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Refuge de Gialorgues (2275 m alt.)
National Parc of Mercantour (South France)
Please, have a visit to the world scientist's warning to humanity. Thanks.
I'm adding this picture of the Amber Fort in Jaipur as World Elephant Day is tomorrow. It was my next stop after Ranthambore Park as well. This trip encompassed so many varied destinations. It was a difficult, but an outstanding itinerary.
There are demonstrations occurring in the city as the day grows near. I will let you read the article.
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/11/jaipur-protest-dema...
I first saw elephants in Asia where they are used as working beats of burden. It seemed so common place I gave the practice little thought until I went to Africa and saw the gentle giants in the wild. My thoughts changed and it is nice to see that the Indian people are demanding change
In my previous article, like many photographer, I was very excited about the release of the new R6 and R5 because they offered tremendous advances.
www.flickr.com/photos/garivalden/50209737163/in/dateposted/
I bought the R6, the Canon RF 100-500mm and sold everything to buy again a 5D mark III
Why? Because the Canon R6 is also that:
1) Delivery of the RF – EF Adapter Ring offered by Canon has arrived 60 days after purchase. Fortunately, my nice store went out of its way to lend me one.
Many customers have suffered this and it is scandalous on the part of Canon not to have integrated the ring in the original box.
2) Prepare to pay (and I'm not even talking about new RF lenses)
- a very fast and robust SD card to enjoy the burst like the Sony Tough SD
- Resistant, I used Lightroom 6 box. To read new raw CR3s, you need Lightroom Classic
- To make the photos look like a Canon Picture Style you need a quality color profile, thank you to Damien Bernal for your recommendations
The choice of an L Bracket is complicated with this screen, Tom Migot has devoted several videos to it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA25FyekVKY
The R6 is with High ISO but if you want a very clean result, Denoise by Topaze is the best Tool , So, one question: Why have I never needed it before?
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This photo at 12800 iso will be almost unusable on 5D Mark III but never forget that the easiest and most beautiful thing is to take pictures when there is ... light
- The second battery is essential. It is difficult to say how many pictures you can take with one battery but I advise you to double your battery park as well as the charging time.
For years, I shot without ever thinking about the drums with a second in the bag never used.
3) The ergonomics of the R6 disappointed me and brought nothing
- The grip is worse than before. However, I have small hands and the handle seems too small to me. Those with large hands have their little finger in the air and some props even sell a base to add.
I wore for years a 5d Mark III with a 300mm 2.8mm IS II sometimes by the tips of two fingers to tell if the whole thing was balanced.
- The SD card door opens only by friction. There is still a small slot to slide a nail with difficulty, but the 5d Mark III and IV opened more easily with one hand.
The adjustable screen has never been useful to me because its tilt to the left of the device is not practical and even less with the L bracket
Touch has never been useful to me, in the field physical buttons are more practical
4 / A user experience that sometimes disappoints:
- Eye tracking stalls when it is too complicated in the foliage. Does the ultimate portrait of your dreams with a subject against a pretty background require this technology?
- In billebaude if you take your camera back, it will sometimes take a while before everything turns on again. Several times I had to turn off the R6 completely because the autofocus didn't know where it was.
- You see a beautiful sunset, you take your R6, you put your eye in the viewfinder and there… disappointment. Why not keep looking in our good old DSLR?
5) The rendering of R5 and R6 is often very different in appearance compared to DSLR.
More so if you mount a native RF lens.
Is it the technology or the level of detail that wants this? The shots often appear to be very artificially separated, and natural colors like grass are sometimes strange. I know you can change everything in PP, but all of this bothers me and takes me away from the pictorial and cinematographic universe.
My daughter came home from school with a drastically different school photo than I saw for a decade, I got it, the canon photographer (my daughter had asked a few years ago ;-) had bought an R6 or R5 and the schoolyard became a bit strange as « Gattaca ».... Advantage for Eye AF, it’s tea time for him ;-)
6) Let's talk about goals.
The photos of a Canon hybrid with an RF lens that I have seen in recent months made me want to buy a Canon EF 85mm f1.2 II 1 month after the R6. I'm not sure that was the goal. from Canon that we buy back the EF lenses that we had sold second-hand.
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Canon did not lose everything because, to get Canon cash back, I exchanged my Canon EF 300MM 2.8 is II before the summer of 2021 for an RF 100-500mm ...
Why did I do this?
Fear of obsolescence and maybe a follow-up helped by an abundant marketing hype which made me give in and go against my convictions of never buying a zoom because the rendering really has nothing to do with a focal length fixed premium… I sold it 1 month later.
The bottom line of this financially not very pleasant operation is that, as in many areas, if we have the feeling that things will not be in our best interest, it is better to abstain ;-)
What will I miss most about the Canon R6
Focusing in low light, your 85mm 1.2 will get a facelift
Staggering stabilization from 100-500mm net to 1/50 th to 500mm
The focus on the eye, clearly the majority of wedding, sports and animal photographers will never want to go back, I understand them, this is a decisive advantage over the competition
And especially the advantage of having the collimators close to the edge unlike the DSLR
The burst and the endless sorting it generates, the swiveling screen, the touchscreen, the wifi, the gps, I will miss less.
I don't think I’ll buy again this excellent 300mm 2.8 IS II.
I still got the magical 135 mm F2 and 85mm 1.2 , my next wildlife Canon Lens will be a prime EF, surely excellent, not too big (price too) because I take my equipment everywhere, repairable I don't know ...
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Every day, especially since the digital and the Internet, our so-called user-friendly world becomes unnecessarily more complicated and deliberately consumerist.
The R5 and R6 are good cameras and Canon has really caught up to the competition but it's not my direction.
The 5D Mark III is 2012, a century after 1912, my favorite year, in which I have been preparing a photo for a very long time.
What if Canon EF finally became a way of life.
Gari Valden
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After my earlier posting of the knitting scene , as requested by some , here is a shot of the finished article .
To be more precise it is a " Polar Infinity Scarf " , as such there is no end and it is worn doubled round .
Article from Wikipedia
Grand Teton National Park is a United States National Park in northwestern Wyoming.
The Park is named for Grand Teton, the tallest mountain in the Teton Range. The naming of the mountains is attributed to early 19th-century French-speaking trappers—les trois tétons (the three teats) was later anglicized and shortened to Tetons. At 13,775 feet (4,199 m), Grand Teton abruptly rises more than 7,000 feet (2,100 m) above Jackson Hole, almost 850 feet (260 m) higher than Mount Owen, the second-highest summit in the range. The park has numerous lakes, including 15-mile-long (24 km) Jackson Lake as well as streams of varying length and the upper main stem of the Snake River.
Happy Valentine.
Thank you for your comments.
Gemma
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Please do not download my photographs nor use them without my permission.
Am I right that 'point and shot' cameras are about to disappear as they are replaced by smartphones?
This maiden is an Ultra-Orthodox Jew, and as such do not own a smartphone (in which she might, dangerously, surf); therefore, she still uses this tiny camera.
Here is the article in Wikipedia:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graptopetalum_paraguayense
Sedum Weinbergii, aka Mother of Pearl Plant, aka Porcelain Succulent
The plant has a spreading and creeping habit that reaches 20 cm high by 60 cm wide. Its appearance may vary depending on the soil and the exposure. The hanging rod can reach up to 2 m in length and a thickness of 2 cm. Green to light grey leaves can be up to 7 cm long and 3 cm wide. Thick and fleshy, they are arranged in a spiral around the stem and are very easily detached from the rosette, that is why this plant has been nicknamed "porcelain succulent".
Its flowers appearing in spring have five white petals spotted with red.
This hardy plant stands temperatures down to −10°C. If it is sheltered from rain and too much humidity, it is easy to grow in temperate climates. It is readily propagated by cutting leaves or stems. It supports both full sun and partial shade. Watering should be avoided in the event of excessive heat. It is often used as an ornamental plant in gardens.
This French magazine called "dogs" has a made an article about my images. I'm very happy for being published for the first time ever. 3 full pages in a magazine !
Yann Arthus Bertrand has an article as well in the same magazine ;-)
From november 23rd to december 7th you are all welcome to take a look at my exhibition "le carnaval des animaux".
take a look now ! www.flickr.com/groups/manray_gallery/
Torre de comunicacions de Montjuïc
Montjuic Communications Tower
Barcelona
Arquitecto
Santiago Calatrava
deutscher wikipedia-artikel über den Torre de comunicacions de Montjuïc
english wikipedia-article about the Montjuic Communications Tower
artículo español en wikipedia sobre el Torre de comunicacions de Montjuïc
Emily Kuser - thank you for the nice article about Hope For Paws. I really appreciate any help with getting the word out there about the work we do.
I just captured 13 stray dogs yesterday, and I'll need to help pay for their medical needs, food, etc. (You can read about the dogs here and here)
I hope people who are hearing about us for the first time will go to our website and buy our book: OUR LIVES HAVE GONE TO THE DOGS. The book cost $9.95 (hard cover, 100 pages, full color), and it will help us save more animals here in Los Angeles.
Thanks,
Eldad - founder of Hope For Paws.
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p.s. people OUTSIDE the U.S and CANADA can buy the book on AMAZON:
www.amazon.com/Our-Lives-Have-Gone-Dogs/dp/0615246508/ref...
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PLEASE don't invite me to over-regulated and restricted groups.
PLEASE don't use any type of graphics in comments.
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The article below originated from:
Traditional Building Magazine
Updated: Jan 6, 2020
Original: Feb 2, 2016
Originally built in 1916, the Palm Beach courthouse was a tour de force of Neoclassical architecture. The architect Wilber Burt Talley designed a granite base, brick and stone façades, soaring Indiana limestone columns and Corinthian capitals that held up triangle pediments, and a dentil molding below the cornice. The four-story, 40,000-sq.ft. the building housed the county government offices and records, as well as the jail.
Almost immediately the courthouse ran out of space, and 11 years later an addition was constructed 25 feet to the east. Talley again served as the courthouse architect, and the 1927 addition was similar in appearance and used many of the same materials as the original building. In 1955, the two buildings were connected with usable rooms to accommodate the growing county.
Yet another addition was required in the late ’60s; it was completed in 1969. The architecture firm Edge & Powell delivered a brick building that nearly doubled the square footage to 180,000 sq. ft. This time, the addition was less than sympathetic. In fact, the 1916 and 1927 buildings were lost in the center of the new construction, which wrapped around them completely.
The building was utilized for 36 years in this configuration, until 1995, when a new courthouse opened across the street. Expansions had plagued the 1916 courthouse almost as soon as it was built, and this was no exception. “After the new courthouse opened, the old one was slated for demolition,” says Rick Gonzales, Jr., AIA, CEO and principal at REG Architects. “Since I knew about the 1916 courthouse, I recognized the potential of the site and got in touch with preservation specialists in the area. It took some time, but a group of us eventually convinced the county to fund a feasibility study, which we conducted in 2002.”
Gonzales talks about stimulating interest in the project: “We would go to the new courthouse to sell our idea and walk people up to the windows to look at the old site,” he says.
“‘Believe it or not, there’s a building inside that building,’ I’d say. That really piqued people’s interest.”
The county agreed to fund the project, and demolition of the additions began in January 2004 and was completed two years later. “It took a long time because it was a selective demolition,” says Gonzales. “We needed to be careful to salvage many of the materials from the 1927 building to use in the restoration of the 1916 structure. It resembled the original, so we took everything we could for reuse.” A number of materials were recovered, including limestone, granite, wood windows, doors, marble wainscot, mosaic floor tiles, wood flooring, trim, and hardware.
While a majority of the materials were the same from building to building, the detailing was not identical. “We were working from the drawings of the 1927 building because we couldn’t find drawings for the earlier structure,” says Gonzales. “We had thought the detailing was the same, but when we put our studies together we saw that the rhythm, proportion, and cornices were different.”
When REG Architects couldn’t apply the 1927 documentation to the restoration, the firm examined what was remaining of the building and the few images that had survived. “For a while, we had no cornice pieces, because all of the exterior ornamentations had been destroyed when the façades were smoothed for the addition,” says Gonzales. “Then a contractor found a 16-in. piece, which we used to re-create the cornice line.”
Other elements that needed to be re-created, such as the granite and limestone porticos on the north, south, and west façades, were designed using historic photographs. “We found limestone with the same vein from the same Indiana quarry that was originally used,” says Gonzales. “We were extremely lucky in that the quarry ran out of that vein right after our order.” REG Architects was also able to match the granite.
Many components of the building were salvaged and restored. The cornerstones were restored and placed in their original locations at the northwest corner. The 12 Corinthian capitals and the load-bearing limestone columns – each of which weighs 30,600 lbs. – were pieced back together and repaired. “Placement of the capitals was especially tedious,” says Gonzales, “because it needed to be precise. They were then secured with pegs and glue.”
On the north, south, and west elevations, the brick was restored and, when necessary, replaced. “We couldn’t locate replacement brick with the same hues as the existing brick hues,” says Gonzales, “so we hired artists to stain it so that it blended with the original brick.” On the east elevation, REG Architects specified new brick so the new façade clearly stood out from the old ones.
To the same point, new hurricane-proof wood windows were chosen for the east elevation, while REG Architects was careful to preserve as many old windows as possible on the other elevations. Hedrick Brothers repaired 76 original wood windows as well as the window hardware. “We found a local manufacturer, Coastal Millwork of Riviera Beach, FL, to get the original windows tested for hurricane-preparedness,” says Gonzales. “The company reinforced and laminated the windows, so we were able to reinstall them.”
The crowning achievement of the exterior work was the re-creation of an eagle crest on the west pediment.
Based on a small postcard and images of other eagle crests, Ontario, Canada-based Traditional Cut Stone designed the crest for Palm Beach. “They created a small scale model and then a full-scale model in clay,” says Gonzales. “The final piece, which took five months to produce, was hand-carved from five pieces of Indiana limestone.” Traditional Cut Stone was also responsible for all of the limestone work on the building. REG Architects based much of its interior design on the Desoto County Courthouse in Arcadia, FL, which was built by Talley in 1913.
“The dilemma about the interiors was that there was little archival material and few original photographs to give a precise vision for the interiors,” says Gonzales. “Emphasis was placed on trying to restore the character of the main courtroom and the main interior public spaces.” The main courtroom on the third and fourth floors was especially aided by the Desoto research. The millwork was re-created and the plaster ceiling and moldings, maple flooring, doors, and door hardware were restored. Replica lighting was fabricated.
Architectural elements in the corridors and staircases received similar treatment. Hendrick Brothers uncovered the original mosaic flooring and had it repaired. Only five percent of the tile needed to be replaced; in these cases, matching tile from the 1927 building was used. About 80 percent of the marble wainscoting was salvaged, while the other 20 percent was replaced with matching marble from the original quarry. Wood doors and door hardware were salvaged and reused.
All of the building code upgrades – including efficient HVAC, fire protection, and hurricane protection – were hidden as much as possible with historic finishes. The alley elevation provided an ADA-accessible entrance and space for elevators.
The newly restored Palm Beach County Court House now accommodates a museum for the historical society, as well as offices for the County’s Public Affairs Department and County Attorney. “People say this project was an alignment of the stars,” says Gonzales. “It was. We were lucky to have the opportunity to save this building, we worked with a lot of great people, and it turned out well. It was a great labor of love.” TB
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.traditionalbuilding.com/projects/courthouse-unwrapped
downtownwpb.com/things-to-do/history-museum-and-restored-...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_and_Pat_Johnson_Palm_Beach_...
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
The article below originated from:
Traditional Building Magazine
Updated: Jan 6, 2020
Original: Feb 2, 2016
Originally built in 1916, the Palm Beach courthouse was a tour de force of Neoclassical architecture. The architect Wilber Burt Talley designed a granite base, brick and stone façades, soaring Indiana limestone columns and Corinthian capitals that held up triangle pediments, and a dentil molding below the cornice. The four-story, 40,000-sq.ft. the building housed the county government offices and records, as well as the jail.
Almost immediately the courthouse ran out of space, and 11 years later an addition was constructed 25 feet to the east. Talley again served as the courthouse architect, and the 1927 addition was similar in appearance and used many of the same materials as the original building. In 1955, the two buildings were connected with usable rooms to accommodate the growing county.
Yet another addition was required in the late ’60s; it was completed in 1969. The architecture firm Edge & Powell delivered a brick building that nearly doubled the square footage to 180,000 sq. ft. This time, the addition was less than sympathetic. In fact, the 1916 and 1927 buildings were lost in the center of the new construction, which wrapped around them completely.
The building was utilized for 36 years in this configuration, until 1995, when a new courthouse opened across the street. Expansions had plagued the 1916 courthouse almost as soon as it was built, and this was no exception. “After the new courthouse opened, the old one was slated for demolition,” says Rick Gonzales, Jr., AIA, CEO and principal at REG Architects. “Since I knew about the 1916 courthouse, I recognized the potential of the site and got in touch with preservation specialists in the area. It took some time, but a group of us eventually convinced the county to fund a feasibility study, which we conducted in 2002.”
Gonzales talks about stimulating interest in the project: “We would go to the new courthouse to sell our idea and walk people up to the windows to look at the old site,” he says.
“‘Believe it or not, there’s a building inside that building,’ I’d say. That really piqued people’s interest.”
The county agreed to fund the project, and demolition of the additions began in January 2004 and was completed two years later. “It took a long time because it was a selective demolition,” says Gonzales. “We needed to be careful to salvage many of the materials from the 1927 building to use in the restoration of the 1916 structure. It resembled the original, so we took everything we could for reuse.” A number of materials were recovered, including limestone, granite, wood windows, doors, marble wainscot, mosaic floor tiles, wood flooring, trim, and hardware.
While a majority of the materials were the same from building to building, the detailing was not identical. “We were working from the drawings of the 1927 building because we couldn’t find drawings for the earlier structure,” says Gonzales. “We had thought the detailing was the same, but when we put our studies together we saw that the rhythm, proportion, and cornices were different.”
When REG Architects couldn’t apply the 1927 documentation to the restoration, the firm examined what was remaining of the building and the few images that had survived. “For a while, we had no cornice pieces, because all of the exterior ornamentations had been destroyed when the façades were smoothed for the addition,” says Gonzales. “Then a contractor found a 16-in. piece, which we used to re-create the cornice line.”
Other elements that needed to be re-created, such as the granite and limestone porticos on the north, south, and west façades, were designed using historic photographs. “We found limestone with the same vein from the same Indiana quarry that was originally used,” says Gonzales. “We were extremely lucky in that the quarry ran out of that vein right after our order.” REG Architects was also able to match the granite.
Many components of the building were salvaged and restored. The cornerstones were restored and placed in their original locations at the northwest corner. The 12 Corinthian capitals and the load-bearing limestone columns – each of which weighs 30,600 lbs. – were pieced back together and repaired. “Placement of the capitals was especially tedious,” says Gonzales, “because it needed to be precise. They were then secured with pegs and glue.”
On the north, south, and west elevations, the brick was restored and, when necessary, replaced. “We couldn’t locate replacement brick with the same hues as the existing brick hues,” says Gonzales, “so we hired artists to stain it so that it blended with the original brick.” On the east elevation, REG Architects specified new brick so the new façade clearly stood out from the old ones.
To the same point, new hurricane-proof wood windows were chosen for the east elevation, while REG Architects was careful to preserve as many old windows as possible on the other elevations. Hedrick Brothers repaired 76 original wood windows as well as the window hardware. “We found a local manufacturer, Coastal Millwork of Riviera Beach, FL, to get the original windows tested for hurricane-preparedness,” says Gonzales. “The company reinforced and laminated the windows, so we were able to reinstall them.”
The crowning achievement of the exterior work was the re-creation of an eagle crest on the west pediment.
Based on a small postcard and images of other eagle crests, Ontario, Canada-based Traditional Cut Stone designed the crest for Palm Beach. “They created a small scale model and then a full-scale model in clay,” says Gonzales. “The final piece, which took five months to produce, was hand-carved from five pieces of Indiana limestone.” Traditional Cut Stone was also responsible for all of the limestone work on the building. REG Architects based much of its interior design on the Desoto County Courthouse in Arcadia, FL, which was built by Talley in 1913.
“The dilemma about the interiors was that there was little archival material and few original photographs to give a precise vision for the interiors,” says Gonzales. “Emphasis was placed on trying to restore the character of the main courtroom and the main interior public spaces.” The main courtroom on the third and fourth floors was especially aided by the Desoto research. The millwork was re-created and the plaster ceiling and moldings, maple flooring, doors, and door hardware were restored. Replica lighting was fabricated.
Architectural elements in the corridors and staircases received similar treatment. Hendrick Brothers uncovered the original mosaic flooring and had it repaired. Only five percent of the tile needed to be replaced; in these cases, matching tile from the 1927 building was used. About 80 percent of the marble wainscoting was salvaged, while the other 20 percent was replaced with matching marble from the original quarry. Wood doors and door hardware were salvaged and reused.
All of the building code upgrades – including efficient HVAC, fire protection, and hurricane protection – were hidden as much as possible with historic finishes. The alley elevation provided an ADA-accessible entrance and space for elevators.
The newly restored Palm Beach County Court House now accommodates a museum for the historical society, as well as offices for the County’s Public Affairs Department and County Attorney. “People say this project was an alignment of the stars,” says Gonzales. “It was. We were lucky to have the opportunity to save this building, we worked with a lot of great people, and it turned out well. It was a great labor of love.” TB
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.traditionalbuilding.com/projects/courthouse-unwrapped
downtownwpb.com/things-to-do/history-museum-and-restored-...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_and_Pat_Johnson_Palm_Beach_...
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For anyone interested there's an interview with me in the latest NZ Photographer magazine.
Click through to read it (that's my photo on the cover too :-) )
I'm on page 5
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(thanks Allan!)
You can buy prints here : art.icanvas.com/search?w=sebastien%20del%20grosso
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And can follow me with my Facebook page : www.facebook.com/SdgPhotographie/
Depuis mon enfance, le dessin a toujours été une passion, mais lorsque j'ai découvert la photographie, j'ai pensé que l'association de ces deux passions pourrait me permettre de laisser libre court à mon imagination.
Dans cette serie "L'esquisse d'une vie", j'ai voulu illustrer ma vie, comme si mes croquis avaient donné naissance à chacun de ses actes; soit par l'intervention de personne qui me sont proches (comme par exemple dans "sketch your mentor" avec l'intervention de ma grand mère qui m'a appris le dessin), ou encore des événements qui on été importants pour moi (comme dans "sketch the life" avec la naissance de ma fille "Cataleya"), mais également avec des choses un peu plus humoristique (dans "Catch & Sketch" par exemple avec l'intervention de mon ami Cal Redback, mais aussi "sketch and fight" avec un combat de deux artistes avec chacun sa technique)
Since my childhood, drawing has always been a passion, but when I discovered photography, I thought that the combination of these two passions would allow me to give free rein to my imagination.
In this series "The sketch of a life", I wanted to illustrate my life, like my sketches gave birth to each of his actions or by the intervention of someone I are close (for exemple in "sketch your mentor" with the intervention of my grandmother who taught me in the drawing), or events that have been important to me (like in "sketch the life" with the birth my daughter "Cataleya"), but also with something a little more humorous (in "Catch & Sketch" for example with the intervention of my friend Cal Redback, or in "sketch and fight" with a battle of two artists with each his technique)
Tutorial :
iso.500px.com/selfportrait-sketch-photo-tutorial/
Publications :
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2730016/How-draw-attenti...
petapixel.com/2014/06/30/talented-artist-combines-photogr...
fluctuat.premiere.fr/Diaporamas/L-esquisse-d-une-vie-deco...
mashable.com/2014/07/02/illustration-photo-self-portrait/
www.citizenbrooklyn.com/topics/art/illustrate-your-life-s...
www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/04/sebastien-del-grosso-sk...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2300695/Sebastien-Del-Gr...
Awards :
- Second place at the 2014 International Photography Awards (IPA 2014) under Professional People - Self portrait.
- Second place at the 2014 Prix de la photographie Paris (PX3 2014) under Non-Professional Fine art.
- First place at the 2013 International Photography Awards (IPA 2013) under Non-Professional Fine art - Portrait.
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An excerpt: 'Those who force others to worship can make them worship, however that worship will be futile because it will never reach the divine acceptance. The reason being that God does not like anything done for him without your heart in it.' - His Holiness Younus AlGohar
Read the article by clicking the link below:
rariazgoharshahi.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/freedom-of-choice...
Amazingly sexist article but if you’re going to be a 1940s/1950s girl you need to act appropriately :-)
Obscurely inspired by this news article www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25506778
The title is suggestive of the War between nature and man, and how Mother Nature is fighting back! Possibly the start of a small series? I'm not too sure yet.
It took a lot of thinking and encouragement from myself to go out and shoot this. It's strange because I get so nervous when shooting a self portrait, I feel like people are watching me and that I look weird, both are probably true. But then there's this huge pressure from myself to create new work and be part of that work. So it's a strange battle, a War if you will. I'm really going to try my very best to upload a lot more conceptual things like this over the coming months so yeah- look out for that.
Also, you might recognise this plane, it actually belonged to the brilliant Rosie Hardy, so just a quick thank you to her for this gift x
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Flickr article is out here.. Not everyone's cup of tea ... but I am pleased my first Flickr article is out. (2 more on the way.)
As anticipated, First Cymru has replaced the ten Wright StreetCars based at Swansea Ravenhill depot with a similar number of Mercedes-engined Wright StreetLites, new this Summer to Port Talbot depot.
These have assumed the operation of Service 4 (Morriston Hospital-Morriston-Swansea City Centre-Singleton Hospital & University), though at a slightly reduced Monday to Friday frequency but with more running time.
Whilst they are gradually receiving 'Bws Gwynedd'-style red fronts on their corporate livery, 47663 is the first to also receive "metro" branding.
She is captured on the Metro Track near Paxton Street, Swansea in this early September 2015 shot.
This article was written by ANDREW SCOTT - MASSETT - The other commercial centre is Masset (or Massett, as the post office name was originally spelled), located at the mouth of Masset Inlet on the north shore of Graham Island. It also got its start in the early 1900s. An application submitted in 1900 by post office inspector W. H. Dorman proposed Charles Harrison as postmaster but was rejected. “Residents at Massett now receive their mail from Port Simpson,” wrote Dorman, “from which place all supplies are obtained, by means of an Indian schooner which makes occasional trips between these places. It is possible that arrangements might be made to have an occasional mail conveyed between Massett and Port Simpson, but there would be no regularity about such a service. I do not consider a post office at Massett is required at present.” The post office was eventually authorized in 1906, it seems, but its opening was delayed until 1909 (Archives Canada lists Jan 6, 1910, as the date of establishment but Aug. 1, 1909, as the date of appointment of the first postmaster). This was Rev. William E. Collison, son of the noted Anglican missionary William Henry Collison. Do a search of "Early Postal History of B.C.’s Haida Gwaii" where you can read the complete article.
(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - MASSETT - a post office, fishing and lumbering village on the northern part of Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, 86 miles from Prince Rupert, in Prince Rupert Provincial Electoral District, reached by Grand Trunk Pacific boats from Prince Rupert. Has telegraph office. Anglican church. The population in 1918 was 150. Local, resources: Lumbering, farming, mining and fishing.
MASSETT Post Office was opened - 1 August 1909. The spelling adjusted to MASSET Post Office - 28 May 1948.
LINK - to a list of all the Postmasters who served at the MASSETT / MASSET Post Office - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=posoffposmas&id=2...
- sent from - / MASSETT / AU 25 / 11 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 25 June 1909 - (RF C).
- arrived at - / SOUTH HILL / AU 28 / 11 / B.C. / - split ring backstamp (poor strike) - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 15 September 1908 - (RF D).
The South Hill Post Office was established - 1 October 1908 - it became Vancouver Sub Office South Hill - 1 July 1914.
Addressed to: Miss Dora Erlindsson / South Hill / B.C.
Halldóra Maren (nee Erlandsson) Glenzer / (Dora Marie Erlandson)
(b. 22 April 1894 In Winnipeg, Manitoba – d. in Washington, USA)
Her father - Vigfies Erlindsson
(b. 1859 in Iceland – Deceased)
Her mother - Oddbjorg (nee Saemundsdottir) Erlindsson
(b. 1857 in Iceland – Deceased) - they were married - 28 November 1885 in Stokkseyri, Árnessýsla, Suðurland, Iceland.
Her husband - John William Glenzer
(b. 20 February 1882 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States – d. 31 March 1944 at age 62 in Everett, Snohomish, Washington, United States) - they were married - 23 May 1917 in Bella Bella, Central Coast, British Columbia, Canada. Occupation - Mill worker.
I had the honor of writing an article for my favorite Lego blog on my recent experiences at various cons and why you should go to one. Give it a read and join the discussion if you're so inclined.
And if you haven't read the Manifesto before, you really should. It's some of the best-written commentary (present company excluded) on the Lego community you're likely to find anywhere.
Article link: keithlug.com/2017/09/15/convoluted/
I swear I will actually post a MOC one of these months.
A brief article by Islander author Eugene Cameron - Port Kusam was established in 1895 and is located in a just south of the mouth of the Salmon River on Johnstone Straight. The Ruby House at Port Kusam opened in 1898. It operated as a store, saloon, post office, and hotel until 1921, at which time it was bought by a family from Victoria for use as a place of residence. A Union Steam Ship stopped in the straight to off-load supplies, a rowboat would bring the cargo to Port Kusam. The Ruby House has long been abandoned. Its usefulness came to an end as families came to settle in the area and built their homes along the Salmon River in the Sayward Valley and docking facilities were built at Kelsey Bay. LINK to the complete article - www.newspapers.com/clip/98968911/port-kusam-ruby-house-an...
Ruby House - At the time of the Klondike gold rush, the Port Kusam Hotel was a stop along Johnstone Strait for the would-be miners. The post office was on the left us you entered the Store: Kohse describes a chicken-wire-walled postmaster's office containing rows of letter boxes labelled with faded names. But he has regrets for not paving more heed to the first hand accounts of long-passed old timers and storytellers who gathered in the beer parlour, picked up mail and stocked up with supplies and provisions from the store.
A century ago, however, the whitewashed false-fronted building overlooking Johnstone Strait just, south of Kelsey Bay at what is now spelled Hkusam, must have been a magnificent sight for Union Steamship passengers, Klondike gold rush hopefuls, itinerant cannery workers and hand loggers steaming, sailing or rowing through a vast frontier. Theodore Peterson, a Swedish immigrant, built the hotel in 1895 and operated it until 1921. In keeping with the old real estate mantra of "location, location, location," Peterson seized the opportunity to stake out an oasis of civilization and commerce in a trackless coastal wilderness. The hotel, saloon, store and post office were located "stepping-stone" distance north of the Lund Hotel (1895) and post office (1892). LINK - www.newspapers.com/clip/98969244/times-colonist/
Six miles south of Kelsey Bay is Sayward post office, which was established in 1894 upon land owned by Hans Otto Sachts. He had a general store which had begun in a small cabin, then was enlarged to accommodate his many customers. For many years afterwards some items no longer available could be found on the shelves, but only Mr. Sachts knew exactly where to find any item at any time.
The PORT KUSAM Post Office was established - 1 March 1899 - it changed name to Sayward - 1 December 1911.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the PORT KUSAM Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...; and the Sayward Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;
Hans Otto Sacht served as Postmaster at PORT KUSAM / Sayward from - 1 July 1903 to - 13 March 1919.
Clipped from - Vancouver Daily World newspaper - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 1 Jun 1918 - NAMED HANS OTTO SACHT Sayward Island Postmaster is German, ex-Soldier Charges. During the mass meeting of returned soldiers at the imperial Theatre on Friday night J. E. Armishaw, of Sayward Island, who went overseas and was honorably discharged from the army, charged that the postmaster at Sayward Island was a German named Hans Otto Sacht, who had amassed a fortune as postmaster, telegraph operator, mail carrier and storekeeper. This man, he said, spoke the German language and taught his six boys to do so, further charging that all efforts by residents in the form of petitions and appeals to the local federal member, Mr. Clements, to look into the question had proved unavailing. He instanced several alleged disloyal utterances and acts by the postmaster and his wife.
LINK - Claims Postmaster at Sayward is Hun (1 June 1918) - www.newspapers.com/clip/98966274/claims-postmaster-at-say...
LINK - Sayward's Trouble - Hans Otto Sacht Apparently Fails to Acquire Friendly Sympathy of the Community. - www.newspapers.com/clip/98966402/saywards-trouble-hans-ot...
HANS OTTO SACHT POSTMASTER FINED - NANAIMO, B.C. March 8, 1919. Hans Otto Sacht, postmaster, farmer and store keeper of Sayward, Vancouver Island was found guilty in the provincial police court by Magistrate Potts on three charges of selling goods without revenue stamps being attached, and fined a total of $150 - five days later he put his resignation in.
LINK - Family Stays Hot - New Merger cools Rivalry (22 August 1968) - www.newspapers.com/clip/98966654/family-stays-hot-new-mer...
Hans Otto Sacht
(b. 23 May 1868 in Germany - d. 17 June 1959 at age 91 in Vancouver, B.C. / Sayward, B.C.)
- sent from - / PORT • KUSAM / MR 26 / 10 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) is not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1899 - (RF E now is classified as RF D).
Yelm is located in southeastern Thurston County, adjacent to its border with Pierce County, along the Nisqually River. The city is near the Nisqually Indian Reservation, locate to the northwest on State Route 510, and Joint Base Lewis–McChord on the northeast side of the river. Another major highway, State Route 507, connects Yelm to Centralia and Spanaway near Tacoma. The word "Yelm" is said to come from the Coast Salish word shelm or chelm, meaning "heat waves from the sun", referring to heat mirages.
Message on postcard reads: Dear Cleo (1) :- Was it you or I wrote last? If it was you I will answer as soon as I find out. I hope you are all well. Howard (2) wants to know if the bull has killed Rolland (3) so its why he can't write. Well goodbye with kindest regards. From Lydia Johnson. (4)
(4) - Lydia Alice (nee Johnson) Wright
(b. 19 February 1896 in Seattle, Washington - d. 10 January 1975 at age 78 in Centralia, Lewis County, USA.) - she married - Clinton Benia Fisk Wright (7 June 1887 – 10 June 1941) on - 30 May 1920 in Colorado, United States.
(2) - Her brother - William Howard Johnson
(b. 29 September 1898 in Read Island, Comox-Strathcona, British Columbia - d. 20 January 1980 at age 81 in Chehalis, Lewis, Washington, United States) LINK to his birth certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/ee... LINK - to his marriage certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/63...
William Howard Johnson wife - Mabel Henrietta (nee Turner) Johnson
(b. 8 March 1884 in La Conner, Skagit County, Washington, United States - d. 1968) - she was a school teacher. They were married - 19 August 1915 in Vancouver, B.C. - she was a school teacher and married one of her students (William Howard Johnson) when he was 16 years old. This note was written by his niece - My Uncle Howard married his school teacher when he was 17 or 18, (he was 16) and she was 21 (she was 31). It was a big scandal at the time. LINK - www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/L6QC-FCD see postcard below...
Her father - Ellis Irvin Johnson
(b. 17 August 1863 in Grampian, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States – d. 25 November 1943 at age 80 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States)
LINK to a newspaper article (17 September 1910) - Trappers' Rivalry Comes To Tragic Climax - Salmon River Rancher Charged with Murder of His Neighbor - Row over Beaver Skins - Victim of Tragedy Went to House of Neighbor to Execute Search Warrant and was Shot While There - www.newspapers.com/clip/98927353/the-province/ Occupation - farmer / woodsman
Her mother - Fanny D. (nee Dye) Johnson
(b. 29 July 1866 in Monroe, Jasper, Iowa, United States – d. 27 December 1914 at age 48 in Julesburg, Sedgwick, Colorado, United States) - Fannie had TB and she had to live in a tent. Her doctor said the air in Colorado would be better for her.
Addressed to: Miss Cleo Weber / Yelm / Washington / USA
(1) - Cleora / Cleo Pauline (nee Weber) Sitten / Strablow / Paine
(b. December 1893 in Rainier, Thurston, Washington, United States – d. 19 June 1982 at age 88 in Tacoma, Washington, USA)
Her first husband - Austin Sitten
(b. 12 November 1885 in Illinois, United States – d. 4 November 1944 at age 58 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington) - they were married - 12 March 1918 in Pierce, Washington, United States.
Her second husband - Bert Elmer Strablow
(b. 2 December 1875 in Illinois, United States – d. 14 March 1952 at age 76 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington, United States) - they were married - 28 June 1947 in Yelm, Thurston, Washington, United States.
Her third husband - Charles Henry Paine
(b. 26 September 1894 in Waterville, Douglas, Washington, United States – d. 18 June 1969 at age 74 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington, United States) - they were married - December 1960 in Yelm, Thurston, Washington, United States.
(3) - Her brother - Roland Francis Weber
(b. 6 December 1895 in Yelm, Thurston, Washington, United States – d. 25 August 1971 at age 75 in elm, Thurston, Washington, United States) - LINK to his obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/98956657/roland-francis-weber-obi...
His first wife - Laura Nelsene (nee Denny) Weber
(b. 29 May 1902 in Olympia,Thurston,Washington – d. 1 December 1941 at age 39 in Yelm, Thurston, Washington, United States) - they were married - 30 Dec 1920 in Pierce, Washington, United States.
His second wife - Clara Jennie / Jenny Brown
(b. 12 May 1899 in Darby, Montana, USA – d. 6 March 1984 at age 84 in Yelm, Thurston, Washington, United States) - they were married - 12 December 1942 Yelm, Thurston, Washington, United States. LINK to her obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/98964337/clara-jenny-weber-obituary/
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With the help of Lord Jesus Christ, the Kingdom of God will be established on Earth. Peace, justice and love will prevail. Injustice will be totally wiped out from the face of the Earth. The Mehdi/Messiah/Kalki Avatar will fill every nook and cranny of the world with justice." - His Holiness Younus AlGohar
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My article this week is all about Beverage Photography. So here are 3 LIGHTING SETUPS (AND 2 TIPS) FOR TASTY BEVERAGE LIGHTING.
Check out the whole article here:
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Strobist info:
Beer
Studiostrobe thru softbox and between scrim subject left @ 1/16
Studiostrobe thru softbox subject back and right for kick @ 1/8
Studiostrobe with yellow gel pointed at background @ 1/4
silver reflector subject right
Pepsi
Studiostrobe thru softbox subject left and right @ 1/8
Bare studiostrobe back of subject pointing at white seamless paper @ 1/2
Scrim camera right
Coke
Studiostrobe thru softbox subject back left and right @ 1/4
YN-470 speedlight with snoot top of subject @ 1/4
HIERAPOLIS [excerpted from Wikipedia article]
There are only a few historical facts known about the origin of the city. No traces of the presence of Hittites or Persians have yet been found. However it was customary to build a temple on the site of such a natural phenomenon. The Phrygians built a temple dedicated to Hieron probably in the first half of the third century BC. This temple would later form the centre of Hierapolis. It was already used by the citizens of the nearby town Laodiceia, a city built by Antiochus II Theos in 261-253 BC.
Hierapolis was founded as a thermal spa early in the second century BC and given by the Romans to Eumenes II, king of Pergamon in 190 BC. The city was named after the name of the existing temple, or possibly to honour Hiera, wife of Telephos — son of Heracles by a Mysian princess Auge - the mythical founder of the Attalid dynasty. The city was expanded with proceeds from the booty from the Battle of Magnesia in 190 BC, where Antiochus the Great was defeated by Eumenes II who had sided with the Romans. Thus Hierapolis became part of the Pergamon kingdom.
Hierapolis became a healing centre where doctors used the hot thermal springs as a treatment for their patients. The city began issuing bronze coins in the second century BC. These coins give the name Hieropolis (town of the temple Hieron). This name eventually changed into Hierapolis (Holy city). [1]
In 133 BC, when Attalus III the last Attalid king of Pergamon died, he bequeathed his kingdom to Rome. Hierapolis thus became part of the Roman province of Asia. The Hellenistic city was slowly transformed into a Roman town.
In the year 17 A.D., during the rule of emperor Tiberius, an earthquake destroyed the city. In 60 AD, during the rule of emperor Nero, an even more severe earthquake left the city completely in ruins. Afterwards the city was rebuilt in Roman style with the financial support from the emperor. It was during this period that the city attained its present form. The theatre was built in 129 AD when emperor Hadrian visited the town. It was renovated under Septimus Severus (193-211). When emperor Caracalla visited the town in 215 he bestowed on the city the much coveted title of Neocoros, according the city certain privileges and the right of sanctuary.
This was the "golden age" of Hierapolis. Thousands of people came to town to benefit from the medicinal properties of the hot springs. New building projects were started : two Roman baths, a gymnasium, several temples, a main street with a colonnade and a fountain at the hot spring. Hierapolis became one of the most prominent cities in the field of the arts, philosophy and trade in the Roman empire. The town grew to 100,000 inhabitants and became wealthy. According to the geographer Stephanus of Byzantium, the city was given its name because of the large number of temples it contained (again a sign of wealth).
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In the early 7th century, the town was devastated by Persian armies and again by a destructive earthquake. Afterwards came a slow recovery.
In the 12th century, the area came under the control of the Seljuk sultanate of Konya.
In the year 1190 crusaders under Frederick Barbarossa fought with the Byzantines and conquered the town of Philip the Apostle.
About thirty years later, the town was abandoned and the Seljuks built a castle in the 1220s.
The city was abandoned in the late 1300s.