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Bit of an odd dress this one it sort of fights me clinging onto all the bits i would rather it didn't.
OK its not that bad but i just wouldn't feel comfortable wearing it out.
Dragon Guard - You know she is a little bit dangerous.
Drachen Wache - Du weißt sie ist ein bisschen gefährlich.
my highlight from today was a five second flight by a bittern , a lifer for me and even though I never got a focus lock on its good enough for me .. well pleased
Bit of indoor faffin' yesterday, using the lightpainting brushes system.
Lens Swap between the Sigma 18-35mm, and the Nikon 50mm.
Lightpainting only, no photoshop.
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I can always dream about what he might look like in a few months. Deer are ever-present on the bayou, but they are not noted for standing out in the open when people are around. This would be a handsome buck when the rut arrives in the winter. Photo taken on Armand Bayou. White-tail Deer standing tall at the water’s edge.
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You've never been to Heaven, have you?
Ooh, this the ride of your life
Hold on 'cause, baby, I might
I might just give you a bite of the sweetest pie
Ooh, baby, we can go fast
I'll drive and you just lay back
I got the flavor that lasts, yeah, the sweetest pie
I might take you home with this
I might give you all of it
Come get your dose of the sweetest pie
Ooh, this the ride of your life
Hold on 'cause, baby, I might
I might just give you a bite of the sweetest pie
Baby, I'm the sweetest
Pussy is the meanest
Hot girl shit, but I'm cold every season
Know he got that pipe, let him bust it till it's leakin'
Booty like a pillow, he can use it while he sleepin'
Look, don't be goin' through my phone 'cause that's the old me
Ain't the only one tryna be my one and only
Real big, movin' slow, that body like codeine
He a player, but for Megan he cuttin' the whole team
That body lookin' nice
I got cake and I know he want a slice
I wish a nigga would try to put me on ice
I ain't ever had to chase dick in my life
I want that nasty, that freaky stuff
Slid up under my bed and keep me up
That Hansel and Gretel, let him eat me up
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Ooh, this the ride of your life
Hold on 'cause, baby, I might
I might just give you a bite of the sweetest pie
Ooh, baby, we can go fast
I'll drive and you just lay back
I got the flavor that lasts, yeah, the sweetest pie
I might take you home with this
I might give you all of it
Come get your dose of the sweetest pie
Ooh, this the ride of your life
Hold on 'cause, baby, I might
I might just give you a bite of the sweetest pie
You got me hung up from across the room
I'm so high that I'm on another altitude
And on my cloud I got some space for you
Got a taste for you
Ay
More bounce to the ounce
Pick it up, put it down
Wanna put his Nutty Buddy in my Fudge Round
Pussy tighter than a bitch
He ain't had it like this
Toes curling like they throwin' gang signs on Crip
One thing about me, I ain't takin' no shit
He will, I know it's pissin' off his old bitch
Cesar Millan, I got his ass trained
Trouble at the top, now who really runnin' things?
(Who? Ah)
You've never been to Heaven, have you?
Ooh, this the ride of your life
Hold on 'cause, baby, I might
I might just give you a bite of the sweetest pie
Ooh, baby, we can go fast
I'll drive and you just lay back
I got the flavor that lasts, yeah, the sweetest pie
I might take you home with this
I might give you all of it
Come get your dose of the sweetest pie
Ooh, this the ride of your life
Hold on 'cause, baby, I might
I might just give you a bite of the sweetest pie
I decided to get out for a bit of a hike yesterdau afternoon, the weather look changable and I didn't really feel like spending another day at home watching TV or messing about on the Computer. Starting from the Barbican I caught the ferry accross to Mount Batten and walked along the coast path.
Photography was never really the main idea, but I took my camara along with me but left my tripod at (which I regretted). I ended up at Bovisands and by now the weather was changing for the worse. Dark brooding clouds had came over and the wind had picked up. It was at this point I saw this scene. I tried to take the picture hand held, but it really didn't capture the movement in the ocean all that well. Luckily there was an old post box I was able to put my camera on to take this 5 sec long exposure.
Explored! #49 - highest position yet =)
Slept in a bit on Friday after getting up and checking the weather at 5:30. It was pretty much the same as Thursday so we decided there was no point going out and taking practically identical photos.
We went kayaking on Okarito Lagoon which was pretty cool except I managed to get myself completely soaked and Dad laughed at me. We saw Godwits, Pipers, Spoonbills, a blue heron and a couple of white herons. Dad and I were sharing a kayak and right as we were nearly back to shore managed to get stuck! It wasn't that bad though because a white heron was standing in the water maybe three or four metres away from us so that was awesome. We got unstuck after a little bit and returned to shore. I was so glad of a shower then!
After lunch Bee and I packed up our stuff and packed it into her car and set off. We had a break in Hokitika for a while and then drove as far as Kumara Junction before Bee remembered that we forgot to get petrol and the needle was on E. Luckily we weren't too far away from Hokitika so were able to drive back and fill up the tank.
We didn't stop again until Arthur's Pass for a quick toilet break and also made friends with four Keas who were hanging out by the carpark.
From there we drove on until we reached Castle Hill which has totally amazing limestone rock formations. It's near Flock Hill Station which was used in The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe. Both Bee and I got a bit carried away with our cameras and when we got back to the car realised just how long we'd been there.
She dropped me home about ten and I was very glad of being able to go to my own bed and have a nice long sleep. Speaking of bed, that's where I'm headed right now because I have yet another early start tomorrow because I have a plane to catch and a course to go to (and my Viking Essay to finish off).
A new series of mine, started to try some kind of unusual shots. As the most of my visitors know I usually photograph landscapes, macros and sunsets. But there is more to find for a photographer, and I hope to find more. :-)
Enjoy one of those unusual shots every Saturday evening!
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Eine neue Serie von mir, begonnen um ein paar ungewöhnliche Aufnahmen zu machen. Wie die meisten Besucher meines Fotostreams wissen, fotografiere ich für gewöhnlich Landschaften, Makros und Sonnenuntergänge. Aber es gibt mehr zu entdecken für einen Fotofreund und ich hoffe, mehr zu entdecken!
Freut euch auf ein neues ungewöhnliches Foto an jedem Samstag Abend!
A nice bit of colour on a dull morning here in my garden. Even in the rain the Robin and Nuthatch still dropped onto the bird bath.
A few more Corvids popping in over the last day or two, they are picking up my ground food mix which hopefully means they will maybe cut down on the other baby birds.
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Multiple photos shot with iPhone 5s then bits and pieces of each photo was taken from them and used to make this. Apps used were iPhone camera, mextures, juxtaposer, Paint FX and image blendr. This image was inspired by the paint of Salvador dali that was painted by Sidney Maurer. I first started with several photos of the girls and a base photo of the two girls standing together. I took all the head shots of them and selected a section of each shot that I wanted to use in the photo ( like the eyes or the mouth or another section of the head ) then I moved the image of each photo to mexture where I used the the preset destroyed film formula. from there I pick which formula I wanted to use then tweak it some then save the image. Once I got all the images of the head and body done in mexture, I moved the images to juxtaposer where I put them all together the way I wanted them. In the meantime I made a background for the image in Paint FX then saved it to my photo album. I took the image I made in juxtaposer and moved it to image blendr then blended one of the textures I have on my phone just to tweak the image some then added it back to juxtaposer with the background that I made in Paint FX and just added the two images together in there. I hope Ive explained it well enough, any questions Just let me know. I hope you enjoy, thanks for looking.
The vacant picnic shelter looked very lonely in the night. Evidence of civilization can be reassuring. On this night, it made me feel cold and removed.
When a 3 day storm has a bit of a rest, the only thing to do is get yourself out there! This is exactly what we did in Iceland! For once we actually saw blue sky!!! Whilst we happened to be in the wrong place for sunset (glorious light on the other side of Vik) we were just pleased to see any colour other than white!
Vik is on the South coast of Iceland had has these wonderful salt stacks protruding the horizon out of the sea. With this shot, I had set up the composition perfectly, waiting for the next wave to just kiss the rock and then drag it's silky lines back into the sea... unbeknown to us, every 10th wave is a large wave which happened to be the next one, it left us running a good few meters back to avoid being encompassed by the huge wave crashing towards us! Once the wave had retreated, I headed back down to compose again and ended up having to hold the tripod extremely still as the next wave came along, disturbing the volcanic sand beneath us!
Once again I had to work for my shot, but I'm really pleased with the outcome, given the conditions we braced, I'm glad to have captured some nice colour in the clouds and reflections!
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Green, white and red - perfect colours for the Italian Flag - perfect colours for a great pasta sauce!
two great white egret lifting off shots ,didn't really have time to grab focus it was just spray and pray really ,i was actually behind a screen (hide) looking through the slit thats designed for the 5 year old kids to see the birdies .
Explored at #36
I woke up a bit late and looked outside to see the skies were perfect for a
trip to the beach to do some photography. I grabbed the gear and rushed
out the door. It was a cold crisp winter day having recently snowed down
to near sea level in the San Francisco bay. I thought about trying to film
the snow on Mt. Diablo but prefer to shoot the ocean when I can so I pushed
on towards the beaches. Arriving at Half Moon Bay just south of San
Francisco I looked North then South. As often is the case, the vast
majority of the clouds hung over the coastal foothills to the south due to
the cold wet air from the Pacific pushing up and condensing over the
mountains. I continued south to Bean Hollow Beach and picked a nice spot
to wait for sunset. But as time passed so did the clouds and after a
while only a few distant clouds clung to the horizon. That combined with
the strong waxy stench of a rotting blue whale carcass that washed ashore a
few months back persuaded me to push on further south. I had to push back
the urge to stop at Pigeon Point Lighthouse. The lighthouse is a wonderful
subject but I have many shots waiting to be posted. Besides, most of the
clouds were still to the south.
(NOTE: If you'd like to see the lighthouse just view some of the recent
posts in my photostream.)
The sun was getting close to the horizon and it was time to plant it or head
back home. I was at the very northern side of Santa Cruz and decided to
stop and film the rocky bridge at Natural Bridges State Park. It's a
wonderful site film but often crowded with beach goers and surfers who love
to wade out to the rock and make themselves an unwanted subject in your
landscape photography. However the temperature today was barely in the
high 30s and I hoped that this would discourage the usual beach crowd.
Little did I know I'd end up being one of them. The lagoon that feeds in
to the ocean was flowing heavily in to the Pacific from the recent rain and
as my luck would have it the water was flowing in to the ocean on the south
end of the beach meaning it was time to get wet. There were a number of
other photographers already setting up along the surf and I refused to miss
my chance. The creek often flows in to the north side of the beach so I
had left my water shoes in the car. Throwing my tennies over my shoulder I
waded in to the icy water letting out a fairly loud yelp as the water went
halfway to my knees. It would turn out that the ocean was warmer than the
sand so I spent the rest of the evening filming the sunset in my bare feet
as the tides washed in over my deep blue toes. By the time I was done I
could barely feel my feet. (Note to self, buy some fishing waders)
Nothing feels so good as to put the heater on full, crack the moon roof and
let the hot air flow over your freezing toes. But in the end, I think it
was worth it. I met some fellow photographers and had a good time filming
the bridge.
If you enjoy the shot, and have read this far, do me a favor and drop me a
comment below.
Cheers,
Darv
Darvin Atkeson
LiquidMoonlight.com
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Having left the imperial facility on Ilum, we decided to return to Coruscant to simply relax for a bit and wait for Frons' arm to fully recover and give Charla some time to rest. The twins decided to accompany us as their transport had left them stranded on Ilum and we had gotten along with them pretty well.
Well, we made it to Coruscant without any larger problems and found some decent lodging for the 9 of us. After that we all went about our business; Kas and Vase played Sabacc, Veto went to go search for the nearest bar, and the rest of us relaxed and got some rest.
A couple of minutes later a droid arrived at the doorstep of our current residence which presented itself as H-24, a messenger droid with some important information for us. He handed me a small data chip and as quick as it had come, the droid was gone.
Braik took a quick look at the chip, confirming it was neither a secret explosive nor a hostile virus.
We plugged it into Vase's computer and accessed the one file stored on the chip - a simple audio clip. Without hesitation, I played the clip.
Immediately, a disembodied female voice begin speaking to us through the computer's speakers;
"Greetings, My name is Lagra Romlow. I heard your little band was in the region, and coincidentally I happen to be in need of the services of a bounty hunter. There is an underground imperial prison on Kashyyyk under these coordinates:
41°24'12.2"N 2°10'26.5"E. There is a prisoner in cell 42 on level 3 that I need kidnapped and returned to Coruscant. The person you're looking for is a female Keshiri in her early twenties. I regret to inform you that I can not equip you with more information at this time, however I can assure you that if you choose to accept this mission you shall be justly rewarded. Knowing bounty hunters, this isn't enough to convince you to join, so if you enter the following code in the intersystems bank network you'll find a number of credits already waiting for you: 5GD04KL38."
I signalled to Vase to enter the code into the network. Once he had entered the network and used the code, we were granted access to a high security account with some very pleasing numbers on it.
"Should you chose to accept this job, I shall be more than obliged to triple this number. I'm sorry, I can not supply you with more information. End transmission."
I looked at Vase.
"Well, I don't usually like taking jobs from unknown people, but that number is very convincing."
"Welp, if it turns out to be a scam, we can always just track the droid back to the owner and give them a talking too"
I looked at Vase's tracking computer, which was blinking with a soft blue light.
"You planted a tracker on that thing, didn't you?"
He just raised an eyebrow and smirked.
I sighed.
"Eh, I was never one for relaxing anyways. Call in Vase, we've got a job to do. And bring the twins too, they can fill in for Frons and Charla while they recuperate . They won't protest once you show them that account"
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We reached Kashyyyk and followed the coordinates to a small clearing in a forest of towering trees. In the middle of the clearing was a small hatch. The plan was fairly simple: Braik had brought with him all the equipment we would need for a quick heist, or in this case a breakout. Among the equipment was a laser drill and grappling line and spool. After entering the prison, Braik and I would slide down the line equipped with the drill to level 3 and break out the prisoner, with Veto holding the grappling spool and the twins providing us with some extra protection. Kas would stay in the clearing and alert us if any reinforcements were on their way.
We broke into the prison after a brief fire fight with the guards and prepared for our descent to level 3. As far as we could tell, no alarms had been triggered and no one knew of our presence. Kas stayed behind, Veto grabbed the spool, and the rest of us slid down to level 3. Or at least, what we thought was level 3.
After a quick search of the containment cells, we found cell 42 and prepared for the extraction. Braik calibrated the drill and the twins took up defensive positions and I took to work on disengaging the alarm. After a couple of tense, quiet minutes, I was able to disable the alarm and Braik informed me that the drill was ready.
We grabbed the drill and began slowly moving it in a circle around the door of the cell. Once we completed the circle, we took a deep breath and pushed the door in. What met our eyes was certainly not a female Keshiri.
"Wassa youa doin?" asked the confused Gungan.
"What the heck...," I muttered under my breath.
Braik accessed the information panel next to the cell.
"Kidool Depels," he read. "He was charged with first degree murder and treason to the empire for a successful assassination attempt on an imperial senator."
"Oh yeah?" I asked. "How did he do that?"
"He poisoned the senator's meal. This guy was a chef for 6 years before being imprisoned."
I glanced at the Gungan. "Nice" I said.
He was too busy slobbering to notice.
"Markus," said Braik. "There isn't enough juice in this thing for another extraction. This is it, we had one shot to get this gal out and we're stuck with a Gungan instead."
"I don't get it," I said. "We're on level 3 and this is cell 42, where did we go wrong?"
"Thisa not level tree" said the Gungan.
I looked down over the edge of the catwalk.
"I know you Gungans aren't big on brains, but I'm pretty sure we're on the 3rd level."
"No, yousa under da ground man. Yousa count lavals begging from tha top."
I glanced at Braik who was pounding his head against into the wall.
"Well, I'm not leaving this place without the prisoner. Come on Braik, we're going down another level."
Braik lifted his head. "I already told you Markus, we can't use the drill for another extraction - it just doesn't have enough power."
"I'll think of something." I said.
"When you 'think of something,' it usually involves a lot of explosives, and I thought we weren't trying to alert the garrison stationed here?"
"Whatever, this was getting boring anyway," I said, grabbing onto the line and sliding down to level 3 (the real one this time).
Braik followed me next, then the twins, confusion evident on their faces.
I found cell 42 and reached into my coat. I brought out a thermal detonator and Without hesitation tossed it at the door. It exploded outward, showering the catwalk in dust.
Out of the cell stepped a female Keshiri wearing a pair of electro-cuffs.
Braik read from the information panel near the cell; "Lagra Romlow, imprisoned for multiple crimes, including theft, plagiarism, and dealing in illegal arms and drugs."
"You hired us to rescue yourself? Clever, I like it," I said.
"No time for chit-chat Markus," said Bren. "The first guards have arrived."
Sure enough, 2 prison guards had appeared on the level below us and began raining shots on our little party.
"Keep them distracted," I told Bren and Krista. "We'll get the girl out first, follow us once we're done."
After a quick nod from Bren, I gestured for Lagra to grab the line and signalled Veto to lift us out.
The twins made quick work of the guards and followed us moments later.
"Whasa you doin?" asked the Gungan. "Don leave mesa! They thinka I with yousa!"
"Then grab on," I told the Gungan. "We could use a good chef, another day of Charla's cooking might kill me."
After a few seconds of thought, I glanced at the Gungan. "Don't tell her I said that"
The Gungan just stood there, empty-headed. It didn't occur to me that he had no idea what I was talking about.
"Just grab the heck on." I told him.
He happily obliged, and we exited the prison safe and sound.
Once we exited the prison we were met by Kas who had a concerned look on his face.
"I intercepted a signal for reinforcements just now, they'll be here shortly. I was just about to tell you when you came out."
"Then let's get out of here," I said. "Our work here is done"
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Built for Brickanics' contest over on YouTube. Due to the fact that vacation is coming to an end, I decided I didn't want to start any larger/longer projects, but I did want to enter this contest as well as just build another Star Wars MOC. The result: The breakout, a small SW MOC for the Dark Times RPG built in less than 2 days.
Feedback is always appreciated,
Happy Building!
Shot taken for Saturday Self Challenge 12/02/2022 --
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Well for a wide shot here is a 1973 Cadillac Fleetwood Series seventy-five and it is a bit Long as well as Wide . !! It is 250 inches long and 80 inches wide - might need four parking spaces in some of England's car parks and that is only if there is room to manoeuver in the first place .
So this is a wide shot to get all the length of the car in and the challenge brief was a shot that is 2:1 at least - think this shot is 3.15 : 1 or thereabouts !!
I did have some fancy notion of taking a shot with the camera in " Panoramic " mode , but as you can see in the first comment box , railway stations are not usually built on hairpin bends !!
If you are interested in seeing some facts and some interior shots of a car like this , here is a link to a web page for a gander .
notoriousluxury.com/2013/12/31/1973-cadillac-fleetwood-se...
The car behind under wraps I think is a Ford Gallaxie 500 .
And for Sight & Sound - time to Go Your Own Way !!
Papaver nudicaule
Common names: Iceland Poppy, Arctic Poppy
Family: Papaveraceae
All parts of this plant are likely to be poisonous, containing (like all poppies) toxic alkaloids.
A rather frustrating chase, as there was plenty of lightning, but it was almost always buried in clouds and rain shafts. Still, a nice way to spend an evening.
A bit far away but I was lucky to have my more powerful lens on the camera and set for sequential shooting.
I think this was a Roe Deer and I was amazed to see this (albeit pretty big) Fox take it on.
The Fox was stalking the Deer which just gave me time to switch on the camera and take off the lens cap. It was very long range and I’ve cropped as much as I can.
The Fox made the first move so it definitely was malice aforethought and not simply chasing an already fleeing animal
The Deer got into the reeds and we think it escaped as there was no noise or obvious struggle.