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As I explained before, for two weeks now I have been, if not bedridden, at least mostly housebound as a result of a crippling knee problem. I can still drive around and run errands when mandatory, but it is hurtful and I am definitely not up to lugging photo equipment and go shooting. Furthermore, when this struck, I didn’t have many photos waiting for upload, what with the Winter season coming to an end, the pandemic still with us that doesn’t really encourage outings (the one day I went out, on March 9, on a photo shoot for the Fondation pour la Sauvegarde de l’Art Français, I became a COVID contact case of someone I had brushed against during the day, luckily without any consequence as I never was infected)... not to mention ridiculous wartime gas prices!
The bottom line is, a couple of days ago, I simply ran out of stuff to upload...
So, today, I had the idea to turn to some older photographs of mine to which I had, in 2021, given a “new life” by creating black-and-white versions of them for the purpose of a photographic essay that had been requested from me by the Department of Mediæval Studies of a US university. The essay’s theme was the emulation, with the tools of today, of the gorgeous black-and-white photography found in the books of the Zodiaque collection La Nuit des temps, devoted to religious art and architecture of the Romanesque age in Europe, and in particular in France. I’m sure many of you have heard about those books and/or own some of them.
Anyway, since those black-and-white versions are available, I figured I might as well upload them to offer you, who are kind enough to follow my stream, something to look at while I recover and until I can resume more normal photo activities...
Thank you in advance for your patience, and I hope you will enjoy this “renewed” content à la Zodiaque! I will put in a short description of each photo below.
The grandiose ruins of the Saint-Hippolyte fortified church in the village of Bonnay in Burgundy. Long exposure, ND1000 filter.
Dolly got it immediately. “Don’t start me on the liver fluke”, they baah’d. They had heard Ruin say more or less the same about the HIV virus, that it was a driver. James rejected the shame relative to that cloud around those types of infections called venereal, that hypocritical blaming and moralising which set them apart. He loved Maupassant’s reaction, his outcry. But that too was probably the spirochete talking. What is defined as madness needs expression too, that extreme perimeter describes the whole
According to James, all life, from the virus, through every species and manifestation up to and including ourselves, and beyond, is equal, and striving towards proliferating itself, celebrating life itself.
The cures are, of course, 'drivers' too.
“Soon mercury will be my staple diet. My hair is beginning to grow again . . . the hair on my arse is sprouting. . . . I’ve got the pox! at last! the real thing! not the contemptible clap, not the ecclesiastical crystalline, not the bourgeois coxcombs or the leguminous cauliflowers—no—no, the great pox, the one which (King) Francis I died of. The majestic pox, pure and simple; the elegant syphilis . . . I’ve got the pox . . . and I am proud of it, by thunder, and to hell with the bourgeoisie. Allelujah, I’ve got the pox, so I don’t have to worry about catching it anymore."
--Guy de Maupassant
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Pentax Spotmatic, Super Takumar 50mm, f1.4 , Rollei RPX 100, ASA 100 CoolScan V
اللَّهُ الَّذِي رَفَعَ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِي لِأَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى يُدَبِّرُ الْأَمْرَ يُفَصِّلُ الْآيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ بِلِقَاءِ رَبِّكُمْ تُوقِنُونَ (الرعد 2)
Allah is He Who raised the heavens without any pillars that ye can see; then He established Himself on the Throne (of Authority); He has subjected the sun and the moon (to His Law)! Each one runs (its course) for a term appointed. He doth regulate all affairs, explaining the Signs in detail, that ye may believe with certainty in the meeting with your Lord (quran 13:2)
Brisbane River in flood, Hawthorne, 2022.
I have borrowed the title of the great Elton John album of 1973 for this shot after reading the story below from the ABC. It is very poignant and tells a sad story of a man who played a final tune on his beloved childhood piano before it succumbed to the waters for a last time.
"Brisbane classical piano player and teacher Gian Luca was forced to abandon his childhood piano when his St Lucia home flooded over the weekend, but not before playing one final tune.
"I woke up in the morning and our roommate was explaining there was floodwater. I looked out the window and I could see that the whole street was flooded," he said.
"I quickly went downstairs to our garage area, and it was already past my shins. One of the first things I looked at was my piano, which was my childhood piano so it means a lot to me.
"I knew that it was already probably too late, and that piano was going to be gone, so I thought it was one of the last chances I'd get to play it."
Knee-deep in muddy floodwaters, surrounded by gym equipment and his watching housemates, Mr Luca sat down on a floating fridge and improvised a farewell tune to his piano.
"I just wanted to play something really happy and a bit silly," he said.
"I could have played some kind of depressing classical tune, but I just wanted to play some really short, happy improvisation."
He eventually managed to evacuate that afternoon, with the help of an SES crew; but sadly when he returned home, the piano was too damaged to save.
Reporting by Lucy Stone and Rebecca Levingston"
I wonder what he played? This might fit!
Terrible thunderstorms have returned to SE Queensland overnight and this morning and are predicted to continue for a week, just adding to the misery and difficulty with the clean up.
My photographic beginnings (sometime last century!) were rooted in black and white analog processing. I think this may explain my nostalgic yearning for monochrome and occasional self-indulgence in good old black and white.
We got a hot tip about the White-eyed Vireo. (Top row photo, next to the King of Snakes.) Drive here, park there, walk a block or two.... Ca-Ching! New bird! And for the brief time it commanded the limelight, we were all mesmerized.
A smallish clot of polite birders gathered off the path. Everyone watching. Vigilantly listening and waiting. We compare equipment and notes. Who has seen what and where they saw it. We are envious of the Orange County birders. We meet Gabriel, a Santa Monica College professor and a Herpetologist. His wife jogs by us with their new baby in a stroller. I like this Gabriel and a smidgen of hope swells in my heart. This new baby will grow up to be a gifted scientist.
homepage.smc.edu/gartner_gabriel/AboutMe.html (Guess who’s holding the snake?)
We all get a little punchy after explaining to person after person what we are looking for. People walk by with whatever the current version of a boom box is called. Loud-music-to-go because the world without continuous or constant noise is obviously unbearable.
We take turns ignoring people. We size up the curious folk before we talk. Carrying binoculars or a camera gets you in. Clownish loudly patterned yoga wear merits a dumb answer. "We are watching squirrels." Gabriel snorts but I know I could have been kinder. I make myself a promise to be less mean. Maybe Gabriel's child will develop a cure for meanness.
W9 and Jerry got the Chat as a life bird at Malibu Creek State Park. We were on the lookout for the chat after using the ebird Explore the Hot Spot tool. He put on a song and dance show for us. Thrilling, but be quick if you want a photo.
And have a gander at the red crustacean deal in the second row. How can you scream and focus a camera at the same time??? Asking for a friend.
The green landscape we experienced a few months ago is rapidly fading. Birds have disappeared. Migration and nesting. They have left or they're hiding.
Slowly my bird list is growing.
The original lists were probably carved in stone and represented longer periods of time. They contained things like "Get more clay. Make better oven." David Viscot
Die Liste der alten Leute war vermutlich in Stein gemeißelt und vertreten längere Zeiträume. Sie enthielten Dinge wie "Holen Sie sich mehr Lehm. Machen Sie besseren Ofen."
La liste des personnes anciennes était probablement sculptée en pierre et représentait des périodes plus longues. Ils contiennent des choses comme "Obtenez plus d'argile. Faites un meilleur four".
고대 사람들의 명단은 돌로 새겨 졌을 것이고 오랜 기간을 대표 할 것입니다. 그들은 "더 많은 찰흙을 얻으십시오. 더 나은 오븐을 만드십시오."
La lista de personas antiguas probablemente estaba tallada en piedra y representaba períodos de tiempo más largos. Contienen cosas como "Obtener más arcilla, hacer horno mejor".
I could write a big long explaination about "Time" and how we all seem to have less of it..... or about how we should cherish each moment.... or ramble on for a while about how insignifigant our time on earth is in the cosmic big picture....
But really, I think it's just a cool shot. ;)
As I explained before, for more than three weeks now I have been, if not bedridden, at least mostly housebound as a result of a crippling knee problem. I can still drive around and run errands when mandatory, but it is hurtful and I am definitely not up to lugging photo equipment and go shooting. Furthermore, when this struck, I didn’t have many photos waiting for upload, what with the Winter season coming to an end, the pandemic still with us that doesn’t really encourage outings (the one day I went out, on March 9, on a photo shoot for the Fondation pour la Sauvegarde de l’Art Français, I became a COVID contact case of someone I had brushed against during the day, luckily without any consequence as I never was infected)... not to mention ridiculous wartime gas prices!
The bottom line is, I simply ran out of stuff to upload...
So, I had the idea to turn to some older photographs of mine to which I had, in 2021, given a “new life” by creating black-and-white versions of them for the purpose of a photographic essay that had been requested from me by the Department of Mediæval Studies of a US university. The essay’s theme was the emulation, with the tools of today, of the gorgeous black-and-white photography found in the books of the Zodiaque collection La Nuit des temps, devoted to religious art and architecture of the Romanesque age in Europe, and in particular in France. I’m sure many of you have heard about those books and/or own some of them.
Anyway, since those black-and-white versions are available, I figured I might as well upload them to offer you, who are kind enough to follow my stream, something to look at while I recover and until I can resume more normal photo activities...
Thank you in advance for your patience, and I hope you will enjoy this “renewed” content à la Zodiaque! I will put in a short description of each photo below.
In the small Mediæval village of Conques in the département of Aveyron (southwestern France) rises one of the wonders of Christendom: the abbey church of Sainte-Foy, founded by Charlemagne, is also a pilgrimage church on the path to Compostela. Its history is also amusing, as it is averred that it became famous throughout Christendom after one of the abbey's monks, Ariviscus, managed to steal the relics of Sainte Foy from a church in Agen where he had spent ten years building up local trust, until he could “furtively transport” (according to admitted church terminology) the holy remains back to his abbey...!
Because of its triple purpose as abbey church, pilgrimage church with major relics on a major itinerary, and parish church, it had to be large to allow seclusion for the monks, circulation of the crowds of pilgrims, and “secular” masses. Above main floor circulation, it features tribunes that run all around the nave. Shown here is the transept, looking towards the southern arm.
It is also a UNESCO World Heritage site.
A tour guide in the Hungarian Parliament Building uses a microphone to explain the building and its history to her group
well. a lot has been happening. i got brutally dumped by my ex. and I mean pretty much backstabbed. So that has opened actually a lot of time. so I can at least do some lego stuff now. I still got work, but all my diploma's went well. I got the summer before Colleague. Which i should still have time due to my longer weekends as I have short fridays every week when it starts. Hopefully, depression and other things do not get me distracted from this. anyhow. this is my kelly helmet wip. This is stage one out of many. the basic visor shape is in. now to add all the visor elements, then work on the rest of the helmet. hopefully this will be one of my best sculpts.
FRACTAL FACE.....Self-Portrait...what happen's when you spend too much time explorein da fracverse...
www.flickr.com/photos/psychoactivartz/7020152677/sizes/l/...
I can't explain why, but I've always wanted to get a good photo of this bodega. For this shot, I stood on the opposite corner of the intersection. I don't love that the street sign gets in the way of the awning. I'll go back and try again.
I love the painted sign and the yellow color. There are also quarter toy machines out front.
(Berlin, Germany)
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WINFRIED VEIL FOTOGRAFIE:
Director Michael A. Busch explaining his aleatoric film "The Electric Paradise" at the Kino Arsenal during the Berlinale 2010:
www.berlinale.de/external/de/filmarchiv/doku_pdf/20103259...
A Royal Welsh Fusiliers bugle in my partner's family from their connection with the Brecon Barracks.
Maybe it saw service in WW1, or even earlier as explained below.
The Royal Welch Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army and part of the Prince of Wales' Division, founded in 1689 shortly after the Glorious Revolution. In 1702, it was designated a fusilier regiment and became The Welch Regiment of Fusiliers; the prefix "Royal" was added in 1713, then confirmed in 1714 when George I named it The Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment of Welsh Fusiliers.
After the 1881 Childers Reforms, its official title was The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, but "Welch" continued to be used informally until restored in 1920 by Army Order No.56.
Source: Wikipaedia
I managed a few hours in Strathconon today and the weather was quite mixed with spells of sunshine and showers. There was a strong, bitterly cold wind from the north west which would explain the snow on the tops of the hills.
This shot was taken from the Meig Dam and shows that there is still plenty of autumn colour about.
Two classic portraits painted by Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613 - 1670), displayed at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Sculpture "Safe Hands" by artist Ron Arad looms over pedestrians and reflects life on Toronto's Bloor Street.
This impressive sculpture has become a part of the busy Yonge/Bloor intersection such that many pedestrians pass it by without so much as a glance.
You can see a 4 min. video explaining the artist's concept and the fabrication challenges for this remarkable sculpture:
urbantoronto.ca/news/2019/05/great-gulf-celebrates-ron-ar...
Interesting part is that i wasn't really editing this photo, that amazing light behind the bulb was sparkles (fireworks) and picture is upsidedown 'cause bulb was hanged on a thread.
www.mymovies.it/film/1995/babe-maialino-coraggioso/
www.greenme.it/lifestyle/intrattenimento/james-cromwell-s...
A 1995 film that I personally always watch with pleasure. What is not underlined by critics, but is evident in the film, is that all farm animals are speciesist: for the dog, the sheep are stupid, for the sheep, the dogs are violent, and of course... for the men animals, all animal species, are inferior, and therefore can be eaten.
Speciesism explained in a film. The actor James Cromwell, however, after the film, became vegan, that is, anti-speciesist.
Un film del 1995 che personalmente rivedo sempre con piacere. Quello che non viene sottolineato dalla critica, ma è evidente nel film, è che tutti gli animali della fattoria sono specisti: per il cane, le pecore sono stupide, per le pecore, i cani sono violenti, e ovviamente... per gli uomini gli animali, tutte le specie animali, sono inferiori, e quindi si possono mangiare.
Lo specismo spiegato in un film. L'attore James Cromwell però, dopo il film, è diventato vegano, cioè antispecista.
If you ever wondered how animation films are made... this 2 mins video explains the process of animating a character.
SHORT EXPLANATION
- Make or use an object
- Make an armature (=skeleton with bones)
- Parent the object to the bones
- Then give the object different poses at different frames in the timeline (an animation is just a rapid succession of frames).
Done.
LONGER EXPLANATION
1. Start from an object/character you made.
2. Then make an armature, i.e. bones, which is like a skeleton for your object. Obviously your bones will have to move in a clever way, for instance when you bend the knee, it will have to bend forward, not backward. This can be done with inverse kinematics which is an object constraint you can add to a bone, that has to affect a chain of bones.
3. Then you parent the object to the armature (skeleton) you made.
4. And finally in pose mode, you can keyframe different poses in a timeline. For instance at time zero your character is in its default pose. At frame 5 you move it down and make it bend its knees, keyframe that. Then move frame 10 and move it up and to the left, keyframe that position, and so on.
(I added a plane and some colours)
5. And then you hit the play button!
There are many details, so I've added a number of Flickr Notes to explain how things have changed. Even after all these years, some of the objects still exist, although most have been replaced and are long forgotten.
Male azure damselflies, Coenagrion puella, and variable damselflies, Coenagrion pulchellum, often occur in the same places and can be difficult to tell apart. These two shots, taken on the same day at Westhay Moor NNR, show some differences which can be used to separate them. I've added annotations to explain - just hover over the picture to see where they are, and hover over each note to read them. Oh - azure on the left, variable on the right!
The blue bar between the eyes, which is mentioned in some books as a distinguishing feature, is thought by some to be unreliable so I've not included it.
Hope that's useful!
(Unfortunately I don't think the annotations work on a tablet or phone. Sorry!)
Its hard to explain - Beth and I had a nice camping trip at Chilliwack Lake in mid May. Since then I have hardly picked up a camera and have been pushed to even sit down to process the images I took. Here they are: the previous 10 or so.
Well, there's no explaining these things. Two years ago I posted another photograph or this imposing vehicle which has notched up (as we speak) 61,366 hits and become, by a considerable margin, my most viewed photo. It made "Explore". I don't really know what that is, how it happens or to what extent it would have bumped up the figures. It is certain that this success had little connection with the subject-matter; I mean, there simply aren't that many people with an interest in the auxiliary vehicles of British bus operators. Anyway, here it is again. Since "views" became a devalued currency I have become indifferent to the matter and I assure you I don't post this in the expectation of amassing further thousands of hits.
The vehicle is seen at Lawrence Hill depot, Bristol, probably on a Saturday afternoon (maintenance staff only worked a half day and there would be nobody about) towards the end of February 1978. All breakdown wagons, of whatever type and provenance, were known to road staff as "Jumbos". It had been converted from a Leyland Retriever 22LRT/3AR tipper chassis, LEH 247E, in 1972 and was numbered W142. This is a typical Saturday scene at Lawrence Hill: I don't think there was a fueller on duty until late and buses coming in had to be left lined-up at the pumps. The FLF whose rear end we see on the right would have been the back of the queue, which would lengthen considerably ere teatime.
(c) PHOTO BY BILL DEVER, COMMERCIAL POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER, HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Move your mouse over the picture to see note boxes explaining more
Photo taken by Bunny Dever, Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1967
Two emergency ambulance attendants from the Gross Mortuary, 1017 Central Avenue, Hot Springs, Arkansas, hurry a critically injured man into an awaiting 1966 white Pontiac Consort ambulance in Hot Springs in 1967.
In the days before paramedics, backboards, and splinting, the goal of good ambulance service back then was hurry to the scene and quickly "load and go."
Even at that, Gross Mortuary operated an excellent 24 / 7 ambulance service, giving prompt, careful care to thousands of Hot Springs residents from 1909 to July 31, 1974 when it ended its ambulance service.
This accident occurred on East Grand Avenue in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The injured man's young son later died in nearby Quachita Hospital (now closed). This compelling action (copyrighted) picture was taken by Bill (Bunny) Dever of Hot Springs, a skilled commercial police photographer and a good friend of mine for many years. His great pictures give a glympse of funeral home-operated ambulance services in the 1960s - 1970s.
The ambulance pictured above was a Pontiac Consort ambulance made by Superior. A Consort ambulance had no dividing wall between and driver and the rear patient area. The ambulance was actually designed to hold three patients on stretchers! Two stretchers (one a wheeled stretcher and the other a folding cot) could fit easily side by side on the ambulance floor, and a third folding stretcher could be suspended from the ceiling.
It had a (very loud) Federal Q2 siren, four alternating red bullet lights on the four roof corners, and a giant red beaconray in the center of the roof.
This ambulance, known as "Gross 6," served Hot Springs faithfully from 1966 to 1970 when it was replaced by a bright yellow Superior Van ambulance. Gross Mortuary ended ambulance service July 31, 1974.
Note that the two attendants are lifting the stretcher into the ambulance -- now days, paramedics use so-called one-man stretchers which fold up into the ambulance without having to be lifted, sissies.
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ALSO SEE:
-- Gross Mortuary ambulance racing on an emergency call
-- Picture of Gross Mortuary, 1967
-- Last fleet of Gross Mortuary Ambulances in 1974
-- The Gross Mortuary building through the years
-- See Dr. Mo's collection of historic funeral home and ambulance photographs
Let me explain the symbology behind this picture:
I know that right now it seems that the whole USA is focusing mainly on the 2008 elections, but I care more about the political situations around the world, particularly Venezuela, since that's where my mom is from and that's where some of my family lives.
Ever since Chavez was elected president, I feel like the whole Venezuelan government/political situation is broken, or ruined like this mug. Sure, you can still use the mug, but it's broken..
I was raised to be seriously Anti-Chavista (against Chavez, Venezuela's president, and his whole administration,) and I know he's always been a horrible president (well, really more like dictator) but I was really shocked when I heard he was assisting FARC. I know FARC is a funny name, but there's nothing funny about them. FARC is a Colombian extremist group who kidnapped hundreds random people and held them hostage for years (most of them still haven't escaped). On top of that, they kidnap children from the Venezuela/Colombia border and turn them into child soldiers. This has been an ongoing problem in both Venezuela and Colombia for years, and Chavez has publicly spoken about how we need to stop them, and supposedly taken some action about it. but it turns out that he was SUPPLYING THEM WITH WEAPONS.
how could ANYONE be supportive of a group that makes children into CHILD SOLDIERS!? how could a LEADER OF A COUNTRY even do that!? and the worst part is, that he LIED to the whole world about it, and he's not even getting impeached or anything! How is it that Bill Clinton gets impeached for having an affair, but Chavez doesn't get impeached for supplying FARC with all the supplies they need to do what Chavez is trying to stop them from doing!?
But of course, Chavez is a known liar, because he promised during his presidential campaign in 1998 that he would change his name if there were still homeless children on the street by the time he was done with his term, and he hasn't done ANYTHING about it, and he's been in power for almost 10 years! (and, by the way, the length of a presidential term in Venezuela is 4 or 5 years (I can't quite remember), but of course, he changed the constitution so that he could be in power for even longer!)
the whole situation pisses me off to no end.
and that is why I took this picture.
Well - I just met M. Duane Rollo Renaud for coffee at the famous Yreka Bakery, right on the harbourfront here in Monte Carlo. It was quite a revealing encounter!
Before the meeting, I was instructed by another intermediary - none other than Pancho Biddlecome - that there would be a call and response style password, to make absolutely sure that I was the real Lady Rebecca Lyndon - as M. Renaud had never met me before. The two-part password went like this:
M. Renaud: "Girl, bathing on Bikini, eyeing boy, finds boy eyeing bikini on bathing girl."
Lady Rebecca: "You can cage a swallow, can't you, but you can't swallow a cage, can you?"
After this solemn tomfoolery had been completed, Renaud explained that, although he works for the 'Radar' Private Detective Agency in Montreal, he had been hired in this case to represent the Wassamassaw Mining and Manufacturing Company - a wholly-owned subsidiary of my late husband's global business empire.
"You are the sole heir of your husband's vast fortune, Lady Rebecca, but your husband suspected that - in the event of his sudden death - his fortune would be tied up in probate and probably in legal challenges to his will, that might last a very long time. He therefore seeded very substantial funds within the Wassamassaw Mining and Manufacturing Company, of which you are the sole shareholder and Chief Executive. You may draw almost unlimited funds from the Wassamassaw Company, via a numbered account in Zurich, which is ultimately registered under the name of Edna Lala Lalande, a name which you must use from now on in any communications with me - or anyone else who is from the Wassamassaw Co., or who is representing it.
"Leaving aside the almost unthinkable wealth that you will eventually inherit from your husband, you are now an extremely wealthy widow. And I mean: extremely wealthy."
"That's very comforting news, Monsieur Renaud. Perhaps - with all this new wealth - I might now treat you to a crêpe suzette at the Café de Paris?"
Toodle Pip!
Love and Kisses to all my Friends and Fans!
xxxxxx
Lady Rebecca Lyndon
Duchesse de la Baleine D’or
pienw.blogspot.com/2022/04/art-is-antidote.html
Horizontale Partitur, vertikal gelagert, No. 6, 199 by Beat Zoderer at the exhibition "Less and More", Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar
Stormtrooper Bruce got wind Vader was planning random Surprise Inspections, again, at the end of the week. And knowing Vader like he does, he knows what that means. So, once again STB has asked the guys to go in on his plan to mess with Vader. Movie Nights can be SO much fun!
STB: OK class, repeat after me, "wingardium leviosa."
TK-432: That's to levitate, right? Wind guardion levioosaa!
TK-1110: But I wanted to learn transfiguration and turn this bunny into a mynock!
STB: Class, we can only do one thing at a ... Oh, sorry sir! Didn't hear you come in!
Vader: Well now, if you heard me that would defeat the whole purpose of a Surprise Inspection. And what in the Great Galaxy are you three Gungans up to this time?
STB: Well, as you can clearly see, we're practicing our spells. Proceed class, just swish and flick.
Vader: So please explain what's up with those those ridiculous goggles?
STB: Oh, no, sir. Sorry, but we're not ready for Riddikulus spells just yet. As for the goggles, they are for protection, in case something unforeseen happens with our subjects here.
TK-432: Sometimes things happen. Messy things. Gross, disgusting, sticky, ooey gooey…
Vader: OK! OK! I get the message. I don't know why I keep doing these inspections! The only surprise here is how you three haven't been shown the airlock after all these years.
STB: The airlock, sir? Oh, it's right down the hallway, two lefts and then one right. Or is that my other right? I get confused sometimes.
Vader:
STB: OK, class, back to our lessons. Speak clearly, and don't forget to make sure your goggles are on tightly.
Vader: I believe this inspection is over. Good day, Troopers, I must be leaving before something unforeseen happens.
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Viewing Large is always fun. Just click on the image.
This is the screen capture of my crash explained.
There are many kinds of photographic gadgets to help you in your picture taking. I just use these because they're in my photography budget ;-) and because I'm most comfortable with them.
Anypose Expression Hud is FREE - I use it to control eye direction. marketplace.secondlife.com/p/AnyPose-Expression/2613652
Animare is a tool that allows you to pose your avatar using a HUD controller. I use it to refine poses on the fly. I prefer to use external programs to make actual poses but this gadget is great for fine tuning them to fit better or even give poses you already have, some subtle differences and finishes.
marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Animare-Pose-Animation-Syste...
Oracul make some great static poses that come in a modifiable HUD that rezzes poseballs as well as animates your avatar. <- Modifiable means that you can add other animations to this hud too and are not just limited to Oracul Animations.
marketplace.secondlife.com/p/SP-001-Static-Pose-Woman/572774
Hope that helps!