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A 105 second exposure of the view from New Farm across to the CBD of Brisbane.
Camera: NIKON D800E
Lens: Nikkor 70-200 mm f/2.8 @ f/8.0
Some may be for the best, or for the worst. But i believe in pre - determination, that everything was already determined, and it happens for a reason. Even in the worst decisions you have ever made, there is still something positive out of it, you just have to look for it.
But it really does hurt going through day by day, week by week, and month by month about a decision that has affected your life. And this decision is a one i cannot find the good in.
Every night we read stories to our kids before they go to bed. Here, my wife is reading them Harry Potter. Our other kids were either watching tv or playing in the street ;)
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My travels around the UK with my son. June/July 2019 England.
On a visit to the British Museum.. luckily it isn't so hot today only around 26c.
The British Museum, in the Bloomsbury area of London, United Kingdom, is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture. Its permanent collection of some eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence, having been widely sourced during the era of the British Empire. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present. It was the first public national museum in the world.
The British Museum was established in 1753, largely based on the collections of the Irish physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane. It first opened to the public in 1759, in Montagu House, on the site of the current building. Its expansion over the following 250 years was largely a result of expanding British colonisation and has resulted in the creation of several branch institutions, the first being the Natural History Museum in 1881.
Its ownership of some of its most famous objects originating in other countries is disputed and remains the subject of international controversy, most notably in the case of the Parthenon Marbles.
The Greek Revival façade facing Great Russell Street is a characteristic building of Sir Robert Smirke, with 44 columns in the Ionic order 45 ft (14 m) high, closely based on those of the temple of Athena Polias at Priene in Asia Minor. The pediment over the main entrance is decorated by sculptures by Sir Richard Westmacott depicting The Progress of Civilisation, consisting of fifteen allegorical figures, installed in 1852.
The museum is faced with Portland stone, but the perimeter walls and other parts of the building were built using Haytor granite from Dartmoor in South Devon, transported via the unique Haytor Granite Tramway.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum
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People who have really "lived" have fascinating stories to tell. Some are fascinating just because they took place in such a different time than we live in (back when people walked barefoot through the snow, uphill both ways, to get to school). Others are remarkable because of the people they involve. You know, those stories about someone they knew or befriended as children who eventually became someone famous, maybe an important political figure or famous athlete. Many of their stories are of interest because they took place before so much of our culture became so sissified…back when kids were allowed to climb trees without signing waivers and lawyers weren't hanging around everywhere like vultures.
"Bearpa" is shown above telling stories to my wife and a couple of the kids by the fire one evening. We recently spent a (cold) weekend camping on their ranch while we hunted for deer. Between hunts and during meals Bearpa shared many stories of interest to all. He's a wise man and imparted much of his wisdom and knowledge -- about hunting and life in general -- to all of us.
I only had the camera out here and there (was busy hunting and skinning myself) but when I did it was usually in very low light. I used 1600 ISO most of the time yet some shots were still very challenging. If I left the camera in "normal" metering mode it overexposed much of the image since so much of the background was dark. So, I switched to partial metering (which on the Canon 50D is essentially spot metering using 9% of the center of the frame) and this allowed me to expose based on the brightest portion of the frame and keep it from being blown out. I also used an exposure bias of -1/2 all the way to -3/2. Notice how the picture of Bearpa beginning to skin a deer has deep black shadows in the background and how he himself is just a tad underexposed. This captures the scene perfectly in my opinion. This was taken out in a barn late at night, and the slightly underexposed picture reflects this. I cleaned up the night shots with Noiseware, which works magnificently.
Due to my back pain (this was pre-surgery) I was limited on how much I could twist, turn, and get into good positions but I did manage a few other shots. The trophy wall below is an HDR from 6 exposures and the one from in the blind was taken with my iPhone.
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Back to b/w film, and the last of the Viking series.. Godmanchester Viking Festival.
Bronica SQ-A
Zenzanon PS 150mm f/4 lens
Ilford FP4+ film
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Interpretive display inside the Red Rock Ranger District Visitor Center on the Coconino National Forest. Photo provided by Nina Hubbard. Credit: U.S. Forest Service, Coconino National Forest.
Learn more about the Visitor Center, the Red Rock District, and the Coconino National Forest.
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov (Russian: Алексе́й Архи́пович Лео́нов, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksʲej ɐˈrxʲipəvʲɪtɕ lʲɪˈonəf]; born 30 May 1934) is a retired Soviet/Russian cosmonaut, Air Force Major general, writer and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first human to conduct extravehicular activity (EVA), exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for a 12-minute spacewalk.
In July 1975, Leonov commanded the Soyuz capsule in the Soyuz-Apollo mission, which docked in space for two days with an American Apollo capsule.
Contents
1 Biography
2 Honours and awards
3 Legacy
4 References
5 Notes
6 See also
7 External links
Biography
Alexei Leonov (left, back row) with fellow cosmonauts in 1965
Leonov was born in Listvyanka, West Siberian Krai, Soviet Union. In 1936, his father Arkhip was arrested and declared an "enemy of the people". Leonov wrote in his autobiography: "He was not alone: many were being arrested. It was part of a conscientious drive by the authorities to eradicate anyone who showed too much independence or strength of character. These were the years of Stalin's purges. Many disappeared into remote gulags and were never seen again." In 1948 his family moved to Kaliningrad. In 1957 Leonov graduated from Chuguev military pilot's academy in the Ukrainian SSR.[1]
He was one of the 20 Soviet Air Force pilots selected to be part of the first cosmonaut group in 1960. Leonov was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (the only cosmonaut that was not was Konstantin Feoktistov). His walk in space was originally to have taken place on the Voskhod 1 mission, but this was cancelled, and the historic event happened on the Voskhod 2 flight instead.[2] He was outside the spacecraft for 12 minutes and nine seconds on 18 March 1965, connected to the craft by a 5.35-metre (17.6 ft) tether. At the end of the spacewalk, Leonov's spacesuit had inflated in the vacuum of space to the point where he could not re-enter the airlock. He opened a valve to allow some of the suit's pressure to bleed off and was barely able to get back inside the capsule.[3] Leonov had spent eighteen months undergoing intensive weightlessness training for the mission. Leonov is the last survivor of the five cosmonauts in the Voskhod programme.
In 1968, Leonov was selected to be commander of a circumlunar Soyuz 7K-L1 flight. This was cancelled because of delays in achieving a reliable circumlunar flight (only the later Zond 7 and Zond 8 members of the programme were successful) and the Apollo 8 mission had already achieved that step in the Space Race. He was also selected to be the first Soviet person to land on the Moon, aboard the LOK/N1 spacecraft.[2] This project was also cancelled. (The design required a spacewalk between lunar vehicles, something that contributed to his selection.) Leonov was to have been commander of the 1971 Soyuz 11 mission to Salyut 1, the first crewed space station, but his crew was replaced with the backup after one of the members, cosmonaut Valery Kubasov, was suspected to have contracted tuberculosis (the other member was Pyotr Kolodin).[citation needed]
Leonov was to have commanded the next mission to Salyut 1,[4] but this was scrapped after the deaths of the Soyuz 11 crew members, and the space station was lost. The next two Salyuts (actually the military Almaz station) were lost at launch or failed soon after, and Leonov's crew stood by. By the time Salyut 4 reached orbit, Leonov had been switched to a more prestigious project.
Leonov's second trip into space was similarly significant: he commanded the Soviet half of the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz mission – Soyuz 19 – the first joint space mission between the Soviet Union and the United States.
From 1976 to 1982, Leonov was the commander of the cosmonaut team ("Chief Cosmonaut") and deputy director of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, where he oversaw crew training. He also edited the cosmonaut newsletter Neptune. He retired in 1992.[2]
Leonov's painting Near the Moon (1967)
Leonov is an accomplished artist whose published books include albums of his artistic works and works he did in collaboration with his friend Andrei Sokolov. Leonov took coloured pencils and paper into space, where he sketched the Earth and drew portraits of the Apollo astronauts who flew with him during the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.[4][5] Arthur C. Clarke wrote in his notes to 2010: Odyssey Two that, after a 1968 screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Leonov pointed out to him that the alignment of the Moon, Earth, and Sun shown in the opening is essentially the same as that in Leonov's 1967 painting Near the Moon, although the painting's diagonal framing of the scene was not replicated in the film. Clarke kept an autographed sketch of this painting—which Leonov made after the screening—hanging on his office wall.[6]
Together with Valentin Selivanov, Leonov wrote the script for the 1980 science fiction film The Orion Loop.
In 2001, he was a vice president of Moscow-based Alfa-Bank and an adviser to the first deputy of the Board.[7]
In 2004, Leonov and former American astronaut David Scott began work on a dual biography/history of the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union. Titled Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race, it was published in 2006. Neil Armstrong and Tom Hanks both wrote introductions to the book.
Leonov was also a contributor to the 2007 book Into That Silent Sea by Colin Burgess and Francis French, which describes his life and career in space exploration.
Honours and awards
Alexei Leonov on 1965 USSR 10 kopek stamp.
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (23 March 1965; 22 July 1975)[2]
Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (1966)[2]
Order for Merit to the Fatherland, 4th class (2 March 2000) - for his contribution to the state in the development of manned space flight
Order of Friendship (12 April 2011) - for outstanding contribution to the development of the national manned space flight and many years of fruitful social activities
Two Orders of Lenin
Order of the Red Star
Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd class
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medals "For Impeccable Service", 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes
USSR State Prize (1981) (with AV Filipchenko)
Lenin Komsomol Prize (1979) - for the book-album Man and the Universe (with AK Sokolov)
Honoured Master of Sport of the USSR (1965)
Foreign awards
Hero of Socialist Labour (People's Republic of Bulgaria, 1965)
Hero of Vietnam
Hero of Labour (Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 1966)
Order of Karl Marx (German Democratic Republic, 1966)
Order of Georgi Dimitrov (People's Republic of Bulgaria)
Order of the Banner of the Hungarian People's Republic
Order of Merit, 3rd class (Ukraine, 12 April 2011) - for his significant personal contribution to the development of space industry, advances in the creation and implementation of space systems and technologies, professional excellence
Medal A. Becker.
Order "For Merit", 1st class (Syria, 1966)
Public organizations
"Gold Medal partisan" (Italy, 1967)
the five crew members of ASTP sitting around a miniature model of their spacecraft
Apollo-Soyuz crew in 1975
International Air & Space Hall of Fame inductee (2000)[8]
Ludwig Nobel Prize (2007)
Elmer A. Sperry Award (USA, 2008)
Order of Saint Constantine the Great (Union of the Golden Knights of the Order of St. Constantine the Great)
Order "Golden Star" (Foundation Heroes of the Soviet Union and Heroes of the Russian Federation together with the organizing committee of the International Forum "The potential of the nation").
Order the "Pride of Russia" (Foundation for the "Pride of the Fatherland", 2007).
National Award "To the glory of the Fatherland" in the "Glory to Russia" (International Academy of Social Sciences and International Academy of patronage, 2008).
Order "the glory of the Fatherland", 2nd class (2008)
Leonov was awarded the Gold Space Medal from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) in 1976. FAI created an exception which allowed Stafford to be awarded it alongside him; typically the award is restricted to one person per year.[9]
Other awards and titles
Honorary Citizen of: Belgorod, Vologda, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Kemerovo, Nalchik, Perm; Arkalyk (Kazakhstan), Kremenchug (Ukraine), Veliko Tarnovo, Vidin, Svishtov (Bulgaria), Usti nad Labem (Czech Republic), San Antonio (Chile)
Reward edged weapon — a nominal officer Dirk "Alexei Leonov"
Commander of the Order of St. Anne III degree from the head of the Russian Imperial House Maria Vladimirovna Romanova (2008)
Commander of the Order of St. Anne II degree from the head of the Russian Imperial House Maria Vladimirovna Romanova (2011)
Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts
Legacy
Alexei Leonov (right) shares a moment with Anton Shkaplerov (left) in October 2011.
A crater on the far side of the Moon was named after Leonov in 1970,[10] near Mare Moscoviense (Sea of Moscow).
Arthur C. Clarke's novel 2010: Odyssey Two was dedicated to Leonov and Andrei Sakharov; and the fictional spaceship in the book, the Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, was named after him.
Leonov wore a Russian Poljot "FMWF Strela" watch (a transliteration of СТРЕЛА, which actually means "Arrow") chronograph during his historic first space walk.
At an Apollo-Soyuz Test Project press conference, Leonov stated (in English) that, while in the United States for ASTP training, he wanted to visit Hollywood, because he had aspirations of being a movie star. (He then joked, "I don't want [to be a movie star] ... Tom Stafford want!")
Leonov, along with Rusty Schweickart, Vitaly Sevastyanov, and Georgi Grechko established the Association of Space Explorers in 1984. Membership is open to all people who have flown in outer space.
In the Star Trek novel Destiny: Gods of Night there is a ship named the U.S.S. Alexei Leonov, which is sacrificed to save the planet Korvat from the Borg.
Leonov is featured as a character in the 2013 Doctor Who comic book story "Space Oddity", published by IDW Publishing.
The film The Age of Pioneers (2017) is based on Leonov's account about the Voskhod-2 mission. Leonov was portrayed by Evgeny Mironov.
The song "E.V.A" by Public Service Broadcasting on their 2015 album The Race for Space references Leonov becoming the first man to undertake Extra-Vehicular Activity in space.
Okay...Back to our normally scheduled uploads. LOL.
This was such a fun ride, and now that my son has watched all three Toy Story movies, seen the Star Command movie, and watched almost all of the seoson worth of episodes of Buzz Lightyear he cannot wait to ride this (And Buzz) in March.
From the 4th street bridge in LA during the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk. I love the peeling paint, the exposed bricks, the window squares. What do the words on the stairs say? And who worked here? Office workers? Garment workers? The stories that this building could tell. (Thanks for reminding me about this shot, Denise.)
Edited to add: See TrekLightly's (Greg's) comments below for a little more history.
After borrowing my young friends Woody and Buzz I managed to create them, it took a good days work to get the figures right, but I'm pleased with the results.
Headboards are gumpaste with plenty of gum trach ... and a spell in the oven with just the light on and door ajar to get them to dry out, a bit wet here at the moment...
oh and I stuffed the pillow with 'cakepop' mixture ... mmmm
cake is a 9" x 12" lemon maderia and the mum was very very pleased, she hadn't expected a cake like this, so I'm very happy ....
She wondered if anybody would realize she still had on her Halloween costume black fingernail polish. Or maybe she still had time to run upstairs and take it off.
The Story Bridge spans the Brisbane River. It connects Fortitude Valley to Kangaroo Point. Before the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932 the Government of Queensland asked John Bradfield to design a new bridge in Brisbane. The bridge is named for John Douglas Story.
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Tình tròn hai mươi thơm nồng
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Mừng các bạn sắp bên nhau được 2 năm nhé!
Vẫn luôn thích chụp cho 2 bạn nhất!
COMING SOON!
Photo, stylist and design: Ky Phong
Make up: Ly Ly
Model: Tất nhiên là đôi đáng yêu nhất - Kun - Meo
Location: Avalon Cafe
A example of a multi story building that sat right on the Ganga River.
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See the India Album or you can watch the video of Varanasi.
"That card was the last Christmas card I would receive from the strong, Italian woman who helped raise me since I was born. She wasn't my grandmother by blood, but she took on that role ever since I was young. Mimi, as I called my grandmother, was one of the most influential people in my life. She taught me so many valuable life lessons that have stuck with me through the years. My grandmother passed away on January 26th, 2010. My tattoo was inspired by that last Christmas card I would receive. Her signature was something so personal and I always loved how she would sign things with the I regarded her as." Alexandra Bates
Love Story: The School of Hard Knocks August, 7 Sunday 2pm
Emily Marie Pope/ Sarah Skaggs/
Paz Tanjuaquio/ Molissa Fenley/
Mizuho Kappa /Yoshiko Chuma
Aliya Ultan/ Nicky Paraiso/
Jason Kao Hwang/ Ryan Leach
Jorge Clar/ Kit Young/ Toki Ozaki
Concept & Curated by
Yoshiko Chuma
Yoshiko Chuma (conceptual artist, choreographer/artistic director of The School of Hard Knocks)
Everyone has a story. Get to know our students, faculty, staff and alumni - their stories are the Vanderbilt story: news.vanderbilt.edu/section/vanderbilt-story/
Sunset at the Story Bridge before Riverfire 2011. HDR using Photomatix, some extra colour and texture adjustments with Topaz Adjust, and finishing touches in Photoshop.
What a story! Such old history for America.
"The Baynard house, which overlooked the Calibogue Sound near the south end of the island, was built by Captain Jack Stoney as part of Braddock's Point Plantation around 1793. The house remained in the Stoney family for several decades until, it is believed, the plantation was lost by a Stoney heir in a late-night poker game. The new owner was William Edings Baynard, a highly successful cotton planter who occupied the former Stoney home from 1840 until his death in 1849.
The Stoney-Baynard Ruins are the remnants of a grand antebellum plantation home built 1793-1810 by Captain John "Saucy Jack" Stoney. The original house was 1885 square feet, built of timber and tabby; a mixture of oyster shells, lime, and sand. In 1837, the Stoney family declared bankruptcy and William Baynard acquired the property from the bank. The home was raided during the Civil War and Union forces made it their headquarters. It burned down shortly after the Civil War. Listed on the National Register of Historic Sites, the Stoney-Baynard Ruins have captivated guests and residents with its mystery and beauty."
- www.exploreseapines.com/historical-sites.asp
Here is his (supposedly now-empty) mausoleum, down the road: flic.kr/p/FuD3FQ