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Taken at the Scottish part of Longing Melody (maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Celestine/28/104/26) A must visit place. I am more into nature picture than city but the city part is truely amazing, you can feel the warmth and the good heart Bambi made into it, it is full of magic and details you will never forget... I even myself got a surprise there !
Please press L on your keyboard for the best view...Thanks in advance for any faves and comments...Always appreciated...Andy :-}
Deep in darkest County Durham, buried in the Northern Penines remains the last standing minehead frame. Groverake mine, a really interesting place to see, explore and incredibly remote. It is also on the lower road of the Northumberland 250, and was originally a lead and fluorspar mine which closed in 1999.
I had a truly fascinating visit here, including meeting several photographers and a group of cyclists while I had a cuppa on the road side above the mine.
Leica X, post processed in Luminar.
#MacroMondays
#Buckle
The research for what exactly the (belt) buckle you can see in my image is called almost took longer than taking the photo itself – because this is actually one of my test shots ;) But sometimes the test shot is the best, and I liked it, so I went for it. I couldn't find a definite term for this type of buckle but on Wikipedia, I found the so-called "Western or cowboy buckle" that at least works in the same way as this buckle does: it has a pin on the underside which is inserted into the belt hole of choice (and comfort). This buckle even has two pins, one which fixates the leather strap underneath the buckle, and the aforementioned pin to adjust the belt's length. This also makes it easy to take the buckle off the belt without damaging either belt or buckle.
The belt is what one might call a fashion belt (it belongs to my Mom, magrit k., and she says that it is from the 1970s or 80s) but unlike most fashion things today it is of very sturdy and good quality. Although the belt is very slim (only 1,4 cm / 0,55 inches wide), the red leather strap itself is really thick (3 mm / 0,11 inches) and it's still in excellent condition.
But enough of the belt because here I have photographed the buckle on its own. The width of the buckle (and therefore also of the frame) is 1,8 cm / 0,70 inches. The length of the decorative element in the buckle's centre part is 2,5 cm / 0,98 inches. That deco element is embossed with tiny dots (bokeh!) and its shape is what I'd describe as a hybrid between an H and an X (to me it also looks like a tiny person with raised arms reminiscent of some statues of the Mayan culture).
Light sources were a natural light photo lamp from above and two LED lights, one from the left (equipped with the semi-translucent yellow bottle cap colour "filter") and one from the right (red transparent chocolate box colour "filter" placed in front of it). It's a single shot captured wide open at F2.8 for that extra shallow DOF and bokeh.
One last thought: The small red and orange "bokeh worms" in the upper middle look like telescope eyes to me, and together with the colours this reminded me of a Gecarcinus quadratus, a colourful land crab species that is also known as "Halloween crab" or "Halloween moon crab". So maybe this isn't a belt buckle at all, but a "Halloween buckle crab" ;)
HMM, Everyone, and have a great week ahead!
Last remnants of the old medieval moat which once encircled Fulham Palace. The historic home for the Bishops of London.
Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
The higher he’s a-getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he’s to setting.
That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while ye may, go marry;
For having lost but once your prime,
You may forever tarry.
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
BY ROBERT HERRICK
Estación Invernadas, en General Madariaga, provincia de Buenos Aires. Un vagón hace años abandonado.
One of the stone monsters that makes up Monument Valley, or Tse’Bii’Ndzisgaii, valley of rocks. This formation is called "Stagecoach" presumably as a tribute to John Ford, though I suspect there is a Diné (Navajo) name for it- if anyone knows it please share.
Navajo tradition describes the Diné (the people) arriving at this, the fourth world, which despite its abundance of game and the presence of corn, was also inhabited by terrible monsters. These monsters were neutralized when Spider Woman passed on the magic needed to turn the monsters into stone to The Twins, who were 2nd generation peoples of the fourth world. The buttes of Monument Valley are the remnants of these monsters.
This is how shops used to be. Places which sold only one type of goods. Places where there was a counter, a shopkeeper and a friendly greeting.
Of course shopping took a long time. You had to visit several shops to get a few days food. And you had to have a chat in everyone of them. Catch up on the village gossip etc.
Not too many left now, the Superhypermarkets have taken over. It’s quicker, see. And more convenient. None of us have the time anymore.
That’s progress.
What best object to chose from for the "Iron" topic of the weekly Macro Mondays challenge, than an old rusty woodworker tool?
I've bought this antique Stanley plane for a few bucks and on a whim, some time ago, because it looked so interesting, and put it aside with the intention to try bringing it back into a working state at some time.
You can't tell from the picture, but it's a so-called "Circular plane", that allowed the woodworker, with a turn of the pictured adjustment screw, to give is sole a concave or convex shape.
While researching about this model (Stanley No. 113) a few minutes ago, I realized that this tool is older than I thought, as it had been produced between 1877 and 1942! Mine seems to be of type 2, that is between 1880 and 1891.
This makes it suddenly even more interesting, but I'll think twice about how to restore it now...
Oh, and it definitely fits the bill for this week, as its construction is stated as "cast iron"! 😊
El 308.035, rescatado recientemente por Raxell Rail en su viaje desde Yunquera hasta Fuenlabrada; tras haber realizado unas pruebas con otra 035, pero en este caso una 269
Please listen: Erykah Badu - Ye Yo
I love this type of soul music!
Ooo like
When you wake up in the morning
And you see the morning sun
And then you need to know the world is on your side
Who do you run to?
Who can you turn to?
hugs!
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
(Matthew 7:7)
The old mirror in my garden attracts some birds, usually the Brown Thornbill males. This Little Wattlebird discovered its presence in the days of social isolation.
The best pub in Robin Hood's Bay according to Tripadvisor.
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