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On visits to Kuala Lumpur, I never fail to go to the now refurbished National Museum. Always something of interest to see there from the automobiles of the British governors to neolithic stones and utensils. And even more the enthusiasm of 'local' visitors for their heritage. It's a joy just to relax and watch the people.
This time my special attention was drawn to a display of wonderful Golden Flowers, a so-called Bunga Mas. Since the fourteenth century a number of northern Malay states (especially Kedah, and Kelantan, Terengganu, Pattani and others) every three years sent such a Golden Tree to the king of Siam; according to the latter as a tribute, and according to the Malay states as a bond of friendship. A special ship - Perahu Bunga Mas - was fitted out for the purpose. The custom lasted until a treaty of 1909 between the British and the Siamese.
Recently, in 2015, the government of Kedah sent a mission to Bangkok in an attempt to reclaim about 25 of these Trees for Malaysia. Whether successful, I don't know (yet).
The photo shows a detail of the much larger Tree.
After attempting to phot the Slag train in the station whilst static and failing dramatically as it was late and didn't stop, I opted for this shot looking over at Barrow Carriage Sidings. Ignore the flare as I've lost my lens hood.
Votivkirche (Votive Church) a neo-Gothic church in the Alsergrund district of Vienna in Austria.
The origin of the Votivkirche derives from a failed assassination attempt on Emperor Franz Joseph by Hungarian nationalist János Libényi on 18 February 1853. During that time, when the Emperor was in residence at the Hofburg Palace, he took regular walks around the old fortifications for exercise in the afternoons. While walking along one of the outer bastions with one of his officers, Count O'Donnell von Tyrconnell, Libényi (a tailor's apprentice) attacked the Emperor from behind, stabbing him in the collar with a long knife.
A civilian passer-by, Dr. Joseph Ettenreich, came to the Emperor's assistance, and Count O'Donnell struck Libényi down with his sabre, holding him until the police guards arrived to take him into custody. As he was being led away, the failed assassin yelled in Magyar, "Long live Kossuth!" Franz Joseph insisted that his assailant not be mistreated. After Libényi's execution at Spinnerin am Kreuz in Favoriten for attempted regicide, the Emperor characteristically granted a small pension to the assassin's mother
Dr. Ettenreich was later elevated to nobility by Franz Joseph for his bravery and became Joseph von Ettenreich. Count O'Donnell, who up until then was a count in the German nobility by virtue of his great-grandfather, was afterwards made a Count of the Habsburg Empire and received the Commander's Cross of the Royal Order of Leopold.
After the unsuccessful assassination attempt, the Emperor's brother, Maximilian — later Emperor of Mexico — called upon communities throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire for donations to a new church on the site of the attack. The church was to be a votive offering for the rescue of Franz Joseph and "a monument of patriotism and of devotion of the people to the Imperial House."
The church plans were established in an architectural competition in April 1854. 75 designs from the Austrian Empire, German lands, England, and France were submitted. Originally, the plans were to include the neighbouring Allgemeines Krankenhaus and create a campus fashioned after the plans of Oxford and Cambridge University.
The church was one of the first buildings to be built on the Ringstraße. Since the city walls still existed at that point, the church had no natural parishioners. At that time, it was meant as a garrison church, serving the many soldiers that had come to Vienna in the wake of 1848 Revolution. The church is not located directly on the boulevard but along a broad square (now the Sigmund Freud Park) in front of it.
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The Cornwall brothers who established their ranch, "Ashcroft" in 1862, came originally from the village of Ashcroft in Gloucestershire, where their father had been vicar. When the CPR adopted the name Ashcroft for their station just east of the ranch (and what would become the townsite), the Cornwall's added "Manor" to the name of their home, making it Ashcroft Manor.
Ashcroft was founded in the 1860s, during the Cariboo Gold Rush, by two English brothers named Clement Francis Cornwall and Henry Pennant Cornwall, founders of Ashcroft Ranch, who emigrated to Canada from Ashcroft, at Newington Bagpath in Gloucestershire. The brothers had originally come in search of gold; however, on hearing stories from failed gold searchers they decided to found the town to give future gold searchers a place to saddle their horses. They sold flour to packers and miners, helping to make the community. Ashcroft was a major stop for trains, where mining supplies were dropped off.
- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - ASHCROFT STATION, a post settlement and railroad depot on the C.P.R., in Yale co., B.C., about midway between Lytton and Kamloops, and 200 miles east of Vancouver. It is on the Thompson River, has a dry climate and light atmosphere, the surrounding district being excellent grazing land, on which much farming is done by irrigation and considerable stock raised. Ashcroft is the entrepot to the Cariboo district, via stage line to Barkerville, a distance of 287 miles. The village has a fine electric light plant and good water system; it has also 3 churches (Anglican, Presbyterian and Methodist), 10 stores, 3 hotels, 1 bank, 1 saw mill, 1 printing and newspaper office ("Ashcroft Journal"), besides express and telegraph offices. The population in 1908 was 500.
(from 1918 - Wrigley's British Columbia directory) - Ashcroft - on the main line, C. P. R. and C. N. R., 204 miles east of Vancouver, in the Provincial Electoral District of Yale. Dominion and Canadian Northern Express. Altitude, 1,004 ft. Centre of the irrigated belt and noted particularly for its famous potatoes and beans. Stock-raising and mining. The population in 1918 was 500.
Ashcroft Station was an early settlement. Before the railway was established, Ashcroft Manor was a stopping point on the Cariboo Road. The post office was originally in the local store but was moved to the station. It was established - 1 March 1886. The name was shortened to Ashcroft - 1 April 1899.
LINK - History of the Postmasters and Postmistresses who served at Ashcroft - ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/PDF/Museum/August-2016.pdf
sent from - / ASHCROFT / AP 19 / 05 / B.C / - split ring cancel (second opening) - this split ring hammer (A-3 / 22.5 dia) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1904 - (RF A).
arrived at - / VANCOUVER / 12 / AP 20 / 05 / B.C. / - cds arrival backstamp
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Addressed to: Mrs. R.S. Pyke / 1114 Haro Street / Vancouver / B.C.
This postcard was sent by her husband Robert Samuel Pyke, who was a Commercial Traveller / Salesman.
Robert Samuel Pyke
(b. 29 April 1861 in East Camden, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada – d. 17 January 1927 at age 65 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
His wife - Kate Purdeaux
(b. 1861 in Belville, Ontario – d. 17 July 1945 at age 85 in Vancouver, B.C.)
They were married - 27 Jan 1886 at Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada - they had one son (who was mentioned in this postcard)
James Lorne Pyke
(b. 1 February 1894 in Vancouver, B.C. – d. 14 June 1973) his occupation was a Lawyer
The life story of Robert Samuel Pyke - (written in 1914) - ROBERT SAMUEL PYKE - One of the most widely known and popular traveling salesmen of British Columbia is Robert Samuel Pyke, representing the Gutta-percha & Rubber, Ltd. He has visited every section of the province and there is no man who has a more intimate knowledge of conditions and of the development and progress of this western section of the Dominion. He was born in Addington county, Ontario, April 30, 1861, a son of James and Martha (Stevenson) Pyke, both natives of Belfast, Ireland. The father was actively and successfully engaged in the shoe business in Addington county for many years, and in fact was identified with the shoe trade throughout his entire life. Both he and his wife passed away many years ago in Ontario. In the public schools of his native county Robert Samuel Pyke pursued his education to the age of fifteen years, when he entered his father's store, there continuing for a few years. In 1881 he came to Winnipeg and joined a surveying party, going thence to Portage la Prairie. From that point they walked to the present site of the town of Brandon, and Mr. Pyke has the distinction of having staked the first tent ever pitched by a white man on that townsite. He also helped to make a survey of the town, at which place the party arrived on the 26th of May, 1881. After spending the summer in Manitoba he went to Colorado, where he remained for one season, working in the shoe business. In the spring of 1882 he returned to Ontario, going to Kingston, out of which city he traveled as a salesman for leather and findings. Mr. Pyke continued in that business until 1890, when he came to Vancouver and joined his brother, J. A. Pyke, in the ownership and conduct of a retail shoe business. That association was maintained for twelve years, at the end of which time R. S. Pyke withdrew and associated himself with the Vancouver Rubber Company, Ltd., which on the first of January, 1913, was reorganized under the name of the Gutta-percha & Rubber, Ltd. Since becoming connected with the Vancouver Rubber Company he has traveled throughout the province from the international boundary to the Alaskan line and from the Alberta border to the Pacific coast. He covers this entire province twice yearly, and few men have known this vast area better in its primitive state and throughout, its various stages of development and advancement than Mr. Pyke. He is popular with the many patrons whom he has won for the corporation which he represents and is everywhere regarded as an enterprising, alert and progressive business man a splendid representative of commercial interests. In Kingston, Ontario, on the 27th of January, 1886, Mr. Pyke was united in marriage to Miss Kate Perdaux, of Belleville, Ontario, and they have one son, J. Loren, now a law student in the office of Burns & Walkem. The parents are active and faithful members of the Wesley Methodist church, of which Mr. Pyke is one of the board of governors. He has always been a conservative, active in politics and municipal affairs. In Vancouver he was made chairman of Ward Conservative Association and has since filled the intermediate offices until he is now president of the Vancouver Conservative Association for 1913. He is now serving his fourth year as a member of the board of license commissioners, during the first two years as a government appointee and during the last two by election of the people. His public record is most commendable, indicating his devotion to the general welfare and his loyalty to all that works for the betterment of city and province. He is also widely known in fraternal circles. Since 1891 he has been a member of the Independent Order of Foresters and has ever taken an active part in the work of that society. He was first elected high chief ranger of the high court of British Columbia and was active in its formation. He represented this province at two supreme court conventions, one at Los Angeles, California, in 1898, and the other in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1902. He is a typical representative of his age and district. He carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes and as the years go by his labors have been effective forces for success not only in business lines but in behalf of municipal advancement and general improvement.
Epic fail Guess this shot is what you can describe with "epic fail". Was out with my cam the night before to do some street shots and had it configured for ISO6400. The day after I went with my tripod to the woods next to my office to get some nice shots and recognised at home all my shots had been taken with ISO6400 :( Noise is there, but nevertheless I like this shot. Shot taken with #xpro2 and #xf23 1.4 Wish you all the best! Processed in #Lightroom using #vsco #ektachrome64T++ color curve and #classicchrome camera profile. Instagram: ift.tt/2cgftuS Facebook: ift.tt/2cegMFT via 500px ift.tt/2pKX6Ej
Diana+ und ein Fuji Superia Iso 100. Negativscan. Man, da ist so einiges schief gelaufen :D Nina Hagen: Farbfilm
It's been a full and interesting week of work, today will be the 5th photo-shoot of the week, and each one a very different subject. Back on Tuesday i did a location shoot with the band "When Prophecy Fails"
Had a great time shooting with these guys, if you do facebook, head over to www.facebook.com/WhenProphecyFails?fref=ts and give them a LIKE.
Shot a lot of different styles, not sure yet which one they will choose as the cover for their new EP, you can see all the choices (around 150 shots) in the 'galleries' section of my website.
Might try and set up a little facebook vote for it this evening, if anyone has done something like that before and has any tips?
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I was a lazy bum for a few months and failed to upload any of the pictures I took on several dollmeets I attended... so it's a bunch from very recent to maybe yearly summer. All those lovely dollies are not mine, they belong to my dear dear friends :)
LOOK AT MY FAVORITE FAVORITE FAVORITE KITTEN. It's lovely kitten face art is a honest to god masterpiece I never get tired looking at it. This babie's owner is actually is very talanted tattoo artist Aleksa Starling (see her instagram steelstarlin9)
sooc (it looked a lot better on my camera, though..)
Not too sure what's going on in this picture, but i kind of like it.
I was tagged! By that silly bitch, Sarah ;D (And also J. Sebastian)
"This is how it goes. List 10 things that your friends may or may not know about you, but that are true. Tag ten people and be sure to let them know they’ve been tagged (a quick message will do). Don’t forget to link back to the person who tagged you. Post a picture in your stream with the 10 facts and list your tagged people :)"
- I've never had an ice cream headache/brain freeze/ whatever it's called. I've tried, but it doesn't work!
- I lie down on the lawn and watch the cloud shapes quite often <3
- I love the rain. I love jumping in puddles. My friends get really pissed off when I splash them.
- I've always wanted an older brother!
- I've never met my closest friends.
- I'm scared of the dark. But more when I'm inside than when i'm outside? It's weird.
- I hate crying.
- I want a pet dinosaur.
- I don't understand American. Why can't people just speak kiwi gosh.
- I don't have a cell phone. I hate texting, too!
I tag,
www.flickr.com/photos/azalcala052/
www.flickr.com/photos/jadealexandria/
Half of them have been tagged by other people, ah well, thought that counts.
Explore #186
Not a good evening of photography last night.
My new flash gizmo doesn't work for some reason.
150+ pics in regular light or on camera flash and not a decent one amongst them.
Pah!!!
It is hard to explain but this bird that can consistently nail a bait fish well beneath the surface of the water from a branch up to two feet away was somehow unable to snag a motionless worm from point blank range. It took five or six stabs to finally grab the seemingly defenseless prey but after a lengthy struggle, it ultimately dropped the worm and went after an easier target.
Green Heron and worm near the mouth of Horsepen Bayou.
It's not often mentioned, but most photographer's shots - mine at least - fail. And when I say most, I'm mean easily over 90% - in my case one in 10 would be pretty good overall :). Sometimes I get on a roll and hit a few in a row; but usually, something goes wrong. Sometimes, it's the obvious: the thumb in the picture, here holding a yellow filter and hoping to shade the lens from the sun's rays. Other times, it's the darkslide, or the forgotten level, the wrong iso setting, the bumped tripod, or the untightened knob; the list is extremely long of ways in which I have - and continue to - ruin otherwise perfectly good images. But, the worse kind are the kind where I've suffered a lack of intent; when the image was made more or less out of habit, aye there's the rot.
"Wherever you go, go with all your heart" - Confucius
Be thou blessed, may you never take the scene for granted, may you never look without seeing, may you never stand without awe before the countless moments of magic all around us.
"If I never meet you in this world, let me feel the lack." - from "The Thin Red Line"
My notes fail here -- I don't know where this photo is from. We stopped somewhere on the route from Jerusalem to the Negev.
Fujifilm X-Pro2 // XF 16mm
“Backing up” to Bryce Canyon National Park.
I have been spending the last couple of weeks archiving and backing up my photos to a couple of online services. Hard drives fail and memories fade.
It has been a great treat to go down memory lane and to see how far I have gone with my photography. In the next couple of weeks I will be posting photos from my archives that I somehow overlooked and reprocessing some older ones.
This photo was taken back in 2007 when I was photographing all over the American Southwest like a maniac.
This is a sunrise shot at Bryce Canyon National Park in southwestern Utah. I spent a couple of days in the park waiting for some great light. On my first morning there was a great sunrise but no clouds. Ditto for the next morning. On my last morning it rained the night before and throughout the morning but I was rewarded with clouds and a magical "light show."
Notes: Canon EOS 5D, Tamron SP AF 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di LD IF, Tripod Mounted, Split Neutral Density Grad Filter
All Rights Reserved. Photos and Text ©Sam Antonio Photography 2007
Happy Travels!
Surprise, a GWR Class 3800...
And I’m not happy with it so far. I’ve run out of pieces and inspiration to keep going. The proportions aren’t there and I can’t master the shaping of the boiler...
But, I think I know what I’m going to change it into... #streamlined
Wow! I am surprised at the response! For those curious, the image was made up of shots I took in June of 2006. So the elements that make this up are sort of like my own stock photos. Zun "modeled" :-) for me last year and this shot of him was taken on my kitchen counter. (hope you don't mind me telling)
The sky is real. It's was an attempt to get a sharp shot of the full moon that failed bad.. but I kept several versions of this with the blurred moon. In Photoshop I flipped this horizontal and merged both halves on one layer. I did manage to get a clear shot of the moon during that same weekend. That is the moon you see here.. I made a selection of the moon and pasted it on to it's own layer and put it on top of the blurred moon in the original photo. I then took Zun's image and masked out the wall and counter. The picture of the orchid was taken on my bathroom vanity. I got a lot of use out of that single flower. It was the last one left on the plant. It fell off when I bumped the plant.
I masked out the flower and put it on it's own layer and then created many more layers with it. I rotated some, changed the color balance and sharpness on others and did a lot of resizing and masking to achieve the color and lighting effects.
I softened up Zun's picture using multiple methods and used color samples of his skin to paint and emphasize his eyes and lips and facial structure. Lastly I created the abstract swirl near his head by using lens flare and then distorting it with wave and ripple filters. Believe me! This an overview. I did a more things than I can recall here.
Still I can see spots that need more work. :-) It took about six hours over the course of the week and many versions to get this.
Zun... Thanks for the inspiration!
Anna : "Why did you choose me? I'm dangerous."
Marion : "You don't have to be hard on your self, dear. There's an old saying, even someone has so many sins, there must be something good that shine on her, and it was the purest thing that you'll ever remember."
Anna : "You know nothing about me, Marion."
Marion : "I may not know very much about you rather than you do. But, as long as we are together, no one can harm us, even ourselves."
Anna : "Um..."
Marion : "It's okay honey, I'll never let you go. I'll protect you...
from now...
and then."