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OK so I'm being a bit lazy, a few people asked about the colour version when I posted the original black and white sometime ago , I was also too lazy to go out tonight and get some nice evening shots so heres the colour version given some HDR treatment whilst watching Lost (cant get into the new series, yeah Im sad I know :-). Quite different when in colour-hope you like it, hope to get out tomorrow night for more new pics
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For this to make any sense it would be helpful to have a quick look at my previous picture of the Fire Station coffee shop (and art centre).....
I have photographed the exterior of this building on three occasions now. It is a street photographers dream. Yesterday Kerry enquired in the comments, if I had had a coffee? Well I felt a little guilty that I hadn’t and thought I would rectify that today.
There is currently an exhibition of sculpture by Johannes Von Stumm on in the Fire Station. I took my mother (who is an artist in her own right) to have a look around. I bought our coffees and then surveyed the artwork.....I’m always attracted to the price tags first.....One tag read £42,000 and another read £51,000. Beautiful artwork but not really my cup of tea (or price bracket)......
The pictured bronze was sat by the bar and caught my eye. I went over and looked at it. It was a completely different style of work to the other sculptures. Much more up my street. I enquired of the barman if this was made by Mr Von Stumm as well? .....
He said No. One of the bar staff had made it!!!!!
Heck there are some very talented people around.....
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A bit of a hike down the cliffs to the river bed but judging by the path i took i wasn't the first to make the trek. I had left my wife at the top but she wasn't there when i got back and we spent the next 35 minutes looking for each other. In fact other hikers i met were on the alert that my wife was looking for me. I thought to myself this is not going to end well.
Shot taken with the 7Artisans 10mm fisheye.
A little bit of sunshine goes a long way, especially in these dark winter days.
Kenidjack Common, St Just.
A bit of a blur, but I liked it. Sorting out a few old shots...see more on my Blog :)
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We had extremely dense fog the entire morning and into the early afternoon a few days ago - an uncommon event around here. About 1 pm, a tiny bit of sunlight started to break through as the fog finally began to clear. Believe it or not, once the fog moved out, it was completely clear and cloudless the entire rest of the day, staying true to the all-over-the-place weather of the Texas Panhandle.
Armstrong County, Texas, USA
Camera: Fujifilm X-T5
Lens: Tamron 18-300 mm
Settings: ISO 125, f/10, 1/170s, 80 mm
Shot handheld.
Created for star theme in Macro Monday. HMM :-)
This Torx size 20 bit is almost 4mm across. I have smaller sizes, but this one is teeny enough. lol.. It’s part of my tiny screwdriver bit set that I originally bought for working inside computers. But now I also use it to open parts of the action figures I have that have LED lights. Some of their eyes light up, etc.
A bit of photoshop fun for Sliders Sunday.
Don't ask about the concept here because I'm not sure there is one LOL.
The base image was taken with an ND filter to get a long exposure which removed all of the traffic. The A380 is one of my stock one which I've used before. I tried to work with the proportions here where the wingspan is 80 meters.. Alas, the width of the M6 here is more like 45 metres (verge to verge) making the shadow's wing span approx 60 metres.. So, still a little short...
Anyway, thought it was (just about) worth sharing.. HSS.
This is the first bits of jewelry I bought for my wife thirty three years ago. When we first discussed getting married this is what she picked out for the initial ring set and I added earrings and a pendant on a gold chain. Not a spectacular horde but it means something to her that goes beyond extravagance. HMM and thank you for any views, faves and comments.
A bit further up along Stanger Gill from the last shot, this sloping rock caught my eye. Surely it deserves an official name on the map? Couldn't see one though.
By this point, the cloud was starting to lower and the wind was picking up, especially after leaving the shelter of the northern slopes of Rosthwaite Fell.
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How far away is the sun....?
Thought I'd spend the sunset at the old slipway in Wollongong Harbour this. While standing there I had a gent ask me "How far away is it?" I thought he meant the sunset and I said oh about 20 min's or so.
No he replies "how far away is the sun?" d0.oD "Hmm" says I a little confused by his candour "about eight and half minutes!" :-)
Eight and half minutes? replies "No how many kilometers away?" :-|
Well I reply I'm not sure I haven't bothered commiting that one to memory to be honest (actually I think it's something like 94,000,000 kay's away isn't it ?) I return reply "well thats how long it takes light to get here from the sun"
All the while I'm just watching the water and the way the clouds are moving .. waiting.
After a few more confused "he said I thoughts" He floored me with well how big is it? :-O "The sun you mean?" "yeah mate" "you know if it was close to the earth how big would it look .. "mate I reckon if it was close to the earth we'd all be toast to be honest.."
The sun's still 'above' the cloud at this point and I can see that there's a fair chance it may just clear it in time to illuminate it from underneath as it sets - I mention this to my new friend hoping that it may change his tack somewhat and I get "oh yeah it's going to do that... "
Anyhow he had the family with him and the kids were starting to require a bit more dad so that was that ..
I've never considered myself wise or the kind of person that you'd walk up to and ask random things of ... but it happens so often .. just amazes me.
Anyhow .. here's a couple of moments from todays sunset at Belmore Basin, Wollongong with the sun setting a long long way away.
bit of a change from the ocean - industrialised river. This is Meadowbank ferry wharf on the Parramatta River near work. Thought I'd clamber down below walkway for a tree-root view of things.
Portrait of a survivor of the Pol Pot Red Khmer terror 1975-1979
in Cambodia. Taken at the Angkor Wat temple in March 2014
We had a bit of excitement here in the UK last week. I had a fascinating time trying to capture this, totally alien to me so not great shots all hand held and captured from my home . This is where I would normally capture the sunrise ! I'm sure I haven't done it justice but I tried and tried until I finally surrendered :)
HDR photograph of Litchfield Cathedral's incredible vault. For more info about this photo and processing you can visit my blog here: bit.ly/1bgjevA
A bit of blue skies popped through on Thursday afternoon, during our winter interlude! Temps were in the upper 50s when I shot this and it back in the low 20s now, and that's were it's going to stay for awhile Another Polar Vortex is here! Five exposure HDR processed with Nik HDR Efex Pro 2
Карета подана:уж кони бьют копытом
От нетерпения,не слушаясь удил!
Былого счастья не вернуть:давно забыты,
Кем был любим когда-то и кого любил!
Карета подана,но если до удара
Последнего остался миг всего один,
Пока течёт вино,пока звенит гитара,
До той поры судьбы не раб,а господин!..........................................................................................
The carriage is ready:the horses are already kicking their hooves
From impatience, not obeying the bit!
You can 't bring back your former happiness:long forgotten,
Who was loved once and who loved!
The carriage is served, but if before the blow
There was only one moment left of the last one,
While the wine is flowing, while the guitar is ringing,
Until then, fate is not a slave, but a master...!
8-22-15 MS Veendam traveling through Prince Christian Sound in Southern Greenland passing a strange looking burger bit on it's way back to Boston.
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Do you Notice the Face?
Not one for everyone, but trying to find something a bit different at Cardiff Central this tele-view captures the 7.05pm Westerleigh Murco - Robertson Sidings empty petroleum tankers (6B47) disappearing away from the Welsh capital and heading west to Pembrokeshire for another refill.
DB Cargo 'Sheds' 66034 and 66176 are doing the honours and don't look like they are sparing the horses either as they catch a bit of sundown glint.
On the left is the once sizeable Cardiff Canton depot (86A), back in the 1970s home to numerous class 37s on coal-traffic duties from the Valleys, as well as visiting locomotives from other regions. Nowadays it's perhaps even busier, but this time mostly with Transport for Wales's DMUs engaged in the more intensive schedules now operating in these parts. It still sees a bit of locomotive activity however looking after the small fleet of TfW class 67 'Skip' units used on their longer distance passenger services. In this shot a couple of class 231s can be seen, and a class 197, which I believe to be 197019.
I was taken by the way the rampant purple-flowering weed growing in the permanent way was capturing the last of the sun's rays. Sadly I haven't been able to get a positive ID on it.
8.57pm, 10th June 2024
Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird showing the speed of its wingbeat and caught in beautiful light in Costa Rica
My daughter really likes the Harry Potter series, so we ordered the Hogwarts interior backdrop to set up the dinning area ... made for a great backdrop for some of the photos too.
Here is the groom and his mom and grandmother.
Used the subject selection in Lightroom and then inverted it to isolate the background to reduce clarity and focus to develop a bit more isolation.
Missing this sweet girl. We said goodbye to her in February. It happened to be on the anniversary of Tyler’s passing.
Someday I hope to learn the dials and buttons and menus and settings on the digital camera. But for present Auto is all I manage..... so just playing around.
I think I need a more glamorous model though....
.......anyway, this one has flown the coop.
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It could be an Irish, a Northern or a Blue-tailed Damselfly - Any experts out there? I can tell you that it likes blueberries if that helps. Note:A blue mouth on a green head.
Bit of luck hand held image with camera looking out from my room on the top floor of Budir hotel, Iceland. Several nights out chasing the aurora borealis without much success but this was pleasing considering the weather and conditions. The scenery is as amazing as the expense of staying in Iceland. But stunning and worthwhile !!
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