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A further contribution to the master class series; this is actually a fairly large model sitting in a hairdressers window.
Taken for the Nottingham Group’s master class, full details are here - www.flickr.com/groups/nottingham/discuss/72157623597955135/
The adjustments on this one were fairly straight forward – a simple conversion to mono, tweaked by using the black and white gradient map, and a contrast boost; the final and longest task was using the clone tool to create a dark background.
My contribution for the Iscream Fest.
You can buy a print here : www.etsy.com/shop/2Hands2Tails
This little American Pika can be forgiven for not understanding the coming devastating effects of climate change. It has a brain that is about the size of a lima bean which is engaged primarily in day to day survival. Many pikas never see a human being, so they can be forgiven for not understanding that we are directly responsible for the global warming that may very well cause the demise of some of their populations in parts of North America.
No such forgiveness should be granted to a U.S. President who, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, simply chooses to not believe that humans are responsible for climate change.
The National Climate Assessment draws on input from 13 federal agencies, including NASA and the Defense Department, with contributions from 300 scientists. The latest volume spans more than 1,600 pages, and a key recurring theme is that climate change will be devastating...
POTUS, response: "I don't believe it".
Tell it to the pika President T.
My contribution to this week's Fotosöndag / Photosunday with the theme "filter".
Shot with a Motorola MotoG3 through a Melitta 102.
Contribution to Smile on Saturday, theme "collage in black & white".
All shots taken on the same sunny day this summer, all shot with a medium format Mamiya C330 Professional roll film camera. I like the imperfections in analog shots.
Have a great weekend.
Here is my contribution to the big Truth Model hunt.
Keeping it simple and letting the hair do the talking.
location : Nanzenji Temple Tenjyuan ,Kyoto city ,Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
南禅寺 天授庵 南北朝時代 池泉回遊式庭園 書院南庭
Tenjyuan Garden on southern side of Shoin
Tenjyuan :
Tenjyuan is one of the most historically important temple of the Nanzenji. It was built as a dedication of the founder of the Nanzenji , Daiminkokushi Mukanfumon .
In 1267 the Emperpor Kameyama,enchanted with the natural beauty of the spot,elected a villa on the site where where the Nanzenji Temple now stands. Around 1288 the emperor was vexed by the appearance of a ghost and asked for help from Daiminkokushi ,the third Chief Priest of the Tofukuji Temple.
The priest rid Emperor Kameyama of the gost by merely performing Zazen meditations without reciting a single sutra.
The emperor was deeply moved by this demonstration of the priest's virtue and subsequently became became his disciple,giving himself the name Hoo("Great Priest").He later converted his villa into zen temple and dedicated it to Daiminkokushi.These events took place in Hoo's later years ; the priest died before the coversation of the villa was complete.It was left for a priest named Kiansoen,the successor of Daiminkokushi.to finish the work and inaugurate the zen temple. For this reason little credit for the task is given to Daiminkokushi himself.In 1336 Kokakushiren,the 15th chief priest of Nanzen Ji Temple,asked the retired Emperor Kogon for permission to construct a building commemorating the founding of the temple by Daiminkokushi.Construction on the building was completed in the following year(1337),hence the opening of the Tenjyuan.
Tenjyuan,however ,was destroyed in the Nanzenji conflagration of 1447 .Nor was the temple spared destraction by fire during the Onin War ( 1467-1477). More then 130 years passed before the temple was finally reconstructed.
Many of the temples destroyed by wars were reconstructed in the last quarter of the 16th century,when Japan enjoyed a period of political stability. The priests of Nanzenji agreed that the Tenjyuan be reconstructed by one of the most famous Zen priests of Kyoto,Genporeisan.He appointed Ungakureikei chief priest of the Tenjyuan ,and asked the daimyo Hosokawa Yusei to finance the enterprise.Thanks to generous contribution of Hosokawa,the reconstruction of the Main Hall,the Main Gate,and the old study was completed in August ,1602.These are the Tenjyuan buildings that stand today.
The garden consists of the front ,or eastern,garden of the Main Hall, and the southern garden near the Study.
***The eastern garden is a rock garden. A geometrically designed stone footpath embedded in white sand and moss connects the Main Hall with the Maingate. This footpath was made 1338 after the original construction of the Tenjyuan.
The other ,shorter stone footpath leading to Yusai's mausoleum was made after Yusai's death in1610.***
The layout of the southern garden clearly illustrates the characteristics of late 14th century landscaping.The two central islands in particular epitomize this style. A long penninsula extending from the study and a smaller penninsula extending from the other side meet to form a curling clasp,creating an eastern and western pond.The shorelines of the two ponds so divided are thus varied.
The eastern pond is smaller than the other and has a slopping bank.In addition to this landscaping technique,the arrangement of rocks near the waterfall indicates that the garden was made around the time of the construction of the Tenjyuan in 1337.
- Tenjyuan
This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited here.
City Palace, Udaipur, is a palace complex situated in the city of Udaipur, Rajasthan. It was built over a period of nearly 400 years, with contributions from several rulers of the Mewar dynasty. It's construction began in 1553, started by Maharana Udai Singh II of the Sisodia Rajput family as he shifted his capital from the erstwhile Chittor to the new found city of Udaipur.[1] The palace is located on the east bank of Lake Pichola and has several palaces built within its complex.
The City Palace in Udaipur was built in a flamboyant style and is considered the largest of its type in the state of Rajasthan. It was built atop a hill, in a fusion of the Rajasthani and Mughal architectural styles, providing a panoramic view of the city and its surroundings. Overlooking Lake Pichola, several historic monuments like the Lake Palace, Jag Mandir, Jagdish Temple, Monsoon Palace, and Neemach Mata temple, are all in the vicinity of the palace complex. Nestled within the Aravali mountain range, these landmarks are associated in popular culture with the filming of the 1983 James Bond movie Octopussy.
History
The City Palace was built concurrently with the establishment of the Udaipur city by Maharana Udai Singh II and his successor Maharanas over a period of the next 400 years.The Maharanas lived and administered their kingdom from this palace, thereby making the palace complex an important historic landmark.
The Mewar kingdom had flourished initially in Nagda (30 kilometres (19 mi) to the north of Udaipur), established in 568 AD by Guhil, the first Maharana of Mewar. In the 8th century, the capital was moved to Chittor, a hill top fort from where the Sisodias ruled for 800 years. Maharana Uday Singh II inherited the Mewar kingdom at Chittor in 1537 but by that time there were signs of losing control of the fort in wars with the Mughals. Udai Singh II, therefore, chose the site near Lake Pichola for his new kingdom as the location was well protected on all sides by forests, lakes and the Aravalli hills. He had chosen this site for his new capital, much before the sacking of Chittor by Emperor Akbar, on the advice of a hermit he had met during one of his hunting expeditions.
The earliest royal structure he built here was the Royal courtyard or 'Rai Angan', which was the beginning of the building of the City Palace complex. The court was built at the location where the hermit had advised Maharana to build his new capital.
After Udai Singh’s death in 1572, his son Maharana Pratap took the reins of power at Udaipur. However, he was defeated by the Mughal emperor Akbar at the Battle of Haldighati in 1576 and Udaipur fell under the Mughal rule. After the death of Akbar, Mewar was given back to Maharana Pratap's son and successor Amar Singh I by Jahangir. ]However, the Mughal army sent many expeditions against the Mewar empire, culminating in a peace treaty between both rulers.
But with the increasing Marathas attacks by 1761, Udaipur and the Mewar state were in dire straits and in ruins. By 1818, Maharana Bhim Singh signed a treaty with the British accepting their protection against the other empires.After the Indian independence in 1947, the Mewar Kingdom, along with other princely states of Rajasthan, merged with the democratic India, in 1949. The Mewar Kings subsequently also lost their special royal privileges and titles. The successive Maharanas, however, retained their ownership of the palaces in Udaipur and converted parts of the palace complex into heritage hotels.
Hats off to the very patriotic staff of the Springfield Town Center barber shop for being rightfully proud of our nation and mindful of the many contributions of our vets. Or as Lee Greenwood put it:
"And I'm proud to be an American
Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I'd gladly stand up next to you
And defend Her still today
'Cause there ain't no doubt
I love this land
God Bless the U.S.A."
My contribution this week to Thursday Monochrome.
Camera: Mamiya 645AF
Lens: Mamiya Sekor 80mm 2.8
Film: Fomapan 400
Have a nice day!
My contribution to the Burtonesque photo competition. I've always loved his movies, and wanted to capture the loneliness of his characters, but in the short moments when they actually find happiness... the visual inspiration to this image came from the scene in Edward Scissorhands when Winona Ryder's character dances in the snow, just before the tragic end. The birds and cages are to make the image "me".
Title from favourite album by Bonnie Prince Billy, The Letting Go.
Pose: [LAP], Fantasy Faepose 7
Hair: Tiny Bird, Olivia, in Milk
Skin: Shadow Things, Eulogy
Dress: Silent Sparrow White (?) wedding
The birds are photographed from the birds in Tiny Birds demos (obs I did buy the hair lol)
Birdcage brushes by Falln_Stock, DeviantArt
Textures by JoesSistah and Pink Sherbet Photography
Thank you!!!
My contribution to the annual RogueBricks Advent Calendar. The bauble was designed for hellboy.bricks and was inspired by this castle of his.
More images, including a shot of it inside the bauble on Brickbuilt.
Contributions to the Wolsztyn XXVI Parade celebrations from TurKol pl. have extended to running to several locations in the Poznan district in one day behind steam.
Having earlier arrived from Wolsztyn, loco Ol49-69 departs upon 'Franek' 10.25 Poznan Glowny-Franowo excursion with national flags affixed in the platform.
The foreground canopy is part of the period Dworzec Letni (Summer Station) now beautifully restored.
3rd May 2019
Explored- Highest Position May 27th 2010 # 139.
To Waterfall Wednesday :)
Best Viewed Large - farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4642382778_5382879c3c_b.jpg
This is a image from the middle falls at Gooseberry Falls State Park. Taken on a beautiful spring day, way up north.
As you can see there was quite a bit of spring runoff coming from the hills. This is why the water has a brownish tinge to it.
Canon 50d
Sigma 10-20mm
B&W F-Pro CPL
HOYA ND400( 9-stops)
Single RAW exposure @ 11mm
ISO 100
f/11
6 seconds
6179. My contribution to Fotosöndag 8 8 2010 (Flickr Group). This weeks theme is "spegling" (reflection). Photo from Uppsala central station friday morning. My departure was canceled and I had a few minutes over for photography.
I re-used it for another photographic theme. In this case "symmetry" in Fototriss where you post three images in a photo triplet on the same theme or topic.
Selected for my blog.
My contribution to the May/June 2016 issue of the LTD Magazine
Credits and info here
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Read full issue here: issuu.com/ltdmagazinesl/docs/ltd_magazine_mayjune_2016?e=...
Pics by Jordan Giant!
This is part of my contribution to this year's Brick to the Past model, The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain's Throne. The Jacobite army had surgeons who often operated under difficult circumstances. Unlike government surgeons, who were under orders not to, they operated on friend and foe alike.
The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a LEGO model of a series of uprisings, rebellions and wars that occurred predominantly in Scotland, but also spread into Ireland and England, between 1689 and 1746. Following the deposition of James II of England and VII of Scotland in the Glorious Revolution, the aims of the risings were to return the Stuart monarch, and later his descendants, to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain). They take their name from Jacobus, the Latin form of James.
While conflict broke out in 1689, 1715, and 1719, the most famous rising is probably the last, that of 1745. During the “Forty-five" Charles Edward Stuart, also known as the Young Pretender or Bonnie Prince Charlie, led an army from the Scottish Highlands as far south as Derby before retreating north to be decisively defeated at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Culloden was the last pitched battle to be fought on British soil and marked the end of any serious attempt to restore the house of Stuart to the throne.
The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a Brick to the Past creation built by Dan Harris, James Pegrum, Simon Pickard, Tim Goddard and Steve Snasdell. It was unveiled for the first time at the Bricktastic in July 2017 and went on display again at The Great Western Brick Show in October. It is now on display at Stirling Castle until February 2nd 2018.
my contribution to a challenge by Trish Korous on fb : post a black-and-white image with no explanation of it.
Thank you Dan for the invitation to join his art show :)
The detail here:
Mr Toast and Friends Art Show
venue: Monkeyhouse Toy
date: march 1 - 16
or check out the website:
Please go to visit if u are in LA :)
In the 20th century, textiles were often considered lesser – as applied art, women’s work, or domestic craft. Woven Histories challenges the hierarchies that have separated textiles from fine arts. Putting into dialogue some 130 works by more than 45 creators from across generations and continents, the exhibition explores the contributions weaving and related techniques have made to abstraction, modernism’s pre-eminent art form.
*Working Towards a Better World
Congratulations to our group for our One Year Anniversary. Thank you so much everybody for all your wonderful contributions you all make the difference!! xxxooo❤️ ❤️ xxxooo❤️
Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature. - Gerard De Nerval
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! xo❤️
Upon arrival from Acton Yard to Coton Hill Yard, Shrewsbury, celebrity GBRf class 66793 in the unique 2 tone grey "construction sector livery" awaits the loading of the MWA 102tonne box wagons with fine stone aggregate before departing later in the evening to Wellingborough Up TC
GB Railfreight unveiled the new look for Class 66 No. 66793, marking another Class 66 to have a heritage livery and is one of the five locomotives to be imported from Germany thanks to the partnership with Beacon Rail Leasing.
The new livery, British Rail Railfreight Construction livery, is to show appreciation of the contribution made by aggregate and construction companies to keep the UK moving.
My contribution for this week's theme "wrinkled", for the Swedish photo group Fotosondag.
Mitt första barnbarns dop. Gammelfarmor var med. Min mamma. Fyra generationer Hemring. Vackert på nåt vis. Precis som rynkorna på mammas hand efter tredje påtåren kaffe. Ja, de är fina även utan kaffe.
My contribution for the Macro Mondays Challenge "Paint".
Sorry that i have to upload it that late but my Inet crashed yesterday. :/
For this shot i did some fingerpainting on my window while using the sky as my painting background. ;o)
Check out my new art gallery: Click here
A small contribution to a great nation's dilemma - and the solution seems to be as easy as the Referendum was in 2016! With some sharp editing in Fujifilm's raw converter (Japanese) and in Luminar (American); also shot using - you would not believe it - a Chinese lens! 7Artisans manual lens at approximately F 5.6. Yes, I am already going "global"!
Photo of a Pangolin figurine. Figurine is 7"w by 3"h
Flickr Friday theme: "scales"
Pangolins are very unique, being the only mammal with scales to protect their outer body.. Their scales are made of keratin, the same substance found in our finger and toe nails.
Pangolins are shy animals whose life is centered on feeding on various species of termites and ants. In the wild, they play an important role in keeping huge termite colonies in check.
Pangolins are in high demand in southern China and Vietnam because their scales are believed to have medicinal properties in traditional Chinese and Vietnamese medicine. Their meat is also considered a delicacy. 100,000 are estimated to be trafficked a year to China and Vietnam, amounting to over ONE MILLION over the past decade. This makes Pangolins the most illegally trafficked animal in the world!
Conservation efforts are exacerbated by rapid deforestation of their native habitat. Having Pangolins in top notch zoos for breeding has proved difficult. They are extremely susceptible to pneumonia and other commonly transmitted diseases that most animals in zoos respond well to medical intervention. Preventive vaccines and other medicines for diseases that can be treated symptomatically are not successful in Pangolins.
DOES ALL OF THIS MEAN PANGOLINS ARE ON A ONE WAY ROAD TO EXTINCTION? NO! Efforts to "follow the money" made from exploitation of Pangolins may yield better results than trying to "follow the Pangolins" captured for trade. If the money dries up, so does the major incentive to traffick in Pangolins.
What can we/you do? Look into Conservation groups and see what they are doing and how we/you may help. Oddly enough, the news that Pangolins are THE MOST illegally trafficked animal in the world, is being met with increasing desire to be part of the solution to save them.
HOW TO HELP PANGOLINS UPDATE:
I researched and found an organization that is involved with saving the Pangolins, as well as other species. It is the WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK. Their website is Wildnet.org . It has attained a 4 star rating from Charities Navigator, the highest rating that can be given. Charities Navigator rates charities of all kinds. The 4 Star Rating means contributions go directly into actions to help those in need that a particular organization is involved with. Their overhead costs are met in other ways, contributions are used exclusively to help save those in peril. Pangolins are very much one of the species the Wildlife Conservation Network is striving to save! Check them out: Wildnet.org
my final contribution to the 3am collaboration with ventral is golden (www.ventralisgolden.com/) and bryan olson (www.cargocollective.com/BryanOlson). Thanks again guys, it's been great!
check out all of the work at www.cargocollective.com/3AM and www.3amofthesoul.tumblr.com/
www.society6.com/studio/jessetreece/store
www.collageartbyjesse.tumblr.com
I mentioned to my good buddy here on Flickr that I had spotted a tiny Monarch Instar (I suspect 2nd stage) the other day and decided to switch gears and post something other than a sunset. I must admit the place where I took the shot is still at El. Franco Lee Park in what I call the garden of good and evil near the wetland area. Good intensions that were had when creating the garden and evil intensions for those that maintain it. I should say that it’s a lack of maintenance and poorly kept. I check it out from time to time when I go to check out the sunsets, but rarely find anything there. A late evening shot here just for a change of pace. I need to be better prepared for the unexpected. It’s the same place I capture the Broad-banded Water snake.
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My contribution for the PICTOPLASMA'S MISSING LINK PROJECT.
I've just recived an email from them:
We are very honored to herewith let you know that your Missing Link will be part of the main section of the exhibition!
A massive wall in the central exhibition hall will present 500 of the very best entries as unique digital prints, providing full credit to you as the artist.
Buono!
Manching is the centre of competence for Airbus’ military air systems activity in Germany, hosting Airbus’ contribution to the Eurofighter programme – including final assembly, system tests and flight trials the combat aircraft supplied to Germany’s air force, the Luftwaffe. Manching also services Airbus-made aircraft that are in service with the Luftwaffe and NATO, but also other aircraft models like AWACS E3A and Boeing.
Research and development activities in unmanned flight also take place in Manching.
Bluebells are a hit and miss for me... I went 3 different places to try and get a sea of bluebells like some of the ones I've seen here on Flickr, but I wasn't successful. Anyway, this is my contribution for my tribute to Spring :)
Dungannon Park, in County Tyrone was the first place I tried (it's constantly raining and I didn't want to get soaked, even though I still got rained on this day LOL) and I used the flash with my Tamron 90mm macro lens, it was very windy and this was handheld, so I know it could have been sharper, but I liked the bokeh this created :)
Off work this morning to help my brother with a motorcycle instructor assessment thing... aarrgghh the things I let myself get talked into LOL
Wishing you all a very happy Wednesday... sorry I've been getting behind, but will catch up soon, thank you everyone for the fantastic comments on yesterday's Apple Blossom photo :)
My contribution to the COLORS MAGAZINE 77 (SEA) projects on the sea,
I'm finally getting around to post my contribution to this epic collab I was privileged to be a part of this past year. Working with my co-collaborators @ben @detroitika @uncle_sammy_poo @tacobricks @si_mocs @legofin @renobricks_ @brickbuilt.replicas was a joy. I'd been wanting to get into the LEGO Halo MOC building community for a while and this was an incredible way to get started in it. There's a long history of amazing Halo builds, but not a lot in recent years, so bringing back the big Halo collabs at BFVA has been special, joining in to what Ben, Tanner, Sam, and Daniel started with Zeta Halo last year. We were honored to be sponsored by @brickwarriors and @eclipsegrafx. Vic and his team worked very hard to design unreal brand new weapons and UNSC Marine figs for this collab.
My section was the end cap to the right side of the build, featuring an endless Forerunner chasm via the use of 2 large mirrors to simulate depth. The public seemed to enjoy that visual feature at BFVA, which was gratifying for me as I have always wanted to do some mirror trickery in a build after seeing some other more talented builders than I use them. I also built a Falcon and 2 Warthogs for the collab, and had a fun time building trees with help from many buddies in our collab group and others, including @tk_1776 @iterative_bricks @masked_builder (thanks for the help guys ❤️)
Maranatha!
#lego #halo #legohalo #thesilentbricktographer #thesilentcartographer
My contribution for this week's theme "symmetry", for the Swedish photo group Fotosondag.
En boll skulle man kunna se som en av urtyperna av symmetri. Så det fick helt enkelt bli en sån till veckans temabild. Att den till råga på allt blev fotad på vårt underbara landställe på Rådmansö, under en sagolikt härlig Kristi Himmelsfärdshelg, är bara en ren bonus. :)
My contribution to this year's Thanksgiving feast. Injected with apple juice. Coated with olive oil and rubbed with sage, crushed thyme and Hardcore Carnivore Black seasoning. Seared on the Masterbuilt 1050 at 475 degrees to make a good bark and hold in the juices. Backed the smoker down to 265 and placed on the top rack until 160 degrees internal. I almost always use postoak for smoke. Drizzled with roasted raspberry and chipotle glaze. Had a great bark and smokering. Tender and juicy inside.
Contribution to Smile on Saturday, theme "object on legs".
Camera: Leica M6
Lens: Leica Elmarit 28 mm
Film: Ilford HP4 PAN 400
Developer: Fomadon R09
Our contribution for the upcoming round of On9: Cloud9 is a mesh leather sofa with 11 Sits for 2 avatars and 3 friends animations. The Sofa will be available in "Heaven", "Hell", "Heaven and Hell" and "Hell and Heaven". LI 3/2 Prims, Dimensions: 2.65 x 1.5 x 1 meters.
On9 starts 9th June 2015!
Surl: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tropical%20Orchid/239/193/999
Il mio piccolo contributo al transito della Cometa C2020 f3 NEOWISE dai cieli del Salento. Purtroppo le nuvole hanno disturbato le riprese ed ho potuto salvare solo poche foto.
My small contribution to the transit of Comet C2020 f3 NEOWISE from the skies of Salento. Unfortunately the clouds disturbed the shooting and I was able to save only a few photos.
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Technical Information:
Date 10.07.2020
Location: Santa Cesarea Terme (LE) Italy
Camera: Sony Rx10m4
Light: 1x2.5sec. 1600 iso
My contribution to Macro Monday's challenge, "berries", on 29 April 2024.
(They look good enough to eat but, seriously, I wouldn't. lol)
My contributions to the 2023 RogueOlympics, a build contest by the RogueBricks Community, with each week featuring a new topic and a part limit of just 101 pieces.
It was great fun again! Although there's a lot of fun events throughout the year, Rogue Olympics is probably my favourite build contest. There were quite a few new contributors this year with many beautiful entries and it’s always a joy to see the vastly different builds that people come up with for the often very broad topics. Big thanks to the organizers and all the other awesome contributors!
Unfortunately I didn't participate in every round. I just couldn't come up with something for week 6 and although I even finished my build for round 7 complete with ordered parts from BrickLink, I just couldn't get my photo idea to work out. I'm still satisfied with the entries I made, though, and afterall there's no pressure to participate every week.
Half of my builds were inspired by film and TV again. I really love the Sorcerer entry. Although it's probably less interesting technique-wise, I just feel a strong connection to it because of the film. I had it in the back of my head to build something for Sorcerer one day and I'm really satisfied with how the overall images turned out within the part limitation. From the more generic entries I really like how the rose garden turned out and maybe I can work Emily into next year's Rogue Olympics again, too. But it's also neat that I could get an Architecture model in for the last round. I'm probably least attached to the internet entry. Although I'm fine with how the build and photo worked out, I just don't feel a strong personal connection to it.