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Just a few lingering Hummers are around - hopefully a few more will show up after the storm passes tomorrow. I got up early (really!) to get a few shots in. I decided to try for an "extra" close shot. I didn't want to use the macro and risk scaring them.
I used a 300mm lens with a 2X TC and about 56mm of extension tubes for this shot. Starting with decent light which deteriorated with each thing I added to the lens left me with 1/60th of a second at f/13 even at ISO 640 from a distance of about 2 meters. This bird is in flight and you can see all the little blurry wing action. No crop.
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Explore #285 July 23, 2008
A little color for my friends. Thanks for your continued support. I have been so busy lately and I am sorry I haven't been visiting your great streams lately as much as I want to.
Watch the edge and the spray please..This is about as close as I was game to venture near the edge.The wind was up and every time a wave crashed into the ledge sea spay caused a problem with keeping myself and camera dry..
Ran across a set of male Blue dasher shots from the mountains, taken with the Super Macro setting - which means he let me put the lens right in his face. Love it when I come across a friendly dasher!
You all may have heard about the couple in their 60's who were murdered here in Georgia when someone answered their Craigslist ad about wanting to buy a '66 Mustang. They were members of our church for decades and had a "Bud's Bikes" ministry of restoring old bikes and giving them to poor kids. We didn't know them but they were good people: he was a Vietnam vet, served as an elder & in the choir. Service at our church today. We know they are with the Lord but If you'd like to pray for their families - they leave behind three adult daughters + grandkids. Life is precious - make each day count.
Blue dasher - Georgia mountains
Winner (Sweep), Pre-game, Shallow dof, 2-15
real close up of hex quilt notice quarter for size referrance all hand pieced
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Camera
Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
Exposure
0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture
f/4.5
Focal Length
8 mm ~ 45 mm
ISO Speed
500
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As a man who enjoys engaging in transvestism and is fascinated by the challenge of female illusion I am a lover of make up. I have wanted to wear make up, dresses and high heels since I was a young boy and after a lifetime the desire has never left me.
I always enjoy applying makeup to my face and seeing if I can feminise my features to create a convincing portrayal of a woman. This of course requires a fair bit of commitment. If you want to look like a woman then you have to make a few changes, firstly you need neater, tidied up eyebrows, most male brows are untidy and bushy. I'm not suggesting you go thin with your brows, a shape I actually think looks unnatural, but a tidier neat shape is essential.
Next is regular daily use of moisturiser to soften your skin. This should be followed by using the best razor you can buy with good shaving oil, foam or cream and by slow careful very methodical shaving. You also need to ensure you shave against the growth to get as smooth and as hairless an appearance as possible on your beard area. Stray hairs and nose hair should be plucked (ouch!)…yes it does hurt but if you wish to look female…no pain , no gain.
Being male do not delude yourself you can use regular women's foundation. I see this as the soignée biggest failing in many transvestite/ cross-dressers appearances. It is not designed work on male skin with a beard shadow. It may work outside the beard areas of your face but is too light to disguise a beard.
As men we cannot avoid wearing heavier make up than women. I have witnessed many who spend little time on their make up and you can see the fact their face is male all too easily. Make up requires a lot of effort and should not be rushed just because one thinks doing it in ten and twenty minutes will be fine and that's how fast women can do it. We are not women, we are impersonating them and we need to work on the illusion. It takes care.
I have a very dark beard shadow and can grow a beard in about three days so I see myself as an extreme example and I had to learn the right make up technique to disguise this.
I use Dermablend's reddest camouflage which I apply all over my beard area with a latex wedge. This red helps neutralise the blue of my beard shadowAfter leaving it for about five minutes I then use Kryolan panstick foundation all over my face. In order to cover my beard area smoothly I gently dab the foundation on starting from my throat and moving upward. This is a slow process and should be done in order to create a smooth convincing look to your skin and completely cover the beard area. If you just draw it on and spread out you may as well give up as that process is never going to produce a decent look. Slow carefully gradual build up by gently dabbing the foundation on is the way. IT can take between twenty and thirty minutes. If you can't be bothered then be ready to accept you won't get a total covered smooth look.
Eye make up is an area just about every transvestite messes up. For some unknown reason, I am genuinely mystified, many completely circle their eyes in eyeliner…why? That's what teenage girls with no idea about why they are using make up do. Remember make up is all about enhancement and feminising your features. You need to apply make up in a way that does this not detracts from your appearance. If you have huge almond shaped eyes you can do compete outlines, look at gorgeous women like Angelina Jolie, they have the eyes and the features that this will work on. Back in the real world, we men do not have features or eyes that are that feminine. We tend to have smaller eyes than women and our forehead shape is different, women have a higher forehead generally.
The idea should be to open up your eyes and give the illusion of a wider eye, this is a lot more feminine. Also, a lift to the outer eye aids this and looks a lot more feminine and younger. In order to achieve this you need to stop outlining right around your eye. Outlining your eye completely actually makes your eyes look a lot smaller, ruins the balance and looks harder, it detracts not enhances. Some say this is dramatic but only if you have naturally big eyes to start with, it just does not work on most peoples eye shape.
To create the illusion of a bigger looking they you should be careful how you add eyeliner to the lower eye. The most flattering approach is to carefully draw in eyeliner, very gently from the outer corner about one third of a way in and taper it so it becomes thinner. Never go further than your pupil. On the upper eye again taper inward from the outer corner but take the eyeliner at least two thirds of the way across.
The next technique is apply mascara (very carefully) to the upper lashes sweeping outward and upward. Gently apply mascara to your lower lashes but not too thick. Once the upper lashes have dried apply two more coats (waiting in between for each coat to dry) but do not apply any more mascara to your lower lashes.
The overall effect will make your eyes look softer, more feminine and bigger. It takes a bit of practice but it's not that difficult and well worth it if you genuinely desire to look more feminine.
Remember, there should be a reason, a direction to your make up, just putting on is pointless. Many real women have no idea how to wear make up so don't be disillusioned. You should be working toward what will enhance and feminise your features not just using the wrong foundation, drawing eyeliner right around your eyes and just putting on blusher and lipstick. There need to be applied in the right places in order to create the illusion you seek.
You also need to use the right tools, I see lipstick being applied straight from the lipstick…this is never going to work well. LIpstick is best applied by drawing in the shape first with a lip pencil then using a brush to paint in the lipstick and fill the lip area. I would say avoid the obvious lip pencil outline, it is bet to use a lip pencil that matches your lipstick colour and your lips will look a lot more feminine.
In this photo I've employed all the techniques I described as well as a bit of contouring on my blusher to enhance my cheek and more importantly my eyes. I think make up application should focus mainly on the foundation and the eyes and the rest needs to be carefully added. The secret to good make up is making one strong feature rather than too many. I think the eyes or the lips or the ones you should decide on. I have terrible lips, very thin and no shape so I focus on distracting from them by enhancing my eyes with make up. My lipstick is not my natural lip shape, it is created with lipstick to look more shapely and bigger. If you have great lips then you can make these the main focus but only aim for one main focus, everything else is in a supporting but by no means insignificant role.
Helene x
What you are looking at is a 2012 version R2-D2 droid converted into an R5-D4! The design of this MOC / conversion has been kindly provided by Miro Dudas.
In the following video I take you through all the steps and info you will need to be able to convert your own droid: youtu.be/3fEdV4nq0ps
Here is a close up of lilac flowers, they are delicate, simple and perfect. And their perfume is exquisite.
(Fuji X-T5, 30mm macro)