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San Francisco, California, USA
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide (1.6 km) strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The structure links the U.S. city of San Francisco, California—the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula—to Marin County, carrying both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1 across the strait. It also carries pedestrian and bicycle traffic, and is designated as part of U.S. Bicycle Route 95. Recognized by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of the Wonders of the Modern World, the bridge is one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco and California.
The idea of a fixed link between San Francisco and Marin had gained increasing popularity during the late 19th century, but it was not until the early 20th century that such a link became feasible. Joseph Strauss served as chief engineer for the project, with Leon Moisseiff, Irving Morrow and Charles Ellis making significant contributions to its design. The bridge opened to the public in 1937 and has undergone various retrofits and other improvement projects in the decades since.
The Golden Gate Bridge is described in Frommer's travel guide as "possibly the most beautiful, certainly the most photographed, bridge in the world." At the time of its opening in 1937, it was both the longest and the tallest suspension bridge in the world, titles it held until 1964 and 1998 respectively. Its main span is 4,200 feet (1,280 m) and its total height is 746 feet (227 m).
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A simple contribution for this theme; a single pin (singles were seen in the sample gallery) lying flat on a white piece of card in the shadow of a plastic "crystal" bottle stopper purchased from a charity shop for this very purpose. This is a crop of about a quarter of the frame.
Taken handheld(!) in bright sunshine with the Helios 44M on about 5cm of extension tubes at f/8. In post -processing, I've added a blue colour to the shadow with some complementary orange to the pinhead. I've then brightened the central (horizontal) band of the image to keep the eye on the pinhead and not drift upwards.
Macro Mondays contribution for 24 October 2016:
Swarowski Crystal Pig. The title means something in that "he" managed to get from his home and under my feet - quite a drop! As I needed to capture a back lit subject he became the obvious choice!
Lighting is all natural which meant I didn't have much time to get a half decent shot. Now I get an idea of what landscape photographers have to deal with.
poss contribution (#1) to MM challenge for 27/4/20, theme: Windowsill
something green after last week's yellow - I know there is no logical progression there but...
one of the pitiful herbs (rosemary, just in case!) that "grow" on my kitchen windowsill. The background ins't really real it's a piece of felt put in front of the window to block out the mess of the outside and to soften the light coming in
This month the theme was 'together' for Flickr Friends, Melbourne. It was chosen by Gary and this image is my contribution.
This is my contribution to Macro Mondays Look Up
And when I look up I of course lay down first
It's a pretty cool 'challenge' because you get to see it all in a different perspective than you normally do
Which is the story of my life lol
I think you can change things by doing just that
It is easier to observe things when you use a different perspective, putting on your objective glasses and look at what you are doing with your life, no judging
So
There I lay all down on the tiny spot where there is no snow, all by the house
Look UP
says Macro Mondays
And there they are
Small angel wings waving in the wind - making it a bit difficult to take a macro of course
I believe in many things, I love light and what that stands for and I know there are angels on earth
By having this belief I look for signs
If I had beliefs which was on the opposite side, the dark side, I would have looked for signs for my belief then too
That is why it can be difficult to get out of a pattern, we are being reassured that things are the way we think, like they are in our belief, because we have it around us in our sphere, social media, which groups do we follow, what news we want to be fed by.
Not to mention the people we are surrounded by - well we choose them for a certain reason, they match us somehow, until they don't.
I guess we feel safe having this common belief, either it has a light side or a dark side.
Fear is, I think, a foundation deep in us from the ancient days when we were hunting or being hunted at
Fear of
Not having enough food
Not having sufficient clothings
Not having roof over your head
Not having a job
Not having enough money
Not being cool enough
Not being good enough
Not having the body you see in the ads
Not having the hair you want
Not being socially accepted
Not doing your job good enough
Not being the best friend
Not being the best parent ever
aso
The ones that control us by using our fears knows exactly what they are doing
Of course they do, they see it work every time
Be aware of the manipulative people you have around you and stop them by withdrawing, no need to take a fight with them, they will never understand
Being aware of what sides of you they manipulate will indeed make you grow, then you can do something about that, you have a choice to get out of the pattern
Choose your people
They influence you more then you can imagine
Have a lovely week
I know my week will be awesome, of course it will, because I want it to
My First-Ever contribution to Fence Friday!
So ... HFF!
Wishing you all a HAPPY WEEKEND! I hope your week went well!
Thank you so much for your visit and for your kind comments! They are very much appreciated!
Among rapid cybernetic hybridization, a thing of beauty flourishes above the metallic earth.
This is my small contribution to New Hashima at Brickworld 2023. I wanted to add an element of nature to the cyberpunk environment. I chose to build a wisteria tree, one that resembles a carpet of flowers when looking up.
My contribution to the Macro Mondays Group Challenge for 3 Octoberr 2016 - "In a Row"
I origianlly went looking for 2 people arguing but realised that wasn't what this was about!
My contribution to ”Smile on Saturday! :-)” on theme ”Display the D” D as in Dome. The Dome is called ”The Refuging Pavillion” and is a part of Rejmyre Art Lab´s Center for Peripheral Studies.
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Mitt bidrag till ”Smile on Saturday! :-) på temat ”Display the D/Visa D:et” Kupolen heter ”Tillflyktspaviljongen” och är en del av Rejmyre Art Labs center för perifera studier. (Dome is kupol in Swedish)
contribution to MM challenge for 26/10/20, theme: one colo(u)r
was tempted to replicate the recent "yellow" theme! I missed the last time one colour was the theme (I think) but did put an image up that met the criteria, perhaps the following week (Feb 2018 ish). I've also taken the opportunity to catch up with the recent "string" theme so it's 2-4-1 today only.
The life-size bronze sculpture of Scottish businessman and charity founder Sandy Irvine Robertson OBE (1942–1999) sits on a public bench at The Shore in Leith, Edinburgh, right outside the Malmaison Hotel. Commissioned by his friends and sculpted by Lucy Poett, the artwork has become a popular, interactive photo opportunity where visitors sit beside the statue.The artwork honors Robertson's life and contributions
My contribution to “Looking Close… on Friday!” on theme “Red on white background”
This mini chair is only about 12 cm high and a mini model from Edsbyverken in Hälsingland, Sweden which produced this type of chair in a large size for people to sit on. In 1910, Edsbyverken began manufacturing skis and from the waste wood they made about 5 million chairs until 1970 when production ceased.
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Mitt bidrag till ”Looking Close… on Friday!” på temat ”Rött mot vit bakgrund”
Den här ministolen är bara ca 12 cm hög och en minimodell från Edsbyverken i Hälsingland som producerat den här sortens stolar i stor storlek för människor att sitta på. 1910 började Edsbyverken tillverka skidor och av spillvirket tillverkade de ca 5 miljoner pinnstolar fram till 1970 då tillverkningen lades ner.
Contribution to Looking Close on Friday, theme "Bees".
Beehive in the Botanical Garden of the University of Leiden, Netherlands
My contribution to this weeks theme "Members Choice - Found in the kitchen" in the group Macro Mondays.
Contribution to the Macro Mondays Group for 7 November 2016 where the theme is "My Daily Routine". Shot at a 1:1 ratio, or very near to it as I wasn't using a focusing rail.
Part of my daily routine involves getting dressed as, I would hope, it does for most other group (Flickr?) members.
This item is what my sister and niece bought me for my (significant) birthday last year which I put on each morning. I like things to be, essentially, where I left them so I just reach out and pick them up. Sometimes I might forget something, maybe because of age, which is why they form part of a routine. Routine seems more important to me now than it ever used to...
It's a custom made "bangle" with the inscriptions "Vintage" & "19??"! The set up is deliberate!
Here, in the calm of a small restaurant in Ninh Binh, on the edge of a small pond surrounded by large rocks where pink and purple water lilies and a few small ducklings float, I'll post some photos later... I did what I could with my Nikon D750, but I was finally happy to see a bird despite the rain and the mellow fog at this time of year.
Thank you all for your faves and comments, which make me want to continue my modest contribution to sharing with all of you😊
Our contribution for the new round of THE CHALLENGE : Steampunk. A Vintage Camera, Gramophone and a Suitcase Side Table. The Gramophone Plays "Blue Skies" on Touch.
Camera: LI 5
Gramophone: LI 4
Suitcase Side Table: LI 3
All items will be available at the 22769 ~ [bauwerk] Mainstore (SURL: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Wooden%20Bay/36/124/23)
The Challenge : Steampunk starts 31st May 2016. thechallengesl.wordpress.com/
#MacroMonday
#DutchAngle
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A very unusual (for me) MM contribution in quite a few ways, because it is a photo that I have neither taken at home nor specifically for the "dutch angle" theme – this fluffy feather was a chance discovery at last Wednesday's (fabuloutastic, I should add) photowalk at the Olympic stadium; I didn't even think about the theme when I found this pretty feather in a corner of a step of one of the many, many staircases there. And of course this isn't the photo from that walk that I'd planned to upload first, either ;-). But often things don't turn out as expected (something which happens a lot lately when it comes to MMs), and that's not always a bad thing.
This small feather, about 6 cm / 2,3 inches long, came to my rescue when my original idea didn't work out – which every way I tried to make it work (it was a small spoke reflector which I'd once found in the street; the idea was to capture its distorted reflection which made it look like a flowing piece of honeycomb, something that came to my mind because of the reflector's honeycombed structure; well, to make it short, I never managed to get the distorted reflection sharp enough so it would be pleasant to look at; maybe I can still make it work later... I also tried to magnify those honecomb patterns inside of the reflector by using the extension tubes and the Raynox DCR-250 close-up lens – but, no, it wasn't meant to work).
But back to my "Olympic feather": Most conveniently, I had already taken it at a dutch angle (Mr Freud, can you hear me?). It is a single handheld picture taken with the Ricoh (the GRIII rocks!) which I've sharpened in Topaz Sharpen AI, and then further processed it in Nik's HDR Efex Pro – I started with the "En Vogue" preset "Cool Deep" which I'd then still tweaked a little here or there. And because the staircase I'd found this feather on had been in a shadowy corner of the stadium (and the feather in an even more shadowy corner of the step), the DNG outcome was rather dull; to add some much needed light I went into ON1 where I added a "Sunflare" texture filter to the upper left corner of the image; back in LR I added the preset "Soft Fog" and tweaked the luminosity and saturation sliders for a dreamy look.
HMM, Everyone, stay safe and healthy!
Nicht das, was ich eigentlich für's Thema machen wollte, aber das passiert mir in letzter Zeit häufiger ;-) Meine ursprüngliche Idee war es, die verzerrte Spiegelung eines kleinen Speichenreflektors (ein Straßenfund) auf einer Spiegelfliese zu fotografieren; die Verzerrung ließ den Reflektor wie ein fließendes Stück Honigwabe aussehen, was auch schön mit der wabenartigen Struktur des Reflektors korrespondierte – nur wollte es mir partout nicht gelingen, der Verzerrung zumindest ein wenig Schärfe abzuringen. Ich habe dann versucht, die Wabenstruktur im Innern des Reflektors mithilfe der Zwischenringe und der Raynox-DCR-250-Makrolinse zu vergrößern, aber auch hier hatten die Endergebnisse zu wenig Schärfe.
Irgendwann, es war schon ziemlich später Abend (wie immer), gab ich frustriert auf. Zum Glück fiel mir dann die flauschige Feder ein, die ich letzte Woche zufällig auf einer der unzähligen Stufen des Olympiastadions entdeckt und aus der Hand mit der GRIII fotografiert hatte. Die Größe (gut 6 cm) passte, den Winkel hatte ich bei der Aufnahme (unbewusst? Freud lässt grüßen, denn vor Ort hatte ich überhaupt nicht an das Dutch-Angle-Thema gedacht) auch schon passend schräg gewählt... Warum also nicht, auch wenn diese Feder nicht das Foto ist, das ich als Erstes vom (außerordentlich schönen) Fotowalk dort hochladen wollte. Ich habe das Bild dann in Topaz Sharpen AI nachgeschärft (Modus "Stabilize") und in HDR Efex ausgehend von der Voreinstellung "En Vogue: Cool Deep" bearbeitet. Was dann noch fehlte, war etwas mehr Licht bzw. Leuchten, denn die Feder hatte auf einer der Treppen auf der Schattenseite des Olympiastadions gelegen und das DNG war recht flau und trüb. Also habe ich in ON1 noch eine "Sunflare"-Textur drübergelegt und in LR die Weißtöne aufgehellt und als Abschluss noch die Voreinstellung "Weicher Nebel" (mit zusätzlichen Veränderungen meinerseits bei der Struktur, Luminanz und Sättigung) für ein weicheres, verträumtes Aussehen verwendet.
Manchmal kommt es eben anders, als man denkt, aber das muss ja nichts Schlechtes sein ;-) Ich wünsche Euch eine schöne Woche, liebe Flickr-Freunde, passt weiterhin gut auf Euch auf!
Our contribution of the January round of Memento Mori: The HR Giger inspired "Silent Scream Loveseat".
The Chair has 6 Landimpact and the dimensions: 2.0 x 1.6 x 1.5 meters. The Loveseat comes in PG Version (10 Single- and 10 Couple Animations) as well as Adult Version (10 Single, 10 couple and 16 Adult Animations).
Memento Mori openes January 15th 2017 and runs 4 weeks.
SURL to Memento Mori: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Infernal%20Land/185/122/2017
Website: mementomorievent.wordpress.com/
My contribution for this week's theme "morning", for the Swedish photo group Fotosondag.
Torsdagmorgon. Det var nästan lite Jack the Ripper-känsla när man gick från Slussen ner över Skeppsbron och vidare till Blasieholmen. Tyckte mig höra en mistlur ljuda, men det var bara en kråka som intagit kalufsen på Gustav III, och gällt skrek ut sin herre på täppan-seger. Passade bra att du intog huvudstaden just den här veckan när det stod "morgon" på tema-schemat. Tack, Dimman, tack.
MM contribution 18/3/19, theme something to do with the first letter of my surname!!
Well this does indeed begin with the first letter of my surname. It then goes on to use the second, third and fourth letters of my surname in order. Then it stops.
Some flash usage here again but not interesting as it was all trial and error!!
My (belated) contribution to the Bluebell season. Like most photographers I would have loved that epic morning shot of a forest glade with mist and morning light falling across a carpet of Bluebells. I didn't get it so I decided to while away an hour playing with bokeh. The spider was just an added bonus.
As a small contribution to the Independence Day festivities Keolis/MBTA parked this stunning locomotive on Main 1 in the pocket between the front and back ladders of the Tower A interlocking just outside North Station in plain view for the passengers on every passing train. GP40MC 1776 (former 1131) is the newest 'heritage unit', the sixth of the MBTA's planned 8 (or maybe 10) unit fleet of 'heritage' locomotives dressed in one of a kind colors. While the first five were painted to pay homage to the system's early years and its historic predecessors this one wears red, white and blue in honor of the 250th Anniversary of American independence. This gorgeous contribution to an ever growing list of patriotic locomotives done up by railroads from coast to coast could also be considered a true 'heritage unit' as the scheme very faithfully mirrors that worn by Boston and Maine Railroad 200, a GP38-2 specially painted for the Bicentennial a half century ago.
She complements Old Glory which flys proudly atop the Boston Sand and Gravel complex which is the last major freight customer in the terminal, and continues to be served two or three nights a week by CSXT train L065 from Dover, NH (former Pan Am Railways DOBO) which runs thru with New Hampshire Northcoast power.
Here is a fun little article I found about the company that seems so out of place here in the heart of a changed city: www.theawl.com/2017/08/the-most-overlooked-thing-in-bosto....
Oh, and since I know you all love coming here for irreverent non-railroad facts here is something I learned researching this caption. Boston Sand's current President and CEO is Dean Boylan Jr. He is at least a third generation employee of the company that has been in business since 1914. But the cool fact I discovered is that his father, Dean M. Boylan Sr. who became president of Boston Sand in 1956 did something far greater for the community than supply concrete. In 1959 he was one of the 10 founders of the American Football League's Boston Patriots that in 1970 joined the NFL and in 1971 moved to Foxborough to became the New England Patriots....and the rest is history.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Saturday July 4, 2026
contribution to MM challenge for 19/2/18: Fasteners.
I'd never photographed a zipper but had seen many pictures of them that really impressed me so I set out to have a go. This is the result! I became more obsessed with the button then with encapsulating 2 fasteners in the same image.
It was really hard to keep still while I took this.
Our contribution for the January Round of THE CHALLENGE. With the chosen theme „Farm“ we crafted these „Little Farm Beds“. Each Bed is 0.7 x 1.9 meters in dimensions. In the package are: Empty Bed (LI 1 / 0.2 meters height), Carrots Bed (LI 1 / 0.4 meters height), Savoy Cobbage Bed (LI 4 / 0.4 meters height), Salad Bed (LI 2 / 0.3 meters height and the Beetroot Bed (LI 2 / 0.6 meters height).
The Little Farm Beds will be availabe 31st January at 22769 ~ [bauwerk].
My contribution for todays theme in "Smile On Saturday". Thank you for views, faves and comments, they are much appreciated. Have a good weekend and Smile! HSoS!
Macro Mondays contribution for 6 Feb 2017 - "Say Cheese"
I hate cheese. Can't stand it. But this is an idea I have had for quite some time and I thought this was the best opportunity to actually try it out. The idea being to keep your mouse well fed!
On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, Nightingale suffered a M.E.-like illness that often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
To support anyone suffering from this or any other illness or condition is this week's theme "Blue for you - me".
This is my contribution taken on May 12th, also my father's birthday. Have a good day in heaven dad!
Thanks for your views, faves and comments. Wish you all the best with 💙 love 💙 and HSoS, Angeline.
My contribution to "F" Unit Friday is a pair of MLW FPA-4's of the Grand Canyon RR seen here at the canyon on 3/25/1999. Doing what they had done for CN & Via haling passengers.
contribution to MM challenge for 14/10/19, theme: "wire"
strangely difficult to find a piece of electrical wire without buying a a whole reel from B&Q!
wasn't my first choice and seeing some of today's contributions it shows how narrow minded I was about this challenge, and what I could have done...
Just one note about this image - the background is part of the image and was created in camera, rather than in post prod.
This is Jenny's contribution from the beautiful sky on the morning we left Coonabarabran, New South Wales for the coast. It was a fabulous sunrise, taken on her phone but as per the old saying, it did herald a change in weather as a cold wet front swept in from the west. I didn't take a shot here but stopped down the road a bit for an attempted slightly different view. We were in the middle of nowhere of course and the spot I pulled over in had a bikie (motor bike rider) sleeping beside his bike in the roadside grass (not happy Jan), the colour dropped out of the scene in less than the ninety seconds we took to reposition - of course and lastly, my shot managed to have a set of powerlines through the most colourful part. Portent indeed, the trash bin for that shot.
Thankfully, although this was our longest drive of the trip, some 500 kilometres it was mostly on quiet country highways and some easy freeways leading towards Newcastle and the Central Coast. And one other blessing, we rarely leave quite this early to avoid kangaroos and the like but we saw none that day and little roadkill and in fact, while we have seen two mobs of emus, luckily so far, no incursions nor sightings of live kangaroos. Our wide brown land without a sighting of a kangaroo! Sometimes it happens that way.
By the way, if you look closely at this country scene, it is why we love our driving holidays in Australia, there is nothing quite like the sight, sound and smell of early mornings on country roads in our great country. I haven't really started my shots from the trip yet and will probably wait until we get home. It will give me something to do and keep me out of mischief!
Mitt bidrag till veckans fotosöndag/My contribution to this week Photosundag/Fotosöndag on the theme Rad/Row
My contribution to the theme Photo Sunday with the theme behind. A blue sky behind the ice crystal that is behind the balcony window and I behind the camera.
Mitt bidrag till temat Fotosöndag med temat bakom. En blå himmel bakom iskristallen som är bakom altanfönstret och jag bakom kameran.
From my Easter weekend camping trip to Crowdy Bay National Park. The rock platforms near the beach were pretty awesome. We'd been swimming in this little rock pool earlier in the day, and I knew that I had to come back near sunset to get a photo. I wasn't disappointed.
I've decided to use this as my Dogwood week 11 contribution "Landscape - reflection". It's probably a bit of a cop out, but I think the lovely colour reflected in the water makes it qualify.