage, it still looks like this even now, never had a canopy! This is one of the sites for which I have the most extensive branding and historical record. In the 1960s and 1970s it was a National branded site, as a result of this I am guessing prior to that it would have been a Shell BP site. Quite when it changed from National to Little David, its next brand, I'm not sure but around 1989 seems likely as that's roughly when the National name finally disappeared. It was Little David branded for a few years before changing again to Butler as we see here. By the earliest Streetview it was a Gulf site and that didn't last for long before it was rebranded again to be a Pace site, which it is to the present day. It may have been branded Power for a few years in the early part of the century but no photo of that as so far surfaced so it may gone straight to Gulf.
The garage was once located on what was then the A12 but the road was re-routed and this section became effectively a minor road despite being dual carriageway for much of its length. As it reaches Copdock it switches to single lanes with a central reservation and then, after the final junction where one must turn off to head into Ipswich, it becomes a dead end with just a footpath and cycleway completing the journey under the A14 and onto the site of the Ipswich Park and Ride. That means the garage here once had a lot more passing trade than it does now, and it is pretty amazing that it continues to trade. However quite a lot of traffic does head this way still as I'm sure there are times when the A12/A14 junction is super busy and backed up.
Below you can see it as National, Little David and Pace but for the Gulf era you'll need to look on Streetview.
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My friend clarkk doesn't make time to edit all the photos he shoots with his D70, so I had to do it for him.
I saw a square composition I really liked, should have grabbed the full res from him, but worked with the web size and had some fun, haven't really done much PS work of this nature.
This is the result, started here
Total wilderness ahead , Loch Ba is not to be mixed with little fishless ponds . Loch Ba is the adventure .Situated on the rannoch moors the place is scenic and wild .The loch itself is probably 3km long with many little islands dotting the place . Fishing can only be tackled from the shore or kayaks , it would be foolish to take a boat on this shallow water with many little stones sticking out here and there . Fishing is wild , brown trout is the quarry and perhaps a perch too . All fish are released too , most of them are small and wild so we give them respect and a chance .There is no rubbish to be seen either and littering this wild place is unimaginable , you see it wild , you leave it wild ,take your plastic wrappers home and stick it in the bin (easy) .This is the last wilderness close to the main road , the little midge are plentiful and if you are not prepared they will draw blood .Respect this land if you ever have a chance to discover it .It’s Magic
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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
Quick LR edit.. didn't need much
First shoot where actually liked the results from trying the ringflash so took quite a few! :)
The little blue androids claim victory over the little red androids and salute the blue leaders; the little red androids deny defeat...
Nobody ever looses in Cyprus!!!
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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.
First off, I want to thank everyone for their entries. You all did great with your entries, so much so that I may have to eventually bring in more than 1 into my CCR story at some point. Anyway, here's the results.. Congratz to the winners! Here are some honourable mentions. Smash-Dragon by Rednas (Love the combination especially), Old Timer by Lego Creationist (Quite Dapper) , and Crimson Racer (Speedforce fueled vehicles is an intriguing concept) by Harrison Hill. I'll get started on making the figures and the shoutouts ASAP.
3. Prismatic by BrickTailor. Honestly was the front runner for quite a while. The possibilities with the combination of his powers is intriguing. He also has flaws with the fact he can only draw upon 3 colours at a time.
2. Firewall by Slight of Brick. The fig, while having a simplistic design, works for the character. Loved the power choice, as it's surprisingly uncommon.
1. Dim Reaper by rwBricks. Everything about this entry was great. The name was spot on, and the combo's really work for the character. But what I especially loved was the backstory. The way Harold becomes Dim Reaper is intriguing, while being tied to one of the more uncommon Flash villains.
The cemetery at Skew Street was established in 1825 with the relocation of the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement to Brisbane. It operated until the North Brisbane Burial Ground opened in 1843. During that time 265 people died in Brisbane and most were buried in the cemetery. The cemetery land was converted to freehold and auctioned in 1875. The Helidon Spa Water Company operated a factory on the land and several cottages were built. The construction of Eagle Terrace and Skew Street in the late 1800s and construction of the Grey Street Bridge in the 1920s will have had some impact on the site.
In May 1825 Lieutenant Henry Miller moved the Moreton Bay Settlement from the Redcliffe Peninsula to its present site on the northern bank of the Brisbane River. This was an elevated location with water holes and cooling breezes. The southern bank was a cliff of rock, suitable for building material, and a fertile flood plain. The settlers faced hardship and privation and the paucity of resources combined with thick sub-tropical vegetation made settlement difficult. Between 1826 and 1829, the number of prisoners in the settlement rose from 200 to 1000 and the plight of the convicts whose labour was to establish the settlement was dire.
The site of Brisbane Town was an on-going cause of disquiet, with Commandant Logan proposing that the settlement be moved to Stradbroke Island. However, the difficulties of crossing the bay saw this plan abandoned. Logan continued to seek alternative sites, establishing a number of outstations including Eagle Farm and Oxley Creek. Despite the continued uncertainty about the future of Brisbane Town, building had continued under Commandant Logan, who is given credit for laying out the earliest permanent foundations. Logan was responsible for the building of Brisbane's only surviving convict-constructed buildings, the Commissariat Store and the Tower Mill.
Convict numbers fell 75 percent between 1831 and 1838 by which time the area under cultivation shrank from 200 hectares to only 29. On 10 February 1842 Governor Gipps declared Moreton Bay open for Free Settlement.
The cemetery was established early in the convict period and operated until the opening of the North Brisbane Burial Grounds at Milton in 1843. During the 18 years of its operation there were 265 recorded deaths in Brisbane, including 220 convicts. Most of these people were buried in the First Brisbane Burial Ground. Probably the most famous person buried in the cemetery was the surveyor G. W. Stapylton who it was believed was killed by Aborigines near Mt Lindsay in May 1840. Two Aborigines were later hanged for this murder at the Tower Mill.
Following the closure of the cemetery in 1843 the area remained as unalienated crown land and in 1848 the Moreton Bay Courier described the cemetery:
It is a disgraceful fact that, notwithstanding the repeated complaints in this journal of the exposed condition of the old burial ground, it is now as bad as ever. The temporary fencing which was placed around has almost entirely disappeared.
Four years later it was described:
Six years ago, nearly a hundred tablets, headstones, &c., stood in the old burial ground: now a bare dozen can be counted, and many of these are dilapidated or overturned. The fence is torn down, carried away or burnt..What hands have taken so many monumental stones away none can tell.
Between 1864 and 1875 Skew Street was constructed through the cemetery land to provide vehicle access between Roma Street and North Quay. It had not been constructed by October 1864 as the Surveyor General wrote to the Secretary of Lands on 21 October 1864 that:
The arrangement of the portion including the cemetery be deferred until some future time when the relatives and friends of those who have been interred in the cemetery may be less likely to object to the locality being appropriated as a public thoroughfare.
In October 1875 the cemetery land was divided into 7 town allotments varying in size from 12 perches to 27.5 perches and sold at public auction as Section 41. The sale of the land was specifically to raise funds for the provision of drainage facilities within Brisbane. The purchasers were F. Giles, J. Carmody, Dr J. Waugh and H. Morwitch. Section 41 was described as:
The triangular reserve (formerly a burial ground) between the North Quay, Eagle Cliff (or Terrace), and Skew Street (running from opposite the old entrance to the gaol to the North Quay)
Dr John Waugh arrived in Brisbane in the early 1860s and originally practiced in Stanley Street but later moved his practice to the brick cottage he constructed on this newly acquired land. He was president of the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland for many years.
In 1881 at least three burials were exhumed from the cemetery and removed with their monuments to the Toowong Cemetery. These were all the remains of children who had died at the convict settlement. They were William Roberts, 5 years 2 months old son of Charles Roberts of the Commissariat Department who died in 1831, Peter Macauley, 15 years and 8 months old son of Private Peter Macauley of the 17th Regiment of Foot who died in 1832, and Jane Pittard the 12 month old daughter of Colour Sergeant John Pittard of the 57th Regiment of Foot who died in 1833.
By the 1890s the Helidon Spa Water Company had established a factory on the allotments at the North Quay end of Section 41. Construction of the Grey Street Bridge in the 1920s resulted in resumption of properties and the realignment of roadways at the northern access to the bridge.
E. E. McCormick Place is named after E.E. McCormick in appreciation of his assistance in the acquisition of the area by the council for park purposes.
Source: Queensland Heritage Register & Brisbane City Council Library Services.
I am often amazed that even if I do not know what I am doing, I end up with these colors (which I love)!
Sock blank dyeing class at Russell's Gardening with Kate of One Hundred Raven.
I had promised my daughter that we will go out on a photoshoot on Sunday. But it was drizzling since morning and we had to stay home. In the evening, with nothing better to do, I thought of trying some water shots which I always wanted to take but never knew how to make a start. So that evening, I along with my 8 year old daughter, baked a cake, made some coffee and in between took some shots with whatever (crude) way I thought it could be made possible.
I know this is not a great shot but this is what I got. I kept higher shutterspeed to catch the drops but now I realise that at lower shutterspeed you get a better splash. And the crown shape it creates, while making the splash, competely skipped my mind. Now With access to loads of information from my flickr friends, I know my next shoot will be much better... ;-)
Frankly, my daughter with her point and shoot, got some excellent results.