Less imposing than the likes of Cane Hill and High Royds, but admittance still no less a forboding prospect.

Looking up at a cold, snow-flurry-spitting sky from the plaza in front of the campus recreation center at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio (USA). First snow flurries of the year today...winter is on its way!

Stormy skies over Jupiter, Florida as seen from Hobe Sound

Road up Aso Mountain, an active volcano, in southern Japan.

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Two scavengers waiting for their next meal before a storm.

i bought this candle thinking she was a dire and forboding spooky grim reaper lady, which, in a way she kind of is, but also a day after i lit this candle i met my boyfriend, so....... she'll always creep me out in the best possible way.

Muerte querida de mi corazon no

me desampares de tu proteccion,

y no dejes que mi amore

un solo momento tranquilo,

molestalo a cada inquietarlo

para que siempre piense en mi.

jajajajajaaaaaaa!

An apocalypse shoot a friend of mine organised on the coast. It was bloody hot that day, but we got some good shots.

Glenwood in all her mysterious, forboding, and immense glory.

Here you can see the three main structures - Building One is the dark brick one in front, going up to three floors. Building Two is behind that with the sloping metal roof. And you can't really see Building Three, but the cyclopean smokestacks are built into the top of it. Each one has a distinct purpose and personality, and each is truly massive. Put together the place is nearly unfathomable.

This was a case of being in the right place at the right time..I had been following a flock of turkey vultures north of Ajax on a paved country road. When one of the vultures landed on a silo, I knew something special might happen... when it spread it wings, that was the shot. Putting it in black and white lends a real forboding to the photo.

Took a stroll under forboding skies at Gas City Campground, saw lots of wildlife out today. Doing a bit of macro work.

This is a building in Toronto, I'm not sure where, or what goes on there (I'm sure it's a very nice place). But to me (after the trip to Photoshop) it kind of looks like it could be Doctor Evils Headquarters.

Notre Dame is one of the most famous churches in Europe, and perhaps the world. But on this day, no Hunchback was spotted!

Photo of Hallgrímskirkja, a church in Reykjavik, Iceland, warmed by the glow of the setting sun.

(altered using Artizen HDR's Gold Metallic filter) (photo by Doug Herbst, reduced from original)

POD 67 - I've not been posting as regularly because I've taken a wonderful vacation to Hawaii. We left Washington Dullas Airport as the sun rose, forboding a sweltering day that we would leave behind for paradise.

These are just a few pictures from this wonderful adventure we had. More to follow soon.

...and what a glorious day it was!

Amanda, Jordan and I all packed into Ruby the Subaru (in Jordan's words: "A German guided Japanese chariot") and set forth to explore both coasts of this lovely island.

And happend the last time around, forboding clouds and nasty weather forcasts gave way upon our arrival, and we had a truely glorious experience on the real west coast. Here is the first batch of snippets from that great day one week ago... more to come after work tonight. :)

Boy dressed up as a skeleton on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana

HDR of clouds over mountains somewhere along highway 93.

Getting close to home, forboding smoke plume right over Los Alamos.

This time, a different kind of threat. Bogart is concerned about that forboding shadow. . . yes, it is her majesty the Queen.

Not the highest quality photos (I wish Curio wasn't overexposed), but I love the dynamics portrayed here. It speaks volumes about our home.

[SOOC, f/5.0, ISO 100, shutter speed 1/250]

An apocalypse shoot a friend of mine organised on the coast. It was bloody hot that day, but we got some good shots.

More HDR madness from Dunham Massey this time, I seem to keep on ending up with apocalyptic images.

Another view in my search to utilise skies. While this shot of the Winelander on its twice yearly jaunt south of Toowoomba in Queensland is a "classic" railfan view, the forboding, if not apocalyptic, sky was too good to pass up.

Forbidden to drive a horse or tractor down this street

and if the dam breaks open many years too soon

and if there is no room upon the hill

and if your head explodes

with dark forbodings too

I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.

...and what a glorious day it was!

Amanda, Jordan and I all packed into Ruby the Subaru (in Jordan's words: "A German guided Japanese chariot") and set forth to explore both coasts of this lovely island.

And happend the last time around, forboding clouds and nasty weather forcasts gave way upon our arrival, and we had a truely glorious experience on the real west coast. Here is the first batch of snippets from that great day one week ago... more to come after work tonight. :)

Big door on the right, or little door on the left?

Redhead Beach, Newcastle NSW

Reducing the exposure to bring out the clouds cast the mountains into silhouette and gave the water forboding quality of an alien world.

always looking to make a look a bit different -- the snowy day in this case. I was struck by how different the entrance to the field looked this am in the snow.. pretty forboding and "prision" like.

It was great to have some real snow for sure!!!

Mannequins in storage closet.

(or Sacrificial TTT)

on black This is not a storm; this is a typical English July.

just to forbode comments about hdr and the like, this picture is unedited.

A new series of works from a recent trip to Wanganui...

Perhaps one of the bleakest entries to a major public building that I have experienced. This shot is taken from the entry doors, looking back out into the equally bleak plaza. The covered entry has all the elegance of a carparking building, and no acknowledgement of civic function or ceremony. The low expanse of ceiling above you, combined with the fact that you know that you have walked under the 'floating cubic mass', makes this a rather awkward and forboding space - I doubt whether this was the intent of the architects, although it could be seen as appropriate to a war memorial hall...

I did edit out a car (seen here ) to play this entrance off against the Classical formality of that across the plaza, but could have left it in as being symptomatic of the sense of space engendered by the WMH...

This sub-series features the Wanganui War Memorial Hall - a fine example of pre-war international Modernism realised right here in litlle old 'Wangas' (albeit a couple of decades behind its international precedents).

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An empire of fierce warriors are lead by the 'Allfather' 'Sargon Sargoni' on his home world 'Labodinaux'. He feels he has been mislead after hearing of a plot to subvert his throne by Master Dagon. Dagon's secret use of the Book of Enchantment to conjure his 'Dagger Knights creates a forboding dread in Sagon's subconsciousness, which produces a deformity in his relationship with the Dagger Knights. There is a desperate struggle between his twin sons 'Sabrini and Saggat Sargoni' to take their father' place as Allfather and rule the galaxy, this sibiling rivalry launches a massive war campaign against more planets, Quadrillon and the prehistoric world Trilos are targeted. Upon conquering the planet Arbain the reigning Princess to the throne of Arbain 'Phahailia' catches the eye of the warrior king who is at odds with his her planet. Will her desire to love him help or doom her people to a life of tyranny? After finding out what gives Master Dagon and his Dagger Knights their powers, the Allfather Sargon rallies a great deception to acquire the Book of Enchantment with help from a mercenary clan from a planet he is at war with Quadrillon.

The scientist of the planet Arbain create interdimensional ships 'the Turmoil' a powerful ship capable of mass destruction and interdimentional travel is one of Arbain's master acheivements. It is confiscated by the Allfather Sargon. The visionary priestess 'Lazora', attendant to the princess, betrays all that she believes in, and later becomes a concubine to the sons of 'Sargon', deceiving and helping to enslave her people.

Lords of Labodinaux (2007) Dingis Comics art by Dingiswayo Norris.

There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact its all dark.

And if your head explodes with dark forbodings too

I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

taken from the fairburn ings side, a similar photo can be seen on Flickr but this one was taken in winter so the bridge looks even more forboding. the ings side is a nature reserve and it seems very different to the castleford side, more pleasant.