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Mamiya DSX-1000, Solution VX200 (expired). Color film developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 8.5 min at 20C.
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This was my first real try of a simple landscape shot. Picture was taken at Grindelwald First in Switzerland.
'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gained,
To bow and to bend we shan't be ashamed,
To turn, turn will be our delight,
Till by turning, turning we come 'round right.
The Ottumwa Municipal band and Community Chorus gave a concert in Central Park Thursday evening. The group is Iowa's oldest continuously operating municipal band - founded in 1865 and celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.
It's not an easy task to keep a small town band going these days, even in the state where Professor Harold Hill extolled the virtues of bandsmanship. Judging from the average age of the audience, it will be even more difficult to sustain in the future. A shame, I think. People don't know what they are missing if they can't appreciate the simple joy of music in the park on a summer night.
I couldn't imagine a nicer place to be on the eve of the country's birthday this year. Central Park is a little old shaded, sloping pocket of green on the edge of downtown. Above it, on its northern edge, looms the 1894 sandstone, Romanesque Revival Wapello County Courthouse and the 1930 Gothic Revival St. Mary's Catholic Church. Hugging the park on either side is Ottumwa's 1901 Neo-Classical Carnegie Public Library and the 1912 Renaissance Revival Federal Building (now City Hall).
Below the park sits the grand old 1917 Hotel Ottumwa, still welcoming overnight guests. Walk on down to the next alley and you can be transported back to the 1930s with Ottumwa's own "tavern style" "loose meat" sandwich at The Canteen. Then you'll come to the Burlington tracks, with the depot a block or so to the west. Beyond that, ever present, and oh, so old, the Des Moines River rushes by carrying some of the rain that fell on Iowa farmland on its way to the Gulf. (There's a lot to carry this year, we've had plenty of rain. Flooding soon!!)
Well, I guess you can tell . . . I love this place! : )
Thursday was a beautiful blue-sky evening, perfect temps in the 70's - just gorgeous! The band played the usual patriotic themes, and they played Simple Gifts, and an Irving Berlin medley . . . but they also played Elvis! Ain't that America? ;-)
I am so cheered by an old fashioned band concert. But I was lucky enough to be part of a fabulous, proud and mighty instrumental music program in my Texas high school and the effects of that have never faded. Maybe it's time to get the clarinet repadded and see if I can still play! : ) Heck, it's only been 37 years . . . maybe it's like riding a bicycle??
As that sweet music floated out into the night, we heard Amtrak blowing, the California Zephyr coming and going. Ahh, another sweet, sweet sound. I looked at my son, smiled and said, "Is this heaven?" And he said, "No, it's Iowa."
Well, for a little while there, I could have sworn it was Heaven. : )
Happy Birthday, America!
this is a very simple shot , but for me it means a lot
because my first try in photographe was taking shot for palms .
so i would love to share with you this moment .
SIMPLE GIFTS
5. And when we find ourselves,
~ Ninteenth~ Century Shaker Hymn
on Explore 19 Aug 2009 at #393
monday challenge is to come up with macro representations of "Simplicity"!!!
cant get much simpler than one of my first point and shoots. yep this baby took film..and ya pretty much just pushed a button and sent in the film when you finished the roll. id say shes about 20 years old, wish i could get her open, theres a roll in there?
happy macro Monday everyone
You can go from missing a right shoe to losing your left shoe instead. I actually have no right sneaker.
Test knit for Mary-Heather. It's a simple, cozy, wear-it-every-single-day kind of shawl.
[raveled]
The yarn is a fantastic hand-dyed sock yarn called One Sheep Hill that was available exclusively at Yarnzilla's shop a few years ago. I had 4 skeins and gave two away because I am a stupid. :P
Western style breakfast in Japan is not my thing, obviously it was someone else’s idea to fly to Japan so we can have western food. Their stuff isn’t so bad, and I do love all food that is delicious, but travelling all the way to Japan, and then, well, you know what I’m saying. XD
It is hard not to bump into one of Skylark Group’s chain stores. After all, there are almost a thousand of ガスト café restaurants around town and there are around three thousand restaurants under Skylark domestically and overseas. I suppose that is one of the reasons why they just hired McDonald’s former president Ralph Alvarez as their chairman. Pretty sure he knows how to run a large corp like this one with his experiences from previous training. Me, I like to keep it simple, stupid! In another words, I like to KISS. V^O^V
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'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gained,
To bow and to bend we shan't be ashamed,
To turn, turn will be our delight,
Till by turning, turning we come 'round right
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I’ve taken many pictures of this fresh water post, in Swanage bay, but I thought I’d try something a little different this time. I’ve seen many great minimalist images, usually taking advantage of snow or fog to create scenes that have cut out all the details, leaving the scene with just the basics, which are very effective. Without the aid of these conditions I’ve used a long exposure to smooth the water and sky, and darkened the sand in photoshop/silver efex. I’m not sure if I’ve achieved the simplicity I had in mind but it’s something I haven’t tried before-so I’m counting it as a win!
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Joseline (student from last year) composed this lovely and simple photo.www.empowermentinternational.org
...this year we are keeping it simple around here for Christmas....
On Monday I brought the box (with boxes) of Christmas decorations up from the cellar and I have slowly begun to decorate...I only put 5 pieces so far:
~ the 3 dimensional plywood tree/ candle holder (from Habitat)
~ the handmade reindeer from salted dough (decorated with little details made with golden ink) I made last year during one of my Art&Crafts in English sessions with mighty, little students
~ two ...gigantic woolen socks, tied to the stairs up (not seen here - picture to come)
~ the pair of wooden ice skates which is hanging on one of the window handles seen here
~ and the two handmade angels from Munieca, purchased last year via Etsy (seen in comments)
This year I've decided to be decorating little by little, adding something every now and then until I feel that the outcome is ready. And while last year I created a winter Wonderland as among a few lovely others, wonderful Kirsten from Simply Grove had blogged about it , this year I have a need ofr basics, keeping it simple and an attitude for less is more.
We always look for the wild, psychedelically gyrating manifestations of the Northern Lights, but, to me, it is almost equally lovely when the Aurora circles the pole in this simple, symmetrical and concentrated ring of green energy.
March 7, above the Yukon River, outskirts of Whitehorse.
Back before our nation was involved in the COVID-19 outbreak, I was enjoying a sunrise in the Hackensack Meadowlands at Richard DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst. A metal outline depicting a pre September 11th NYC skyline serves as a reminder of the past.
And now, something completely different.
No, it is not an M38 Sherman tank scope, it is not to be mounted on a Sterling submachine gun. It is a slightly different M38A2 scope that was supposed to be mounted on a project raygun.
But it won't be.
What this does not fit on is a fictional Sci-Fi handgun, or a raygun, if you like, I have been working on (and off) for two years now. It's a completely handcrafted custom gun of my original design, it has an all-steel construction with walnut grips and electronics from Erv' of the Plecterlabs. Every bit of the gun is handmade, even some of the screws keeping it together, the only thing that isn't custom made is the sighting scope.
I wanted to use a real scope, partially as a nod to movie prop guns, but mostly to keep in touch with reality. I went for an old Weaver rifle scope because it's simple sleek tubular form (and cheap price, it cost only $14). The M38, which is all too familiar from the Stormtrooper blaster, is a gorgeous piece of vintage optics and I kept wondering if it would work despite the Star Wars connection. I kept an eye on those for about 18 months on eBay, and boy, were they expensive! Then I found this equivalent with fair price and thought, damn, I gotta try this.
I removed the Weaver and tried the M38A2 on instead. I immediately realized that it just doesn't work. Too heavy, too Star Wars, too obvious. So, it's back with the Weaver.
At the moment the raygun (visible in the background) has almost all the steel parts fitted in place, it still needs some serial and other numbers punched in before it can be polished, blued and worn to look like a hudred+ years old well oiled vintage handgun behind museum glass. Electronics will be fitted in last.
For the record: I do not own any guns or weapons of any kind, never have. This is just a raygun project, albeit a serious one in some levels. I will upload more photos with more info & detail as the project nears it's completion, but it'll be slow, I have too many projects going on. You know what it's like.