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I'll have to try this again without me in the frame.
Taken with a Zero Image pinhole camera, probably a 2 second exposure. Huntington Beach, CA.
I somehow missed StraightUp Productions' show in the programme but their street advertising worked. We went to see it. There was a good show in there, but it needed tightening up. It could easily have lost 15 minutes.
I put some tape on my Holga and wrote "take some multiples" on it. Cuz I always forget that I can. This is a double exposure of a tree somewhere near Lake Arrowhead.
Around 1980 I captured this after placing my Canon AE1 against the Calgary Tower. In 1990 a surrounding enclosure with large windows was built around the base of the tower. Later a glass floor was constructed onto the observation deck at the top. This feature offered a whole new view to looking down. I've grown with this wonderful landmark and always appreciate what it offers to the city and visitors from around the world.
More about the tower: What is interesting to learn was the continual pouring of concrete using a relatively new slip-forming construction technique.
Pouring began May 15 -1967 and was completed 24 days later. The record pour in a 24 hour period was 39 ft. The total height is 190.8 meters (625.98 Feet).
The second round of whiskey: Buffalo Trace (bourbon), Old Overholt (rye) and Dickel Barrel Select (bourbon)
my tasting notes, as sent to twitter:
Buffalo trace- v. Similar to weller's. Pretty tasty. 01:19 PM
old overholt rye. Better. Still don't like rye. 01:21 PM
dickel barrel select: almost sour. Nice. Also- i'm hurtin' 01:23 PM
Usually sunsets on a fairly clear day are pretty boring. But this was one of the most spectacular sunsets I've ever seen.
As I was out walking at Three Oaks today, watching the sun sink below the horizon, I saw something I've never seen before: a single, HUGE ray of light shot up straight from the setting sun into the evening sky! It was an incredible sight, and I was pretty happy that my camera was able to capture it fairly accurately.
I have no idea what caused the sun to act this way, but it was really amazing!
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Three Oaks Recreation Area
Crystal Lake, Illinois
Lumix DMC-GH1
Lumix DMW-MA1 4/3 adapter
Olympus 9-18mm f/4-5.6 ED wide-angle zoom
ISO 100 -- 18mm -- f/5.6 -- 1/640
CI-2011-12-06-GH1-3OAK-199
Under the bridge, just looking up!
Its total length including approach spans is 1149 metres and its arch span is 503 metres. The top of the arch is 134 metres above sea level and the clearance for shipping under the deck is a spacious 49 metres. The total steelwork weighs 52,800 tonnes, including 39,000 tonnes in the arch. The 49 metre wide deck makes Sydney Harbour Bridge the widest Longspan Bridge in the world.
I somehow missed StraightUp Productions' show in the programme but their street advertising worked. We went to see it. There was a good show in there, but it needed tightening up. It could easily have lost 15 minutes.
This sculpture (3.5 feet tall) doesn't fly yet. This guy has been sitting in my front yard for 3 years straight. He never closes his eyes. I think he's straightUp waiting for his wings to soar and eventually I'll help him fly high and be free.
StraightUp from the cam - 42sec exposure, f6.7, 100 iso
Today, Dec. 7, is the 54th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Let us never forget the memory of those who died on that horrible day, and those who served and survived. This is in honor of their sacrifice. (I meant to put this at the front of my photostream earlier in the day)
I am the flag of the United States of America. My name is "Old Glory". I fly atop the world's tallest buildings. I stand watch in America's Hall of Justice. I fly majestically over great institutes of learning. I stand guard with the greatest military power in the world. Look up and see me!
I stand for peace, honor, truth, and justice. I stand for freedom. I am confident. I am arrogant. I am proud. When I am flown with my fellow banners, my head is a little higher, my colors a little truer. I bow to no one. I am recognized all over the world. I am worshipped, I am loved, and I am feared!
I have fought in every battle of every war for more than 200 years: Gettysburg, Shiloh, Appomattox, San Juan Hill, the trenches of France, the Argonne Forest, Anzio, Rome, the beaches of Normandy, Guam, Okinawa, the Philippines, Germany, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and a score of places long forgotten by all but those who were there with me. I was there!
I led my soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines. I followed them and watched over them. They loved me. I was on a small hill in Iwo Jima. I was dirty, battle-torn and tired, but my soldiers cheered me. And I was proud!
I have been soiled, burned, torn, and trampled on in the streets of countries that I have helped set free. It does not hurt, for I am invincible. I have been soiled, burned, torn, and trampled on in the streets of my own country. When those whom I have served with in battle do it, it hurts. But I shall overcome, for I am strong! I have slipped the bonds of earth and from my vantage point on the moon; I stand watch over the un-charted new frontiers of space.
I am a silent witness to all of America's finest hours. But my finest hour comes when I am torn in strips to be used as bandages for my wounded comrades on the field of battle, when I fly at half-mast to honor my soldiers, my sailors, my airmen, my marines, and when I lie in the trembling arms of a grieving mother, at the gravesite of her fallen son or daughter. I am proud!
My name is "OLD GLORY!" Long may I wave, dear God, long may I wave.
~quote found on www.robertwade.com/oldglory.shtml
First Three Whiskeys, B-Side Brunch: Sazerac 18 yr rye, Thomas Handy Overproof bourbon, Weller barrel proof bourbon. My tasting notes (as sent to twitter):
Thomas handy over proof. Holy 5hit! 12:18 PM
Weller barrel proof. Magically delicious 12:25 PM
SAZERAC. 18 year rye. Too sweet for me, plus i don't think i'm a fan of rye flavor. Told it's good by rye fans. 12:29 PM
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I shot this straight up, looking at the new leaves on the red Japanese maple. The contrast with the blue spring sky was something I had to capture with the sunlight streaming through the leaves and illuminating them like lantern paper.
I somehow missed StraightUp Productions' show in the programme but their street advertising worked. We went to see it. There was a good show in there, but it needed tightening up. It could easily have lost 15 minutes.
when you're in Nebraska, its crucial that you find a way to get inside a grain silo/elevator complex - looking up into these chutes that have been the backbone of the local economies (and our dinner plates) for so many years is incredible.
I'm really disappointed with this roll, but I had to post something from it..
Ate at the diner last night... this is the diner's rounded aluminum corner with neon lights. I had a big plate of spaghetti and meatballs, which I gotta say, was pretty darn good for being a Greek diner. ;)
Interior view of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is one of the main sights of St. Petersburg, Russia. It is also variously called the Church on Spilt Blood and the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, its official name. The name refers to the blood of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, who was assassinated on that site in 1881. The Church is prominently situated along the Griboedov Canal.
Construction began in 1883 under Alexander III, as a memorial to his father, Alexander II. Work progressed slowly and was finally completed during the reign of Nicholas II in 1907. The Church contains over 7500 square metres of mosaics—according to its restorers, more than any other church in the world. Nothing is painted here all are mosaics!
Blick ins Innere der Kirche. Die Kirche ist innen über und über mit Mosaiken bestückt - nichts ist hier gemalt! Die Kirche wurde in den letzten Jahren restauriert und so erstrahlen die wunderbaren Mosaike in den schönsten Farben.
Die Auferstehungskirche, auch als Blutkirche, Erlöserkirche und Bluterlöser-Kirche bekannt, ist eine Kathedrale in Sankt Petersburg. Die Kirche ist nach dem Vorbild der Moskauer Basilius-Kathedrale im so genannten „Neuen Stil“ (entspricht dem Jugendstil) gestaltet und als einziges Gebäude der Petersburger Innenstadt, das sich nicht an den italienischen und klassizistischen westlichen Baustilen orientiert, entsprechend auffällig. Erbaut wurde sie von 1883 bis 1912 an der Stelle, an der Alexander II. einem Attentat zum Opfer fiel.
Die Kirche steht in der Nähe des Newski-Prospektes am Gribojedow-Kanal. Die an altrussischen Vorbildern angelehnte Gestaltung des Gebäudes bedeckt eine Fläche von etwa 7000 Quadratmetern; die innere flächendeckende Ausgestaltung mit russischen Mosaiken im Ikonenstil und äußere Verzierung besteht vor allem aus Mosaiken. Die Kathedrale dient heute als Museum.
I love looking up at the sky.
Whether something's above me (like bright yellow or red or green leaves) or not. Whether there are clouds or it's a clear blue like it was the past couple days. And whether it's light and the sun is shining brightly, or dark and you can see soooo many stars...
This straightup soldier is standinUP to support the troops stacked when the war began and still standin after all these years. This sculpture (2.5 feet tall) symbolizes strength in balancin life.
StraightUp from the cam - 24 sec exposure, f6.7, 100 iso
Straight up shot of the ornamented ceiling in the fountain room next to the tomb of Moulay Ismaïl, in the imperial city of Meknes, Morocco. the ceiling is in a pyramidal shape, called a koubba.
the ornamental wooden ceiling of a chamber just outside the tomb of Moulay Ismaïl, in the Imperial City of Meknes, Morocco. in the forefront is the bar of the wide door leading to the tomb
"Stand up for what is right even if you're solo!" This is a common theme/style of mine. We can go any direction in life. I choose to stay with believing to shoot for the stars with faith in my soul you know. Straightup out of the cam.
In Longyearbyen, an old coal mining town at 78°N, coal used to be transported by cable car from the various mines to the shipping point. The cars were called "kibb", and the towers supporting the cables were called "kibbstolper" (kibb poles). Today, the cable cars are no longer in use, the coal is transported by large lorries, and the towers are considered cultural heritage and protected. Here is one from the middle of Longyearbyen, in a perhaps unusual perspective.
A different angle on this tower can be found here.
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