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I don't want Christmas to end. It is strange how these vintage ornaments have darkened on the top like this. All of them are like this. Maybe it is more exposure to the light or air?
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Hey everyone! It’s been a while since my last review. This month will be a little bit slow as the dolls that will be coming in are a bit spread out. It’s almost Convention time and I’m trying not to go crazy on my purchases. But what can we do? Every doll that has been revealed from Integrity Toys so far has been amazing. Finally I am doing my review of one of the 2017 W Club Upgrade Dolls Majesty Giselle Diefendorf. I have to say she is one solid doll. I think she is a good starter if you’re new to Integrity Toys and new to the world of Fashion Royalty and NU.Face. I did not expect too much from this doll but she is a nice surprise.
I am sold with her face and with her make-up palette. There are paint details in her promo pics that appear to be flat but the paint application is much more beautiful on the actual doll. Her lips are this shimmery nude color and her magenta eyeshadows have this metallic hint to them. She has the same Dark Romance Giselle face design which had airbrushed eye make-up and rightfully so Majesty has that same airbrushed quality that we have seen recently with the 2016 NU.Face Reckless Collection. It’s a new technique that Integrity Toys developed replacing the costly airbrush paint application and the result is just as good.
This year NU.Face is delving in to their softer more feminine side. We’ve seen this sort of turn-of-the-century inspired fashions from the NU.Face Heirloom Collection like this Alexander McQueen Resort 2017 inspired dress on Majesty. There are Filigree details on the jewelry as well and some of the accessories like Majesty’s cuff double ring bracelet which I think is my new favorite jewelry piece. The shoes are similar to Poetic Beauty Lilith and Eden’s Louis Vuitton boots with the lacing detail on the sides but from my research these are not LVs. I love that they remind me of boots worn by women from the Victorian era, a different take on the ubiquitous toe-capped pumps. She also comes with a Faberge egg purse which could be her heirloom aside from the cuff bracelet. We’ve seen this purse before from Grand Gesture Dominique but what I love about this version is that it’s a little bit smaller. The Filigree details on both purses are very similar but I love that they are different in size and the straps are not the same. These are inspired by Alexander McQueen from about seven years ago but the thing is they’re more decorative and not functional. I was imagining that these egg purses open at the top but they don’t. These are made of solid metal so they’re a little bit heavy.
Majesty Giselle could officially be the last doll with the NF 2.0 body that has the waist articulation as this was a decision made at the factory as I am assuming they’re trying to get rid of the older bodies but the rest of Heirloom Collection will have the new NF 3.0 body without the waist articulation. Another thing to point out is that the color of her head matches the color of her body very well which was unfortunately an issue with some of the dolls from the Reckless Collection with the FR White skin tone like Mad Love Rayna and AKA Gigi Giselle where their heads appear to be yellowish different from the body which usually has a pinkish undertone. We might have seen elements that were recycled like the Dark Romance Giselle face design, Grand Gesture egg purse and the sheer fabric of her dress that was used from Starlet Elyse but so far this has been one of the best dolls to come out from the 2017 Integrity Toys line-up. Overall Majesty Giselle is styled to perfection. I do recommend getting her at this time as the prices are not ridiculously marked up.
After leaving the short break near Valence we continued south and encountered near Montelimar a lengthy uphill stretch that caused SMS 352 to overheat.
We were to have a few more such issues but thankfully, for a bus type known for overheating, it was probably due to the constant low temperatures that such instances didn`t occur more often. It would also be fair to say that relentless climbing responsible for an overheat problem would very likely affect more than one bus and there was only so much precautionary water we could carry due to having a limited supply of suitable containers to put it in. The bottles of cola and lemonade that had been provided for us became very useful not just for additional water storage but as a much more accurate means of filling a bus tank as opposed to trying to hold a big drum in position without wasting a precious resource when a means of refilling wasn`t nearby. Such as at the side of the road up a hill in the middle of nowhere!
Looking at this picture, I`m really wondering where the hell I must have been standing as I can`t imagine it was on a bit of level ground!
Sorry for I haven't uploaded photos since june.However, I promise that I'll have some time to upload more pics.
Greater Yellowlegs GRYE (Tringa melanoleuca)
Sluggett Reservoir
Slugget Farm
Maber Flats (West)
Central Saanich
BC
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Field Mark Cues ^i^
Good Practice one
Although bill is not slightly upturned as is usually the case w GRYE - it is beyond length we see for LEYE ( in my experience)
So although it is a straight bill it also doesn't taper evenly to a point but is a bit blunter than what we see in LEYE
Another way of saying it could be that it tapers TOO LONG
Also LEYE tend to have cleaner sides than GRYE in comparable plumages
At a distance this one might prove to be not ID able as to sp. of Yellowlegs, depending on optics.
If there is size referencing of other shorebirds (i.e. Killdeer) that would/could cinch ID
Happy Sunday!!
HSS Sliders (bit of a subtle slide for me today)
Hope your all doing great!
Took myself off for the day yesterday to find some big cats!! Forgot what lazys articles they all are, none of them moved a muscle for the 6 hours (impatient hours!!) I was there, but the giraffes more than made up for my frustration. They are such stunning graceful animals, the problem was the enclosure they are currently in is just a big no no for anyone wanting more than a head shot, ah well I now have a card full of giraffe head & neck shots never mind :-))
Bit of #ThrowbackThursday today. I took this photo on the last day of 2018. 2018 was a year where I mostly shot with my phone. I concluded the year with a greater desire to shoot with the DSLR more, and that carried forward into 2019. And 2019 eventually led to 2020. Phew, time sure flies by!
Nikon D60
AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G
I'm a bit of a mixed-up girl aren't I neither one thing or the other. I suppose I shouldn't really be so pleased with my enigma as I became Jojo in the first place because my life as Christopher wasn't straightforward either maybe people sensed something wasn't quite right. The difference though this time is instead of it stopping me from growing now I have much more choice and control and I feel now I've done it I don't have to hold back if I don't want to. Being what I am is radical enough for most people as it is and I now have a great deal of freedom as whatever I get up to is probably no worse than many imagine I do already. Yes I know I keep writing about my life as though I am riddled with dilemma and uncertainty but that isn't true it's just that I can't just write nothing under my pictures. I guess communicating makes me feel good and helps me to think but to be honest I go about my everyday life and people I meet just treats me like any other ordinary person so in a way because they can see what I am not means they are more understanding about what I am. So as they say it's always better to tell the truth.
The snow is very hard and crunchy but bits of last summers grass is still showing itself to remind me that eventually spring will come.
Canon EF 70-300 f4-5.6 lens on a Canon EOS 1DS Mark III.
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In a bit of a shuffle around, I'm taking on ex M&D 5137 from previous owner Bernard during February. Probably not a lot will change to be honest, apart from paperwork! I've always had a soft spot for these highbridge VRs having once owned 5139 too. Sadly that particular one was a bit too far gone and ended up used for spares. Here's 5137 tucked up with 40306 at the garage.
digital draw-paint
for those unfamiliar with the term..
"To get my face on" is a casual phrase that means to apply makeup to your face, essentially getting yourself ready by putting on cosmetic
whenever I try something new--a new hairdo, a new dress, a new blouse--I never quite know how it will work until I wear it under "battlefield conditions." I have been surprised both ways--sad disappointment, and unexpected elation.
Out of the three horses, ours took the lead. There was some cable work running across one road as we went through the village, we noticed this horse went up on the pavement rather than going over it. Here he seemed to want to get past our horse but we stayed ahead. I was rather relieved not to have been in his carriage! 😮
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Previously: Chapter XI - The encounter
The community has decided for A.
Finn is standing up and he is looking in his pockets so see what have the guy left or stolen in his pockets. He is relieved that everything is right in place and Finn had a little pouch in his hand with a content of little beans or something like a natural thing. He put the pouch back in his pocket and look after the security guards and they was far away and slightly seen in the black background of the skyline.
Finn goes to the fortune teller and asks him for a little help or sign to find the specific cargo. The fortune droid tells him that's a lot of cargo around him here in the docks but sometimes you have to stick your head up to the sky to see a clear view of a point. The answer irritated Finn because all he sees in the sky is metal, machinery, instruments and lights.
Take part in the story and decide what Finn should do: A) keep going to to search for the cargo or B) ask the droid some questions For A) like the post by 2023-05-31 or B) leave a question in the comments below. 👇
To be continued...
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The title might seem a bit misleading but this really is in the cemetery, just hidden behind a building.
A local camera club recently had a facility clean-out and presented me with another lot of unwanted optics and photography related "bits and Pieces". While going through the lot I was separating the material into groups: "usable", "unusable...for parts only", and "trash". The trash category is almost always reserved for items that have been stored in a basement and have become moldy, to a degree that is beyond any hope of rehabbing. In the lot was an obviously moldy, tattered small leather bag (big as a Grapefruit), containing something heavy. The top was tied in a tight knot but I worked the contents out through a large hole in the bottom. What emerged was a "Kowa 2x Anamorphic lens for Bell & Howell"... a real gem, with good glass showing no hint of element separation. It was already fitted with an adapter allowing mounting on a lens having a 52mm filter ring. This was a totally unexpected and very welcome find. I use my Iscorama anamorphic lens on my Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens for macro / close-up shooting and had been looking for another that I could leave on a 50mm lens for wider shots. Iscoramas are almost prohibitively expensive in top condition and I had almost ruled out the possibility of finding one. This Kowa is a very highly rated anamorphic, generally considered to be ranked just below the Isco.
Before I could use it I had to remove its very obvious "moldy" scent. I lightly cleaned all exterior surfaces (lens too), with Ronsonol Lighter Fluid, allowed it to dry thoroughly in front of a dehumidifier, then left it and a clothes dryer sheet in a zip-lock bag overnight. In the morning the moldy odor was gone.
Fitting it to my 50 mm lens was easy, but when tightened securely the anamorphic compression element was skewed, not vertical. I rigged a rotating adapter from a junk polarizing filter, after removing the glass elements. Before framing a shot I simply rotate the Kowa's focusing reference mark in line with the center of the flash shoe on the camera, then compose and shoot. The picture above is one of several dozen test images taken at Ridgewood Cemetery. My intent was to check the lens for sharpness, and in particular... how the focusing worked. Using the Kowa, you have to synchronize its focus with that of the camera-mounted lens. I worked this by setting the estimated subject distance on the Kowa, then focusing the 50mm until the green "In focus" indicator in the viewfinder lit up. The process worked VERY well. Resizing in Photoshop was easy... decompressing the image by multiplying the height by 2.7 seeming to give the correct aspect ratio.
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Bit of a story with this one as the 6 amigos set up when the midgys attacked so Ian Ball, Andi 86311, Tinsley Tyke and myself don the midgy nets looking like bank robbers whilst Tom & Sparky are exposed to attack as double pinky Skodas 90018 "Pride of Bellshill & 040 accelerate away from Abington loop round the curve at Castle Hill with 4m25 Mossend-Daventry intermodal. (pole)