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Living smileys and expressions. We use smileys and expressions so much in the virtual world of web that we have forgotten how they actually look in real life. Wanted to capture the living ones.
In this picture, My brother is hanging from the basketball hoop in my backyard. This meets the project goals because he is shown in an interesting way to show his love for basketball. His arms on the rim create movement and bring you down to his face. His facial expression shows the seriousness involved with the sport and part of his personality. What I think I did well was using an abstract pose to show how basketball is a huge part of his life. Also by creating a balanced photo, I think that is strong in a portrait, it creates a sense of unity.
Some things I did to the picture was increase exposure on him only and for his eyes I increased saturation a little bit and increased exposure to be able to see his eyes clearly. I took this in the evening so I made the aperture to f/2.7. I also clone stamped and got rid of a lighter opening in between the trees to get rid of the light distraction and clone stamped the bushes to get rid of the edge of the evergreen tree. Something I would change about this photo is that I would have taken it when it was lighter outside and not as dark to get rid of some of the graininess in the photo. I also would have taken out the little bit of the tree in the bottom right corner.
Haka (singular is the same as plural: haka) is a traditional ancestral war cry, dance or challenge from the Māori people of New Zealand. It is a posture dance performed by a group, with vigorous movements and stamping of the feet with rhythmically shouted accompaniment.
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Monticello is an amalgamation of thousands of years of architectural evolution composed to create a decidedly new expression of building for a new nation. The product of the mind of Thomas Jefferson and the labor of hundreds of enslaved and free African Americans, Monticello, Jefferson’s “Little Mountain” represents one of the iconic works of American architecture. Jefferson began developing a plantation on the site in 1768. By 1770, a square brick dwelling, now known as the South Pavilion, was built. Thomas and his wife, Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson moved into the new building. Jefferson’s initial design for Monticello was admittedly grander than the version of the building which is celebrated today. Dominated by a central pavilion of two stories with a towering portico, the first Monticello was partially constructed by Jefferson’s slaves and contracted free workers throughout the 1770s. When Martha Wayles Skelton died in 1782, Jefferson left Monticello and assumed his role as Minister of the United States to France.
His time in France brought new inspiration to Jefferson and upon his return to the United States, he devised a plan to rebuilt Monticello into the elegant neoclassical style that is seen today. However, work did not commence on the rebuilding campaign until Jefferson concluded his term as United States Secretary of State in the Washington Administration. In 1794, the new Monticello began to emerge from the existing partially-built structure. Further delays in this process included Jefferson’s two terms as President of the United States (1801-1809), but the house was completed soon after Jefferson’s return to Monticello. He lived in the house until his death on Independence Day in 1826.
Monticello represents the embodiment of Jefferson’s mind, filled with artifacts from his public career and his studies as well as inventions that demonstrate his incredible intellect. Yet, the house is also a vital window into the life of those whose forced labor through the institution of slavery made possible the construction and operation of this plantation. The dining room at Monticello represents the paradox of the inhumane, deplorable institution of slavery in the context of one of the founding fathers and author of the words “all men are created equal.” Jefferson adopted a European style of self-service and devised hidden dumbwaiters and rotating shelves in order to completely conceal the slaves who were preparing and serving food at Monticello from his guests. Outside of the house, Mulberry Row represents the slave community of Monticello, where enslaved men and women lived and worked to make and harvest the products of the plantation which enabled Jefferson to amass art, books, and artifacts to fill Monticello and to entertain the elite of the era.
A visit to Monticello instills the ultimate juxtaposition of our nation’s founding and formative era. The beauty of the house, with its elegant expressions of neoclassicism and the intriguing features invented by Jefferson, can only be appreciated by understanding the lives of the enslaved men and women who made it possible. The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, owners of Monticello since 1923, has through many years of evolving interpretations, embraced a way of guiding visitors through this remarkable history that engages us in the story of arguably the most influential founding father in the formation of our country and the reality of the greatest stain on our nation’s story, a legacy we still contend with to the present day.
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Don't you think the child has chosen exactly the right amount of muscle power and effort to handle the tough flower? Delicate touch of a lion.
The Zollverein Coal Mine is the unique structural expression of the industrial modernity of the 20th century. It was constructed between 1928 and 1932 by the architects Fritz Schupp and Martin Kremmer on behalf of the United Steelworks Inc. according to the maxim of ‘form follows function’. The coal mine had a daily output of 12,000 tons of coal. For decades, it was the coal mine with the greatest output in the world. Since its closure in 1986, the Zollverein Coal Mine has been a listed building and was placed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List in 2001 together with the Zollverein Coking Plant as a “representative example for the development of heavy industry in Europe”.
Iphone 3Gs + classictoy app + irisphotosuite app
Portrait Series (Marisa)
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More photos taken with an iPhone 3Gs here: Little Things Iphoneography and I'm an IPhone Sapiens.
1. Me and my photooographerrr ;), 2. silly billy nillies :P, 3. Christmas Jayse, 4. Untitled, 5. Clo thinks we're CrAzY :), 6. Hot :P, 7. Sippin' rockstar vodkas, 8. Untitled, 9. Me, Jayse, and a St. Patrick's Day frog :p, 10. I love this expression... kinda silly kinda hot, 11. The famous face :o, 12. Monterey06 110(edited), 13. He kept walking towards me...
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