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i love the word si, ja or yes.
i love the positiv way of thinking.
i love the perfume Sì - Giorgio Armani.
i love weddings, where you have to say "yes" (if you want ;))
i love italia and the italian language.
i love ... yes, i love: si!
Looking north over Royston at dusk from Therfield Heath.
The Johnson Matthey plant dominates the skyline. The lit up building on the left is Hamleys warehouse. The lights in the distance on the right are from the construction cranes at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge, about 12 miles away.
Thanks everybody for the views and faves, I never thought a view over Royston industrial estate would go on Explore ! :)
Feelings by heart.
~ My emotions made it to Explore! Thursday July 23, 2009 position # 226. Thank You so much my friends! ~
Seen in Explore Jan. 13, 2015 www.flickr.com/photos/julesoso_jjw/16275171415/in/explore...
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Niagara River -
This is a small portion the Niagara River just before it cascades over the American Falls. There is unbelievable power in every drop. Walking alongside the river one experiences constant excitement as the water crashes like ocean surf. The closer to the falls, the more energetic is the turbulence. The color of this Niagara water is amazing blue-green hue both on the river above and below the falls.
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Explore #58, (1-12-2011)
Se ve mucho mejor sobre fondo oscuro: pulsa sobre la foto o en la letra L
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A must see on a dark background: Click on the photo or the letter L
Day 63a of the 365 project
Check out the whole set here!
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Slicing up post-halloween pumpkins has been an ongoing tradition for the past 5 years.
This is the first year where I've been equipped enough to make something really cool out of it!
Unfortunately, (or fortunately), I haven't been able to figure out which of these three is the best and would invite you to leave a fave or comment to let me know which one you prefer!
I think each has their own strengths and weaknesses XD
I highly recommend you check out the SETUP SHOT
Stock Samurai artwork from : ragewalker.deviantart.com
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Strobist Info:
1x WL X1600 pointed left bare w/ 7" reflector and tungsten gel on camera right pointing 30 degrees forward
1x WL X3200 pointed right bare w/ 7" reflector and tungsten gel on camera right pointing 30 degrees forward (higher)
1x SB-900 unit for backlight w/ tungsten gel and bare
Triggered with Cybersyncs
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Montreal Conceptual Photographer
The moon is pretty cool, I have to admit.
More photos from my hike will be up either later or tomorrow.
I had a shutter speed of 1/200 and an iso of 100
please comment this one: www.flickr.com/photos/blakelumley/4064583389/
haha
and my highest explore yet at 139!!
It was one of those photo walks when I hesitated in approaching the first couple of potential subjects and this usually sets up a bit of a “block” which inhibits me from reaching out. It’s a strange phenomenon but I know I’m not alone in this. I have to be in a positive and outgoing mood for the project and although I don’t know what got in the way, it just wasn’t happening this morning as I strolled Toronto’s Kensington Market area.
I scouted out a couple of graffiti laneways as possible locations and continued walking my bicycle along the small streets as the market area was just getting woken up with shops opening. That’s when I noticed her, walking the other way across the narrow street with her partner. True to this morning’s uncertain mood, I let her get away, even though she had a great smile and I knew her face and head scarf would be great for a project photo. As I prepared to pack away my camera a few minutes later and ride to another location nearer my noon-hour class, she and her partner came walking back toward me and this time I nudged myself to step forward and make my request. She and her partner listened with interest in their eyes and smiles on their faces and she readily said “Sure. I’d be glad to.” There. How difficult was that? Meet Montina, a beautiful name for a beautiful Stranger.
Montina and Mark followed me across the street into the laneway and I explained the position I wanted and told her she could smile or not, mentioning that sometimes when naturally smiley subjects try to adopt a more neutral expression for me they end up looking grumpy. Montina was exceptionally comfortable as she looked into my lens and tipped her head this way, then that, asking me if this was what I wanted. I clicked a few frames, reviewed them, and showed her. I knew my morning had taken a very positive turn. I couldn’t resist a few extra frames and asked her if she had modeled before and she said “A bit.” Ok, how lucky was that?
Just then a truck appeared from nowhere in the bowels of this narrow laneway and needed to get by. I was scrambling to get my camera around my neck and retrieve my bike which was leaning against the wall. I didn’t have an extra hand for my helmet which I tripped over in my scramble to clear the way for the truck. Montina kindly picked it up for me and we exited the alley.
We chatted a bit on the sidewalk and I learned that Montina and her partner Mark were going for a stroll and a coffee before she started work at a restaurant in the Market. It’s a part-time job which helps support her while she goes through school at the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD). She’s an artist and grew up in Goderich Ontario west of Toronto on the shore of Lake Huron – a beautiful town which has been voted Ontario’s prettiest town. She’s 25 and not only is she beautiful and creative, but she has great taste - she told me she owns a mirrorless Olympus camera just like mine.
My clumsy exit from the laneway with a truck on my heels was followed by my fumbling with my bicycle and phone as I tried to take down a few notes on our encounter. I made a joke about it being my klutzy day (which it was – I’d tumbled off my bicycle in the street on my way here) but Montina and Mark were really kind and were helping me not drop my bike or phone. Fortunately, my clumsiness didn’t carry into the picture-taking and I am really pleased with all the photos – thanks partly to my improving photography skills but also to having such an attractive and experienced model in a great setting with good, soft, indirect light.
Before parting I asked Montina if she had any “words of wisdom” to share with my fellow project photographers and she and Mark said “That’s a great question.” Her reply was “Dreams are destiny.” “If you can imagine it, it can happen.” “Perfect” I said. “Spoken like an artist.”
Thank you Montina and Mark for participating in 100 Strangers. Maribel, you are now Stranger #490 in Round 5 of my project. I hope you had an easy day at the restaurant.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
To browse Round 1 of my 100 Strangers project click here: www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcbowen/sets/72157633145986224/
To browse Round 2 of my 100 Strangers project click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcbowen/sets/72157634422850489/
To browse Round 3 of my 100 Strangers project click here: www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcbowen/sets/72157635541434065/
To browse Round 4 of my 100 Strangers project click here:
just watched "Ponyo" with a bunch of friends.
Mr. Miyazaki and Mr. Hisaishi are brilliant.
this is only a toy chair part of the 'reac design interior collection'
there are some interesting things you can buy in SF's Japanese Shopping Center.
:D
woot. explore. numbah two six nine!
gracias.
an old image, as I am cleaning today. How strikingly different the face is without eyes. Sorry I etch-a-sketched the hell out of my shirt. Givin' away a little too much info for my taste.
AB800 through beauty dish overhead, triggered by pocketwizard.
This is in colour elsewhere, but I liked it in b&w also. #explore page - not sure what to do with that!!
Decided to play monopoly today with the girlfriend and her mom... Set it up, and realized nobody wanted to play.. Got this out of it though
EDIT: Explored for July 22nd 2009. My first explore ever!