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The Grand Lisboa hotel and casino is, at 856 feet, the tallest building in Macau and the 118th tallest in the world. Shaped a bit like a torch, I wondered how they managed to wash the windows. The answer: the hard way. Window washers of the Grand Lisboa, you've earned your paycheck and my respect.
EDIT: Upon further reading, the Grand Lisboa is said to have been inspired by the shape of a pineapple. I'm not sure it bears much of a resemblance. Decide for yourselves.
A bit about the location:
The ANZAC Bridge is the longest span cable-stayed bridge in Australia. The bridge is 32.2 metres (106 ft) wide and the main span is 345 metres (1,132 ft) long. The bridge was built by Baulderstone and completed in 1995 to replace the former Glebe Island Bridge, an electrically operated swing bridge in operation since 1901.
About the shoot:
In this shoot I used almost 2 min of exposure, f/22 and ISO100. I've used Aperture 3 to reduce the noise. You can see the Harbour Bridge in the background as well
More pictures to come!
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Best Wishes,
RoMata
I remember seeing something like this that someone had done a while ago, and have been meaning to do it since. Was going to get some stuff together that was kinda 2009. But I just got some shit together I liked haha. Was going to go to bed but I'm not tired. I'm sure i will be when i wake up. Going to watch Eli Reed in State Of Mind then go to bed.
This is the second example of a E.C. Atkins bit brace that I have owned. According to Sanford Moss (sydnasslot.com) the Atkins braces were not made BY Atkins but FOR them. This model no 5110 share a lot of similarities with certain Pexto braces and a theory is that the brace was indeed made by Pexto. This is a fine and very well built brace with a wonderful chuck and rosewood handles. It is fully intact and the ratchet works like a swiss watch. The sweep is marked "E.C. Atkin & Co Indianapolis IND". At the time there were several makers both in England and USA with very similar names, which could explain why the name was incorrectly marked. Or maybe fit was all down to plain sloppiness. But the few Atkins braces I have seen have all had the name stamped wrong.
A Bit Of Folk On The Side (ABOFOTS) folk performance nights were held for 9 years on the first Saturday of the month at the UpFront Club in Maleny, Queensland, Australia.
from left :
Doug Eaton, Gabriel Adams-Gardner, Noel Gardner, Ifan Edwards, Gabriello de Donato.
at rear : Katie Bestevaar, Alex Robinson, Evan Mathieson.
Международный Гранд Форум «Бизнес и ИТ. Вокруг ЦОД. Вокруг Облака. Вокруг IoT. Вокруг IP», или BIT-2017 (Кыргызстан, Бишкек, 6 апреля 2017): www.bishkek-2017.ciseventsgroup.com
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree and angels at night. Midtown, New York City. Rockefeller Center during this time of year is a feast for the eyes.The warmth of the lights prompts all faces to turn upwards as if each light is its own burning star in the sky: each face soaking in the interstellar glow of the night. —- I have been pondering a few things lately regarding consumption and creation of art in its many forms. I wrote some of my thoughts out at my twitter but I suppose I will post the initial thoughts here as well: I wonder if others need emotional attachment to art/writing/music as much as I do/crave. The tug on the heart strings is what motivates my own art/writing. It’s hard for me to relate to art that is devoid of that tug: of ache. Art devoid of it in any medium is flat, lifeless: as if no one has breathed life and memory into it. It rests in its own coffin. —- There are some pieces of music, writing and different art mediums that are so sacred to me that I get an overwhelming feeling that trying to convey my love for all of it is always inadequate in some way. I get a rush of adrenaline when I try to do such a task as if I am translating an ancient unearthed language. It’s a feeling I want to put my arms around and embrace tightly… —- View this photo larger and on black on my Google Plus page —- Buy “Vivienne Gucwa Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree and Angels” Posters and Prints here, New York City Gift Ideas For the Holidays, email me, or ask for help.
How the fu*k can YOU say Miley is not talented. Specially you, who the fu*k are you to judge if she has or has no talent?!
Let me tell you this, Mariah. YOU are NOTHING. You are pure SH*T. While Miley is the most famous teenager in the world. And guess what? It's all because of her talent. Besides, you are a coward. You get lots of hate because of your enormous mouth, then you get scared and hide, deleting your Twitter. One word. PATHETIC. Everything in you is pathetic, little bit*h.
Международный Гранд Форум «Бизнес и ИТ. Вокруг ЦОД. Вокруг Облака. Вокруг IoT. Вокруг IP. ProAV», или BIT-2016 (Россия, Екатеринбург, 8 сентября 2016 року): www.ekaterinburg-2016.ciseventsgroup.com
A little blurry, but a warm memory of the spring of 2006, when I was pregnant with Willow and Ben and I went to this great plant store. We bought this little catnip bunch and let the cats ravage it. Here they are after sampling the catnip, and just look at Bits, having so much fun with Sentachu. I love how she is perched above him, looking over to him as if to say, "Yes, may I help you?" So dainty!
And Bits, his beautiful minty-green eyes, crisp and clear in these days. So playful..he was the most affectionate and cuddly, squirrely racoonlike creature! I miss him so much, still of course, everyday. It will never cease, only grow stronger. I am grateful to have these shots of him. I feel like I took enough.
Clockwise from left -
Cammy, my Nikon D80, sporting an 18-50mm Sigma lens; Happy Buddha, wearing a South African pendant gifted to me by a former coworker; Nikole, a bright young Speedlight SB-800; handheld Chokhor (Tibetan prayer wheel, inscribed with 'om mani padme hung' mantra); and Jade the Buddha.
Happy rests on a soapstone box containing several stones: black tourmaline, rutilated quartz, blue agate and a rough piece of rose quartz. Beneath it all is a book of photography and poetry (Joyful to Hear) written by yours truly!
Bit of a photoshop doodle couldn't decide between the apple or the headphones for the 366 so did both!
The exploring bit of our afternoon was going into the abandoned quarry shaft right by the parking lot. This was as far as we went.
I love how these shots look. Fun to find this sort of backdrop in Door County. Besides what Syd is doing in each of these, the other difference is the use of flash. This shot is without flash. The other is with flash.
Международный Гранд Форум «Бизнес и ИТ. Вокруг ЦОД. Вокруг Облака. Вокруг IP», или BIT-2017 (Беларусь, Минск, 14 сентября 2017): www.minsk-2017.ciseventsgroup.com
It was a bit windy on Armand Bayou yesterday, but had to make a trip as it had been almost a month since I had been canoeing. I had attempted to photograph these Roseate Spoonbills on several other occasions, but they took to the air long before I could ever get close. After paddling for a while I spotted a small cove with a Great Blue Heron in and so attempted to get a shot of him. The tides were extremely low and so I just ran the canoe up onto the mud to keep from getting blown around by the wind. Took a couple of shots of him and the set off for place unknown. I thought a power bar was in order so I started snacking. As I sat there five Spoonbills came soaring in over my shoulder and took up residence in the cove and began to fish. As long as I made no motion they continued to go about their business. I guess patience pays off in the long run. The shots are somewhat muddy, but that's the way the bayou appears right now and especially so at low tide.
DSC00510uls
Международный Гранд Форум «Бизнес и ИТ. Вокруг ЦОД. Вокруг Облака. Вокруг IoT. Вокруг IP. ProAV», или BIT-2017 (Россия, Республика Татарстан, Казань, 23 ноября 2017): www.kazan-2017.ciseventsgroup.com
Something a bit different - this is believed to be the site of an alleged UFO encounter that took place during Christmas 1980 on the nights of 26th and 28th December in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk UK, known as the Rendlesham Incident. The site is located very close to RAF Woodbridge, a now disused air base which was at the time operated by the USAF and home of the 81st TFW equipped with the Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II. In the early hours of the 26th December 1980, strange lights were observed in the forest by USAF personnel and a patrol was sent to investigate. On reaching the location, two servicemen allegedly witnessed a craft moving through the trees. Two nights later, in the early hours of 28th December, more unexplained lights were observed in the forest and this time the deputy base commander Lt Col Charles Halt led a team out in the forest to investigate where more strange phenomenon were allegedly witnessed, and during which he recorded his impressions as they happened on a cassette recorder.
www.ianridpath.com/ufo/halttape.html
This sculpture was commissioned by the Forestry Service and is based on the sketches and descriptions of one of the USAF witnesses. It is located on the “UFO Trail” in Rendlesham Forest at the site of the encounter that took place on 26th, close to the east gate of the air base.
Whether truth, hoax, Government cover-up or something in between, this is a fascinating story and quite unique due to the number of military witnesses involved.
Had a bit of a play with my Gamm-Cyg data after further complaints about the overly yellowy/orange colour and after finding a new technique to smooth out the nebula and knock the stars back as well using luminance layers.... it's a bit orange still, but it's way smoother than it was before and a bit closer to the red it's allegedly meant to be.
www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7948085
thanks to the brilliant Contumacy Singh's photostream, I got inspired by this image:
www.flickr.com/photos/contumacy-singh/1874984035/
so tonight I finally put this thing together, which I did modify a bit. The main thing being that I only used 2 steel wires for the choker, not 3. The rest of it is fairly accurate. I do like the 3 wire look and may attempt another one like that at a later date.
Also, if anyone knows the person who created this item in SL, please forward a link to them so I can let them know I ripped off their idea with all due respects!
A Bit of Shade
Battalion HQ Whilst on RP Duty, Waziristan.
Rights info: Non commercial use accepted. Please credit to "Northampton Museums Service". Please also respect copyright by contacting the Northampton Museums Service if you wish to publish this picture.
Location of collection: Northampton Museum & Art Gallery www.northampton.gov.uk/museums
Part of: Northamptonshire Regiment Collection
Reference number: 25.a