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With autumn just around the corner, here is a shot from the archives or a white mum nestled in amongst a group of deep red ones.
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A splash of color to start of the weekend! I really enjoy my Nikon 300mm F;/4 (especially with the 1,7 tc) it gives me a a new way of getting the shot I want and a new perspective at looking at things, as well as framing them. Not to mention the fact that 500mm (effectively if used with the 1,7tc) opens a new world of opportunities quite literally. Thanks for looking/favoring and commenting on my photographs and have a nice -photogenic- weekend.
Shiprock was such an imposing sight that I still cannot get it out of my mind.
I submit this photo for your inspection.
This photo was taken by a Hasselblad 500C medium format film camera with a Carl Zeiss Distagon 1:4 f=50mm lens and Zenza Bronica 67mm SO56•2C(YA3) filter using Rollei RPX 25 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
Returning from our walk along the edge of the Manawatu River estuary recently, this small corrugated-iron hut didn't look to be much of a building - especially when compared to the big home behind it... However, the very colourful three-dimensional art work never-the-less made it a stand-out little building in its own right - and was certainly far more colourful than the rather drab-looking "mansion" behind it...!
(The roofline that appears to be hanging over the hut was (I think from memory) a part of the extensive 'patio' attached to the house behind!).
The building materials used for the hut might not have been the flashiest, but the artwork that adorned it can only be described as standout work...!
New Zealand moves to Daylight Saving Time at 2am tomorrow morning - which means, of course, that we lose out on an hour's sleep...! (Groan!).
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Pretty Valley, Falls Creek, Victoria AUS
Rising out from beneath the deep fog that had engulfed Pretty Valley where I'd been shooting earlier this particular morning lay this surprise.
I'd not been expecting to clear the fog at all, but scored & got really lucky - even more so that I managed to time it just right and had the sun crest over the hills to the left, bathing this shot in glorious warmth. Just enough fog lingered to give some interesting atmospheric effects and a feel of warm vs. cold too - got to love the high country!
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a glistening and ancient globular cluster named NGC 3201 — a gathering of hundreds of thousands of stars bound together by gravity. NGC 3201 was discovered in 1826 by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop, who described it as a “pretty large, pretty bright” object that becomes “rather irregular” towards its center.
Globular clusters are found around all large galaxies, but their origin and role in galaxy formation remain tantalizingly unclear. Astronomers recently discovered a black hole lurking at the heart of NGC 3201 — its position was revealed by the strange movements of a star being quickly flung around a massive, invisible counterpart. This sparkling group of stars also has some strange properties that make it unique amongst the more than 150 globular clusters belonging to the Milky Way. NGC 3201 has an extremely fast velocity with respect to the Sun, and its orbit is retrograde, meaning that it moves speedily in the opposite direction to the galactic center.
The unusual behavior of this cluster suggests that it may have extragalactic origins but at some point was captured by the Milky Way’s gravity. However, the chemical makeup of this intriguing cluster tells a different story — the stars within NGC 3201 are chemically very similar to those of other galactic globular clusters, implying that they formed at a similar location and time to their neighbors.
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Sarajedini et al
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1958 was a standout year for Plymouth, and the Fury in particular became a pop culture icon thanks to the movie “Christine” (1983). The real Fury was a rare, high-performance sub-series of the Belvedere, with only 5,303 units produced that year.
The Fury (and its Belvedere roots) featured dramatic vertical tailfins, emblematic of late-1950s American car design. These fins weren’t just aesthetic—they were part of Chrysler’s push to make cars look futuristic and fast. Unlike the red Belvedere in “Christine,” the actual ’58 Fury came only in buckskin beige with gold anodized aluminum trim. The red paint was a creative liberty taken for the film. Chrome detailing was everywhere—grille, bumpers, side moldings.
The Fury packed a 5.2L (318 cu in) V8 engine with twin four-barrel carburetors, producing 290 horsepower. Optional upgrades included a 5.7L Golden Commando V8 pushing up to 315 hp. Plymouth introduced torsion bar front suspension in 1957, which carried into 1958. This gave the car a smoother ride and better handling than many competitors. Buyers could opt for a 3-speed manual, PowerFlite, or TorqueFlite automatic transmission—cutting-edge for its time.
The car’s sinister personality in Stephen King’s novel and, later, in John Carpenter’s film cemented its mythos. Although technically a Belvedere, the car was modified to resemble the Fury for dramatic effect. The car’s cinematic legacy has elevated its desirability far beyond its original market status or aesthetic appeal. Suddenly, the Fury wasn’t just a car—it was a character. Collectors began seeking out Furys and Belvederes to modify them into Christine tributes, driving up prices and demand. Pristine models fetch upwards of $60,000–$78,000.
Two standouts in the first crop of Sunflowers. Mid July. These were very tall. Some six feet or so. Shot with a polarizer late in the afternoon on a 100 degree + day. Have a Great Evening and thanks for the look.
Flowers along the Flower Walk in Hyde Park.
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'Pineapple Sun' coleus and magenta chrysanthemums. And there's a 'Postman Joyner' caladium leaf trying to photobomb the shot!
Narcissus is a genus of predominantly spring flowering perennial plants of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. Various common names including daffodil, narcissus and jonquil are used to describe all or some members of the genus. The species are native to meadows and woods in southern Europe and North Africa with a centre of diversity in the Western Mediterranean, particularly the Iberian peninsula. They are predominantly spring perennial plants. They have conspicuous flowers with six petal-like tepals surmounted by a cup- or trumpet-shaped corona. The flowers are generally white or yellow or orange or pink, with either uniform or contrasting coloured tepals and corona. 11766
Stand out, stand up and be yourself. Even when you feel like everyone is staring at you because you are different. It's not you, it's them! Have a great Friday.
This 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante Coupe' is the only one of the 17 Atalantes to be painted in this yellow and black manner, most being all black or black and red. The Type 57s were the most successful of the touring Bugattis, and remain eye-catchers today.
Designed by the scion of the founder and chief engineer, Ettore, his eldest son, Jean showed early genius in both engineering and body design.
Jean Bugatti (Gianoberto Maria Carlo Bugatti; 15 January 1909 – 11 August 1939) was born in Cologne, Soon after his birth the family moved to the village of Dorlisheim near Molsheim in Alsace, Germany, where his father built the new Bugatti automobile manufacturing plant. Born into a family of creative people, from boyhood he was interested in his father's business. His grandfather Carlo Bugatti had lived in France for several years when he relocated from his native Milan to live in Paris. The Bugatti family were multilingual and in France, Gianoberto became known as Jean.
During World War I, the family lived in Milan, Italy. After the ceding of Alsace by Germany to France after the end of the war in 1919, the company became subject to French jurisdiction. By the late 1920s, young Jean Bugatti was an integral part of the company and had already demonstrated his vehicle design abilities. In 1932, at the age of twenty-three years, he did most of the design for the company's Type 41 Royale. His body designs complemented his father's engineering skill, making Bugatti one of the greatest names in automobile manufacturing. Additionally, Jean Bugatti designed four bodies for the Type 57, the Ventoux, Stelvio, Atalante and Atlantic models. Regarded as the finest of all the Bugatti touring models, the supercharged Bugatti 57 was debuted at the 1936 Paris Salon. Jean also showed his engineering skills by working on new independent suspension systems to replace solid front axles and on twin-cam engine applications.
He frequently tested the company's prototypes. On 11 August 1939, while testing the Type 57 tank-bodied racer which had just won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race that year, not far from the factory on the road near the village of Duppigheim, 30-year-old Jean Bugatti was killed when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a tree after avoiding a cyclist.
Created for TMI's July contest: BEAKS & BILLS
This is a composite of several photos of juvenile flamingos shot at the Los Angeles Zoo. They turn pink as they mature.