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So I just got my SB600 in the mail today, and decided to put them to good use. I have always wanted to do this shot and because I am a Scrubs (specifically "The Todd) fan I love high fives! So it seemed like a good idea.
Strobist: 1 Nikon SB600 to camera left, through white umbrella, about 6 feet high.
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Five thousand is the largest isogrammic number in the English language.... well blow me! Closer to home it also represents the number of images that I have, with this one today, posted on Flickr (drum roll, round of applause, party time with jelly and ice cream .... NO clowns though please as they still induce me with fear enough to reach for the nearest sawn off twelve bore!)
So my Five Thousandth (not sure if that is even a word), upload to Flickr since joining some fourteen months ago, and for me a most appropriate frame that says everything for the things in photography that personally entice, thrill and excite me. Water based, taken in the Golden hour around sunrise when I am at one with my Nikon and Mother nature, a mass of birds pirouetting across the sky just behind the wings of the main silhouetted seagull to the left, a boat left high and dry awaiting the tide to set her free once more. Yep, I am never happier than when trying to capture a scene such as this one.
Flickr was a departure for me, a decision to go it alone, strip everything away and concentrate on what I loved doing, taking photographs for my own pleasure and to show my family and friends 'this is what I do'. Although I know that I will never sell a frame, nor be discovered, nor have a huge following....
What I do have is that same passion, drive, excitement and love for photography that first hit me aged seven with a box Brownie 120 roll film camera, and an upside down glass prism viewfinder. Along with the pleasure of talking cameras and meeting some lovely people on Flickr along the way, I am incredibly happy now just doing what I do and caring little for the things that perhaps once threatened to dull my passion for the wonderful world of photography.
At long last I am 'doing it for myself' and loving every moment.
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Photograph taken in the golden hour around sunrise at 08:20am on Tuesday 1st January 2013 opposite Adventure Island Theme Park and the Western Esplanade on the muddy shoreline of Southend on Sea, Essex, England.
Nikon D800 200mm 1/1250s f/13.0 iso200 Mirror Up RAW (14-bit)
Nikkor AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G ED IF VRII. Jessops 77mm UV filter. Nikon MB-D12 battery grip. Two Nikon EN-EL 15 batteries. Nikon DK-17M magnifying eyepiece. Nikon DK-19 soft rubber eyecup. Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod. Manfrotto 327RC2 Grip action ball head. Manfrotto quick release plate 200PL-14. Jessops Tripod bag. Optech Tripod Strap. My memory 32GB class 10 20MB/s SDHC. Lowepro Transporter camera strap. Lowepro Vertex 200 AW camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS unit. Nikon MC-DC2 remote shutter release.
LATITUDE: N 51d 31m 53.71s
LONGITUDE: E 0d 42m 58.76s
ALTITUDE: 3.0m
RAW FILE SIZE: 103.00MB
PROCESSED SIZE: 11.16MB
I did some photos with my friend's from Five Blank Pages. It was a fun day. This shot was taken by some art installation in High Park. It's basically a bunch of shiny silver poles clustered together just south of the bloor entrance on the east side. Check out their music
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5Pointz Aerosol Art Center, Inc. is an outdoor art exhibit space in Long Island City, New York, considered to be the world’s premiere “graffiti Mecca,” where aerosol artists from around the globe paint colorful pieces on the walls of a 200,000-square-foot factory building.
The name 5Pointz signifies the five boroughs coming together as one but, because of its reputation as an epicenter of the graffiti scene, the industrial complex has actually united aerosol artists from across the world. Legendary writers from Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Japan, Brazil, and all over the United States have painted on the building walls, including Stay High 149, Tracy 168, Cope2, Part, and Tats Cru.
Over the past decade, the striking, graffiti-covered warehouse has attracted several hip-hop and R&B stars, including Doug E. Fresh, Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Kaz, Mobb Deep, Rahzel, DJ JS-1, Boot Camp Clik, Joan Jett, and Joss Stone.
On any given day, 5Pointz visitors can expect to find prominent artists, musicians, deejays, Emcees (rappers), and B-boys (break dancers) on site, in addition to filmmakers, photographers, and entire tour buses full of admirers soaking in the more than 350 Technicolor murals.
The gallery curator is graffiti veteran Jonathan Cohen, best known by his signature tag, “Meres One.” His goal is to convert the five-story, block-long industrial complex at Jackson Avenue and Davis Street, formerly the Phun Phactory, into a graffiti art museum.
The name 5Pointz signifies the five boroughs coming together as one but, because of its reputation as an epicenter of the graffiti scene, the industrial complex has actually united aerosol artists from across the world. Legendary writers from Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Japan, Brazil, and all over the United States have painted on the building walls, including Stay High 149, Tracy 168, Cope2, Part, and Tats Cru.
Over the past decade, the striking, graffiti-covered warehouse has attracted several hip-hop and R&B stars, including Doug E. Fresh, Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Kaz, Mobb Deep, Rahzel, DJ JS-1, Boot Camp Clik, Joan Jett, and Joss Stone.
On any given day, 5Pointz visitors can expect to find prominent artists, musicians, deejays, Emcees (rappers), and B-boys (break dancers) on site, in addition to filmmakers, photographers, and entire tour buses full of admirers soaking in the more than 350 Technicolor murals.
The gallery curator is graffiti veteran Jonathan Cohen, best known by his signature tag, “Meres One.” His goal is to convert the five-story, block-long industrial complex at Jackson Avenue and Davis Street, formerly the Phun Phactory, into a graffiti art museum.
I had the best Burgers and Fries while I was in the state @ Five guys..
I recommend the cheese burger ;)
Washington, DC 2011
Canon 5D markII
Canon 50mm f/1.2
We've been lucky to have five relatively clear nights lately, and I've been able to get some decent shots of the crescents. The last two were in slightly cloudy conditions, with the fourth night being the most difficult to get a sharp image.
Same owl in all three photos. Poor quality images, but I am posting them for the record in case I don't see another Snowy Owl this winter.
Posting another five photos from 23 January.
A short drive SE of the city on 23 January 2025 produced two Snowy Owls and a Coyote. Other than those, all I saw were several Black-billed Magpies. Luckily, it was an overcast day, so I wasn't bothered by harsh sun glare.
Driving along one of my regular roads, I spotted a car far in the distance and it looked like it had pulled over. Wondering if it was perhaps a birder/photographer, I slowed right down, stopped, and then very cautiously pulled forward, not wanting to flush an owl if it was being photographed. When I got close enough to the car, I could see a raised camera. When it was lowered, I inched my way forward and I told the driver that I had wondered if he had found an owl and that I didn't want to flush it for him. He said yes, he had found an owl and asked if I hadn't noticed it. Turning my head, sure enough, a beautiful male Snowy was sitting on a distant hill.
From there, I drove a few other back roads to check a spot where I had seen a Snowy Owl some previous years, Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw a white 'blob' perched exactly where I had hoped one would be. Again, too far away for decent photos, but wonderful to see.
Driving a few back roads on my way home, I again saw a car pulled over (turned out to be the same photographer). Sure enough, I saw a very distant owl (male) perched high up on a power pole. Given the location, it could easily have been the same individual that I first photographed, so I'm not counting it as a third Snowy.
Five Kings House in London, United Kingdom.
Built 1911 as the headquarters for the Liebig's Extract of Meat Company. The company produced beef extract using a process developed by German chemist Justus von Liebig in the 1840s. Utilising the large cattle farms of South America and an enormous processing plant in Fray Bentos, Uruguay, the company could supply beef broth cubes to the European market at a dramatically cheaper price.
The X-Wings Lego made were good, but not entirely accurate. I wanted to make some that were a bit better, but I wasn't sure how to make the nose. I search Brickshelf, and found the best X-Wing that I have ever seen, made by user Niko: www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=62632. I based mine off of that one. I wanted to make Luke's Red Five and Wedge's Red Two. I based the markings on Luke's off a small Hasbro Titanium Series model (I couldn't find a pic of it, but the markings are similar to these: www.likecool.com/Gear/Film/X-Wing Red Five Model/X-Wing-Red-Five-Model.jpg ), and the markings on Wedge's were based off of the ones on this: www2.mintinbox.net/site/actus/09-02/0209xwing/1.jpg.
In its first five years, the Nasher Museum has focused on modern and contemporary art with particular emphasis on global, emerging artists of color. "Building the Contemporary Collection: Five Years of Acquisitions," in celebration of the museum's fifth anniversary, presents the most important contemporary works acquired since its founding in 2005. The exhibition features work by 41 artists, including Christian Boltanski, William Cordova, Noah Davis, Rineke Dijkstra, Marlene Dumas, Wyatt Gallery, David Hammons, Barkley L. Hendricks, Glenn Ligon, Christian Marclay, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Odili Donald Odita, Dan Perjovschi, Dario Robleto, David Salle, Carolee Schneemann, Gary Simmons, Xaviera Simmons, Jeff Sonhouse, Eve Sussman, Alma Thomas, Hank Willis Thomas, Mickalene Thomas, Bob Thompson, Kara Walker, Jeff Whetstone, Kehinde Wiley, Fred Wilson and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, among others. The exhibition reflects the museum's interest in the art and culture of the African diaspora, and includes works in a variety of media–painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, video and installation. It is curated by Trevor Schoonmaker, Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Curator of Contemporary Art.
five bean salad, shiso, feta 4
- nice and refreshing. Garbanzo, black, edamame, green and yellow beans are complimented by minty shiso, chives and feta, with a touch of citrus in the background.
Please take a look at the entire FLIP Burger Boutique set.
Views from the no 24 NXWM Platinum bus around Five Ways Island.
The bus leaving Harborne Road then heading onto Islington Row Middleway and then onto Tennant Street.
At the top of Calthorpe Road in Five Ways.
Lloyds Bank in Five Ways, rebranded from Lloyds TSB, after the split from TSB (still both owned by Lloyds Banking Group).
CALTHORPE ROAD. Starting at Five Ways, on the corner of Islington Row Middleway, LLOYDS BANK, by P.B. Chatwin, 1908-9. Treated a two sides of a square Palladian villa, with a giant Ionic order and open central pediments.
Pevsner
Five Points: Brioche French Toast with Whipped Mascarpone, Toasted Pecans, and Vermont Maple Syrup.
Large french toast but they were so wet inside. Not good at all. No thanks.
big wild goose pagoda xianGiant Wild Goose Pagoda or Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Chinese: 大雁塔; pinyin: Dàyàn Tǎ), is a Buddhist pagoda located in southern Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China. It was built in 652 during the Tang Dynasty and originally had five stories, although the structure was rebuilt in 704 during the reign of Empress Wu Zetian and its exterior brick facade was renovated during the Ming Dynasty. One of the pagoda's many functions was to hold sutras and figurines of the Buddha that were brought to China from India by the Buddhist translator and traveler Xuanzang.The original pagoda was built during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang (r. 649-683), then standing at a height of 54 m (177 ft).[1] However, this construction of rammed earth with a stone exterior facade eventually collapsed five decades later. The ruling Empress Wu Zetian had the pagoda rebuilt and added five new stories by the year 704; however, a massive earthquake in 1556 heavily damaged the pagoda and reduced it by three stories, to its current height of seven stories.[2] The entire structure leans very perceptibly (several degrees) to the west. Its related structure, the 8th century Small Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, only suffered minor damage in the 1556 earthquake (still unrepaired to this day).[2] The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda was extensively repaired during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) and renovated again in 1964. The pagoda currently stands at a height of 64 m (210 ft) tall and from the top it offers views over the current city of Xi'an.
During the Tang Dynasty the pagoda was located within the grounds of a monastery, within a walled ward of the larger southeastern sector of the city, then known as Chang'an.[3][4] The monastic grounds around the pagoda during the Tang Dynasty had ten courtyards and a total of 1,897 bays.[3][5] In those days graduate students of the Advanced Scholars examination in Chang'an inscribed their names at this monastery.[3]
Close by the pagoda is the Temple of Great Maternal Grace; Da Ci'en. This temple was originally built in 589 and then rebuilt 647 in memory of his mother Empress Wende by Li Zhi who later became the Tang Emperor Gaozong.
The monk Xuanzang's statue stands in front of the temple area.