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Well not exactly Batman and Robin and if we were to be super hero's I'm sure we would fight over being Wonder Woman. What Gillian and I do have though is a dynamic friendship, we have known each other for some six years and even if we can go some months between seeing each other the strength and bond of that friendship never diminishes. I feel we are true girlfriends.
Dynamic Comics / Heft-Reihe
Dynamic Man
cover: Charles Sultan
Chesler / Dynamic / USA 1942
Reprint / Comic-Club NK 2010
ex libris MTP
Models: Robyn, Dani and Nadia
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German postcard, no. 708. Steve Reeves' surname is misspelled as Reves
Handsome, musclebound Steve Reeves (1926-2000) was an American bodybuilder and actor, who was a huge success in Hercules (1958) and other Peplum films, the Italian sword-and-sandal epics. At the peak of his career, around 1960, he was reputedly the highest-paid actor in Europe.
Stephen L. Reeves was born on a cattle ranch in the small town of Glasgow, Montana, in 1926. At the age of six months, he won his first fitness title as Healthiest Baby of Valley County. When Steve was 10, his father, Lester Dell Reeves, died in a farming accident. With his mother Goldie Reeves, Steve moved to California. In high school in Oakland Reeves began to work out regularly with weights, and he eventually came to the attention of Ed Yarick, who ran a bodybuilding gym. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Army and served in the Philippines during World War II and in Japan afterward. After his military service, at the age of 20, he won Mr. Pacific Coast (1946) in Oregon, which led to his titles of Mr. Western America (1947), Mr. America (1947), Mr. World (1948), and, ultimately, Mr. Universe (1950). The very night after he won the Mr. Universe title, he announced his retirement from the bodybuilding competition at the age of 25. With all the body-worshipping publicity he garnered, Reeves had become interested in pursuing an acting career. He moved to New York and studied acting under Stella Adler but after arguments, was refunded his tuition. He was selected by Cecil B. DeMille for the lead role of Samson in the biblical costumer Samson and Delilah (1949) after Burt Lancaster proved unavailable. In order to look convincing on-camera, he was told to lose 15 pounds as the camera added weight. He would not be able to compete in bodybuilding with the diminished weight., so he turned the movie offer down. The part instead went to Victor Mature. In 1949 Steve did film a Tarzan-type television pilot called Kimbar of the Jungle. He was one of the Olympic Team members not interested in the charms of Jane Russell in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Howard Hawks, 1953). In 1954 he had a small role in the musical Athena (Richard Thorpe, 1954) playing Jane Powell's boyfriend. The same year Reeves had a small role as a detective in Ed Wood’s attempt to make a serious Film Noir, Jail Bait (Edward D. Wood Jr., 1954). On TV, Reeves guest-starred on The Ray Bolger Show (1954) and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1957). These roles were mostly posing bits or walk-ons. To Hollywood, Reeves was just a body. But then his fortunes turned.
Italian film director Pietro Francisci’daughter saw Steve Reeves in Athena (1954) and Francisi invited him to come to Cinecitta, the Roman film studios. In 1957, Reeves went to Italy and played the lead character in Le fatiche di Ercole/Hercules (Pietro Francisci, 1958), opposite gorgeous Sylva Koscina. Hercules was a relatively low-budget epic based loosely on the tales of Jason and the Argonauts, though inserting Hercules into the lead role. Gary Brumburgh at IMDb: “Though he did not possess a Herculean acting talent by any stretch, handsome bodybuilder Steve Reeves certainly had an enviable Herculean physique, and made plenty good use of it in Europe.” Independent film producer Joseph E. Levine took a big chance and bought the rights to the film's American release. He added a soundtrack dubbed in English and after a major US advertising campaign on television and in the newspapers, Hercules became one of the surprise hits of 1959. Reeves became ‘overnight’ a star. The film’s international success quickly led to the sequel Ercole e la regina di Lidia/Hercules Unchained (Pietro Francisci, 1959), again with Sylva Koscina. Hercules Unchained made even more money and became one of the year's biggest grossing films. Although he is now best known for his portrayal of Hercules, Reeves played the character only twice. Next, he played 19th-century Tatar hero Hadji Murad in Agi Murad il diavolo bianco/White Warrior (Riccardo Freda, 1959) with Giorgia Moll. This was followed by his role as Goliath (in Italy Emiliano) in Il terrore dei barbari/Goliath and the Barbarians (Carlo Campogalliani, 1959) with Chelo Alonso. While filming Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei/The Last Days of Pompeii (Mario Bonnard, Sergio Leone (uncredited), 1959), the chariot Reeves was driving struck a tree and he dislocated his shoulder. This put an end to his more intense exercise routines and caused problems in the following years.
By 1960, Steve Reeves was ranked as the number-one, box-office draw in twenty-five countries around the world. From then on through 1964, Reeves went on to appear in a string of Peplum (sword & sandal films) shot on relatively small budgets, He played a number of characters on-screen, including Welsh pirate and self-proclaimed governor of Jamaica, Captain Henry Morgan in Morgan il pirata/Morgan the Pirate (André De Toth, Primo Zeglio, 1960), Karim, the fabled Thief of Baghdad in Il ladro di Bagdad/The Thief of Baghdad (Arthur Lubin, Bruno Vailati, 1961), and Randus, the son of Spartacus in Il figlio di Spartacus/The Slave: The Son of Spartacus (Sergio Corbucci, 1962). He also played Romulus, the legendary founder of Rome in Romolo e Remo/Duel of the Titans (Sergio Corbucci, 1961) opposite Gordon Scott as his twin brother Remus. Reeves reportedly turned down two roles that became international sensations. He was offered the role of James Bond by Cubby Broccoli in Dr. No (1962) but refused it because of the low salary the producer offered. Reeves also turned down the role of ‘The Man with No name’ that finally went to Clint Eastwood in A Fistful of Dollars (Sergio Leone, 1964) because he could not believe that "Italians could make a western". He played Aeneas of Troy in La leggenda di Enea/The Avenger (Giorgio Venturini, 1962) and twice he played Emilio Salgari's Malaysian hero, Sandokan in Sandokan, la tigre di Mompracem/Sandokan the Great (Umberto Lenzi, 1963) with Geneviève Grad, and I pirati della Malesia/The Pirates of Malaysia (Umberto Lenzi, 1964) with Jacqueline Sassard as the romantic interest. Reeves’ injury of The Last Days of Pompeii, would be aggravated by his stunt work in each successive film, ultimately leading to his retirement from film making. In 1968 he appeared in his final film, Vivo per la tua morte/I Live For Your Death!/A Long Ride From Hell (Camillo Bazzoni,1968), a Spaghetti Western he co-wrote. His first wife had been Sandra Smith (1955-1956). In 1963, he married Aline Czarzawicz and the couple moved in 1969 to Valley Center, California, northeast of San Diego. He had bought a ranch there with savings from his film career. The next two decades Reeves bred horses and promoted drug-free bodybuilding, and stayed with Aline, until her death in 1989. In 1994, Reeves and business partner George Helmer started the Steve Reeves International Society, which became through its Internet site, a leading proponent of drug-free bodybuilding. In 1996, it incorporated to become Steve Reeves International Inc. Reeves also wrote the book Powerwalking, and two self-published books, Building the Classic Physique - The Natural Way, and Dynamic Muscle Building. His last screen appearance was in 2000 when he appeared as himself in the made-for-television A&E Biography: Arnold Schwarzenegger — Flex Appeal. In 2000, Reeves died in a hospital in Escondido, California, from a blood clot after having surgery two days earlier. He passed away on the very day that Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000) premiered, the first sword-and-sandal epic to be produced by Hollywood in many years. Steve Reeves was 74.
Sources: Gary Brumburgh (IMDb), Rick Lyman (The New York Times), Wikipedia, and IMDb.
Living in Southern, AZ, all of us witness the impressive power of Mother Nature during the monsoon season. A storm cell may deliver hundreds of lightning strikes to the delight of many as they light up the sky, desert and mountains. Sometimes we may miss how incredibly massive a lightning bolt is. Take a close look at the size of the strike in this photo and how it dwarfs the mountain range it struck.
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This life size sculpture greets visitors to the High Desert Museum in central Oregon. This has to be one of the my personal favorites.
Siemens Desiro unit 185130, carrying First TransPennine “dynamic lines” livery leaves Staveley on 30 January 2010 forming the 1251 Windermere – Manchester Airport TransPennine Express service.
I have always liked this crusty old industrial building, especially when the ivy that covers the corner turns red in the fall. By contrast, the sign seen here represents a high tech company that centers around machining for an aerospace and defense group.
The long facade on Sterling Avenue has a lot of these caged windows which make it possible to open the windows though the screens would not keep bugs out. They might be more to prevent people from getting in or out!
Dynamic Comics / Heft-Reihe
cover: Gus Ricca
Chesler / Dynamic / USA 1945
Reprint / Comic-Club NK 2010
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The day I had a walk at Britannia Shipyard was a gloomy day.
The sky was overcast and it was challenging for the camera to capture all the details in such a high dynamic range scene.
I am very impressed with the high dynamic range performance in Fuji X10 considering its sensor is only 2/3” in size.
I think we should let the camera and lens manufacturers to take care of the technical quality in photography.
The photographer as artist should be more focused on the aesthetic quality instead. Do you think so?
This is the test shot for high dynamic performance in Britannia Shipyard taken with my Fuji X10 last week.
Happy Wednesday!
Super sexy twosome.
*I photographed something really cool today (it's my favourite car). Something that would make Londoners jealous. So it must be pretty epic :) Will post photos of it soon.
Sometimes, shooting in bright sunlight, the dynamic range is just too many stops for the camera sensors to handle. This is a good example. Processing helped some, but to do it right would have taken more hours than the photo is worth.
Ironic that I should choose a photo with too much sunlight. In my city, even with several days to go, January 2017 has already set an all time record for number of sunless, cloudy days...hence more time spent looking at photos from the past not previously seen.
We are having gigantic, mind-numbing problems with our internet service. It seems -- but maybe not -- that someone has piggy-backed onto our account and has been downloading immense amounts of data. Working with our ISP, we've removed our wifi router, taken all of our devices EXCEPT THIS COMPUTER off of the system, and have replaced the ISP's modem with a newer one. All levels of password protection in place, no wifi of any kind to even grab, and yet we are still seeing, daily orders of magnitude more data downloads. Seems someone is streaming a whole lot, through our account, though neither I, nor the ISP technicians can figure out how it can be happening. We'll have a tech on site this week, to check everything from the ground up. Frustration...almost to the point of banging my head against the wall until blood spurts everywhere. Only slightly hyperbolic.
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Sorry to inundate you with tabby pics, but they are just so CUTE! Kurt put a towel on the couch for them, but I am going to put a fuzzy blankie there for them.
I took this same picture yesterday, but the light was too harsh.
I like this one much better. :)
Henry and Toby posed in front of a Oak Leaf Hydrangea.
... and yes, I have a ball in my hand - look at that smile!
Stop on by Henry and Toby's blog: bzdogs.com - The Secret Life of the Suburban Dog
Dynamic Automotive - Where Customers Become Friends - for lots of videos also see: www.frederick.com/dynamic-automotive
This was fun to do. I wanted to try long exposure for a while, and after a couple of goes, I'd thought I'd try moving the camera a bit. I think i got this lovely show of light just right.
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The NATO Maritime Command-led Dynamic Mariner/Flotex-19 (DYMR/FL19) is an exercise that tests NATO’s Response Force Maritime Component and enhances the flexibility and interoperability amongst allied nations. DYMR/FL19 involves ships, submarines, aircraft and personnel from fifteen allied nations converging off the coast of Spain between 8th and 18th September 2019.
At sea, 17th October, on board KNM Thor Heyerdhal - F314, battle exercise. Fire central operation room.
NATO Photo by FRAN S.DZIOBA
Fine Art Ballet Photography: Nikon D810 Elliot McGucken Fine Art Ballerina Dancer Dancing Classical Ballet Seascape Landscape Photography!
White leotard and flowy dress!
Dancing for Dynamic Dimensions Theory dx4/dt=ic: The fourth dimension is expanding relative to the three spatial dimensions at the rate of c!
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Nikon D810 Epic Fine Art Ballerina Goddess Dancing Ballet! Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Ballet!
Marrying epic landscape, nature, and urban photography to ballet!
Nikon D810 with the Nikon MB-D12 Multi Battery Power Pack / Grip for D800 and D810 Digital Cameras allows one to shoot at a high to catch the action FPS! Ballerina Dance Goddess Photos! Pretty, Tall Ballet Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess! Captured with the AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II from Nikon, and the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Nikon! Love them both!
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A pretty goddess straight out of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey!
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The 45EPIC landscapes and goddesses are straight out of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey!
I'm currently updating a translation with the Greek names for the gods and goddesses--will publish soon! :)
"RAGE--Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Zeus fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another. " --Homer's Iliad capturing the rage of the 45EPIC landscapes and seascapes! :)
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