lego transformer vortex

Multi-coloured "coral skirt", close-up. For more, read the Gooseflesh blog.

the mind of a child is always spinning, within the still of the worlds commotion.

A vortex seen just off the highway heading into Sedona. Many of the locals believe vortices contain mystical healing powers.

Details: Handheld, 17-40mm macro, polarizer, contrast adjustments

Solent Towage Ltd. Voith tractor tug "Vortex" engaged in salvage work on the vehice carrier "Hoegh Osaka". Bramble Bank, Solent, 7th January 2015.

This actually started out as a Paris skyline, but then the vortex got it...

iPhone 4S

Lomora 2

Photoforge 2

Shock My Pic

Cameramatic

Iris Photo Suite

I've been caught in this photo editing vortex. Adobe has just released Lightroom 4 and also CS6 beta. I've been fool enough to fall into their trap and try the free trials and downloads. All of this happening about the same time Sassy and I spent a weekend with my old friend Milo and his wife Pam in Leavenworth Washington. There we took lots of pictures for sure. What a beautiful area. Then last weekend I spent Saturday morning with my oldest son driving around looking for photo ops. Seemed like more driving around than getting out and shooting. Sure loved the company though. Bless his heart he had been up since 4 AM that morning to take his wife Anna to the airport and was really struggling to stay awake. So I had plenty of new images to work on in editing and plenty of new editing software to learn and put to work. I'm excited about Photoshop CS6. Some of the features really look worth spending the money on for the upgrade. The free beta CS6 that I downloaded had some very coveted features that I couldn't get to work. Well after much time invested in trying to figure out why, I finally figured out that I need to upgrade my video/graphics card. My new video card should be delivered to my door tomorrow. Love Amazon.com online shopping. It was Adobe that made me invest in a new computer last time they came out with something new. I'll be pleased if I can get by with a new video card this time.

This is a shot taken last weekend with my son when we were driving by Commencement Bay in Tacoma. Seven bracketed shots ran through photomatix. Still doing much of my editing in CS4. I've got so many actions and plug-ins that I need to work into CS6 that I haven't had time to do yet. And most of all let's not forget I need to spend time with Sassy too. :)

Happy Hump Day!!!

I'm sorry if I'm not that smart

But not that smart is just a part

Of speaking firmly from the heart

...A.A.

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The polar vortex is here. I never really knew what that meant before but its here and its cold. In the arctic, right now, at Arctic Bay, which is 2,153 miles due north of me, the temp is -27F so this arctic air warmed up by 11 degrees before hitting our doorstep. Our current temp is -16F and the wind chill is -41F.

Im about ready to leave for work but Im sitting here procrastinating in a big way. The building I live in is making all sorts of BIG creeking sounds. Never heard before but I suppose its just due to the cold. My car is parked in the lower level garage so I don't anticipate any problems with it starting. I park in the garage at work so I pretty much don't have to deal with the wind chill temps out there at all. Thank goodness.

The shot above is in Geneva, Illinois along the Fox River and taken just before Christmas but its the coldest looking shot I have in my archives at the moment. Stay warm out there if you have to go out.

Happy Polar Vortex Monday :-)

Another Self Portrait, including mirrors, lasers, and vortexes.

Vortex Donuts - Asheville

In CM's RPGs this module became a classic. Not because of the plot or game play, but because of the villain team, Vortex. They were delightfully silly characters and, in the hands and imagination of CM and his gaming friends, they became even sillier. 😊

I wanted to capture the 'tub tornado' (as my kids call it) for this week's challenge. After the first attempt, I realized that a little food dye would provide some added color and drama to the shot.

I love how you can see a darker ring around the outside of the vortex.

#LPTG13WK6

Nikon D3S, Nikkor 105mm/f2.8

EXIF: ISO 200, 105mm, f/5.6, 1/125sec, SB900 to camera right on a stand.

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ostensjo.no/?fleet=vortex

Name:Vortex

IMO:9525508

Flag:U.k.

MMSI:235076195

Callsign:2CVS9

Vessel type:Tug

Gross tonnage:839 tons

Summer DWT:570 tons

Length:39 m

Beam:15 m

Draught:6.9 m

Home port:Southampton

Class society:Det Norske Veritas

Build year:2010

Builder:Astilleros Gondan

Castropol, Spain

Bartlett's wash, into the vortex aka toilet bowl

Vortex Razor UHD 8x42

Viki Vortex & the Cumshots live at the fiddlers elbow pub, Chalk Farm, London UK. 2011

So .. another day in the big smoke .. for today's challenge I chose George St to the Quay - as I'd planned the catch the sun under the Coathanger to finish the day off... and on the way down George St I did find things to photograph ...

I am still having fun with optical effects, trying to achieve a sense of motion.

The vortex/funnel that emerges when spinning water fast. At the Exploratorium, one can control the speed with which the water spins, and bring the vortex from a small depression in the middle, to a full-length, twisting air tunnel all the way to the bottom of the container.

Balewind Vortex for my Chaos Warband. Old scenery kit finally painted up.

New Salem, MA - Mai 2011

www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/central-ma/bears-den....

Mystic Brewery

Chelsea, MA United States

Sadly, Mystic Brewery closed in 2019..

Lampwork Vortex Marble Paperweight made from borosilicate and dichroic glass.

Stationary Waves

Love these 'mechanical manifestations'.. Two vortices are inter-acting like the cog wheels in the gear box

I went to Hasselt again to witness the opening fireworks of the yearly one week big fair.

Well, you know what they say about fireworks... they only go straight up and say BOOM.

So, enough of that and time for some changes in my nocturnal image collection with this new multi dimensional Vortex attraction... obviously also attracting a lot of other spectators :)

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It's the power of gravity

Banana Plant Leaf

My most interesting photos on black

Now and then we have some large coils in our warehouse waiting to be shipped to a customer. I have taken several photos of them as they stay here a few days. This one looks like falling into a vortex!

Slight camera swirl effect