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Illegally off-leash at Roland Moore Park ... if she weren't tethered to Pip I'm sure Layla would have run off to find something stinky to roll in ... thankfully Pip is stronger than her and has a really reliable recall
We'll try to grab him even at this speed,
the rocket screaming down again past where
he lost the tether. Knowing Horton, he'd
expect no less of us. Boy's got a pair,
I'll give him that! Go easy on the juice
there, Bosun. Yeah, we'll swing around and hook
his harness. Quite a jolt... But what's the use
in that? With no alternative, well... Look,
we hook him or he's dead - no in-between!
Just steady, now, young Horton - almost there...
He'll try to hold his breath to stretch the lean
supply of air, that kid! He needs a prayer!
Alright, now... steady on... a bit to port...
The boy would know this line's our last resort...
© Keith Ward 2006
Another 1950's-style-SF sonnet inspired by a Photoshopped (gradient map) hand-held long exposure photo of lights on the highway at night.
I'm continually amazed at what comes out of these night shots! I mean... just look at this image... The first thing I saw in it was that spaceship zooming down to the left (I see it as a 1950s style ship, flying upsidedown, the tail fin underneath), thrusters firing their yellow flame, the broken tether flapping wildly, and the one hope of the drifting crewmember - the hook-tether - highlighted dramatically near the center of the picture. Any other blue or yellow streaks in the image would just be streaks evoking speed that such a 1950s two-toned teen-magazine illustration would incorporate (like Boy's Life, which had some terrific teen-oriented space adventures).
Yup... I'm in awe of what chance and human perception can do with images... This one, like the others posted on flickr, inspired a SF vignette in sonnet.
Click here for more about this image and this series, SF Sonnets.
"Tug on anything at all and you'll find it connected to everything else in the universe."
-- John Muir
Chvrches @ Lollapalooza 2014, Grant Park, Chicago, IL, on Friday August 1, 2014.
Setlist:
We Sink
Lies
Lungs
Gun
Night Sky
Strong Hand
Science/Visions
Recover
Tether
Under the Tide
By the Throat
The Mother We Share
"Morning Star" by Paul Fryer - part of the "Let There Be More Light " installation at Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone.
The last remaining tethering ring in the brick wall between Christchurch Park and St Margaret's churchyard. It was once one of a whole row of about a dozen similar rings, used for tethering horses in the heyday of the Mansion nearby. Apart from this solitary survivor, the rest have now vanished completely or merely left an imprint. See
www.flickr.com/photos/8118630@N08/51836033678/in/photostr...
and if you want to see it in a wider context then see
www.flickr.com/photos/norfolkodyssey/51703342717/in/photo...
the poppets have helped me in a great learning experience today: shooting tethered to the computer.
this means the camera is connected to the computer, and the pictures i take show up on the screen so that i can show my clients (in this case poppets) their picture immediately, like studio photographers do (and then charge you $10 just to convert it to black and white, lol.)
i also used my shutter release trigger.
this was just set up quickly on my computer desk, with my camera on top of a box of checks and the poppets on my lucky red hots tin. the shot is straight out of camera, no editing.
The streetlight posts in downtown Langley WA had these art jellies hanging from them. I left one version exactly as shot, because I think the attachment anchors (!) the piece in the world. I also like the version in which I simply removed the attachment, making the whole thing float like a real jelly but also maybe like something constructed by an AI. What do you think?
this is the legendary starfighter,nicknamed the widowmaker for its volatile nature..used to be said,in the 70's,that if you wanted one then all you had to do was buy a field in germany and wait for one to drop on it..nice...!