YO ♥ A MÉXICO!!! ¿apoco no compadre?
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It always a pleasant sight to see people being good to one another. Maybe we should conscientiously do more of it then it will become a habit.
Beer and Mexican food....bet Los Compadres was a delicious slice of heaven in its prime. It had been abandoned for quite some time when I found it back in 2013.
A pair of F/A-18A++ Hornets from VMFA-112 'Cowboys' over the southern California desert during an Integrated Training Exercise. Shot for an article I wrote on VMFA-112 for Combat Aircraft Journal a few years back.
Trilby Minotaur and Skye McLeod Fairywren
We are both wearing the Tentacio Admiral Leonore dress and accessories (We <3 Role-Play March 2016)
Skye: LOGO Alex Head, Maitreya Lara Body, Shocking Hair by Tableau Vivant, Sylph Ears by Illusions, Gearhouse Wings by {MV}, Rose Colored Goggles by Cog & Fleur
Trilby is wearing the new Catwa Jessica Head with over 500 animations (March 2016) (and the rest of her credits are here: www.flickr.com/photos/29513513@N07/24986173974/in/photost... )
Poses: "Friends" by Kirin Poses
Fine Day Windlight Setting
Sim: Caledon Mayfair
Seeing Wild horses each day on this Trip to TRNP (Teddy Roosevelt National Park ) is not something that happens everyday. Being with my Mom allowed us both to spend as time as we wanted with them often alongside a road as they would be on grassy hillsides. My Mom being in GREAT shape at 85 opted to remain primarily in the car due to 50 mph winds but I was able to get out and get a bit closer. That being said closer simply meant closer then from within the car...They are wild and I would never interfere with a wild animal's space. I was happy to have my 600mm Tamron. The high winds made it difficult to hand hold and the tripod though very sturdy was not working well with those high winds.
Compadre is a 43-foot bridge-deck cruiser built in 1929 to a design by Stevens Brothers in Stockton, California. She is a fine example of the many beautiful yachts produced during that era. Her interior layout and cabinetry are nearly all original. She spent many years cruising the sheltered waters of San Francisco Bay and the San Juaquin River delta. She relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 2007. Compadre is her original name.
Launched in 1948, the 50 ft Morning Star ketch was based in San Diego for nearly 30 years. Every winter they cruised to Mexico, Central America, and the Galapagos Islands. Summers often found them cruising the Channel Islands. The second long-term owners cruised Morning Star to the South Pacific, New Zealand, Hawaii, Alaska, and extensively in the Pacific Northwest. She had a masterful rebuild between 1991 and 1999.She has safely carried her current owners on a multi-year 15,000 km trip from Port Townsend via San Francisco, the Channel Islands, San Diego, Hawaii, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, and Alaska. Morning Star is a magnificent ocean voyaging vessel. In this photo she is sailing with no mainsail set.
I have no information about he lovely gaff-rigged sloop with full sails. This photo was taken at Port Townsend's 2024 Wooden Boat Festival woodenboat.org/
This photo was taken a number of years ago, and the quality isn't great. It is, however, one of my favourite photos of my husband, John, who died very suddenly on March 5, 2023.
Compadre is a 43-foot bridge-deck cruiser built in 1929 to a design by Stevens Brothers in Stockton, California. Her hull is Port Orford cedar on white oak frames, and her house is solid teak. She was originally powered by twin 6-cylinder Lathrop Mystic gasoline engines and was recently re-powered with twin 80hp Yanmar diesels. Her interior layout and cabinetry are nearly all original. She was built for Mr. Leland Adams of San Francisco, a vice-president of Leslie Salt Co. She spent many years cruising the sheltered waters of San Francisco Bay and the San Juaquin River delta. She relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 2007. Compadre is her original name.
Tally Ho is a gaff-rigged cutter yacht designed by Albert Strange. The 48 ft yacht was built in 1910 at Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex in England. While still based in Southampton until the 1960s, Tally Ho made multiple transatlantic crossings. Later she worked as a fishing boat out of Brookings, Oregon, until 1987. By 2017 she had nearly rotted away. She was sold it to an English boatbuilder to be completely refit. Seven years later, in June 2024, , Tally Ho sailed into Port Townsend Bay.
This photo was taken at Port Townsend's 2024 Wooden Boat Festival woodenboat.org/
A couple weeks ago, one of my photo compadres (Tom again) asked if I had any interest in shooting Death Valley. Tom was the second photographer in a week to suggest Death valley after Matt Straite had suggested a trip to the valley a few days before.
I couldn't make it on Matt's weekend, but I had Tom's weekend free. I almost said no as my mental images of Death Valley were pretty much of a barren wasteland where you pretty much sat around all day waiting for the sun to go down so that you could do some serious astrophotography later. But I hesitantly said yes and then began scouting for shots. After looking at some amazing photos online, I was really looking forward to the trip, especially since rain was forecast for that afternoon, and since Death Valley gets something like 2 inches of rain a year, I figured we should strike while the iron was hot.
So Tom and I headed out right after my last class at 12:30 and it didn't take long for my enthusiasm for the rain to disappear along with all hope of getting out there in time for any kind of a sunset. It was pouring rain and there was a huge accident where the 15 meets the 215 and Tom's google app told us that if we got off on Glen Helen Pkwy we would save an hour. So we got off....and Glen Helen was closed due to construction. So....an hour later we were back on track but not feeling too badly because it was pouring down rain when we arrived. We grabbed some dinner and then waited for Ryan Engstrom to arrive. Ryan, just by coincidence, was also shooting Death Valley that week and he kindly agreed to meet up with us and to give us some pointers as he had been there before and had come back with some spectacular shots. Light rain was still falling but we sat around outside our cars in folding chairs talking shop far into the night.
The next morning we were up at 5:30 following Ryan across the Mesquite Dunes. It had rained right up until 4 AM and the clouds were still thick overhead, but they were beginning to break up on the horizon. We hiked quickly across the dunes for about a half an hour and then split up as we were trying to stay out of each other's shots. The wind picked up and suddenly we were dealing with dust AND raindrops on our lenses as the light continued to grow in the East. The cloud ceiling was still pretty thick, but there were breaks in the clouds where the sun was starting to sneak through. I grabbed the shot above, and then raced back to the peak of a large dune directly behind me. I was still adjusting the settings when the sun suddenly BURST through the clouds for about 30 seconds. I cranked the aperture to F16 and shot like a maniac before the sun disappeared. I'm still working on those shots and I hope to have them up soon.
On my way back to the car, I wanted to get to the top of what I considered to be the largest dune in the area. I started at the very bottom and figured I would be at the top in a couple of minutes. 20 minutes later, four teenagers watched as I collapsed at the top, gasping for air in what I was sure were going to be my last moments on earth. To make matters worse, some of their friends were still on their way up, kicking up the sand as they came, and the wind picked up, and now I had a 1/2 inch of sand across the top of my head.
30 minutes later we were back at the cars and then it was off to Stovepipe Wells for a big breakfast. Later that day we met up with Ernie Suto and Paul McConnville who were in the valley shooting from the LA area. We also found ourselves behind an Aperture Academy bus while we were shooting. Death Valley, especially during the Winter, is a popular place for photographers, and it was easy to see why. Not much to do in the middle of the day as the light was crummy, but the sunrises and sunsets can be pure magic.
Unos de los momentos de esta gira que recordaré siempre con un cariño muy especial, unas cerbezas clandestinas y un puro que supo a gloria.
Para Axier... con todo mi cariño desde el norte hasta el sur.
Morlaix. Francia
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Como diria meu compadre Martinusso... Disfarçado de parede. Ou de cavalo. Ou ainda, de chapéu. Ou até, quem sabe, de fotógrafo? >;o)
De Paraty-RJ pra Cachoeira-BA porque, afinal, eu também sou 100% Brasil.
Boa findi... e vamos votar direito, né mesmo?
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As my friend Martinusso usually says... Disguised as a wall. Or as a horse. Or maybe as a hat. Or still , who knows, as a photographer? >;o)
From Paraty-RJ to Cachoeira-BA, 'cause , just like is written on the wall, I am 100% Brasil, too.
NIce Friday... (Tks, God!)