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Keeping track of the babies in the Nymphenburg Palace Park :)
A garantir que não falta nenhum bebé no Parque do Palácio Nymphemburg :)
This week I’ve started clearing out my closet of photography gear, selling cameras and lenses one by one. So far, I’ve already let go of three digital bodies, one film body, and three lenses. A few more are photographed and ready to go — and I’m not finished yet.
What began as a simple idea — just getting rid of unused equipment — has turned into a bigger temptation: keeping only the essentials. The pieces I truly enjoy using, the ones that fit how I actually shoot.
This shift comes from last year’s experience, when more than half of my gear sat untouched at home. Most of the time, I relied on just one of my Fujis, my evergreen GF1, or one of the newer additions like the Z30 or R10.
I even toyed with the idea of shrinking everything down to just two cameras — but that might be too radical for a gear addict like me. Instead, I’ve landed on a more balanced plan: fill my four favorite bags. That setup gives me five cameras in total — four digital and one film.
Let’s see how far I can take it.
Image sooc from today's short walk. The forest near my son's school. Still quite green - no autumn yet.
She lifts her skirt up to her knees
Walks through the garden rows
With her bare feet laughing
I never learned to count my blessings
I choose instead to dwell
In my disasters
I walk on down the hill
Through grass grown tall
And brown and still
It's hard somehow
To let go of my pain
On past the busted back
Of that old and rusted Cadillac
That sinks into this field
Collecting rain
Will I always feel this way
So empty
And estranged?
Have a look at full size! The roos have been breeding up due to good feed these are in Aldinga conservation park just 2 ks from home.7 shot stitch with MS ICE
Go ahead make my day !! She said ..( after she saw my camera...which is not that big really...just average...sometimes it is not the size that counts ...it is the quality my friends...the quality ~ )
LOL...;-D
Pacific Beach ~ California ~ USA ~
Twenty Five Days Until We Celebrate 50 Years of Marriage. Thank you, Darling, Gerry! I love you!
With heartfelt and genuine thanks for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day, be well, keep your eyes open, appreciate the beauty surrounding you, enjoy creating, stay safe and laugh often! ❤️❤️❤️
Found this fruit seller a few days ago when I was returning from Chittagong after a wrecked up vacation. Smoking and waiting outside of the bus terminal, I was in a complete disappointment and was trying hard to fight with my anger. Reason behind all these distress seemed unavoidable and insoluble. Whatever…
Looking at him I was thinking absent minded - what the hell is he doing? Counting those grapes one by one? One...Two...Three....Ten...Twenty... and writing it on that book?
Grape - 1300
Orange - 150
Apple - 200 ….
Ha ha ha …
Dampara, Chittagong
One that got away. Happy Thanksgiving to my U.S. friends, and to all, enjoy your day. Wild Turkey, San Luis Obispo County, California.
I counted 4 olives on the small olive tree I grow in a pot...
Texture "craquelure-touchstone" by Leslie Nicole.
Count Lucanus von Mannerheim of Das Vampir Korps. (I accidentally wrote "Vampyr" on it) Nicknamed "Count von Toten," "Count of the Dead," Mannerheim served in the elite Vampyr Korps in WWII and helped track down numerous vampires throughout the USSR. However, once the war ended, he was left stranded in Russia, where he and his men succumbed to vampirism and lycanism. Years later, during the warmest partof the Cold War, an elite group of Catholic soldiers from the Vatican, known as "Blackwater," tracked him down. The USSR, having many vampires, including Lenin and Stalin, helped Mannerheim out, and thus, a secret war began.
From my monster pulp fiction stories, inspired by Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Black Ops. To read the first story, go here: www.brickforge.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=5052
I'll keep advancing it through the ages, making a secret war between religion and monsters the "real" causes for various historical events. It's basically camp, but in a good way.
DESIGNATION: Protector-018
NICKNAME: Galaar
RANK: ARC Lieutenant Grade 1
UNIT: Vornskr, First Regiment, "Bralor's First", 253rd Elite Clone Legion
The fighting along the temple wall was brutal, but Vornskr held the line, repelling wave after wave of droid infantry until an armored division attached to the 501st led by an young Jedi mounted a counterattack and shattered the droid offensive. Once relived Lieutenant Galaar and his men were summoned the GAR command center by General Kenobi, the lead Jedi General and commander of all operations on Rhen Var. Along with several other ARC troopers from the Two-Fifty-Third, Galaar was briefed of a developing situation within the data archives of Bravo Base. While the troopers had been busy repelling the droid attack an unknown assailant had slipped into the base and accessed the data core. This infiltrator is believed to be a Dark Jedi, a traitor who had followed in the foot steps of Count Dooku. The Dark Jedi had already been engaged by both troopers stationed at Bravo Base and ARC troopers from the Two-Fifty-Third, both were reporting heavy casualties and failure to stop the intruder. The task of intercepting the Dark Jedi and recovering the stolen data now fell on the ten ARC troopers gathered in the command center who General Kenobi would personally lead.
Upon dismissal the ARCs made their way back to their squads, who they hastily briefed before boarding the gunships, doing their best to pass on the most critical parts of the anti-Jedi training they received on Kamino, to the regs under their command.
The flight to Bravo Base was short and the gunships got them as close to the Dark Jedi's last know location as possible, dropping the strike team off in a courtyard within an ancient Jedi temple. Galaar had been tasked with clearing the Northeastern most region of the Temple and lead his men at a slow pace, constantly checking his scopes for any sign of the rouge force user.
The signs of battle were everywhere, burn marks and deep gouges covered the walls, and all around lay the broken corpses of fallen brothers. With a sigh Galaar signaled his to keep moving, there was no way they would be able to stop this "Dark Jedi", Galaar wasn't even sure he had enough training to take one on alone and he knew for sure the regs wouldn't stand a chance. The squad ventured deeper into the temple, leaving the carnage behind as they entered another interior courtyard. Stepping the doorway Galaar's scopes suddenly lit up bright red notifying him of hostile forces along the opposite wall, a squad of B1s and a figure dressed in black robes. Cursing Galaar turned and shouted orders to the troopers behind him.
"Romeo get on the long range comms and notify General Kenobi that we've found the Dark Jedi, relay our coordinates and let the General know that we have been engaged!"
"On it Sir!"
"CT-44-5913! CT-45-2601! Get the Plex and Z6 up here now! We need to block him in, target the opposite entrance and bring it down! Tracker! Take your team and flank left! CT-05-4329 take yours and flank right! We need to overwhelm him, once you start shooting don't let up! Alright Vornskr, let's kill this chakaar!"
Vornskr sprung into action, executing Galaar's orders quickly and with precision, for a moment it looked hopeful, the droids were cut down instantly, and the Dark Jedi appeared to struggle to deflect the overwhelming base of fire. It was when CT-44-5913 fired a rocket at the opposing doorway from his PLX-1 that the plan fell apart. The rocket stopped midflight as if some thing had grabbed it and Galaar watched in horror as it changed direction and slammed into Tracker's team, obliterating the three troopers. Then an invisible force slammed into Galaar knocking him from his feet as the Dark Jedi used the force to send both clone and droid alike hurtling across the courtyard.
Grunting, Galaar dragged himself to his feet, his head was ringing and he could taste blood in his mouth, something was broken. Looking Galaar saw the cloaked figure disappear back into the temple. Galaar knew this was it, he couldn't let him get away, grabbing his blasters Galaar stumbled forward, blasting two droids as they moved to block his path.
Activating his comms, Galaar notified command of his situation...
"This is Lieutenant Galaar, my squad is down, I am in pursuit of the rouge Jedi"
... and with that he disappeared into the temple.
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Happy May 4th everyone!
I'll hopefully have the story up by the end of the week. Pillars were inspired by Greg, as always thanks for stopping by and have a good one!
- Tommy
Georgia Northeastern GP38 9708 has had a mix of owners since it was built for Penn Central in October of 1969, but it's spent the last 16 years on GNRR. Marietta, Georgia October 2020
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15 days left! Sweet! Not like I am counting down the days or anything, but this project is almost done! And I wont have to freeze any more to get my night shot, I can just post anything! :D
The other day, I took a shot and it baffled me, why I was not getting the effect I wanted. The discussion was awesome! I LOVE having chat on photos about who, what, where, when and why! Because, seriously, thats how I learn! However, I did find the reason for not having the effect I wanted. The lens! Tonight, I put on my ever so trusty, 28-135mm. And that is the glass I started off way back in the day. When I got my wide lens, this lens just got dusty! But I have to remind myself, there is NO reason for a great piece of glass to get dusty! Am I right? :D
Any way, the thing is, if you close up your aperture a bit, around f/10 to f/13 range, your lights become starburst! However, important to note, your lens will make a difference! And that just so happens to be the magic number for this 28-135mm. I have not yet found the right balance for the wide lens, and quite frankly, this is not the shot for a wide lens any way! So here you have it, a basic Christmas lights shot, no real reason other then having my 365 shot and to prove to myself that I CAN still make lights twinkle!
Please, enjoy!
Fish check in progress ... I think I have that same look when staring at a bowl of hot apple pie and ice cream :)
I don't want to overdo things with the snakes but we really only see them like this once a year when they leave their dens and mate before spending the summer in their home ranges. They can be seen returning to their dens in the Autumn but not in this posture...Western wandering garter snakes (Thamnophis elegans vagrans). Photo by Frank