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Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualisation ~ Bo Bennett
For those who watched 1960s US cartoons, this lyric will be a reminder...
Spiderman, Spiderman,
Does whatever a spider can
Spins a web, any size,
Catches thieves just like flies
Look Out!
Here comes the Spiderman.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o29VoxtsFk
(Yeah, I know that the song can be annoying, but it has that nostalgia thing goin')
For everyday superstars through generations.
My dear Xennials, Gen X and early Millennials if you take a look back for a moment and see all the life transitions you had to go through, those shoes are just complementary for what you already are. Keep going and take care!
The Legend of the Doves
One the Lord of Heaven chose two doves, both young and fair
and told them of a very special journey they would share.
"Go now upon the earth and seek two hearts where you may dwell,
and there I shall surely come and make my home with
you as well. We'll join the two and make them one. A Husband and a Wife,
my spirit will endow their love with everlasting life."
Today the Doves still bring the sacred promise from above,
to those whose hearts are open to the miracle of love.
- I am staying in an apartment with occasional sights of doves and pigeons, and while it has been a great sight most of the time seeing pairs of flocking birds spreading their graceful majestic wings across the window, it has been a rather sad thing since I did not able to capture them succefully. (The previous captures, were done in San Marco Square, Venice, Italy, on close proximity)
Until now I got this great 250mm lens! For the first time, this feather friend is appearing in my Middle Kingdom collection.
Class 81 No. 81009 hurries through Docker heading a Dundee - Blackpool North relief on 26th July 1986 . The train is formed of the unique 'Sealink' Mark 1 set, which had been repainted in the redd, white and blue livery for use on Glasgow to Stranraer Boat Trains. In late July when Scottish industry traditionally shut down for a two week holiday break the stock was frequently used on relief workings to Blackpool, a popular destination for the Scots, and particularly;arly Glaswegians. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
Those drops are natural and background blue due to blue flowers
Used Sigma 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical IF Macro + Nikon D200
People say bad about this lens but it is sharp than most Nikon lenses I had.
The Healthy Life 1966 vs 2016
1966
Back then, Mr Atkins had only just announced that you could lose weight eating bacon, butter, sausages and steak! Doris couldn’t wait to try it out at Frankie’s Place, what’s the worst that could happen…
2016
Those extra pounds around her hips would vanish by following the ‘Oxygen & Vitamin Shot’ diet but Doris was suspicious that many more pounds would vanish from her wallet…
Meet Doris
On the left it is 1966 and she is a young vibrant lady in touch with the latest fashion, technology and trends.
On the right, time has passed and it is 2016 and Doris has to cope with new technology, innovation and the changes in society.
Fifth in a series of builds called Then & Now for Bricks magazine, a LEGO magazine : republic66media.com/
The first in the series was Taking Out the Trash
The second in the series was Reception Issues
The third in the series was Playing in the Park
The fourth in the series was The Latest Exercise Fad
Those are our indigenous strelitzias in the flower arrangements. The mother of the bride did the topiaries and embroidered the cloth
Those windows will still be there long after Windows 11 is a ridiculous footnote in history.
69C5+22 Vienna
Hey guys!
It's been quite a while since I last posted a figure - things have been a bit busy lately with university and everything.
So I recently got my hands on the new Brick Affliction Division set. I have to say, it's awesome to have Andy sculpting again, and this set is no exception to his awesome track record thanks to him and Josiah.
I tried hollowing out the beanie that comes with the figure to use all the Brick Affliction elements, but that didn't work out so well and I ended up ruining it. So, when my package from Richard at G-Bricks arrived, I decided to use those parts to replace it.
The set is pictured here with the G-Bricks Trappers hat and respirator mask, as well as the ACR that comes with the G-Bricks 'Task Force Operator' set, which has a Tiny Tactical ACOG Scope attached to it.
I really hope you guys enjoy this figure, I will leave a link in this description when the showcase for this figure is up on my YouTube channel tomorrow!
EDIT: Link to showcase on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5MNwwL2c84
Those rare moments when my girls do as told and hold still for a moment.
Modell: Emilia
Photo: Daddy ;-)
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Dedicated to those who lost everything, during the recent earthquakes and other weather events in the Pacific region.
** David de Groot and I have had to cancel our 'Basic Portrait Workshop' today, due to poor weather, please visit our group here for more details. **
www.flickr.com/groups/brisbane-workshops/
I've not posted an HDR in a while, this is a extreme HDR, the colour is not too pushed, but the dark tones are one of the techniques I use to create 'Mood'
I've posted the basic HDR settings below.... David and I are planning an HDR workshop - same format as our Portrait one (which is canceled due to weather), please visit our group and discus ideas.
Thanks everyone.
Enjoy.
- Canon 50D.
- ISO 100, f11, 1/30, 10mm
- Sigma 10-20mm lens.
- Tripod.
Processing
- HDR from 3 RAW images -2,0,+1 (simple 3 shot auto bracket)
- Saturation.
HDR
- Tone mapped using Photomatix HDR, in detail mode.
- Strength: 90
- Saturation: 82
- Lim: 8
- Black point: 6
- White point: 1
About The Pacific Ring of Fire
The Pacific Ring of Fire (or sometimes just the Ring of fire) is an area where large numbers of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40,000 km horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and/or plate movements. The Ring of Fire has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes. It is sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt or the circum-Pacific seismic belt.
About 90% of the world's earthquakes and 80% of the world's largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire. The next most seismic region (5–6% of earthquakes and 17% of the world's largest earthquakes) is the Alpide belt, which extends from Java to Sumatra through the Himalayas, the Mediterranean, and out into the Atlantic. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the third most prominent earthquake belt.
The Atomic Bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 was named LITTLE BOY, and three days later, the atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki also had a name, it was called FAT MAN. Little Boy killed estimated 200,000 human beings, and Fat Man killed estimated 150,000 human beings.
Little Boy and Fat Man....
Those things had names, can you believe it....
Fuck.
"Ferocious with those who are ferocious", the motto of the Bufalo family, at Palazzo del Bufalo alle Fratte (a.k.a. the Palazzo Del Bufalo Cancellieri), in Rome, Italy. The animal is thought to be a lioness.
Black and white, shot with a Nikon D7000 and a Nikkor AFS DX 18-200mm F/3.5-5.6G lens, and processed in GIMP and Photoscape.
The expression of the cat is compelling to me. This lonely cat was outside a hotel somewhere in the American Southwest. Photoleap Cloud Wanderer was used to create this image.
For those not familiar with Australian colloquialisms, an Aussie Battler is someone who does it tough and struggles to achieve some goal despite the odds. In this case, the Aussie Battler is a guy and his van who sets up every day (and has for years) in the approach to Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. As you can see he specialises in pies and peas, that means meat pies with a generous spoonful of hot mushy pies on the top! A great favourite of mine I must admit.
Around Australia how they are served up and what they are called differs a bit from state to state. I have waited for years to take this shot and finally achieved it today. If you are in Queensland and up that way, keep an eye out for him on the right hand side of the main road into Caloundra.
Back when I was a kid and my mom was teaching me to identify warblers, this one was called simply "Myrtle Warbler".
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) adult male
those of us in The 12.12 Project are helping to profile Polaroid's newest film today, their absolutely lovely Blue 600 -- and the irony is, it's raining today and all this snow is melted, but I'm glad to have caught it while it was falling...
please check out ALL the fabulous blueness at: www.facebook.com/The1212Project
This was one of those scenes that jarred me back to reality as I wandered about in a local cemetery. It's often the simplest of things that have effect me this way. Here it was solemn figure of a soldier standing vigil over the grave of a fallen Marine. Arm frozen in eternal salute. The dress uniform splattered with the ubiquitous spray of grass and weeds kicked up by an errant weed whip. I felt a presence here. Not in terms of a ghost or spirit. But a weird sort of heaviness, contemplating a life cut short by someone devoted to service. Someone probably much younger than me. Tight knit bunch these Marines. Attended a Marine wedding a few years back, my cousin married a young Marine corporal. At the reception I noticed a small table near the entrance, set up for just one person. I was told this was the 'missing man' table. It was a tribute to fallen comrades and a custom at receptions and official events. The night was filled with joy and laughter but I found myself pre-occupied with the empty little table and what it signified. And how the young Marines in this room had ensured that the table be present. Lots of respect there. It's one of those moments that has never left me. I thought back on the little table as I contemplated this little statue. And now the two images are forever intertwined.
Those wildflowers grow on the paths all over Scotland and have healing properties and have been used for Heart Disease.
Those whose know of this place Maroon Bells, in Aspen, Colorado, would second my thought that this is the most beautiful place in Colorado state! It was fall when we visited this place and sure it lives to its reputation "Colorful Colorado".
For scaling purpose, the tiny figures near the lake on the floor are few people walking the lake trail.. you can imagine the enormity of those mountains..
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