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Happy Fourth of July!!
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...in the very merry month of May,
I was taken by surprise,
by a skull with rotting eyes,
I was walking through the park one day.
Hackberry, Arizona
First snake of the year! A week earlier, I found a shed snake skin in a location that has been productive in the past. Good to know they're still around, but there's nothing like a live one, fully intact, to get the adrenalin pumping. I was about three paces away when I noticed. They do blend in well.
The Prairie Rattlesnakes in my area are not aggressive; it's very difficult to get one to strike. In 20 years of photographing them, I've only been struck at once, and this was after I used my tripod to flip it off the road so that it wouldn't get run over. I now understand that the aftermath of such a manoeuvre is not the best time to try for a snake close up. Luckily, when I spotted this beauty, we were both far from the nearest road, and all was calm.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
May 14th, 2021 4:00PM
High of 80 degrees Fahrenheit
78 degrees Fahrenheit at capture
This medium sized snake was found crossing a dirt road in between high quality pine sandhill habitat on a mostly sunny day. Upon discovery it froze in place, then attempted to move off the road. As we attempted to work with the snake it continued to retreat and began rattling, only standing its ground as a last defense. It never struck at us.
Mississippi
November 7th, 2020
High of 78 degrees Fahrenheit
65 degrees Fahrenheit at capture
A large and healthy snake observed sitting in leaves about four feet in front of it's densite in the shade on a mostly sunny day. The rocky mountainside exposed to the sun is home to numerous densites, and the person who found this snake commented this was a smaller den compared to what we had not searched yet. At the larger site we would eventually locate a juvenile. This animal was torpid upon capture but quickly rattled and struck after the first few minutes. Upon release where it was found, the snake promptly retreated to it's den.
Yell County, Arkansas
The "tea party" movement, which roiled American politics in 2010, is a diverse mix of traditional "Christian conservatives," advocates of smaller government, and right-wing paranoid extremists.
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Benjamin Franklin is famous for his sense of humor. In 1751, he wrote a satirical commentary in his Pennsylvania Gazette suggesting that as a way to thank the Brits for their policy of sending convicted felons to America, American colonists should send rattlesnakes to England.
Three years later, in 1754, he used a snake to illustrate another point. This time not so humorous.
Franklin sketched, carved, and published the first known political cartoon in an American newspaper. It was the image of a snake cut into eight sections. The sections represented the individual colonies and the curves of the snake suggested the coastline. New England was combined into one section as the head of the snake. South Carolina was at the tail. Beneath the snake were the ominous words "Join, or Die."
This had nothing to do with independence from Britain. It was a plea for unity in defending the colonies during the French and Indian War. It played off a common superstition of the time: a snake that had been cut into pieces could come back to life if you joined the sections together before sunset.
The snake illustration was reprinted throughout the colonies. Dozens of newspapers from Massachusetts to South Carolina ran Franklin's sketch or some variation of it. For example, the Boston Gazette recreated the snake with the words "Unite and Conquer" coming from its mouth.
I suppose the newspaper editors were hungry for graphic material, this being America's first political cartoon. Whatever the reason, Franklin's snake wiggled its way into American culture as an early symbol of a shared national identity.
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Yes, there is fear of the pres. every promise broken, no transparancy, and change that can spin your head. Look out! AND no Hope in sight!
I was walking down the boardwalk in Vero Beach to see if the strong winds and currents had created a photo opportunity of the ocean waves and sky. Such was not the case but I encountered this colorful snake which chose the boardwalk as a site to warm itself on this unseasonably cool afternoon. Hissed a bit as apparently not a fan of having his sunbathing interrupted.
Across the street from the bakery is this barn displaying the independence and conservatism of many California farmers and ranchers. That sentiment is part of Sonoma County too, along with local bakers and Ferraris.
This morning, I liked the Airstream camper gleaming under the American and Don't Tread on Me flags. And the shapes.
The past humiliation and tragicomedy of Romania in the eighties might be the future of the USA under Trump. Trump is poised to trample on the "home of the brave".
Trumpism is very familiar to Romanians who lived during Ceausescu's blend of nationalism, brutality, dictatorship, ideology and cult of personality: "an exercise in accepted humiliation" or submission to brutal stupidity. Just substitute Marxist ideology to "Christian nationalism" and you are good to go. Ceausescu wanted to destroy God with Marx, Trump wants to destroy Marx with God. Trump wants to demolish universities just like Ceausescu demolished churches. The result is the same: DESTRUCTION. Trump seems more cunning, whereas you can eventually reject Marx, who dares to say no to the power of God, Christ Almighty Pantocrator, and his indisputable instruments on earth Putin and Trump helped by Big Brother AI? Like Ceausescu with Romania, Trump wants to make America his bitch in the style of Putin's Russia, with the help of God instead of Marx and AI instead of KGB/Securitate. Will he succeed?
If not opposed he will trample on Americans, eradicate every value they have that might make them resist him, like liberty, empathy, decency, competence, entrepreneurship, courage. America will end up humiliated and poor, just like eighties Romania and today Russia. Don't let him.
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apartment wall in Bucharest with framed caricature by Mihai Stanescu titled "Working visit"
Mihai Stănescu. Vizită de lucru (Working visit), 1983. Caricature
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Clearly dated 1983, the cartoon “Working Visit” was probably among those withdrawn from the exhibition at the Eforie Gallery that year. It was subsequently omitted from the volumes later prepared by Mihai Stănescu before 1989, but it was included in the volume Best of Stănescu, which comprises works from the period 1979–1989 and was published in 2009 on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the fall of communism. The cartoon “Working Visit” shows a crowd of people drawn like parquet pieces on which footprints can be seen. The drawing mocks in a tragic-comic key the so-called “working visits” made by the secretary general of the Party, Nicolae Ceauşescu, together with his suite of communist officials, to various cities, to factories, building sites, and cultivated fields. These working visits, unknown in the time of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej but introduced and intensely promoted by Ceauşescu, followed broadly the same pattern: the Party delegation, led by Ceauşescu himself and in most cases also including his wife Elena, travelled to various “objectives.” There they were greeted by the local authorities and frenetically applauded by crowds of people specially mobilised to give the distinguished guests a long ovation. During these visits, Ceauşescu formulated so-called “precious indications” regarding what ought to be done in the factory, building site, or agricultural cooperative that he was visiting. Once launched, these “indications” became the letter of the law, no matter how absurd they were, and those on whom they had been bestowed dared not contradict them, even when specialists understood that they could produce disastrous effects. In essence, the “indications” symbolised the arbitrary character of decisions in a dictatorial regime. At the same time, for the presidential couple as for the rest of the officials of the communist regime, these “working visits” constituted what we would today call an image-building exercise. At the time, they were an obligatory element in the complex arsenal of the personality cult. For the crowds of people brought to attend these working visits, they were an exercise in accepted humiliation. This is what Mihai Stănescu manages to show through the cartoon “Working Visit.” This cartoon is one of the most well-known works in his portfolio, and indeed in the history of Romanian cartoons under communism.
Mihai Stănescu
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IN MEMORIAM MIHAI STĂNESCU
cover of the book "Pe urmele mele" 1999
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Rise and Fall of Ceaușescu - Cold War DOCUMENTARY
You only have the liberties you are willing to fight for!
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Mamiya C330 S and Sekor 80mm f/2.8
Fujichrome Astia 100F
One square, no cuts. Designed and folded by me, from a 20 inch square of tan Hanji backed with black Tengucho. Final size about 5 inches across.
Time to fold 10-12 hours. Started about 2 months ago and finally had time to finish last week.
Seamless colorchanges :)
I'm so excited for what 2017 has in store!
Happy Fourth of July! I took this at the Isle of Flags at the Spring Canyon Cemetery near Lake Roosevelt, Washington.
1957 Chevrolet Bel Air
Car Show
Dundee Ford
East Dundee, Illinois 42.086421, -88.257206
May 23, 2021
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1957 Chervrolet Bel Air
Car Show
Dundee Ford
East Dundee, Illinois 42.086421, -88.257206
May 23, 2021
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Don't worry!
Waiting for the Apocalypse on the shores of the Salton Sea. This is in the Colorado Desert (the Low Desert) of Southern California.
Nikon F3 with Nikkor 28mm f/3.5 on Ultramax 400.
The Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) is the largest rattlesnake in the world, with reports of them reaching over 8 feet long. This snake was my long-time nemesis. In over a half dozen trips down south with nothing but a lone DOR, I was on cloud nine after finally being able to come across not one, but two of these gorgeous creatures in the wild. Unfortunately, these snakes were found within a small park so we photographed them as found and moved on. I can't wait to see more of these impressive guys in the future!
Pinellas county, FL
Most times, a car with so many stickers tends to be driven by someone with a particular view on life, someone usually with deep dissatisfaction with how life is unfolding for him/her.
But from what I can read from these stickers, the owner of this car is different. Several of the stickers have some relation to Hawaii. And that Gadsden "Don't Tread on Me" American flag is a big tipoff that this owner's viewpoint is other than that of the driver of a typical sticker-bombed car.
Another of the installations by sculptor John Bisbee at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art. This is based on a symbol from the time of the American Revolution of a snake and the words Don't Tread on Me. He has turned that around and one interpretation of this sculpture is that a venomous snake has invaded our government, signified by the columns some of which have been knocked over, and the snake's head on the wall is spitting out its poison. Again this entire installation is made from nails.
Capers Island, South Carolina I've watched this tree for three years now in January. When I first visited from the trunk to the left was buried in the dirt. Only a few roots showed. We set up tents very close to the tree. The following year all of the roots were revealed. After last years hurricane season the bank receded back another 20 feet. I'm wondering if this island will exist in 20 years at this rate of beach erosion.
Okay fellow Flickrites, I welcome your caption to this image whether you are one of those leftist liberals or one of those far-right "deplorables", or anyone in between. Please though, I ask you don't use any phrase that incites violence against Trump or other politicians or drop the f-bomb in your caption. I also welcome your brief caption if you are contributing from another country, as long as you state the country you're from. (We don't want to deduce you're from the UK if you don't identify your country of residence, and your caption says something like, "Imperialist Dictator" ;-)).
Okay for my caption: "Make Amerika America Again". (Yes I am one of the Trump deplorables, and proud of it!)
Now, your turn...
This is how we sleep at night in the Republic of South Korea.
It is just one example of the ever-present defenders of our freedom and way of life in the ROK. It is too bad it has to be this way but it is absolutely necessary as are the hundreds of thousands of brave young men who do this for us on a daily basis. I wish them all a very merry Christmas.
Nikon D70 with Nikkor 18-70mm
June 9, 2014
Northern South Korea
The ship's pretty much finished now, just got to add a few minor details.
Should have it done by tomorrow.
So now I've started on the complement of smaller spacecraft the ship carries. Tiny micro fighters FTW!! :D
And before anyone says something, no, I'm not using the Swiss Army knife to cut anything other than flex tubing. ;)
i must say "Gulliver's Travels" and "honey i shrunk the kids" springs to mind when i see this shot or Metallica's
"dont tread on me"
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This guy is making a statement, solar yellow isn't that bad of a color. I bumped into this Jeep at CCSU in New Britain on Wednesday.
No one would want to step on this barnacle encrusted rock seen in the Halifax River! Those shells would be sharp as razors.
I've been following somewhat of a formula for posting of late, trying to keep my pics a little more interesting for you. Normally I would post mostly a bunch of scenic shots, or get on a roll with portraits, family photos, or whatever. I'm trying to stagger the genres a bit. I post a person or people, a selfie or old family shot of me, Then I will do an animal shot, wildlife or pets, a scenic, a "thing", flowers or a flower macro, and probably another scenic, and hurl in a monochrome shot now and then. I think it's made my stream a bit more fun and varied. This shot is a "thing"! Hope you enjoy.
I've also been trying to post no less than 3 shots a day, and on some days, even more. Working through my holding pens has been long over due, and I'm not taking much in the way of new shots until I drop them down by several hundred! As I go along, I'm deleting more and more that I know I'll never get to, since many are borderline, or have too many similar shots on hold. Doing this is helping me catch up, and only work on photos I really love, or that I really want to save.
As most of you who do a lot of post processing know, this is an endless and daunting task, and though fun, can prove tedious and time consuming. That's why I've dropped my commenting down, too. I will catch up with some comments about once or twice a week until I see some progress unfolding! When I DO comment, it will most likely be only those who have commented regularly on my work, not just faved it, and I will, as you've probably noticed, do multiple comments. As I've noticed many people receive over 5 comments from me when I do this, but only comment on one of my photos in the course of a week, I am going to cut down on the number of comments I do when catching up, and reserve the bulk of it for people who comment on multiple images of mine! If I notice someone only giving me a fave, I may fave them back, but eventually not comment anymore.
I have a lot of contacts, but it's generally only a handful of you who have been loyal enough to comment often, and it hasn't gone unnoticed, or unappreciated! If you have a particular image that you would like a comment on in order to up your chances of hitting Explore, please message me with a link and I'll be sure to do that as soon as I can!
Thank you, my friends!