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This is a Rainting of a real blinking red signal light. He is either working for a power Substation or for the train tracks for Union Pacific RR. I'm not sure, but I had a hard time getting the shot of him with red, before he went dark and then back again. I'd try to get the number of seconds correct, only to find that my camera wanted to spend time focusing which changed the timing and screwed up a lot of my shots.
For Dave C. I think the *soul* of this guy is he has never had a still moment in likely over two decades. Red light to dark and back again over and over. He is grimacing and he is going out of his mind, and no one seems to care.
ABOUT RAINTINGS
Rainting is a word I coined describing a painterly effect, achieved by photographing the subject through glass that is being rained on, like a windshield or other. It achieves an oftentimes pretty or soft flowing effect, and sometimes other-worldly. It is usually creative, fun, and fluid, seldom harsh in my opinion. I have an album of them on Flickr. Rainting is already in "The Urban Dictionary" but I would like it to also be in a more sophisticated/educational type of dictionary. I started a public Flickr group of Raintings on New Year's Day 2020.
The more collegiate type of dictionaries say that the word has to actually be used by people before they're likely to publish it. So if you like the word and my idea, say it loud and say it clear and take a few Raintings and post them to my new group. Using my word and trying my new group are not inclusive of one another.
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This particular image has what I call a Faux Rainting effect. It wasn't actually raining; just a spray bottle of water on my truck window. I'll put it in my new Raintings group, but eventually I'll try to label the ones that didn't actually use *real* rain. The majority will be real rain, as that is what I used to take my beginning "Raintings" when hadn't yet thought of a name for what I described above. And that is why I rhymed my word of Rainting with Painting. My State of Oregon USA is known for lots of rain; so I shouldn't have to resort to Faux Rainting too often (grin).
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ABOUT LIGHTLINGS
Lightling is an even newer word I coined to name the odd little sort of anthropomorphic characters that sometimes appear in my images when doing a Rainting. They come in many sizes, shapes and colors and often times have what appear to be various facial expressions. In school we may have learned that a square is a rectangle, but a rectangle is not a square. Well Raintings can exist without Lightlings in the scene, but Lightlings cannot exist without a Rainting.
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Barbie dog - Lord 1984
Barbie Fashion Play doll 1989
Barbie Blinking Beauty horse 1987
Barbie Cali Girl Horseback Riding Summer 2004
Barbie Cali Girl horse Baja 2004
more about my dolls, horses and dogs:
Almost blinking in a rare moment of being re-acquainted with daylight, ex Maidstone & District Duple Commander III bodied Leyland Leopard is prepared for inspection prior to purchase by it's new owner. Had things gone according to plan, the coach should have made it's way to Reliance Bus works earlier this year, but unfortunately the opportunity never arose to slot it in so it continues it's slumbers on the Staffordshire / Shropshire border to this day. Considering the reputation of Duple bodies from this era, 1969 built RKM 616G has survived remarkably well, the only slightly poor element being the ability of the rear end framework to retain the huge back screen (currently restrained by a ratchet strap.) Hopefully, after this winter's over, some progress might be made.
A small rose and some blinking lights...
Taken in Roseto di Nervi, a wonderful public park in Genoa, Italy.
For this shot I used the "double exposure" technique.
Quote from Wikipedia: "In photography, double exposure is a technique in which a piece of film is exposed twice, to two different images. The resulting photographic image shows the second image superimposed over the first. The technique can be used to create ghostly images or to add people and objects to a scene that were not originally there. It is frequently used in photographic hoaxes. It also is sometimes used as an artistic visual effect, especially when filming singers or musicians.
Digital photographs can be superimposed by using a software photo editor such as Adobe Photoshop or GIMP, by altering the opacity of the two images and line them up over each other, or set the layers to multiply mode, which 'adds' the colors together rather than making the colors of either image pale and translucent."
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The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge spanning the River Tyne in England between Gateshead on the south bank, and Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank. The award-winning structure was conceived and designed by architects Wilkinson Eyre and structural engineers Gifford.
Six 450mm diameter hydraulic rams (three on each side, each powered by a 55kW electric motor) rotate the bridge back on large bearings to allow small ships and boats (up to 25m tall) to pass underneath. The bridge takes as little as 4.5 minutes to rotate through the full 40° from closed to open, depending on wind speed. Its appearance during this manoeuvre has led to it being nicknamed the Blinking Eye Bridge.
(Taken from Wikipedia)
Exposure time: 1326 x 120 sec (Nebula) & 694 x 20 sec (Stars)
Telescope: Stellarvue SVX152T
Field flattener: SFFX-2
Guide scope: William Optics UniGuide 50 mm
Camera: ZWO ASI2400MC Pro
Filter: Altair SkyTech LPRO-MAX CCD
Guide camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini
Mount: iOptron CEM120EC
Primalucelab Eagle5 S
Software: N.I.N.A., PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom
Location: Spider WEB Inner City Backyard Observatory
Date: July 24-28, August 6, 7, 14-19 & 23-25, 2025
Taken in 2006.
I shot this blinking traffic light (one of two that alternated) from my seat on a commuter train that was stopped at Wyoming Station in Melrose. I didn't notice at the time that snow flakes melting on the window were reflecting the light's bright red color.
"Netscape 3.0 Now!"
A recent mosaic of Web 2.0 logos prompted me to dust off my 1996-1999 collection of 88x31 buttons. Some are classics and some forgettable (I'd certainly forgotten about the "Now!" urgency of most of the buttons).
The originals are mostly animated GIFs, which I've restored to their original blinking glory here on my website, complete with my 1997-era crappy html and plenty of broken links to defunct companies.
update: boingboing'ed here. :)
Hi!I took this last summer and my friend's been pushing me to upload it ever since,it's face amuses her a lot so hope it has the same effect on you :))!Voila the pissed off pigeon,lol(he was blinking =))))
Thanks and have a great weekend guys!
He was blinking, shutter was at 1/10th I believe. I feel it still came out great.
Something went wrong with the polaroid back so I had to open it for an instant to grab the tab. Thus, the awesome light leak. :)
The blinking LEDs are part of Project Cabrini Green.
Demolition of the building, the last of the Cabrini-Green high-rises, is scheduled to begin Wednesday.
If you are interested in other images of Chicago public housing, see my CHA flickr set or a more tightly edited set on my website.
This model contains official, blinking LEGO lights - you can view a slideshow with the complete set of photographs, video and music by Vangelis here!
This is my version of the ever-popular Syd Mead designed futuristic aerodyne that is the Spinner, from the sci-fi classic Blade Runner. I wanted to make it as accurate as possible while deviating from the palette of elements I'm comfortable building with; therefore, the forward wheel housing is built with TECHNIC figure helmets, and the back contains four working, blinking, official LEGO lights!
You can also view the complete set of photographs at Brickshelf once moderated.
A newborn baby fixates on human faces… but a newborn boy will turn his gaze to blinking lights.
Stereo equipment designers have exploited this innate attraction for years. =)
And in this full size photo, you can appreciate IBM’s pinnacle of geek bling-bling – an immersive widescreen of blinky bliss.
This IBM System/360 Model 91 was a scientific computer used at SLAC in 1968. It used Solid Logic Technology (modules of five to six transistors) during the transition period between discrete transistors and the IC.
"Mum?"
Charlie took the smallest of steps towards the woman standing behind the glass, blinking hard to see if her vision would clear. The woman smiled softly at her and then turned away walking back towards the ward.
Without a second thought Charlie grabbed the doorhandle and pulled it open. A sign above the threshold read Janis Thickney Ward. She took in the sight of the ward before her, healers were bustling around, the room felt warm and those who were patients had clearly defined spaces around their beds indicating extended stays.
Charlie's eyes scanned the room, trying to find the woman. She felt like Alice chasing after the white rabbit. She'd start to walk before she felt someone grasp her arm gently.
"Hold a moment dear, where are you...Oh"
The healer's grip slackened as she looked at Charlie's face. Charlie stared at her, brows knitted in confusion. The healer's wrinkled hand went to cover her mouth which went to an expression of surprise to a sad smile.
"I know that face" She said "and I know who you're here to see" taking a still stunned Charlie's arm and tucking it into her own she led the 17 year old to a bed in the back of the ward.
Sitting there, caring for a plant beside her bed was the woman Charlie had seen on the stairs. The similarities were even more noticeable now that Charlie was standing in front of her.
"Isa, you have a visitor" said the Healer, her voice quavering. She released Charlie and sat in one of the chairs beside the bed.
Isa looked at Charlie with a mild interest. She smiled softly and Charlie had the impression that the smile once must have been vivacious and intimidating. Isa patted the bed indicating for Charlie to sit.
Hesitating Charlie did so, her hands shaking she pulled the letter out that she had received on her 17th birthday.
"I-I um...I'm you're" she stuttered taking out the photograph of the woman holding the infant to hand to Isa.
"daughter" completed the Healer.
Isa took the photograph in her hand with a polite interest. She touched over the image of the month and tapped a finger on the baby, her mouth turning down to a frown as a distant memory was evoked.
Charlie watched with bated breath, waiting for her mother to say something. Waiting for an explanation that was coming 17 years late, waiting for any sign of recognition. She looked to the healer as moments passed with nothing.
"What is this ward for?" she'd ask quietly.
The Healer would look at her sympathetically.
"Irreversible Spell Damage'
Each tree across the park was festooned with a different color of light and I thought that might be able to come up with something different. It looks like some lights were blinking. Each change of viewpoint and action yielded different results. This shot includes some path lighting. I swore that I had taken all the Christmas lights that I would ever; I have a bundle unedited shots. When I saw the lighting display Longmont hung through the trees in Roosevelt (Teddy not FDR) Park I decided upon other shots. The row of trees had many small bulbs; each tree had a different color. I have been using the 70-200mm tele-zoom recently and I thought the long row of trees might prove to be interesting if I attached the rotating collar on the lens to the tripod and spun the camera back while holding the zoom ring stationary. The longer focal length taught me to use the tripod if I wanted to keep the "action" inside the frame. This snap shows that the "action" leaves "artifacts" that depend on the general travel and direction of the camera back and the jiggles involved during and after the movement even though it was on the tripod. It's clear that I was zooming the lens when the exposure was made. Usually, the subjects and titles can only be divined upon opening. This image should prove that this technique yields captures that can only be described upon opening them up back at home. I like the modes that devolved over this exposure. I have snapped so many of these exposures that I am running out of titles but I liked this one. Other displays warrant other techniques. Roll yer' own. I think that opening the aperture a bit would burn the trails in slightly better. The zoom ring turns about 90 degrees but I added some contortions to get these. Sometimes I never get a full zoom so I have to practice to get ths "action" to match the 3 second exposures. This is close
The zoom increases at the perimeter of the frame and the jiggles are really interesting most of the time. Maybe the jiggles are due to the fact the was often below twenty degrees. Jiggles are often the best effect. I did a zoom along with unavoidable and intentional jiggles which really add to the action. These are just Christmas lights which usually prove to be the best of subjects and the subject doesn't even move. I have abandoned trying action on tripod views. I might try propping the lens shade on the tripod only; a vee block on top of the tripod might be a help.. Strap your seat belt on, I am going to try several. Reality is highly overrated.
I was driving around town the other night but was really slow to remember I never finished my color lights or rose garden experiments and now I just bought a 3 stop neutral density filter. A neutral density filter is hardly necessary at night. I just had to jump at another opportunity to try out the tricks before next summer's fireworks and the fair rides. I am still not out of snaps of the other subjects but I hope my breadth has expanded. I did little editing, for me at least, to present it the way I wanted. I have learned to slow the camera down even further to three seconds but I sometimes boost the lens setting to f:/22 to control glares and flares. Three seconds is about enough to accomplish a wide array of tricks if prepared and prepanned so to speak. Of course this digital experimentation is cheap. I have set the camera to a shutter delay of one second and less and it's a help to practice preparing for the action. I will continue with that. I had fun shooting all of these and they were a breeze to edit! I get mostly muted colors in the ag settings I have shot, so I revel in JUST COLORS. And this title DOES have a nice touch for the actual scene, don't you think? I spent hours giving this stuff titles.
As part of a guerrilla marketing campaign for the television cartoon, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, the Cartoon Network placed dozens of blinking gizmos, called Mooninites, in ten cities, including Boston. In nine of those cities, the blinking electronic devices were taken for what they were: underground advertising. In Boston, however, a terrorism alert was sounded, and parts of the city were shut down while the police tried to figure out if the Mooninites were bombs or not. These 38 gizmos had been in Boston for several weeks before the authorities finally noticed them on January 31st.
The two men who were hired to place the devices around Boston were arrested for perpetuating a terrorist hoax, but were later released because the law requires that you have the intent of creating a terrorist hoax, which these two men did not have. In the aftermath, the head of the Cartoon Network resigned, and Turner Broadcasting, which owns the Cartoon Network, paid the City of Boston $2 million for its trouble.
Many people in Boston were upset by what the Cartoon Network did. Many other people were angry because Boston police took six hours to figure out that these gizmos were innocuous marketing devices. And when it was finally determined that the Mooninites were harmless, Boston officials blamed everyone but themselves.
Anyway, I spotted this "Boston Will Never Forget" sign posted on the side of a building in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Washington, DC. Best I can figure, the sign is part of an underground campaign to remind people how easy it is to react first and think later.
During a studio shoot Lauren started blinking too often and soon became teary eyed. She admitted that her false eyelashes were coming unglued and poking her in the eye.
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Auburn, NY. July 2019.
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He tolerated the blinking lights in the middle of the night. He could sleep through all the whirs, the beeps and buzzes. He didn't notice the crop circles at first, but finally, they became hard to miss. Still, Silas figured as long as they didn't give reference to the University of Alabammy or the Crimson Tide in his cornfield, he may as well continue to humor the little intergalactical buggers.
But when they gnawed through his garden hose, Silas had enough. Over the course of a week he transformed the corn crib into a trap in which to catch them all. But what type of bait do you place in a trap for interstellar vandals?
His wife Lulabelle had an idea...........
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Strobist: AlienBee 800 with diffused HOBD-W camera left. Gold reflector camera right. LP120 @ 1/32 at 6:00. Triggered by Cybersync.
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Taken at Gooseberry Mesa, Utah, USA. This shows the celestial dividing line between North and South (notice the opposing curves of the stars on the left and right sides).
The light pollution is from the tiny distant city of Kanab, Utah.
This photo was actually taken with film.
The famous Tyne Bridge at Newcastle with the Millenium Bridge (Blinking Eye), Baltic Flour Mill art gallery and the Sage concert hall in the background