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Functionally, it's not much of a fence--I don't think it can exclude or confine anything. But it is one of my favorites.
Photographed in Big Blue Creek, in western Colorado.
Sometimes the iPhone is more functional for a panoramic view than my Canon. Here is a picture of El Tunco Beach with sun going down fast... This is a rocky beach. Although the sun part is a bit overxposed, I liked the overall result.
Vista panorámica q a veces se hace uno mejor con el iPhone q con la camera de Canon. La playa es bien rocosa pero la vista es bella al atardecer.
Uma foto panorámica do entardecer na Praia de El Tunco, uma praia cheia de pedras mas de uma grande beleza plástica.
Explored 2016-09-29 #69
The Volkswagen Beetle is a two-door, four passenger, rear-engine economy car manufactured and marketed by German automaker Volkswagen (VW) from 1938 until 2003.
The need for this kind of car, and its functional objectives, was formulated by the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, who wanted a cheap, simple car to be mass-produced for his country's new road network. Hitler contracted Ferdinand Porsche in 1934 to design and build it. Porsche and his team took until 1938 to finalise the design.
The result was one of the first rear-engined cars since the Brass Era. With 21,529,464 produced, the Beetle is the longest-running and most-manufactured car of a single platform ever made.
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PURE PLAY, inspired by the setting sun. There is hardly any practical functionality in this behaviour of wild geese. The end of the first March day this year.
Took my old E-M1 gen.1 with me, with stills on my mind. The camera has poor video, but the scene was irresistible.
Wild geese make a distinct sound and have a demeanour which is not always the same. I often hear them at night, when they fly in small groups low above my flat 25 m high. Then it's more like navigating, a kind of sound radar. Or encouraging each other. Yesterday evening (5 March, not this recording) I was late coming back from the river shore, and the geese had been conspicuously calm for an hour... when I was at the middle of that big field populated by them, it was almost completely dark already. Camera already packed in my bag. Then something like exploded. The whole flock of around thousand or more wild geese put up a play for me. They suddenly burst into flight from the field on my right hand side and flew right over my head to the other half of the field where they all majestically landed. It was a sound of the thunder, all those huge wings flapping above me and the geese honking and calling. Like ƒƒƒ tutti of a large symphony orchestra. There were many many more birds than could fit in my lens even if I had the camera ready and small µ4/3 sensor somehow probing the dark. –Maybe I should take a sound recorder with me the next time... :)))
The occurrence on March 5th (not the modest one filmed here) brings me to my photographic Murphy's law: My greatest pics and videos are the ones I did not take. That's a rule that's haunting me for years and decades; my whole life actually. Like that one in the caption, just four days after this recorded clip. Please read the paragraph above, it does not pertain to the video clip above. Somehow, the birds always wait just enough —5 or 15 minutes after the sunset— for the light to fade out and then they appear in majestic formations and formidable numbers, to perform their low passes, big turns, amplified rhythmic calls, terrific landings and what not. Exactly that fraction too late when I can NOT film them any more with my modest µ4/3 gear, but can still observe the spectacle. No, they don't do it to spite me; it's just to keep their worthiest artistry beyond our proud-spirited set of captured things. It's rewarding enough to witness them. I am humbled and remain with my reoccurring phenomenon. Birds appearing just before sunrise or just after sunset with the regularity of Newton's physical laws.
Similar with the people :)
P. S. Contemplating the purchase of the G9 Mark II ever since... Now you know it's not the GAS (gear acquisition syndrome), but the GIS (gees inspired syndrome).
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I am not sure if this is a functional bus stop or a Rorschach test. What can be done better with this actual bus stop on Bollinger Canyon Road in San Ramon outside of the Bishop Ranch office park development?
Well, one rule of thumb should be that a bus stop should say more than just "Bus Stop" in big letters and have information about what buses in fact stop there. County Connection gives its phone number and Web site, but what do people do if they don't have a cell phone or mobile Internet device? There's nowhere around here they can access that information.
Someone went through the trouble of removing a few square yards of grass for a patch of concrete surrounded on three sides by cinder blocks. You know what would go great here? Something to sit on, and perhaps a canopy to cover it. The amenities on the Bishop Ranch campus are better. Seats are also nice because buses run once an hour in this part of the county -- and it's one of County Connection's more frequent services.
Third, riders are subject to pedestrian-bicyclist incursions.
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Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg is a spectacular Model World featuring many Land- and Cityscapes from around the world containing model trains, moving cars, ships and even a fully functional airport with starting and landing planes.
All of this is meticulously handcrafted to the smallest Detail.
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One in a series of iconic urban docks, the Rees WaveDeck is a stunning addition to Toronto’s waterfront.
Completed in 2009, the Rees wavedeck was the third urban dock built to create more public space along one of the most heavily used parts of Toronto's shoreline. Located just west of Rees Street on the south side of Queens Quay, the 480 square-metre wavedeck is both a piece of art and a functional gathering space. The stairs act as an informal amphitheatre and the varying heights of the deck allow for different vantage points and ultimately different experiences with the lake.
At Rees, the wavedeck dips gracefully towards the water allowing the public to get so close to the water they can almost touch it. Boating clubs in the slip also benefit from the new wavedeck which offers an amphitheatre-like space for outdoor education. A portion of the toe rail at the centre of the deck is removable to accommodate boarding of small boats from the wavedeck. www.waterfrontoronto.ca/nbe/portal/waterfront/Home/waterf...
Will has learned to tie pretty bows now!
A delightful cupcake apron for dressing up, or for messy baking time in the kitchen. With pale pink fabric, and white and black heart-topped cupcake designs, how could you resist?
The cupcake designs are professionally screenprinted - this apron was originally a new dress that didn't fit, so it has been re-made into an apron.
An excellent gift for yourself (or your sweety), your favorite baker, or a sweet lolita!
Features:
- Fully lined
- Cute and functional at the same time
- Black waist ties, top-stitched for durability and pointed for excellent bow-making
- Convenient pocket
- Convenient loop for holding spoons or scissors
- Easy to clean - machine wash in cold water
Fits a 24" - 29" waist
Apron piece is 14"w x 17.5" long
Excerpt from torontobiennial.org/work/augustas-serapinas-at-small-arms...:
Augustas Seripanas’s sculpture originated in Fogo Island, Newfoundland. Created from the material of an abandoned shed on the island, it references the island’s building history as well as the social and functional role of these modest structures. The vernacular architecture found in Fogo is synonymous with life and livelihood lived in tandem with the water, as well as with the houses and sheds built by boatbuilders. Fogo Island is known for its fishing industry, which is deeply marked by the cod moratorium initiated by the Federal Government in 1992 necessitated by decades of industrial overfishing and the subsequent collapse of the regional economy. While cod are making a slow recovery, the fishing ban remains largely in effect. One way the industry recovered was through the community banding together to create fishing cooperatives and diversifying their catch from a single species to crab, shrimp and turbot. The co-ops kept profits within the community and handled the preparation of catch for distribution to outside markets.
The modest wooden sheds, often brightly painted, with peaked roofs, dot the shoreline of the island. They are places to store nets, boats, and equipment, to clean and salt fish, and sometimes, to gather. Augustas’s shed came from Barr’d Islands, where it had gone through different iterations of construction. Locals recalled that this was the third time that a similar structure had been rebuilt with the same materials, each time with a slightly different configuration of nails, wood, flooring, and shingles. The shed has also taken on more contemporary building additions, including vinyl siding, wallpapered panels, and a front door repurposed from another structure. History is held in its walls, too, and visible in its layers of paint and inscriptions.
As a means of speaking to this resourcefulness—the material necessity of making use and reuse of what is at hand—Augustas has continued to transform the shed. With each rebuilding, a new structure is generated from the original materials. The first shed looked something like the original, but walking around it revealed that it was no wider than a closet, purposely narrowed to fit the confines of the gallery entrance. It also functioned as its own shipping container as it migrated to other venues, with the roof fitting into its interior, transforming the entire work into a crate.
In Toronto, the shed will undergo one final transformation. The artist, working together with Sawmill Sid, who runs a local milling service and lumber yard, will take the structure apart piece by piece and remake it into a towering lighthouse. Installed near the waterfront of Lake Ontario, Augustas’s propositional beacon will be visible from the Small Arms Inspection Building. Rather than guiding ships, however, it is a beacon to the transformative potential of even the most humble of materials.
Este pequeno anexo agrícola, integralmente construído em xisto, é um exemplo representativo da arquitetura vernacular de Quintandona, em Penafiel. Estas construções, outrora vitais para o apoio à atividade agrícola, serviam como armazéns de colheitas ou abrigos para animais. As paredes robustas em xisto, unidas a seco ou com argamassa, e a cobertura de telha cerâmica tradicional, asseguram isolamento térmico. A arquitetura funcional e simples, com uma única porta de madeira, reflete a adaptação ao trabalho no campo. Quintandona, uma aldeia preservada desde o século XIII e integrada na Rota do Românico, demonstra a coexistência entre a paisagem rural, a arquitetura tradicional em xisto, e elementos modernos. A aldeia tem sido alvo de um projeto de recuperação que visa preservar este valioso património arquitetónico e cultural, testemunho de um modo de vida rural praticamente inalterado até meados do século XX.
This small agricultural annex, built entirely of schist, is a representative example of the vernacular architecture of Quintandona, in Penafiel. These buildings, once vital to agricultural activity, served as crop storage or animal shelters. The sturdy schist walls, joined dry or with mortar, and the traditional ceramic tile roof ensure thermal insulation. The functional and simple architecture, with a single wooden door, reflects its adaptation to work in the fields. Quintandona, a village preserved since the 13th century and part of the Romanesque Route, demonstrates the coexistence of the rural landscape, traditional schist architecture, and modern elements. The village has been the subject of a restoration project that aims to preserve this valuable architectural and cultural heritage, testimony to a rural way of life that remained virtually unchanged until the mid-20th century.
Shiva restoring life to Ganesha, and replacing his head with an elephant’s, means that before we can leave the body, the Lord first replaces our small ego with a “big” or universal ego. This doesn’t mean that we become more egoistic. On the contrary, we no longer identify with the limited individual self, but rather with the large universal Self. In this way, our life is renewed, becoming one that can truly benefit Creation. It is however only a functional ego like the one Krishna and Buddha kept. It is like a thin string tying the liberated Consciousness to our world, solely for our benefit.
Ganesha is given dominion over the Ganas, which is a general term denoting all classes of beings, ranging from insects, animals and humans to the subtle and celestial beings. These various beings all contribute to the government of the Creation; everything from natural forces like storms and earthquakes to the elemental qualities like fire and water, to the functioning of the body’s organs and processes. If we don’t honour the Ganas, then our every action is a form of thievery, as it is unsanctioned. Therefore, instead of propitiating each Gana in order to receive their blessings, we bow to their Lord, Sri Ganesha. By receiving His grace, we receive the grace of all. He removes any potential obstacles and enables our endeavours to succeed.
Such is the greatness of Sri Ganesha! Jai Ganesha!
NYC: NYGASP / Utopia Limited
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players
Stephen Quint, Laurelyn Watson Chase, David Wannen, Erika Person, Stephen O'Brien
Nikon D700 | Nikon 70-200@175 | ƒ5.6 | 1/125s | ISO400 | Handheld
SB-600 #1 off-camera left at TTL -0.3, SB-600 #2 off-camera right at TTL -1.0
Post-Processing: +0.33 EV (+/- as needed), +0.05 contrast, crop (as desired), +0.05 definition
A picture of a watch without anything else is at worst an image of someone else’s art and at best can be a showcase for the photographer’s expertise at exposure and composition. This image has more meaning to me than you may grasp at first glance so I’ll complete the story here. SPOILER ALERT: It’s a bit long so if you’d like to skip it ... that’s Okay. Just remember to enjoy Today.
The title may attract the attention of a few people already familiar with the acronym. More later ... I purchased the timepiece pictured some 50 or more years ago and it has always been a disappointment ... it still looks almost pristine! It’s promise was that it was self-winding, that is by some engineering magic once it was wound and put on my wrist it somehow was supposed to stay wound enough to keep “good time”. Well, here’s the basic truth; if I wind it up and let it lay on the shelf it will keep perfect time until it runs down in a couple of days. If put it on my wrist it will randomly stop for 5 or 10 minutes at a time from the first hour on ... making it functionally useless!
In the mid-80s after a life changing event I learned that I can only live One Day at a Time (ODaaT). I realized this independent worthless timepiece is in fact a constant reminder that I only have today ... yesterday is history and tomorrow is not yet in play.
It has no other numbers than today’s calendar number and day ... today ... if I keep it wound. My every attempt to use it for my purposes by wearing it ... my actions ... screws up it’s basic time keeping function so if I let go and let it do it’s thing on the shelf all works just fine. I’m some 16 years into retirement and I removed my “working” watch the day I retired ... I know where time is being kept and I can freely live TODAY. If you got this far Happy Macro Monday ... and enjoy today. HMM Everyone.
Hiking Serra de la Sauvata. Vall d'Orient mountain view. Canillo, Vall d'Orient, Andorra, Pyrenees
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The supporting wall at Crewe station separating platforms 11 and 12 has a beauty all of its own. Weather worn and stained with the soot of previous generations of railway activity it has tones of cream brown and bronze that are inspired in its construction. The arches are masterpieces of symmetry.
The soft curves of the northbound Pendelino compliment the design features of the wall.
Thanks to David Hayes for the inspiration.
Sakrisøy, Moskenesøya, Lofoten Islands, Norway
The famous yellow cabin at Sakrisøy in Norway’s Lofoten Islands is the epitome of the Scandinavian approach to architecture and design. Characterised by the tenets of simplicity, minimalism, functionality and integration with nature, this modern reworking of the classic fisherman’s rorbu has been positioned perfectly in line with the imposing Olstinden peak behind. The result is a sublime triangular synergy of architecture and nature – and a delightful composition for photographers.
While wondering the Fields of “Art Omi” in Ghent NY in search of a restroom, I came across this elaborate flushing system, WOW
Autumn of Ruta del Ferro. Arans, Ordino (parroquia), Vall nord, Andorra, Pyrenees
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Fully functional minifig size front end loader. Two "cylinders" makes it possible to adjust liftarm and bucket in any position, and bucket can be filled with bricks without lowering.