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Mama, I found a man, who loves me and understands. Papa, he’s quite a man. He adores me, he’s my biggest fan, and don't get me wrong. I know, he’s not perfect in your eyes, but somehow he’s flawless in mine. And you may tell me to run now, but I can't do that. We're too far down the hole, he's got a hole on my soul. Mama, don't judge me now, I'm not trying to hurt you. I know, this won't make you proud. Papa, did I let you down? Are you ashamed, of how your little girl turned out? You'll see a monster, I see a smile. You say, it's danger, and I'm in denial, but somehow I feel so safe right now. So, I guess, I'm a fool. I'm a fool in love, but I'm willing to stay here and bask in the glory of his heart. I guess, I'm a fool in love, but I'm willing to look so stupid, till i've had enough.
Oooh, do we not sail on the ship of fools?
Oooh, why is life so precious and so cruel?
Songwriter: Vince Clarke / Andy Bell
A foggy day in the harbor
Hamburg
Here is me fooling around in the empty windy beach!
I know my cartwheel is so imperfect but it was ages since I did it last time…
And yesterday I said: I try, I’ll probably crash down…
Luckily I finished on my feet!
Lassie and Candy were a bit surprised…
Then I made even them exercise, jumping a rope (you have already seen it in my shots!)
And the last part is me writing in the sand in a normal way and in the da Vinci way, even him used to write from right to left…
The voices are mine and of one of my clones, a still young one, I made her some years ago, but she’s helpfull sometimes, just like to do this vid..
Have a fool day my friends!
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Fools in love, well are there any other kinds of lovers?
Fools in love, is there any other kind of pain?
Fools in love, are there any creatures more pathetic?
Fools in love, never knowing when they've lost the game
Fools in love, gently hold each others hands forever
Fools in love, gently tear each other limb from limb
Mt Baker looking majestic in the last embers of sunset. There was a bright full moon rising just out of the frame here, casting some additional light on the gleaming snow cap of one of the most spectacular mountains in all of North America. It's singular prominence over the landscape of northern
Washington State and southern British Columbia, together with it's epic form derived from being an active glaciated andesitic stratovolcano (say that 10 times fast!) make it a feast for the eyes in my view. I've visited before but only captured the view over to nearby Mt Shuksan, never managed to capture a decent shot of Baker itself.
Last fall I started with a short visit in BC then drove down to Seattle, stopping to explore possible shots of Mt Baker from the Mt Baker Highway, and then flew from Seattle to Vegas. Since I had just a short evening to work with I didn't want to venture too far along the Baker highway, and I was fortunate to quickly discover a small turnoff to the Nooksack river that looked like it might provide a view along the river. There also happened to be a full moon rising and I was really keen (perhaps even a bit crazed?) to get a shot of the moon over Mt Baker. I did end up getting that shot but the light was not as good at that point, so the shot is less interesting and by the time the sun set the moon was too high in the sky to get in frame (I did in fact try photoshopping it in to the scene but I didn't find it added much so I decided to leave it natural).
Sometimes my brain doesn't think things through very well when I'm excited to get a particular shot, and this was a prime example. I decided to just take a quick look for a comp along the river with just camera and tripod before gathering up all my stuff and carrying the heavy backpack. Well, the short walk to the edge of the river became a little bit further to see around that tree and then a bit more to look around the next river bend, and so on until I was a good 45 minutes from the car when I finally found some satisfactory views. There was of course no turning back at that point so I had no chance to change lenses or try filters or whatever. I shot with what I brought. Fortunately a small part of brain perhaps realized that I might not return immediately and maybe it'd better to bring the tripod *just in case*.
I would have liked to get more interesting rocks or other feature in the foreground here, but every time I found one it came with a more obstructed view of the mountain, so I prioritized the mountain. It seems likely that more time to explore could have yielded a better comp but I've learned the hard way that perfect is the enemy of good when it comes to finding compositions in a new location (which is why return visits are so satisfying).
The trek back to the car in near darkness, over slick rocks and through heavy riverbank growth, and in unfamiliar territory, was also a gentle (moon luck?) reminder that although I'm usually reasonably intelligent, I can also be a fool. A full moon fool.
Thanks for the views, and especially for the comments. Stay safe!
“The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.” – Samuel Butler
“Now thur sayin smokin haint no good fer ya.”
Disclaimer: This isn’t road kill, it is actually a dehydrated butternut squash.
The “mouth or beak” is scarring which doesn’t shrink as much as the rest of the fruit.
It’s been in the family for years!
Having missed this train the previous day, due to my ineptitude, I sallied forth up the Teign with "Stapleton Road" to get a shot of the Lostwithiel - Bruton leg of the latest Britannic Explorer jolly.
Plain old 66740 was up the front, and as it turned out that was no bad thing as it helped to break up the raft of blueness inherent in the composition.
**Two Shot Panorama Stitched In PS**
As I drove along the wetlands in Alviso, I saw this off to the side and thought to my self "That's kind of a strange looking duck".
So I whipped my Jeep off the road and parked, loaded my long lens, got out and started sneaking up on him, shooting as I went along, hoping to get a good shot, but not wanting to scare him off.
I finally realized that he wasn't moving. DOH! Decoy got me.
This past Saturday I left Miami in the morning and started a mini-road trip to Chicago for my move with my new airline I'll be working for. I had a few stops planned along the way with a stops in Nashville & Louisville to see some friends, what I didn't expect was this. I had no buffing planned except for the Lucas Oil Railroad - that will come soon.
Saturday I got to Nashville late, woke up around 9am Sunday, and checked my phone and found a text from a friend saying CSX 4568 is heading to Nashville on I14105, nothing more, so I did some quick research of an area I had no idea about and determined it was the Mainline Sub and I did some asking to some friends back home with good source technology and was able to determine a location.
I scrambled to leave the hotel and made my way to Franklin, KY, while I was hoping to get a shot with the intown Feed Elevator, I140 was coming north so the sun turned before I could, so I settle for a little side road just on the outskirts of town and this was the result after waiting about 2 hours of sitting around and watching I140 come through.
Seen is CSX I14105 running through Franklin, KY with CSXT 4568 (OLS) about to knock down the 134.9 Intermediate Signal after rolling through town.
To quote my good friend Tolga "you have some fucking good luck buffing" my reply “I just take pictures”.
“Oooh, do we not sail on the ship of fools
Oooh, why is life so precious and so cruel” ~ Erasure xo
This stunning nautical tattoo from THIS IS WRONG is available NOW @ ROMP.
And, I don't usually add song links, but this tattoo gives me the chance to add a song from a band I grew up listening too ♥
The proof is in the pudding, as they say. I took this shot just a little while ago as yes, it was snowing here in the suburbs of Montreal.
Sony A6500 (ILCE-6500), Sony Zeiss Sonnar FE 55mm F1.8 ZA (SEL55F18Z)
Many thanks to everyone for your visits, comments and faves! Very much appreciated!
More Memories from May, this one a visit from our Granddog, the delightful (if slightly unhinged) Doris who came for a sleepover for a couple of nights. Don't be fooled by that cute face...
As I reached this former pub I encountered a very disgruntled couple who had stopped specifically for lunch only to find that the pub had ceased trading a long time ago and was now just teasing would-be customers with its sign
Pyrite - reflected
It's metallic luster and pale brass-yellow hue give it a superficial resemblance to gold, hence the well-known nickname of fool's gold. Borrowed from my 13yo sons collection
When I was out yesterday to get a picture of "The hunters tree" I met a group of deer not far away from here. Sadly I didn´t bring my 300mm with me. As the sunset was going to be nice, I came back and the group did do me a favour to cross the field with the Hunters tree. Thanks for that.
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Just like we used to play in our childhood ;)
Strobist info:
1 YN560 through umbrella camera left 1/1 power the simulate the sunlight and 1 YN560 through umbrella right behind camera for the fill light.
The Laughing Fool, at Davis Museum, Wellesley College, is in the public domain, its origin uncertain. It is thought to be from the early 1500’s by Dutch artist Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen. I combined the image with my own photographs and textures for the “We’re Here!” group of the day Jesters, Jokers and Fools.
See original image here:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laughing_Fool.jpg
Check out all the grand foolishness going on over at We’re Here!
Submitted to Purple Mystery's challenge, "Ghosts":
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