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Sometimes day and night just seem to run together, especially with a busy schedule.
I've used the wonderful stock from these talented stock providers: jlstock.deviantart.com/ (part of the sky), www.sxc.hu/photo/819677 (grass), sadly I don't remember where I got the tree brush from but thank you in advance.
We've have some happy little changes implemented in recent weeks - some small improvements that have made a big difference. We are now at the end of our commissions (You're in for some Spam this weekend!) and we want to move forward in a positive direction.
Although some of these are gradual improvements over the course of a couple of months, here is a list of little improvements we have made.
✮ Improved Packaging - The wigs are now arriving much better than previously. They will still need brushing once removed from their boxes, but the fibres are remaining as they should do during transit. We've had enough testing to confirm that the new packaging is working out wonderfully.~
✮ Sturdier Cap - The caps are made with a different material and in a different method with an additional "sideburn" area on some styles to add extra length around the face~
✮ Thicker, Fuller wigs.
✮ A set shipping schedule. We ship every Saturday or worst case scenario, the following Monday.
C H A N G E S T O C O M E
✮ Rebranding - We will be changing our name before the launch of the winter sale. With so many positive improvements we'd like to go into the new year with an equally positive mindset. We aren't the wig shop we were when we started this a year ago and we have grown and learned so many things. We want to come back anew with a name that really reflects us rather than continue on as Frappzilla, which was first and foremost a personal username that was never really meant for the both of us. We'll have a fresh new image and even some new models so we can show you guys our designs to their full potential.
✮ New Store - One of the most exciting things to come in the next week or two is the new and improved webshop which I have mentioned in recent posts. The new store will feature your own personal login area, automated (at last) shipping notifications and a lot of other exciting features.
✮ Monthly Newsletter - Something that we wanted to bring to you in 2015 will finally be coming at the start of the new year, thanks to the new store.
✮ New Styles - With the new models comes a new approach with our premium line, featuring more realistic designs, hairlines and parts. We anticipate a heavy focus on shorter cuts alongside the current kinds of wigs we offer. We'll also have some fun and quirky additions that you won't have seen anywhere before and we'lll finally launch our line of dreadlocks wigs too.
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The last commission photos will be sent out over the weekend and everything that has been confirmed by the customer will be shipped on Monday.
A friendly reminder that our winter sale starts on November 25th with daily pre-made wigs at a discount, available in the new webshop. Don't forget our bonus Advent Calendar starting on the 1st December with a huge daily discount on one wig per day up until Christmas Eve.
We want to thank all of you for your continued support. Thank you so so much for everything, always!
Thanks to SKCphotography for her 'Linen' texture, which has made all the difference to the mood of this photo.
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Kyle 6843 works on putting its train together in Limon, CO. On the next track over the UP Limon local power rests after bringing in interchange traffic for the Kyle.
Well its been commissioned so looks like 68 022 will enter service with its compass logo flying backwards on one side only. It has come to light 68 002 also runs about with the same mistake made by the contractor doing the vinyl markings at Kingmoor depot after delivery. Both locos here still have their delivery documents taped in the door windows.
Perhaps 68 022 is intended for propelling use only ?
A difference in height and wheel size between CTA Line Car S-606, formerly North Shore Line 606 and 6250 at Howard Yard in 1977.
About six miles and 11 minutes later here is another shot of the westbound Montana Rail Link 'night gas' train behind SD70ACes 4406 and 4408 (both built new for the road in Apr. 2014). They are leading a trainload of refined petroleum products from Missoula to Thompson Falls as they swing around a sweeping curve at about MP 25 on MRL's 10th Sub Mainline. They are approaching the Renfro Lane grade crossing and passing the oft photographed mailboxes at the intersection with Big Sam Lane. In that the short span of time and distance since taking this shot: flic.kr/p/2nNkYqj the mountains have nearly vanished into the tbick acrid haze of wildfire smoke that bedeviled us the whole trip and challenged our shooting at times.
This is the original Northern Pacific Railway mainline that opened in 1883 as the second transcontinental railroad. This route was largely supplanted in 1909 when the NP completed a cut off between the mainline at Paradise and the Coeur d'Alene Branch at St. Regis creating a water level route from DeSmet (just west of Missoula) that exists today as MRL's 4th Subdivision Mainline. In days of old the 10th Sub over Evaro Hill was largely the domain of passenger trains though today MRL sees fit to use it for empty eastbound unit trains. The only exception to the rule are the gas locals which seem to take this route west whenever they can due to their light tonnage which allows them to make the hill with ease while shaving off nearly 30 miles.
These railfan favorite gas trains are the only trains on this end of the railroad anymore that are guaranteed to run with blue power. Strictly an intra-MRL operation, these trains came into being in 1995 when a gap was created in the 40 yr old and 531 mile long Yellowstone Pipeline when the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe chose not to renew the pipeline company's lease of 21 miles of right of way across their Flathead Indian Reservation. To learn about how and why this came about this article may be of interest: www.bigskywords.com/montana-blog/the-yellowstone-pipeline...
Unincorporated Arlee
Lake County, Montana
Sunday September 4, 2022
...or, the battle of the lenses.
The second shot taken with the 50mm 1.8 and +4 closeup lens.
Made Explore 17 March 2009. #7 for a while - my highest entry to date.
My one and only (so far) shot with 500 views
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Bayon Khmer temple , Angor Wat, Cambodia
One of my dream trips to this beautiful country Cambodia.
Ta Prohm is the modern name of the temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th centuries and originally called Rajavihara (in Khmer: រាជវិហារ). Located approximately one kilometre east of Angkor Thom and on the southern edge of the East Baray, it was founded by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Ta Prohm has been left in much the same condition in which it was found: the photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the jungle surroundings have made it one of Angkor's most popular temples with visitors. UNESCO inscribed Ta Prohm on the World Heritage List in 1992. Today, it is one of the most visited complexes in Cambodia’s Angkor region. The conservation and restoration of Ta Prohm is a partnership project of the Archaeological Survey of India and the APSARA (Authority for the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap).
The Bayon was the last state temple to be built at Angkor, and the only Angkorian state temple to be built primarily as a Mahayana Buddhist shrine dedicated to the Buddha, though a great number of minor and local deities were also encompassed as representatives of the various districts and cities of the realm. It was the centrepiece of Jayavarman VII's massive program of monumental construction and public works, which was also responsible for the walls and nāga-bridges of Angkor Thom and the temples of Preah Khan, Ta Prohm and Banteay Kdei
The similarity of the 216 gigantic faces on the temple's towers to other statues of the king has led many scholars to the conclusion that the faces are representations of Jayavarman VII himself. Others have said that the faces belong to the bodhisattva of compassion called Avalokitesvara or Lokesvara. The two hypotheses need not be regarded as mutually exclusive. Angkor scholar George Coedès has theorized that Jayavarman stood squarely in the tradition of the Khmer monarchs in thinking of himself as a "devaraja" (god-king), the salient difference being that while his predecessors were Hindus and regarded themselves as consubstantial with Shiva and his symbol the lingam, Jayavarman as a Buddhist identified himself with the Buddha and the bodhisattva
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Camera Canon Mark III 5 D, on tripod, partial ND filter
Exposure f 4
Aperture 1/60
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ISO Speed 100
There are parts I really like and some that I'm not so sure of, but I spent a lot of time working with it and I just couldn't trash it. It's my first foray into textures. I hope it's not too awful. Constructive criticism always, always welcome :)
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Thank you to Stuck in Customs textures.
Well, I was worried when I saw the first IRL pics of the new Adele 1.0 that she didn't look like her promo shots... But I needn't have worried! In fact I like the slight questioning, almost fierce look that my doll has 😍 She's AWESOME!!! 💗💗💗
Back in 2021, I took some 20 hours of RGB data on the Iris Nebula in a Bortle 4 sky. This year I decided to take some luminance data to add but unfortunately weather isn't cooperating and so far just managed some 5 hours, out of the 10 I had planned. Of course, I could wait to gather some more data but weather doesn't seem to be improving anytime soon and since I have nothing else ready to process, decided to create a superluminance and call it day.
It struck me the differences that three years made in processing. Firstly, on the approach, which I think now is much more sober. Secondly, on the tools. It is amazing how available new tools and processing techniques evolved in the last couple of years, allowing a much easier process. Of course, adding more signal is beneficial per se but I don't think it took the key role here.
So, all in all, I am quite happy with this new result, which I think it is an improvement.
written on the bag is "together we will make the difference"....sure we will! Guess he (she) also gave up biking.
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Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2012
Some hands worth a millions
Some hands sacrificed for the civilization
Some hands are not just hands
And that is the differences.
Captured from a silver factory. The normal hand is mine and the stained one belongs to a worker of that silver factory.
This is a type of truck I’ve wanted to see up close and in action ever since I heard about its existence. Having started working at Cleanaway and experiencing a variety of things out of the Blacktown depot, I got to learn about this truck first hand! Superior Pak has always used the pendulum packer in their Raptor side loaders, but some years ago they tried a different approach and built six units with paddle packers specifically for green-waste. 3 trucks went to the Canterbury contract in early 2012 and the other 3 went to Parramatta in late 2012. As is quite evident, the body and lifter set-up is basically the same as that of a pendulum model, with the only differences being the lower shape of the hopper and the substituted paddle hardware. This lifter had a real good shake on it as well; not too rough and not too soft, just perfect for greens.
backlit pictures of these two models which for some reason I haven't shared before.
I think that the pictures in the bottom very clearly show that bothe patterns are very much the same :-)
The UP "Powered By Our People" special paint locomotive gets underway to proceed south from the crew change in Dupo as we get moving our way through the 3rd month of 2021. I can't help thinking back to days past, especially since I've been coming over to Dupo since as long as I can remember, and how things of changed.
What was once the largest flat classification yard in the US and a major hub for the Missouri Pacific is now mainly an intermodal transfer location, as evidenced by nothing by stack cars present in the scene, and a footnote in the sprawling UP system. The remaining evidence of the old school MoPac signals that used to be located here now serve as place to chuck cases of bottled water for the outgoing crews. The tower, which I recall was new just moments before the ink dried on the UP/MP/WP merger, and is just to the left of this image...I'm not even really sure why it's in operation.
Thanks to the info sharing of EA and others which allowed me to get out and catch this locomotive for the first time!
-UP SD70ACe #1111 (Powered By Our People), UP AC45CCTE #7727 leading power
-UP Train ZG4MQ
-UP (ex-MoPac) Chester Sub, MP D5.81
-Carondolet Ave Crossing, Dupo, IL
-March 6, 2021
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The contrast of color is amazing, and early morning we had still no stores open, the difference between what we saw in the morning to what we witnessed at afternoon was day and night.
First of a series of test shots playing with a new toy.
Boring location and not great lighting, but just had to share. Taken at lunch this day.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference
Gloomy weather today. Took this right outside my doorstep, but not sure what does little flowers are called. Heard from some of my friends that our local Cherry Blossom has bloomed, and I promised myself not to miss it like last year.
Hope everyone have a relaxing sunday!
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As the evening began to kick in the pair of Stone Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus insularum) got more active, giving some stunning views in the process, in stark contrast to the distant views we can get of the ones that breed in the UK.
It was even possible to see the subtle differences between the male and female they were so close