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A conversation I'm so glad I got to have
We had a chat about photography
I found out Scott has been in a few magazines
We spoke about that
And I took a few photos
Showing Scott he said they were "sick"
And suggested the idea of
"A photo where all the cars are just blurs"
I explained I used to have a big love for long exposures and light painting
We took a long exposure and this is the result
After this I asked Scott If I could get him a drink and something to eat
Happily accepting a coffee and some warm food
I sat down next to scott and we had a really good talk
We spoke about how cold it is getting
And how hard it is for the homeless in Sydney right now
And how not many people show him any attention let alone sit and talk with him
He is hoping to go to court next week and is hoping after that he will be able to go back into housing
We agreed that I would come for another coffee next time I visit the city
And I'm really looking forward to it and seeing how he went with court
I debated whether this was original enough to post, but after the last one I posted had a massive spike in popularity yesterday (it was featured in the "A year ago today" spot on the front page of Explore), I decided what the heck. For the record, it is a different picture, not just a crop, taken on a different day (notice the pavement is wet in one and not the other).
Another tangent that is completely irrelevant to the image today, but is hopefully less divisive than yesterday's MJ comments (that is, depending on how strongly you all feel about your Christmas music). I figured the best way to determine my favorite Christmas songs would be through a scientific calculation, here are my most played Christmas songs on iTunes (who am I to doubt a machine's judgment of my preferences?). I will preface this otherwise embarrassing list by saying that as far as Christmas music goes, anything goes. It can be as corny, as poorly written, etc., as music gets, and it's still great. It's a guilty pleasure of sorts where the typical "rules" don't apply.
1. Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney - a catchy beat and some great synthesizer action make this song by the former Beatle a Christmas classic
2. Another Year Has Gone By - Celine Dion - a close listening reveals that this isn't actually all that Christmasy, but it's a sentimental favorite of mine; it's on her Christmas album, so it counts
3. It Feels Like Christmas - The Muppets - my favorite song from one of my favorite Christmas films (Muppet Christmas Carol)
4. White Christmas - Bing Crosby - the original classic from another great holiday film, Holiday Inn; how can you go wrong with Bing Crosby?
5. Christmas Is All Around - Billy Mack - a satirical favorite that is from yet another favorite Christmas film
6. The Spirit Of The Season - Walt Disney World Resort - the song playing during the fireworks at Walt Disney World while Sarah and I got engaged...need I say more?
7. At Christmas - Hanson - the song for which I'm sure I'll catch the most flak, but admittedly, it's probably my favorite song on the list; much more adult than anything I've ever heard from this pop/crap band
8. A Christmas To Remember - Amy Grant - a catchy favorite
9. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Frank Sinatra - I swear I used to have a version of this song beginning with an introduction from Sinatra in which he wishes everyone a Merry Christmas, but I can't find it now
10. So This Is Christmas - John Lennon - catchy lyrics and beat and a legend singing, to boot
11. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald - so many versions of this song that I love, I guess iTunes says I like their version the most
12. Country Bear Christmas Special - A Musical History of Disneyland - my mom said I saw Country Bear Christmas when I was one year old; I don't remember that; this is as close as I will probably ever get to 'seeing' it again, and this 16 minute track does not disappoint; wowzers
13. The Christmas Song - Nat "King" Cole - my favorite Christmas song by one of the best Christmas performers
14. You Make It Feel Like Christmas - Neil Diamond - If you grew up in the 80s and early 90s, you know that few people rock as hard as Neil Diamond ;-)
T15. Merry F***ing Christmas - South Park - South Park probably doesn't fit with the typical Disney "scene" but it's one of the smartest, most satirical shows on television; this song is great
T15. Carol Of The Bells - Trans-Siberian Orchestra - probably not my favorite TSO song, but iTunes disagrees; they put on a great concert; just show up after the first half hour, as they do some weird story during that time
Sussex County, NJ
June 25, 2017
Technically a lousy shot. I greatly overexposed the single photo I was able to get and had to do some rescue work in post to get an acceptable image. Since this was a jpeg there was only so much I could do.
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We do plan future trips and do catalogue our past ones, if you believe there is a beautiful place we have missed, and we are sure there must be many, please do let us know and we will investigate.
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To be honest, I don't remember where I got or when I made a synopsis of the topic, but from Wiki and a few books, here's a short version of how dragonflies and damselflies "initiate" and consummate sex. The intermediate step of "courtship" really didn't occur 300 million years ago. Well, at least dating didn't take place, although some aspects were already in the DNA. For example, females could play hard to get and, then, as we will see, hard to hold onto (which was absolutely necessary in the "pinwheel position"). Then, with no college tuition, vocations, retirement plans and health insurance (they only lived six months, hardly enough time to find a good doctor, and then a dragonfly doctor would only live six months, too, so the patient would probably be the consoler. At least, no one was there to come home and tell either male or female, "I'm sorry, but Donny was eaten in flight today, by some damsel in distress." (That's for you, Ron.)
Now, sex among dragons and damsels: "Dragonflies and damselflies are closely related insects, which both belong to the insect order Odonata. The two insects display a number of subtle differences, most noticeably their size and rest orientation. That is, damselflies are small, slender and hold their wings over their backs while perching; dragonflies are larger than damselflies and keep their wings outstretched while at rest.
The insects share similarities in some of their reproductive behaviors, but the mating systems of damselflies are more varied, explained Rhainer Guillermo-Ferreira, an entomologists at São Paulo State University in Brazil. [Photos: Dazzling Dew-Covered Insects]
Male dragonflies are very territorial and will ferociously defend their little mating area from other males. During battles, they will grab and bite each other's wings and head, inflicting potentially fatal wounds.
Females visit the males' territories along ponds, rivers and streams, and mate with the best fighters. "They have no special behaviors, such as courtship or dancing," Guillermo-Ferreira told Live Science.
Some damselfly species also set up territories, but others have different ways of going about things. The males of some species fly around and search for potential mates. The most reproductively successful males are generally those that are the best fliers and searchers, Guillermo-Ferreira said.
Some other damselflies sport very colorful wings, which they use both to intimidate other males and to entice females. A male "dances" for a female by showing off his wings and zipping along the water, a behavior that helps to communicate his quality and the quality of his territory.
To mate, the male first grabs a female by the back of her neck with claspers at the end of his abdomen — these structures actually fit into species-specific grooves in the female. From here, the pair can fly around together in tandem. If the female is sexually receptive, she will lift her abdomen up to bring her "vagina" in contact with his "penis," allowing the male to transfer his sperm.
In some species, the pair will remain in this wheel position for only a minute. Others, however, may stay in formation for several hours, while the male tries to use spoonlike structures on his penis to scoop out any sperm from other males the female may already have in her.
After copulation, the male may immediately release his mate and fly away, or he may follow her around to guard her from other males while she lays her eggs in water. In some species, the pair will stay in tandem during the whole egg-laying process.
Eggs laid, the odonates will go on to reproduce a few more times, until they die of old age a month or so later."
In this image (excuse the contrast - high noon in full sun), we have two Green Darners exchanging sperm (male in front) and in the two seconds that this takes place, the female fertilizes her eggs and deposits them in fresh water, often attaching them to rotting vegetation and often as not just letting the eggs drops to the bottom of shallow water to start the development of the next million generations. The pinwheel will be much more evident in the next image of two damselflies. Damselflies, by the way, seem to mate in air much more often than Dragonflies but both have basically the same method of attachment, fertilization, and egg laying. In some photos (I have one of a female Common Whitetail - see yesterday's post) the female will detach and then skim along the surface of the water and with each pass, lay more eggs. It's as though she's just hovering, but she does have her ovipositor in the water.
And that is the sex with dragons and damsels in brief.
I have just a few more Damsels mostly before I return to my more eclectic photostream. My fifth year with Flickr (and three years before with SmugMug) is in July, and I have been holding on to my "insect files" too long thinking that I was one of the few made about almost all of nature even if I didn't have images of 90% of what I've encountered. But then, I found kindred spirits with a couple of pictures of unique lichen that found some fans. Perhaps I should have posted lichen, dragons, birds, flowers, and then sea- and landscapes and mountains. All in order of age. Fortunately, I still come last in that order ;-)
Two notes: Flickr maps have not been working properly the past few days. I will note - as I usually do - where the picture was taken even though 75% are within ten miles of my home in northern California. And one admonition, if I may: when posting to "Wildlife of the West" which I developed and administer with James and Tom, please state where you took the picture (the province or state most importantly since I don't know where "HamHam Pond" is). Or read the requirements for posting. Thank you.
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We tend to celebrate light in our pictures. Understanding how light interacts with the camera is paramount to the work we do. The temperature, intensity and source of light can wield different photography effect on the same subject or scene; add ISO, aperture and speed, the camera, the lens type, focal length and filters…the combination is varied ad multi-layered and if you know how to use them all, you will come to appreciate that all lights are useful, even those surrounded by a lot of darkness.
We are guided by three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, our longing to capture in print, that which is beautiful, the constant search for the one picture, and constant barrage of new equipment and style of photography. These passions, like great winds, have blown us across the globe in search of the one and we do understand the one we do look for might be this picture right here for someone else out there.
“A concise poem about our work as stated elow
A place without being
a thought without thinking
creatively, two dimensions
suspended animation
possibly a perfect imitation
of what was then to see.
A frozen memory in synthetic colour
or black and white instead,
fantasy dreams in magazines
become imbedded inside my head.
Artistic views
surrealistic hues,
a photographer’s instinctive eye:
for he does as he pleases
up to that point he releases,
then develops a visual high.
- M R Abrahams
Some of the gear we use at William Stone Fine Art are listed here:
Some of our latest work & more!
Embedded galleries within a gallery on various aspects of Photography:
There are other aspects closely related to photography that we do embark on:
All prints though us is put through a rigorous set of quality control standards long before we ever ship it to your front door. We only create gallery-quality images, and you'll receive your print in perfect condition with a lifetime guarantee.
All images on Flickr have been specifically published in a lower grade quality to amber our copyright being infringed. We have 4096x pixel full sized quality on all our photos and any of them could be ordered in high grade museum quality grade and a discount applied if the voucher WS-100 is used. Please contact us:
We do plan future trips and do catalogue our past ones, if you believe there is a beautiful place we have missed, and we are sure there must be many, please do let us know and we will investigate.
In our galleries you will find some amazing fine art photography for sale as limited edition and open edition, gallery quality prints. Only the finest materials and archival methods are used to produce these stunning photographic works of art.
We want to thank you for your interest in our work and thanks for visiting our work on Flickr, we do appreciate you and the contributions you make in furthering our interest in photography and on social media in general, we are mostly out in the field or at an event making people feel luxurious about themselves.
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The Luxury of being yourself
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We do once in a while have discounted luxury fine art, please do keep checking:
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We tend to celebrate light in our pictures. Understanding how light interacts with the camera is paramount to the work we do. The temperature, intensity and source of light can wield different photography effect on the same subject or scene; add ISO, aperture and speed, the camera, the lens type, focal length and filters…the combination is varied ad multi-layered and if you know how to use them all, you will come to appreciate that all lights are useful, even those surrounded by a lot of darkness.
We are guided by three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, our longing to capture in print, that which is beautiful, the constant search for the one picture, and constant barrage of new equipment and style of photography. These passions, like great winds, have blown us across the globe in search of the one and we do understand the one we do look for might be this picture right here for someone else out there.
“A concise poem about our work as stated elow
A place without being
a thought without thinking
creatively, two dimensions
suspended animation
possibly a perfect imitation
of what was then to see.
A frozen memory in synthetic colour
or black and white instead,
fantasy dreams in magazines
become imbedded inside my head.
Artistic views
surrealistic hues,
a photographer’s instinctive eye:
for he does as he pleases
up to that point he releases,
then develops a visual high.
- M R Abrahams
Some of the gear we use at William Stone Fine Art are listed here:
Some of our latest work & more!
Embedded galleries within a gallery on various aspects of Photography:
There are other aspects closely related to photography that we do embark on:
All prints though us is put through a rigorous set of quality control standards long before we ever ship it to your front door. We only create gallery-quality images, and you'll receive your print in perfect condition with a lifetime guarantee.
All images on Flickr have been specifically published in a lower grade quality to amber our copyright being infringed. We have 4096x pixel full sized quality on all our photos and any of them could be ordered in high grade museum quality grade and a discount applied if the voucher WS-100 is used. Please contact us:
We do plan future trips and do catalogue our past ones, if you believe there is a beautiful place we have missed, and we are sure there must be many, please do let us know and we will investigate.
In our galleries you will find some amazing fine art photography for sale as limited edition and open edition, gallery quality prints. Only the finest materials and archival methods are used to produce these stunning photographic works of art.
We want to thank you for your interest in our work and thanks for visiting our work on Flickr, we do appreciate you and the contributions you make in furthering our interest in photography and on social media in general, we are mostly out in the field or at an event making people feel luxurious about themselves.
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Nighthawk and I drop from the walls we were climbing and turn around to face Cobblepot and his men. He's standing there with Deadshot and some young adult in a red and black suit holding a familiar looking helmet. Judging by the now purple-ish look of his face, Cobblepot's not happy we escaped.
Cobblepot: (Breathing deeply) "So, you escaped your cells, eh? An.. unforeseen complication, but one that can be solved."
He turns to the young adult and starts talking in German. I can understand it, and because Nighthawk's lips are moving I assume he knows some too.
Cobblepot: (translated from German) "Your test has now changed. No longer will you be facing Deadshot. Now, you will face them. Do not fail. You know what happens if you do, correct?"
The young adult nods and puts on his helmet, and Cobblepot steps back.
Cobblepot: (To Deadshot) "Do not let them escape."
Deadshot: (Nods)
Nighthawk and I get ready to fight our way out when suddenly the young adult disappears and my fears for Hydra's weapon become a reality.
Nighthawk: "Wait, I see-" (gets uppercut by some invisible force)
Bruce: "Nighthawk! He's shrunk! You most likely won't be able to fight back while he's small!"
Nighthawk: "Yeah. Got it."
Suddenly I see a small black speck jump towards me. I leap to the side and avoid it, but it comes back around for another go. After a while of fighting and dodging he finally lands a blow. I'm hit from behind and fall to my hands and knees. Then I get hit in the jaw and fall to the ground. He then leaves and goes after Nighthawk, who's doing a pretty good job dodging his hits. I look over and see Cobblepot and Deadshot watching him. They're distracted.
Bruce: "Nighthawk!"
He looks over, then gets whacked in the calf.
Bruce: (Mouthing) "Keep him busy."
Nighthawk: (Nods.) "Hey Ant-Boy! That all you got?"
Ant-Boy: (Charging at Nighthawk) "Don't call me that!"
Getting up, I grab a smoke-bomb from my belt. I throw it down and charge at Deadshot. If I can manage to defeat him, since Cobblepot won't be much of a threat Nighthawk and I might be able to get out of here. I hit Deadshot a few times in the gut and head, but then he catches my fist.
Deadshot: (Metallic) "Not so fast."
We fight for a bit, but I get about as far as I did with Ant-Boy. Think Bruce. How can I beat him? Just then I get and idea. Grabbing one of the glass shards, I ram it into his knee, hoping to immobilize him. Instead the shard breaks, so I know now he must have some armor. I try another in his shoulder, but no such luck-
Bruce: (Wobbles back and moves his jaw around.) "Ugh!"
Right in the face. Luckily it wasn't with his metal arm. That's it! Taking the last shard, I jam it in his armpit under his metal arm, where there should be a gap.
Deadshot: (Screams out in pain, then takes the shard out.) "Aaahhhh!"
As he take out the shard, I punch him right in the jaw, knocking him out. Crude, but it worked. Then Cobblepot looks over, and reaches behind his back. He pulls out his gun, and shoots a few bullets. I dodge them all, hit the gun out of his hand, and knock him out. Looking over I see Nighthawk looking around in confusion. Then I see Ant-Boy jump towards me, grow back to his normal size, and punch me. I fall backwards, and see Ant-Boy jump up and shrink. He flies down through the air to hit me when suddenly two gloved hands cover him and defend me from the blow.
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Almost done with Volume One! The next issue is the finale, and then we move onto Volume Two! But before then comes the judging, for the contest has officially ended. I will do my best to post the results tomorrow. But if you have any comments or critiques feel free to share them! Thanks for reading and have an awesome day!
Here's my current collection of figures that are accurate (or at least close interpretations) to the way they appear in Lego Batman 1 and 2.
There are still a few to get and many more that I wish would get made such as:
Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Cyborg, Huntress, Black Manta, Deadshot, Vixen, Firefly, Deathstroke, Clayface, Batgirl (LB2), Talia al Ghul, Katana, Hugo Strange and The ventriloquist/Scarface.
With LB3 coming out this year, I'm sure there will be many more to add to the list but I'll wait to see what figs are released in the next wave of sets first before I start adding :).
Figs featured are by Christo, PPM, OLS, LOM, Penzora and SGP.
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We tend to celebrate light in our pictures. Understanding how light interacts with the camera is paramount to the work we do. The temperature, intensity and source of light can wield different photography effect on the same subject or scene; add ISO, aperture and speed, the camera, the lens type, focal length and filters…the combination is varied ad multi-layered and if you know how to use them all, you will come to appreciate that all lights are useful, even those surrounded by a lot of darkness.
We are guided by three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, our longing to capture in print, that which is beautiful, the constant search for the one picture, and constant barrage of new equipment and style of photography. These passions, like great winds, have blown us across the globe in search of the one and we do understand the one we do look for might be this picture right here for someone else out there.
“A concise poem about our work as stated elow
A place without being
a thought without thinking
creatively, two dimensions
suspended animation
possibly a perfect imitation
of what was then to see.
A frozen memory in synthetic colour
or black and white instead,
fantasy dreams in magazines
become imbedded inside my head.
Artistic views
surrealistic hues,
a photographer’s instinctive eye:
for he does as he pleases
up to that point he releases,
then develops a visual high.
- M R Abrahams
Some of the gear we use at William Stone Fine Art are listed here:
Some of our latest work & more!
Embedded galleries within a gallery on various aspects of Photography:
There are other aspects closely related to photography that we do embark on:
All prints though us is put through a rigorous set of quality control standards long before we ever ship it to your front door. We only create gallery-quality images, and you'll receive your print in perfect condition with a lifetime guarantee.
All images on Flickr have been specifically published in a lower grade quality to amber our copyright being infringed. We have 4096x pixel full sized quality on all our photos and any of them could be ordered in high grade museum quality grade and a discount applied if the voucher WS-100 is used. Please contact us:
We do plan future trips and do catalogue our past ones, if you believe there is a beautiful place we have missed, and we are sure there must be many, please do let us know and we will investigate.
In our galleries you will find some amazing fine art photography for sale as limited edition and open edition, gallery quality prints. Only the finest materials and archival methods are used to produce these stunning photographic works of art.
We want to thank you for your interest in our work and thanks for visiting our work on Flickr, we do appreciate you and the contributions you make in furthering our interest in photography and on social media in general, we are mostly out in the field or at an event making people feel luxurious about themselves.
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"Awake my dear. Be kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out into the vast field of light, and let it breathe." by Hafiz
Or, a shelter for your heart.
Coprinas mushroom, according to Machel spence- thanks Mach
A few vacation days in the mountains of Western North Carolina-- a bit scarce on Flickr.
I'm looking at the Nikon D5100 (because it has a swivel screen) and the Sony Nex 5 (because it's so lightweight-- this may clench the deal for me) and has a CMOS sensor, and a movable screen. I welcome all camera advice also. Heavy just won't work for me, as I like to hike and walk my dogs and take my camera with me. But I want the best sensor I can get, and a camera that does better in low light and in-doors and takes clearer photos.
I welcome all critiques. That's how I learn. I'm not thin-skinned.
Taken 6/10/11, Uploaded 6/10/11,2011 06 10_zR72 TAslight EnhanceDBmushroomFlowersNC_1026
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Or view all of my Photostream, sorted by Interestingness: fiveprime.org/flickr_hvmnd.cgi?search_domain=User&tex...
For certain photos that I upload on Flickr, the "date taken" is not set, even though the date taken is present in the EXIF data, e.g. for this photo:
www.flickr.com/photos/loupiote/52778277566
The EXIF contains this "date taken":
Date and Time (Digitized) - 2017:06:30 01:16:44-07:00
The bug can be easily reproduced by getting and uploading uploading this original photo, which can be obtained here: live.staticflickr.com/65535/52778277566_8591b08e09_o_d.jpg
Because of this bug, Flickr will consider that the date taken is either "infinity" (in the future) or the date the photo was edited with photoshop, depending on what you do with Flickr.
For example when you looks at "date taken" in the Organizer, it show you the date when the photo was edited (i.e. modified), which is also stored in the EXIF:
Date and Time (Modified) - 2023:03:28 19:07:38
This bug prevents albums containing images like this one from being correctly sorted by "date taken".
This bug affects ALL the photos that I took with my cellphone and that I edited with photoshop. It does not affect photos that I took with other cameras, also edited with photoshop.
It looks like Flickr is not extracting the "date taken" properly from the EXIF data for those images, likely because of the format of their EXIF data, i.e. flickr fails to extract the "date taken" from the EXIF tag "Date and Time (Digitized)".
After a lot of agony, I decided to get a wide angle before getting a macro. After even more agony, I decided which one to get. And then found they are backordered from the three companies with reasonable prices. So, in the meantime.... I am learning to use the macro, which I love. But it's hard. The percent deletions is still bigger than the percent of keepers.
These are tiny ice crystals on the window. The total size of what's in this picture is about a centimeter.
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I think this was the lightest possible Dyna you could get and are now very hard to come across.
These are basically rebadged Hiaces.
The Luxury of being yourself
We have selected pictures on our website, but can always add more depending on the requests we do get and the current trend in the world of luxury fine art:
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We tend to celebrate light in our pictures. Understanding how light interacts with the camera is paramount to the work we do. The temperature, intensity and source of light can wield different photography effect on the same subject or scene; add ISO, aperture and speed, the camera, the lens type, focal length and filters…the combination is varied ad multi-layered and if you know how to use them all, you will come to appreciate that all lights are useful, even those surrounded by a lot of darkness.
We are guided by three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, our longing to capture in print, that which is beautiful, the constant search for the one picture, and constant barrage of new equipment and style of photography. These passions, like great winds, have blown us across the globe in search of the one and we do understand the one we do look for might be this picture right here for someone else out there.
“A concise poem about our work as stated elow
A place without being
a thought without thinking
creatively, two dimensions
suspended animation
possibly a perfect imitation
of what was then to see.
A frozen memory in synthetic colour
or black and white instead,
fantasy dreams in magazines
become imbedded inside my head.
Artistic views
surrealistic hues,
a photographer’s instinctive eye:
for he does as he pleases
up to that point he releases,
then develops a visual high.
- M R Abrahams
Some of the gear we use at William Stone Fine Art are listed here:
Some of our latest work & more!
Embedded galleries within a gallery on various aspects of Photography:
There are other aspects closely related to photography that we do embark on:
All prints though us is put through a rigorous set of quality control standards long before we ever ship it to your front door. We only create gallery-quality images, and you'll receive your print in perfect condition with a lifetime guarantee.
All images on Flickr have been specifically published in a lower grade quality to amber our copyright being infringed. We have 4096x pixel full sized quality on all our photos and any of them could be ordered in high grade museum quality grade and a discount applied if the voucher WS-100 is used. Please contact us:
We do plan future trips and do catalogue our past ones, if you believe there is a beautiful place we have missed, and we are sure there must be many, please do let us know and we will investigate.
In our galleries you will find some amazing fine art photography for sale as limited edition and open edition, gallery quality prints. Only the finest materials and archival methods are used to produce these stunning photographic works of art.
We want to thank you for your interest in our work and thanks for visiting our work on Flickr, we do appreciate you and the contributions you make in furthering our interest in photography and on social media in general, we are mostly out in the field or at an event making people feel luxurious about themselves.
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The Luxury of being yourself
We have selected pictures on our website, but can always add more depending on the requests we do get and the current trend in the world of luxury fine art:
We do wedding photography and videography:
We do once in a while have discounted luxury fine art, please do keep checking:
Fine Art Photography Prints & Luxury Wall Art:
We do come up with merchandises over the years, but at the moment we have sold out and will bring them back depending on the demands of our past customers and those we do take on daily across the globe.
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We tend to celebrate light in our pictures. Understanding how light interacts with the camera is paramount to the work we do. The temperature, intensity and source of light can wield different photography effect on the same subject or scene; add ISO, aperture and speed, the camera, the lens type, focal length and filters…the combination is varied ad multi-layered and if you know how to use them all, you will come to appreciate that all lights are useful, even those surrounded by a lot of darkness.
We are guided by three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, our longing to capture in print, that which is beautiful, the constant search for the one picture, and constant barrage of new equipment and style of photography. These passions, like great winds, have blown us across the globe in search of the one and we do understand the one we do look for might be this picture right here for someone else out there.
“A concise poem about our work as stated elow
A place without being
a thought without thinking
creatively, two dimensions
suspended animation
possibly a perfect imitation
of what was then to see.
A frozen memory in synthetic colour
or black and white instead,
fantasy dreams in magazines
become imbedded inside my head.
Artistic views
surrealistic hues,
a photographer’s instinctive eye:
for he does as he pleases
up to that point he releases,
then develops a visual high.
- M R Abrahams
Some of the gear we use at William Stone Fine Art are listed here:
Some of our latest work & more!
Embedded galleries within a gallery on various aspects of Photography:
There are other aspects closely related to photography that we do embark on:
All prints though us is put through a rigorous set of quality control standards long before we ever ship it to your front door. We only create gallery-quality images, and you'll receive your print in perfect condition with a lifetime guarantee.
All images on Flickr have been specifically published in a lower grade quality to amber our copyright being infringed. We have 4096x pixel full sized quality on all our photos and any of them could be ordered in high grade museum quality grade and a discount applied if the voucher WS-100 is used. Please contact us:
We do plan future trips and do catalogue our past ones, if you believe there is a beautiful place we have missed, and we are sure there must be many, please do let us know and we will investigate.
In our galleries you will find some amazing fine art photography for sale as limited edition and open edition, gallery quality prints. Only the finest materials and archival methods are used to produce these stunning photographic works of art.
We want to thank you for your interest in our work and thanks for visiting our work on Flickr, we do appreciate you and the contributions you make in furthering our interest in photography and on social media in general, we are mostly out in the field or at an event making people feel luxurious about themselves.
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One of my Christmas presents (both were books).
I've been getting and enjoying the Fresh Start Food Boxes since the end of last August, when I was able to eat a properly full range of foods again after four years of a very restricted diet.
Now I have the cookbook.
I have the boxes on hold for January because I will be going to several picnic concerts and because I have food in the freezer that needs to be used.
Saturday, 2nd January 2021.
Jitong memories. In the grandeur of the Jingpeng Pass, a couple of QJ's exit Tunnel No.2 on their climb up the western side. Not the drama of a snowscape I know, but you take what you can get, and in October 2004, the weather was annoyingly quite pleasant. © David Hill.
This is the weather event that started off this weeks postings related to sunsets under a cloud layer and what can happen. Sunday evening a storm cell was showing on weather radar as moving slightly South of Grimsby, Ontario in such a location and direction as to potentially provide some dramatic light over a horse farm’s paddock atop the Niagara Escarpment on Wolverton Road just South of town. The potential for a dramatic light opportunity arose because the cloud layer above me was associated with a storm that ended further West leaving an open gap along the horizon (as seen from this area). I had pictured a photo of this particular paddock because this early in the Spring, the small pond was still full of water and would reflect any sky colour that might form. I headed up there and set up along the fence line and waited. One small rain shower later, the sun cooperated and provided this image of the farm, pond and colour-dappled clouds lit from below. Sadly, it turned out that another cloud bank was sitting further West (not visible here) and my hoped-for fully coloured base of the cloud layer above me failed to materialize. Take what you can get and hope for another opportunity. - JW
Date Taken: 2016-05-03
Tech Details:
Taken using a tripod-mounted Nikon D7100 fitted with a Nikkor 12-24mm lense set to 24mm, ISO100, WB set to daylight, Aperture priority mode, f/8.0, 1/10 sec. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source file: scale image up to 9000x6000, enable Graduated Neutral Density/GND filter tool and darken sky to better balance its tones with the nearby foreground, set exposure to about 2/3 stop over as-shot, boost vibrance, slightly boost contrast and Chromaticity in L-A-B mode, sharpen, enable micro-contrast, enable noise reduction, save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: adjust colour balance to reduce slight green cast, boost saturation overall and then decrease green channel saturation, use dodge-burn tool to locally brighten the horse in the middle of the frame, enable the shadows-highlights tool and significantly recover the highlights and then pull up shadows (crazy wide dynamic range that is simply impossible to manage entirely), sharpen slightly, save, scale to 6000x4000 (my preferred working size for prepping images intended to be posted online), sharpen slightly, save, add fine black and white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale to 1800 wide for posting, sharpen, save.
"Spraying Flames - 2"
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In July of 2011, while photographing and freezing fireworks no longer felt like a challenge, and I began to realize that a lot of the pictures had seemed to look way too similar to each other. To solve this problem, I wanted to get a little experimental and spice things up a bit with some creativity. I developed a few deeply thought out techniques to be executed within the camera at the time of the photo being taken, to that make the fireworks look like anything except for what we are used to perceiving as an actual "firework".
This experimentation and creative technique, had proven fireworks to be my favorite things to photograph, as well as leading me to win 3rd place in the Popular Photography Magazine's "Your Best Shot Contest", with this photo:
"Abstract Explosion"
www.flickr.com/photos/nickbenben/5939053732
(Which can be found in the April Issue of Popular Photography Magazine)
When the celebrations began in 2012 for the anniversary of America's independence, I set out with a mission to photograph as many firework displays as I possibly had the time and energy for. My goal was to refine and improve my techniques and experiment further, to get and idea of what other immense and colorful designs I would be able to create - with no expectations.
***Instead of uploading a whole batch all at once, I will be revealing a new abstract firework photograph DAILY, for the next 30 days - to keep things more interesting***
Thank you so much for taking your time to read what I wrote, and for spending the time to look at my work.
Please, don't be afraid to share your thoughts- I'd love to know what you think.
I hope you enjoy some of my most recent results!
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Vandaag, vrijdag 12 juli, herdenken en begraven we Carolien Euser
(16 februari 1964 - 3 juli 2013)
"There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1. There's .1 and .12 and .112 and an infinite collection of others. Of course, there is a bigger infinite set of numbers between 0 and 2, or between 0 and a million. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities. A writer we used to like taught us that. There are days, many of them, when I resent the size of my unbounded set. I want more numbers than I'm likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he got. But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn't trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful."
~ John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
♥ Rust zacht lieve Carolien ♥
Keeping up with the trend from my last two celebrations, I had to do just one more of these this time around. And not to belittle the other great creators I've seen, but I think I've saved the best for last. These are some of my favorites out of the featured builders, and they really could use your support. So give them a try, favorite a few pictures, add some comments, and maybe even add to their follower count. I've had so much support over the years I've been here, I really want to give back and help others reach these incredible milestones.
toaukume is a builder just starting out, but wow, what a start. Their builds and stories are just all so clever, and they use plenty of brilliant techniques and color schemes. Ukume is definitely deserving of being here.
upsidedownvahi (hopefully you find where they got the name) is another brilliant MOCist with a wide variety of characters. Each creation is built and posed so well that you can easily see the personality behind them. I particularly like their use of tentacles and Kraata as hair pieces. They also have a few techniques that were new to me in femMOC design.
When I first saw stubs4limbs's Surin, I was utterly blown away. The color scheme was so well balanced, the detail was masterfully done, and he just had so much character to him. And the rest of stubs' builds are just as great. They have a great mastery over the perfect balance of detailing, enough to look interesting, but not confusing and distracting. They also have some great photography.
Have I ever mentioned that I'm a sucker for elemental motifs? Well, the moment Hawkflight Exserion's Makaen crossed my homepage, I just about cried at the beauty of it. Hawk also has so many well photographed, well designed builds that stun me every time. And each one has an interesting and intricate backstory and personality that just makes it all the better.
formanjalen has been another avid supporter of my builds for a while now (they even have their own Skull Spider Revamp crawling around their gallery), and I really wanted to return the favor. They have some pretty impressive revamps in a style that reminds me much of MrBoltTron. Each one is carefully crafted to show the personality of the character portrayed, and they've been asking for feedback they just aren't getting. And just to prove what a great guy they are, they've done their own Follower Feature over on their gallery. Now I'm just waiting for more pictures of that lizard man. :P
Well, that concludes this Follower Feature. I did my best to showcase some of those I felt deserved and needed it, but I really wish I could get to everyone. Good news is, at this rate, I'll be doing this all over again next month! So stick around, keep being awesome, and don't be afraid to show off some of your own builds in the comments below.
I still have one more surprise this time around, once I have time to finish it. Odds are it will come after I finish posting my 350 Follower Special of the Protectors.
HB-JNK was delivered to the carrier Nov 2019. The airline started 77W ops in 2016.
I don't have many photos of their 77Ws so this was nice to get, and fortunately in some sunlight as it was a partly cloudy afternoon.
Oops, this photo of a cluster of Puffballs growing on a tree stump looked somewhat sharper very late last night! Much as I would like to delete it, I do want to add it to my album for the Dover's property.
In the morning of 25 September 2015, six of us were lucky enough to explore a tiny part of the land belonging to Frances and David Dover. For two of us (myself and our leader), this was our second visit - for the rest, it was a first time there.
I will copy and paste the description I posted on Flickr from our first visit to the Dover's acreage, on 7 August 2015:
"Yesterday, 7 August 2015, four of us were extremely fortunate to have the chance to visit the home and highly varied topographic 62-acre property belonging to Frances and David Dover. We felt honoured and privileged to meet and spend time with Frances and David, and also their daughter Carolyn and her husband Clair. A delightful family who welcomed us so warmly into their home and land.
This acreage of grassland, forest, rolling hills - and special gardens - is not far from Millarville, SW of Calgary. In fact, it's in an area that I often drive through when I only have time for, or only feel like doing, a short drive. Amazing what little gems exist out there.
This is not just a beautiful property, but is very special for various reasons. For one thing, read any history of Alberta and you will find the Dover family, including David's mother, Mary Dover. Second, among the trees and open "lawns", there are Peony flower beds, containing 100-150 heritage Peonies, each one different, that have now multiplied to more than 300 plants. Unfortunately, they bloomed a couple of weeks early this year, and all the flowers had gone to seed. Another open area had a different kind of ground cover - Thyme, which smelled wonderful. If I remember correctly, this was the open space where the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra performed on one occasion!
There are two large ponds on the property and another smaller area of water that they hope to turn into a Japanese Garden. It was while walking around the latter that a large brown 'shape' could be seen through the dense trees - a handsome Moose buck. I will look properly at the four or so photos I just managed to get and will slip one of them into my photostream sometime soon, just for the record, definitely not for the photo quality : ) This was also where a Great Horned Owl was seen flying through the trees by some of us (not me, ha!).
There are grassy paths winding through the acreage, up and down hill, that take David seven hours to mow. They are not pristine, velvety paths, but instead, they seem to take nothing away from the wildness of the whole area. One of the animals that have passed through is the Cougar. In fact, several years ago, I saw a video taken on a nearby (or adjacent?) property, where a 'kill' and night-time camera had been set up and a total of six different Cougar individuals were seen!
Even the Dover's home is unique and beautiful. It is completely built of concrete - floors, walls, ceilings, roof, deck, and so on. A Hummingbird feeder and regular bird feeders, set up on the patio, attract a variety of birds. We sat on the patio after our walk to eat our packed lunches - and to enjoy a delicious Orange Pound Cake that Frances had made for us, along with refreshing Iced Tea - thank you so much for this, Frances! Yesterday, while I was waiting for one of three tiny Calliope Hummingbirds to come back, I was lucky enough to see a little Mountain Chickadee, along with many Pine Siskins. We could also hear a Red-tailed Hawk in the area.
There is just so much I could write about this visit and family. Instead, or for now, I will add several links to more information on the Internet. This was a memorable day for us. Thank you so much, Frances and David, Carolyn and Clair, for being so kind and welcoming us into your home and gardens.
books.google.ca/books?id=Tr36Tq_gadcC&pg=PA290&lp...
www.westernwheel.com/article/20110727/WHE06/307279983/-1/...
David's mother, Mary Dover (her father was A. E. Cross), was "a dynamic and distinguished Calgarian, particularly known for her work with the military during World War II." As well as being an army officer, and an alderman, she was also a preservationist. See the following link.
www.albertachampions.org/champions-mary_dover.htm#.VcY1KP...
ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesMainResults.aspx?XC=/searc...
glencoe.org/documents/10184/637479/The-History-of-Elbow-P... page 44-45 ."
After our visit to the Dover's on 25 September 2015, I decided to drive eastwards along a road that I'd never driven before, until I reached the main road going south. From there, it was a fairly short drive to the Saskatoon Farm. As usual, I wandered round the grounds with my camera and then, when I was ready to leave, I ordered a pizza to take home with me. The inside of the gift shop has recently been renovated and they now have a pizza oven and area.
Veery ... Catharus fuscescens
As you've probably gathered, my favourite subject to photograph is wildlife ... and the birds of Newfoundland make up a very large subset of that subject. Even though we certainly don't see the amazing variety of birds that some of my contacts in warmer climes such as Costa Rica do ... and I'm always awe struck and envious when they upload their superb shots ... quite a few birds do make this island their permanent home and others come here to breed. And I've put a pretty sizeable dent in photographing them.
But it's always a thrill to spot a new species and even more so to get a great shot of it. The experience of trying to locate a new species is not always a happy one, though .... especially if said search involves certain other two legged creatures. And last year was a case in point.
There are a number of bird forums specifically referencing this island and last spring a regular contributor to one of those forums mentioned seeing Veerys on The Veery Performing Grounds. Now this was just his own pretentious way of describing his sightings somewhere on the Starlight Trail. Which, by the way, is a very long, uphill all the way, trail. So I asked ... on that forum ... where exactly The Veery Performing Grounds were located. At first I got no answer. And it went downhill pretty darn fast after that when I continued asking. You see, the guy from St. John's is a legend in his own mind as far as birding on this island is concerned. But, apparently I am not worthy of imparting information to on the location of a species as 'fragile' as the Veerys. In his opinion I am just interested in photographing birds. Not a "true birder", I guess. Pretty soon all his toadies joined in the discussion. Some even disparaging the name I had chosen for the forum! Same as it has been here on Flickr for years, by the way.
So, all that kind of teed me off a little. Later, I actually posted a link on that forum to this story that I thought he and all his fellow birders all should read: www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/02/birding-spo... Especially sentence one, paragraph four.
Well, it's only my opinion of course, but I think I care about birds and the environment at least as much as or ... well, why be modest? ... a darn sight more than they do! I've been feeding birds here for years. And I provide nest boxes for Tree Swallows and Chickadees right here on our property. Chickadees will eat out of my hand and the Tree Swallows trust me enough to jump on my hand and go for a ride. Very rare birds like the Summmer Tanager and Rose-breasted Grosbeak have even shown up at our feeders (The proof of all this is right here on Flickr).
Anyway, as they say, Karma's a b**ch! I found the Veerys last week ... no thanks to any of those hoity-toity snobs who have no sense of behaving decently. And I got detailed shots that I'm quite pleased with ... despite the fact that I shot them with my Nikon D300 rather than the D810. Probably better than they'll ever get! And I'm going to post quite a few of them up here. This one is the first.
Oh, yes ... I rarely use that bird forum anymore, but the last time I checked, I noticed the guy was now giving far more detailed descriptions to his bird finds. Maybe that link I gave him taught him a thing or two ... things he should have known all along. And you can be absolutely certain if any photographer or birder should happen to ask me for help in locating a certain species, I won't be jealously guarding any info I might have!
*** If you are interested, check out the larger version (if you're using an iPad, just tap the photo) to see the detail in the eye, beak, feet, and feathers. It's what I look for in a bird shot.
I just sent my Nikon D70s in for warranty repair work. The longest lens I have for the Olympus is a 150mm that is not too sharp and way too short. It is great for portraits and candid shots, but not so great for nature. I was leaving my vantage point under Old Fort Bayou bridge after a disappointing sunset (I nearly froze and I'm sick to boot) when I spotted this heron preening in the reflected sunset. Figures! No 300mm lens, no 500mm lens. So this is the best I could get and it is 25% crop. I WANT MY NIKON FIXED!!
Old Fort Bayou ~ Ocean Springs, Mississippi
No problems on lock down. Already transformed to wash often, social distancing and loneliness. Make the best out of it. Some fun is good. Yet it is on get and use red products.
I can go weak. 2020 was extreme hard. Covid just a small chapter. Thank god i have brainz. Otherwise i was homeless or in custody. Please no topic on covid or lock down. Just get it. You will then visit me and listen to all the crap i took in 2020. Dont sY i got an easy fix. I did not ask long ago a whistle was put in a wrong direction. My TGV train in life became aSix Flags Rollercoaster. I got out of that crap. Not as top manager of one of worlds leading compagnies. As myself and with a human perpective on life. On lock down there is no need for acid or frustrTion. Just gentle, some love and tons of patience. The life of 12 march 2020 is past. Just deal the now.
So some fun. Reds. All functional. All good. Ready for action.
American Robins are one of our most common birds here on the West Coast. They are a year round bird here and not much for a birder to get excited about. In the spring, however, they can be one of the most striking birds with their fresh "robin" red breasts and the clean white around their face. This male was eyeing up a female that was picking and eating Virginia Creeper berries. He was definitely thinking he was a great catch but she on the other hand, was playing hard to get and flew off not long after this amorous Robin posed for this picture.
Michael W Klotz 2020 - www.TheBirdBlogger.com
The Luxury of being yourself
We have selected pictures on our website, but can always add more depending on the requests we do get and the current trend in the world of luxury fine art:
We do wedding photography and videography:
We do once in a while have discounted luxury fine art, please do keep checking:
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We tend to celebrate light in our pictures. Understanding how light interacts with the camera is paramount to the work we do. The temperature, intensity and source of light can wield different photography effect on the same subject or scene; add ISO, aperture and speed, the camera, the lens type, focal length and filters…the combination is varied ad multi-layered and if you know how to use them all, you will come to appreciate that all lights are useful, even those surrounded by a lot of darkness.
We are guided by three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, our longing to capture in print, that which is beautiful, the constant search for the one picture, and constant barrage of new equipment and style of photography. These passions, like great winds, have blown us across the globe in search of the one and we do understand the one we do look for might be this picture right here for someone else out there.
“A concise poem about our work as stated elow
A place without being
a thought without thinking
creatively, two dimensions
suspended animation
possibly a perfect imitation
of what was then to see.
A frozen memory in synthetic colour
or black and white instead,
fantasy dreams in magazines
become imbedded inside my head.
Artistic views
surrealistic hues,
a photographer’s instinctive eye:
for he does as he pleases
up to that point he releases,
then develops a visual high.
- M R Abrahams
Some of the gear we use at William Stone Fine Art are listed here:
Some of our latest work & more!
Embedded galleries within a gallery on various aspects of Photography:
There are other aspects closely related to photography that we do embark on:
All prints though us is put through a rigorous set of quality control standards long before we ever ship it to your front door. We only create gallery-quality images, and you'll receive your print in perfect condition with a lifetime guarantee.
All images on Flickr have been specifically published in a lower grade quality to amber our copyright being infringed. We have 4096x pixel full sized quality on all our photos and any of them could be ordered in high grade museum quality grade and a discount applied if the voucher WS-100 is used. Please contact us:
We do plan future trips and do catalogue our past ones, if you believe there is a beautiful place we have missed, and we are sure there must be many, please do let us know and we will investigate.
In our galleries you will find some amazing fine art photography for sale as limited edition and open edition, gallery quality prints. Only the finest materials and archival methods are used to produce these stunning photographic works of art.
We want to thank you for your interest in our work and thanks for visiting our work on Flickr, we do appreciate you and the contributions you make in furthering our interest in photography and on social media in general, we are mostly out in the field or at an event making people feel luxurious about themselves.
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IMPORTANT NOTES: These food sets were sold with randomized pieces. Not all sets will contain the same items shown here.
PERSONAL FUN FACT written by my sister: In March 2021, Shelly was online while I was at work and she remembered these clone doll/fashion doll kitchens that we'd seen many years earlier. She started searching them and, on a google search, these lots of miniature food--sold for doll play, DIY, etc--popped up. She clicked on some and she really liked them. Additionally, she thought that I would absolutely LOVE them. She contemplated picking the best dolly food lot and buying it for me as a belated birthday present. But she was so excited with the idea of the doll food, that she showed me and we wound up picking one we liked together. These lots were randomized, so they don't come with exactly what is pictured, but similar stuff. The only thing that was in the picture that we didn't get that I was really bummed about was the miniature KFC container--that would've been too cute! But we can always buy more...Anyway, it came just a couple days after we ordered it. We opened it together on a Friday night. While waiting for it to come, we browsed the seller's other sorts of assortments--they had some for just beverages and some for just dessert. We sort of decided that if we liked this as much as we thought we would, we would try the drinks and/or desserts next! I LOVE how much sushi stuff it comes with. It has forever been my aspiration to own the Bratz Tokyo a Go-Go Sushi Lounge, a dream that intensified since Shelly made an adorable Kawaii Sushi backdrop. I love how it has a lot of rice dishes. I especially like the black, square both with rice and red stuff on top and the black, round bowl with rice beside it. I also LOVE the plate of food on the right side of that. I like how there is realistic looking sushi like that and the more cartoony stuff. One of the pieces resembles a Minion--I'm not sure if that's what it's supposed to be. I like how it comes with a variety of burgers and hot dogs. The burgers are a lot of sizes and the hot dogs have a lot of differences--some are very traditional and others very unusual. And, if you have burgers and dogs, you must have fries! I love all the fries, but especially love the one that has a more orange colored carton. Unlike the other fries, this is super 3D and can stand up fully! The popcorn, likewise, is fully three dimensional and painted exquisitely. I can't believe how many bowls of soup/soup like stuff this lot comes with. (I'm not sure if the bowl with the green stuff is soup, but that's where I categorized it when putting it away.) The only bowls we had that actually had soup in them before were Love 'n Care Kelly soup bowls. Now, we have so much variety. I especially love how some of the noodles have character shapes and how one of the bowls is actually shaped like Mickey Mouse. Speaking of character shapes, the Hello KItty sandwich is one of the pieces that was actually pictured on the listing that I REALLY hoped we'd get--and we did get it! It's really adorable. There's another sandwich with a picture of My Melody discretely drawn on it. The bread on this sandwich is amazingly detailed--such beautiful texture. Several sandwiches have bears on them. I'm not as into the very large, 3-D looking bear sandwich because it's just so unrealistic, but the Hello Kitty one and the one with bread shaped like Mickey Mouse are subtle and, from a distance, look very real. I love the realism of the rye bread looking sandwich. It's one of my favorite pieces. I also love the one with the more grinder roll style bread and the croissant one! I love all the sandwiches. While I prefer the realistic looking food for its versatility, I don't mind the more cartoony stuff because it's just so fun and unique. I also like the one with shell shaped bread--it's perfect for Ariel to eat underwater! The individual slices of bread were actually in a little plastic bag together when we got them, but we opted to open them because it made them more versatile. We have lots of loaves of bread, but not so many slices. Oh--and the cheese! We don't have any other cheese, so these two pieces are like gold. I'm also a big fan of the eggs. I like how many we got--we only had one separate Barbie egg before. Shelly pointed out that the clear thing with the yolk in it was probably a raw egg. So fun for photographing dolls cooking--it adds to the realism. The bread slices with egg on top is possibly my favorite piece (though the Hello Kitty sandwich and cheese pieces are strong contenders.). I don't know why--I just love it and it's so fun to stick on Barbie's plate! The Ramen type package and two separate globs of noodles amaze me. Those are also some of my favorites. I also love the separate shrimp! It's just so realistic. There is a tiny bowl (pictured on the far end of the soups) with fish/fishbones in it. It's really unique, but not something I see myself playing with a lot. Perhaps, it would be handy in a Barbie seafood place--with the shrimp, our Barbie lobsters, our plastic fish from a Pocahontas fashion...Yeah, I have a use for it. Actually, Kocoum and Eric worked at a seafood place together once--selling freshly caught fish. There are several bowls shaped like fuzzy animals. While I prefer the realistic food to the cartoon food, I don't mind the dishes being shaped like animals or characters because some people do have bowls like that in real life. So, I'm a huge fan of the animal shaped dishes. I'm not entirely sure what's supposed to be in the dishes. I stored them with the sushi, but you could easily pretend some of it was mac and cheese with ketchup on it! Our lot came with the interesting, pretty pink dish. I'm not sure if it's a canister or a sugar creamer, but I stored it with our canisters. The frying pan matches, but it has something in it. It's super fun. I don't mind that it's tiny because it could be a REALLY small pan for Barbie, a toy for Kelly, or normal cookware for Topper Dawn. There is also the big lump of meat--it is quite three dimensional. I for see it being very useful. We also got a very cool honeycomb--which is fun because we have Beekeeper Barbie! There is a little cup that you could pretend was Ramen, applesauce, or anything else. I adore it. I also love the white bottle--it is salad dressing! (There's a sticker on it.) I'm a fan of the two white meal plates as well. It reminds me of our Golden Dream campers with food plates--the thing is, these meals aren't cardboard! The kebab is cool too--I'd be more jazzed up about it if we hadn't recently gotten some very detailed LOL kebabs with our OMG House and an intricate kebab with Wild About BBQ Emberly. But, I'm still excited about it. The pizza is pretty amazing too--we don't have a lot of pizza slices considering the size of our collection. Most of our good ones came with Pizza Hut Skipper. Hers look more realistic, but these are better quality. I don't mind the Mickey Mouse designs in the pizza because it's so subtle. We only got one jam jar with this lot, but we got a whole bunch of the same sort of jars with the beverage lot we got the same weekend! Odd that they're labeled jam, but came with the drinks lot. I just stored them as jam, with this one. The purple vegetable/fruit thing is strange. We don't know what it is, but we think it's definitely a fruit or vegetable. This lot came with so many incredible pieces, all finely crafted and very impressive. This is the coolest Barbie food we've ever gotten! The only dud, out of about 100 pieces, is the big popcorn kernel. It's way too big for Barbie, and even if we wanted to use it for American Girl, it's just one kernel! However, I can't complain--I'm so tickled by this entire lot. These pieces are the bomb dot com!
~While you keep both your eyes on me,
Making the mistake that I'm even sparing a single glance your pitiful way,
Tell me, who is looking at who?
It's cute you flatter yourself, but I couldn't care less about you.
While you're so clearly the one fixated on me.
You have every right to hate me.
Confident and secure in myself, I seek validation from no-one.
Unlike you.
And the only reason I have not taken you out like the garbage you are,
The ONLY reason I have held back.
Is because I'm a woman of my fucking word.
But be careful how far you poke a sleeping lioness.
Because payback is a bad bitch when she wakes up.
And when she does she doesn't care about anything other than ripping those who think they can taunt her to shreds.
So stop embarrassing yourself and sit down before your high blood pressure ruptures a fucking artery.~
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~Now I'm out here looking like revenge,
Feelin' like a ten, the best I ever been,
And yeah, I know how bad it must hurt,
To see me like this, but it gets worse (wait a minute).
Now you're out here looking like regret,
Ain't too proud to beg, second chance you'll never get,
And yeah, I know how bad it must hurt to see me like this,
But it gets worse (wait a minute).
Now payback is a bad bitch,
And baby, I'm the baddest,
You fuckin' with a savage,
Can't have this, can't have this (ah),
And it'd be nice of me to take it easy on ya, but nah!
Baby, I'm sorry (I'm not sorry),
Baby, I'm sorry (I'm not sorry),
Being so bad got me feelin' so good,
Showing you up like I knew that I would,
Baby, I'm sorry (I'm not sorry),
Baby, I'm sorry (I'm not sorry),
Feeling inspired 'cause the tables have turned,
Yeah, I'm on fire and I know that it burns!~
:)
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Demi Lovato - Sorry, Not Sorry
Hello ya all!! I am back for just three days, and then heading out again with Graham. The storm Sandy brought in a mess!! It really desroyed or shore lines and beaches. It made traveling and our roads very hard to get to and from the coast line very hard! Graham had a death in the family and is now back with me here. This Red Soulder was at a farm that we were invited to in the northern part of Florida. He did not what to be photograhed at all!! I will be leaving again on Sunday afternoon for another week! We will be documenting the further migration of the birds of prey south bound to the warmer climates. Graham and I take this very seriously!! I again would like to see what great pics ya all get! And you all get awesome photos, but not being near a computer really hurts! I love you all!! I will be watching you all like a Hawk!! Love Hope and Graham!! Happy shooting!!
"Future Navigation" This is my light painting photo shot from last night while enjoying the pleasant mild weather. Time travel into the future can be tricky business.... When attempting to travel into the future, navigation can be quite problematic. Just get and use a handful of magic dust and blow it into the winds of time. This dust is essential to find your intended course of travel if you want to find your future destination. Also, don't forget your time belt.....more on the time belt at a later time....
This artwork had more suitcases on the car but due to the extremely tight location this was as good a photo as I could get and even getting this much wasn’t easy ...
For GTWL : Favorites
Not the most creative photo....but I actually had some work to do.....at work!!! Gosh, what are they thinking giving moi work?? LMAO
THese are my favorite jeans.....and this shirt is also one of my favorites....so since I had the outfit on today......it worked out for GTWL's challenge for the week. WEEHAWW!
Side note: I remember when I first signed up and I put a full length body shot up.....and was uncomfortable with it....now, I am comfortable with it.
YAY!!!!! I really am starting to gain some true confidence in who I am as a woman....both in looks and in personality!
Lamington National Park includes a series of densely forested valleys and ranges rising to more than 1,100m on the crest of the McPherson Range, which marks the New South Wales--Queensland border. The park lies on the southern edge of the Scenic Rim, a chain of mountains stretching from the Gold Coast hinterland to Mount Mistake and is joined by parks, such as the Border Rangers National Park, in New South Wales.
First Nations people lived in this area, carefully managing and using its rich natural resources for thousands of years. Known as ‘Woonoongoora’ in the Yugambeh language, the mountains of Lamington National Park are sacred and spiritual, places to be nurtured and respected.
The Yugambeh family groups are identified as the Wangerriburra, Birinburra, Gugingin, Migunberri, Mununjali, Bollongin, Minjungbal and Kombumerri. They shared language, ceremonies, celebrations and economic exchange.
This kinship group used both the open forest and rainforest. Evidence of their occupation has been found in various parts of the park, including the ‘Kweebani’ (cooking) cave near Binna Burra. It is believed a traditional pathway passed through the southern section of Lamington National Park.
Lamington National Park is born—the Gazettal:
Lamington National Park has found a place in the hearts of many that have visited over the last 100 years. The campaign to preserve the resource-rich, mountainous land as national park began in the 1890s with a particularly passionate grazier Robert Collins, who, while travelling overseas, learned about the world’s first national park, Yellowstone, in the United States.
‘… within sight of Brisbane there is a fine area with a climate more equable than any New Zealand town enjoys, volcanic soil of surpassing richness, deep shady forests and scrubs, cool running streams, and splendid, bold mountain scenery.’
Mr Collins was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1896 and campaigned to have the area declared a national park. While New South Wales and Victoria had successfully declared national parks by 1900, many in Queensland still saw the land as a timber supply or potential dairy farm, and opposition remained strong. Attitudes began to shift by 1906 when the Queensland Parliament passed the State Forests and National Parks Act 1906. This led to the state’s first national park, Witches Falls (Tamborine Mountain), being declared in March 1908.
In 1911, Romeo Lahey, the engineer son of a Canungra sawmiller, joined the campaign and continued the fight after Collins’ death in 1913. Lahey argued that an even larger parcel of land should be protected, and drummed up support from locals with ‘lantern lectures’ (slide shows) and door-knocking.
In July 1915, 19,035ha of mountainous, forested land was declared Lamington National Park, in honour of the past Queensland Governor Lord Lamington. It was the state’s ninth national park, accomplished by a 20-year campaign.
Lahey and Lamington:
For Romeo Lahey, the campaign to protect the area that would become Lamington National Park would be a life-long passion that would last long after gazettal. The son of a timber-getter and Canungra sawmill operator, Lahey would often explore the surrounding region. In 1911, while studying an engineering degree at Sydney University, he returned to South East Queensland with a friend, William Potts, and documented their journey up the Coomera River to the border (McPherson Range). The article set in train his concept of a larger national park on the Queensland side of the McPherson Range.
‘…it is a land of mountains, waterfalls, valleys, rivers, scrubs, forests, magnificent panorama and charming spots teeming with native animals and plant life. Its mountains run up to 4000ft. high, and its waterfalls are not equalled outside the State. Within a five mile radius of the head of the Coomera River, there are fifty falls from 20ft to 600ft high, some of them the finest I have ever seen’.
Later that year, Lahey made his first approach to the Queensland Government for a large national park in a letter to Hon. E.H. Macartney, Minister for Lands.
‘This country contains some of the most beautiful country scenery I have ever seen…and culminates in the McPherson range in peaks over 4000ft high, from which an unsurpassed panorama is obtained over NSW and SE Queensland, including Brisbane. It is an ideal place in every way for a National Park… It will make a splendid preserve for game; at present it teems with all forms of native animal and bird life, many forms of which (e.g. lyre bird) are becoming extinct.’
In 1913, Lahey continued to write letters promoting the area of the McPherson Range for consideration as a national park to the Lands Department and copied letters to the shire councils of Tamborine and Beaudesert and then Premier Hon. D.F. Denham. He emphasised the economic and national importance of leaving scrub in rough country and articulated the responsibility of his generation in handing down to the next the ‘great heritage’ that had been handed to them.
‘I implore you in the name of, and for the sake of generations yet unborn, to vote for the immediate and total reservation of that area.’
The Beaudesert and Tamborine councils responded favourably to the idea, with the Tamborine Council supportive of the whole area being national park while the Beaudesert Council was agreeable to setting aside around 400ha for national park.
When World War I (WW1) broke out in August 1914, focus shifted away from the national park proposition. Undeterred, Lahey continued the campaign and in April 1915 he wrote to the Lands Minister, Hon. James Tolmie about his exploration of the McPherson Range. By May he had used lantern lectures (slide shows) and canvassed residents around the area of the proposed park for signatures on a petition in favour of the national park. He then wrote to the Minister of Lands Department advising that 521 residents of the district, a clear majority, had signed a petition in favour. He included an 11 page letter setting out 10 reasons for reserving the proposed national park; including the health benefits, the economic benefits, and the benefit to flora and fauna species preservation.
‘The reserve should be set apart for ever for the use and benefit of our people as a whole and not sacrificed to the short-sighted greed of a few.’
Following the state election and the new TJ Ryan Labor Government in May 1915, Lahey appealed to the newly appointed Minister for Lands, Hon. John Hunter, with a letter, photographs and signed petition. On 30 July 1915, the park was proclaimed and gazetted as Lamington National Park in honour of Lord Lamington.
After the area was proclaimed and gazetted as Lamington National Park, Lahey continued to fight for the national park ideal. In October 1915, he delivered a lecture to the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia Queensland Branch titled ‘Some reasons why national parks should be established in Queensland, with special reference to Lamington National Park’, and called for other large areas to be reserved as national parks as well as an extension of the state forest system. While enlisted in WW1 with the 11th Field Company Engineers AIF, Lahey continued to steer discussion about the park’s management, protection of all species, its access and the naming of locations (he suggested Aboriginal words be used as placenames).
‘There is only one way to “improve” a national park and this is to leave it absolutely alone.’
Hon. J. Hunter responded:
‘I could wish that you were here to help with your advice and other ways on this great matter which although to-day is not of much consequence will to come generations be of the greatest moment because the preservation and value of these creations cannot be overestimated. …One thing I am quite determined upon and that is the preservation of the park—an heirloom to the State as nature left it.’
By September 1919, Lahey had returned to Australia and was available to act as guide for Mr J. Hunter (now Queensland Agent General elect.) on his first visit to Lamington.
Rangers of Lamington:
When Lamington National Park was first gazetted in 1915, the park was barely surveyed, and there was no protection against illegal logging and poaching. In July 1918, Lamington National Park was declared a ‘reserve for the protection and preservation of native birds and native animals’. In December that year, the Queensland Naturalists explored, collected and recorded the flora and fauna found in the remote wilderness areas of Lamington National Park. New plant species were collected and the name ‘Green Mountains’ was coined as a result of their visit.
The park remained largely unpatrolled apart from scientists and government surveyors, until early 1919, when the O’Reilly brothers and cousins, along with Mr George Rankin were appointed unpaid honorary rangers under The Native Animals Protection Act 1906. Later that year, Mick O’Reilly was made the first paid park ranger, for £4 a week, an above average wage for the time (the average wage then was about £3 18s 7d a week (3 pounds and 18 shillings 7 pennies)). Mick O’Reilly had recently returned from the WWI Middle East campaign and was charged with protecting the park boundaries against illegal logging and poaching and eventually commencing the access tracks to scenic locations.
In 1937, the Forestry Sub-Department employed Lamington’s first forest ranger, Jack Gresty, and Gus Kouskos was appointed first track sub-foreman. An official full-time national park ranger for South Queensland, George Gentry, had also been appointed. Despite the Great Depression (1929–1939), government funding was approved for construction of tracks and other facilities beginning in July 1937. With the use of relief workers, groups of up to 50 men were employed to build a large portion of the track system, much of which is still open today. It is during this time that the Main Border Track was constructed. Built in two sections; one track crew from O’Reilly’s cut their way towards a second track crew working from Binna Burra, the 21.4km Border Track cost £1080 (approx. $90,300 today) and took 17 months to construct.
Construction crews lived in tent-like accommodation and spent their days clearing trees, shifting large rocks and excavating and benching slopes by hand along the surveyed route.
Many of the techniques, such as rock wall pitching and the construction of stone inverts, are still used in track building and maintenance today.
Today, Lamington is the second-largest national park on the Scenic Rim, and is internationally renowned for its ecological importance and inherent beauty.
In 1994, Lamington was World Heritage-listed and is now part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area that was previously known as the Central Eastern Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area.
QPWS rangers continue the role of protecting and presenting this World Heritage-listed park while managing increased visitation and the demand on facilities and park infrastructure.
Source: Queensland Government: Parks & Forests (Department of Environment & Science)
Probably the hardest sub-central route to get and ride all the way, but sooner or later I will, otherwise I wouldn't be the (random) buses girl :))
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Today's photo tour shot is a photo of Cinderella and Princess Elena of Avalor. To me, castle shows are the best times to get photos of your favorite characters. All you have to do is get out your favorite zoom lens and fire away. There are so many great shots that you can get and you don't even have to be close to the stage. Do you ever use this time to get some awesome character shots? Have a magical day!
My oldest godchild is going to make her first communion soon so images had to be taken with her being 'all dressed up'. I was asked to provide those so the parents ended up with a minor percentage of images where you can actually recognize her :-) Luckily enough, they had anticipated this (I *do* tell people beforehand that's what they're going to get) - and I anticipated the 'wants' of most people that will support her on 'her day' by providing a few more classic portraits as well. Some of the images that most fit this stream will pop up here (read: no, you will not see her face on a single one of those), as happened with the same type of shoot I did for the daughter of friends last year.
Whatever Lola wants by Gotan Project
Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets
And little man, little Lola wants you
Make up your mind to have, no regrets
Recline yourself, resign yourself you're through
I always get, what I aim for
And your heart and soul, is what I came for.
Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets
Take off your coat, Don't you know you can't win
You're no exception to the rule,
I'm irrezeestable you fool, Give in
(give in, you'll never win)
Whatever Lola wants
Lola gets
Give in (give in, you'll never win)
Give in (give in, you'll never win
Lovely light fog this morning, so quickly changed my walking route to come over to this spot. Unfortunately when I arrived the sun was also obscured by enough thin cloud to not do more than provide a tiny bit of illumination so after a bit I wandered off to photograph some little bits and pieces safe in the knowledge that there are always other days.
Then the cloud went away and I dashed back to see what I could get... and to find that my camera battery was running out and the spare was at home on charge. Thankfully it just felt funny and I had enough left to do a fair bit of work.
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We are guided by three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, our longing to capture in print, that which is beautiful, the constant search for the one picture, and constant barrage of new equipment and style of photography. These passions, like great winds, have blown us across the globe in search of the one and we do understand the one we do look for might be this picture right here for someone else out there.
“A concise poem about our work as stated elow
A place without being
a thought without thinking
creatively, two dimensions
suspended animation
possibly a perfect imitation
of what was then to see.
A frozen memory in synthetic colour
or black and white instead,
fantasy dreams in magazines
become imbedded inside my head.
Artistic views
surrealistic hues,
a photographer’s instinctive eye:
for he does as he pleases
up to that point he releases,
then develops a visual high.
- M R Abrahams
Some of the gear we use at William Stone Fine Art are listed here:
Some of our latest work & more!
Embedded galleries within a gallery on various aspects of Photography:
There are other aspects closely related to photography that we do embark on:
All prints though us is put through a rigorous set of quality control standards long before we ever ship it to your front door. We only create gallery-quality images, and you'll receive your print in perfect condition with a lifetime guarantee.
All images on Flickr have been specifically published in a lower grade quality to amber our copyright being infringed. We have 4096x pixel full sized quality on all our photos and any of them could be ordered in high grade museum quality grade and a discount applied if the voucher WS-100 is used. Please contact us:
We do plan future trips and do catalogue our past ones, if you believe there is a beautiful place we have missed, and we are sure there must be many, please do let us know and we will investigate.
In our galleries you will find some amazing fine art photography for sale as limited edition and open edition, gallery quality prints. Only the finest materials and archival methods are used to produce these stunning photographic works of art.
We want to thank you for your interest in our work and thanks for visiting our work on Flickr, we do appreciate you and the contributions you make in furthering our interest in photography and on social media in general, we are mostly out in the field or at an event making people feel luxurious about themselves.
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We hadn't planned on going over to Bronte country today, but when the M62 turned into a car park near to Brighouse we did an 'exit sharp left' and headed over towards Haworth
I thought I had missed my chance of seeing this 'icon' after we had been away in Dorset last week whilst "Flying Scotsman" was wowing the crowds during its centennial tour...BUT we were lucky and the loco was providing an amazing sight at Haworth
The Flying Scotsman was completed at Doncaster, at a cost of £7,944, in February 1923 as 1472, an A1 pacific-class locomotive. Under ownership of the London and North Eastern Railway Company (LNER) it was renumbered the 4472 and christened the Flying Scotsman.
In 1924, number 4472 Flying Scotsman, renumbered and named for the occasion, was displayed at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley along with the first member of the Great Western Railway (GWR) Castle Class, number 4073 Caerphilly Castle.
At the 1925 British Empire Exhibition, Flying Scotsman was again exhibited; but this time, the GWR sent Pendennis Castle.
It was an immediate hit with the public, and its fame was sealed when in 1928 it launched the regular 10am non-stop Flying Scotsman Express Service from King’s Cross, London, to Waverley, Edinburgh. It had been fitted with a corridor tender in April 1928 in readiness for this and transferred from the depot at Doncaster to Kings Cross in order to work the service to Edinburgh.. It retained a corridor tender until October 1936.
For this the locomotives ran with a new version of the large eight-wheel tender which held nine tons of coal. This and the usual facility for water replenishment from the water trough system enabled them to travel the 392 miles from London to Edinburgh in eight hours non-stop. The tender included a corridor connection and tunnel through the water tank giving access to the locomotive cab from the train to permit replacement of the driver and fireman without stopping the train.
The Flying Scotsman became even more famous on 30 November 1934, when it travelled at 100mph breaking the world speed record.
In January 1947, the Flying Scotsman was converted to the A3 class that incorporated a larger boiler with a higher boiler pressure and, a year later, it was re-designated as the 60103 under the ownership of BR.
German type smoke deflectors were fitted in December 1961 but have not been carried throughout its service since it was preserved. The double chimney was fitted in January 1959.
Retired from regular service in January1963 after covering 2,076,000 miles
When it was withdrawn in January 1963 it had covered 2,076,000 miles in service. It was purchased by Alan Pegler for a scrap value of £3,000. Peglar removed the German-style smoke deflectors and fitted a corridor tender an applied a lined LNER Doncaster green livery. After 20 months of charter trains, it entered Doncaster for a change of boiler and overhaul. This time it was repainted in a traditional Darlington Green livery with black and white lining. With the demise of BR steam, water supplies were hard to get, and so in 1966 Alan Pegler added the Flying Scotsman’s famous second tender. This tender was a corridor type, which was adapted to store 6000 gallons of water. By the time of the next overhaul in 1968, it had to be overhauled by Hunslet (Leeds), because Doncaster was no longer able to overhaul steam locomotives.
From 1968 British railways imposed a ban on any steam locomotives operating on the national network. Flying Scotsman was the only exception as it was contractually covered to operate until 1970 as a result of an agreement between Peglar and the British Railways Board. The ban on steam trains operations was lifted in 1972.
The Flying Scotsma clocked up 119,000 miles in the UK whilst owned by Alan Pegler.
In 1969, then Prime Minister Wilson agreed to support Pegler via the Trade Departme
In 1969, then Prime Minister Wilson agreed to support Pegler via the Trade Department running the locomotive in the United States and Canada to support British exports. To comply with local railway regulations, it was fitted with a cowcatcher, bell, buckeye couplings and an American-style whistle. Starting in Boston, Massachusetts, the tour ran into immediate problems, with some states seeing the locomotive as a fire-hazard, and there-by raising costs through the need for diesel-headed-haulage through them. However, the train ran from Boston to New York, Washington and Dallas in the first year; from Texas to Wisconsin and finishing in Montreal in 1970; and from Toronto to San Francisco in 1971 — a total of 15,400 miles.
However, in 1970 Ted Heath’s Conservatives ousted Wilson’s Labour Party, and withdrew financial support from the tour. Pegler still decided to return for the 1970 season. By the end of that season’s tour, the money had run out and Pegler was £132,000 in debt, with the locomotive in storage in U.S. Army Sharpe Depot just outside of San Francisco to keep it away from unpaid creditors.
It took another businessman, Sir William McAlpine, to pay off creditors, buy the locomotive and bring her back to Britain in 1973. Whilst in the USA and Canada the locomotive covered 15,400 miles.
It was then based at Steamtown, at the old Carnforth motive power depot which is now the northern base of West Coast Railways. In 1974 McAlpine became a shareholder in Steamtown to allow Flying Scotsman to be based there which it was for fifteen years. He subsequently acquired a controlling interest in the company in order to fund the purchase of the complete site including the track from BR.
It was fitted with an A4 class boiler in 1977 when it was undergoing heavy repairs at Vickers at Barrow in Furness. Because of the slight difference in size from the original A3 class boiler the cladding had to be replaced.
In 1988 4472 Flying Scotsman ventured abroad a second time, this time to Australia for the Bicentenary celebrations. During this visit, it set a new record for the longest non-stop run for a steam locomotive by travelling 422 miles non-stop. The previous record was set in 1948 by a number of locomotives when flooding caused the non-stop services from London to Edinburgh to be diverted over the Waverley route.
By 1995, it was part-owned by Pete Waterman, and was once more being overhauled having completed 2,462,900 miles since entering service in February 1923 with nearly 400,000 of this having been done since it was withdrawn from service with BR in January 1963.
It was sold again to a company called Sovco, which was owned by businessman Tony Marchington, who in 1996 paid McAlpine and Waterman £1.5m for the locomotive.
It was given a major overhaul at a cost of £1m and returned to running condition in 1998. It was then operated commercially by Flying Scotsman Railways in an attempt to cover the costs of the rebuild and future maintenance work.
In 2002, Marchington proposed grand plans that included a Flying Scotsman Village linked to the main line in Edinburgh, creating revenue from associated branding for Flying Scotsman plc, floated that same year.
But the scheme failed to gain approval from Edinburgh City Council and the failure of these plans plus an overhaul that proved to be wildly over budget bankrupted Marchington. This led to Flyimg Scotsman being placed for sale in 2004. After a competitive bidding process ending in April 2004, it was announced that the National Railway Museum would be the new owner which removed the fear that the locomotive would be sold to an overseas buyer.
The National Railway Museum in York acquired the locomotive at a cost of £2.3m and when restoration began in 2005 it was estimated the work would cost about £750,000. This is roughly the same as the cost of building the new A1 pacific Tornado.
The money was raised to buy and restore the locomotive to mainline running-
£415,000 through public appeal matched by a donation from Sir Richard Branson on behalf of Virgin Group
The National Heritage Memorial Fund grant of £1.8m
When the restoration work started in 2005 it was anticipated that it would take twelve months to complete the task. In the event it has taken ten years and cost £4.2m to return Flying Scotsman to steam and be capable of mainline running again. As part of this work the A4 class boiler was replaced with the original A3 class boiler.
Much of the work on the locomotive has been completed by Riley & Son (E) Ltd at Bury after earlier attempts to undertake work at York had gone badly wrong.
Flying Scotsman finally returned to steam in December 2015 in readiness for its first public appearance in early January 2016 on the East Lancs Railway.
As part of the agreement between the National Railway Museum and Riley & Son (E) Ltd in 2013 to complete the restoration of the locomotive it was agreed that Riley & Son (E) Ltd at Bury would manage the operation of the locomotive for a period of two years after it returned to service.
In October 2016 the National Railway Museum issued a statement on the cost of acquiring the Flying Scotsman and returning it to service. This confirmed that the original purchase price for the locomotive was £2.31m which was funded by-
£1.8m from the National Heritage Memorial Fund
£441k from public donations
£365k match funding from the Virgin Group
The cost of restoring the locomotive was given as £4.5m (£4,537,892) which was funded by external funding, public donations and the sale of Flying Scotsman merchandise. Included was also a £275k grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Funds were also made available to the National Railway Museum from the Science Museum Group of which the National Railway Museum forms part. None of the money came from the normal annual budget of the National Railway Museum.
In October 2017 the locomotive suffered its first failure since returning to main line operations. The issue was that the middle driving axle ran hot. Flying Scotsman was lifted off the wheels at Wansford on the Nene Valley Railway and the axle boxes were re-metalled before the locomotive returned to running a few days later.
In early 2018 the National Railway Museum announced that Riley & Son (E) Ltd would continue the operating and maintaining of the locomotive until 2024. In addition to the day-to-day running and maintenance the contract includes a comprehensive overhaul of 60103 in 2022.
In 2023 the National Railway Museum are planning to hold events to mark the Flying Scotsman’s centenary.
In July 2019 the National Railway Museum revealed that the locomotive would be main line certified until 2029 after which it would spend a further three years on heritage railways.
The locomotive was taken out of service in April 2022 for an overhaul which is anticipated to take three to four months which will enable the locomotive to be back in steam for its 100th anniversary. The overhaul is being undertaken by Riley & Son (E) Ltd at Heywood.
The locomotive was operational again by October 2022.
Down and under really down on this cross. Hill of crosses in Lithuania has many walks of live from every direction come and visit and like a pilgrim they get and they leave something here.
Another view across the Chinaman Creek Dam in Cloncurry. As different from the vast grass plains of Outback Queensland as you can get, (and they are only 50 kilometres or so down the road), these hills signify the change in geology around Cloncurry and west towards Mt. Isa. Them tha hills are full of rich mineral deposits, in fact, there is a mine about a kilometre away. Copper, silver, lead, zinc, uranium, gold and more have been or are mined in this massively rich area.
That is Black Mountain on the other side of the dam and the Black Mountain Hotel was once a stopover for bullockies (drovers driving cattle) and travellers coming in from the mining communities to the west. Water is pumped from the nearby Cloncurry River into the dam which was constructed in 1994 to keep it topped up.
Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold
Molten, graven, hammered and rolled,
Heavy to get and light to hold,
Hoarded, bartered, bought and sold,
Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled,
Spurned by young, but hung by old
To the verge of a church yard mold;
Price of many a crime untold.
Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold!
Good or bad a thousand fold!
How widely it agencies vary,
To save - to ruin - to curse - to bless -
As even its minted coins express :
Now stamped with the image of Queen Bess,
And now of a bloody Mary.
.................... Thomas Hood
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We tend to celebrate light in our pictures. Understanding how light interacts with the camera is paramount to the work we do. The temperature, intensity and source of light can wield different photography effect on the same subject or scene; add ISO, aperture and speed, the camera, the lens type, focal length and filters…the combination is varied ad multi-layered and if you know how to use them all, you will come to appreciate that all lights are useful, even those surrounded by a lot of darkness.
We are guided by three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, our longing to capture in print, that which is beautiful, the constant search for the one picture, and constant barrage of new equipment and style of photography. These passions, like great winds, have blown us across the globe in search of the one and we do understand the one we do look for might be this picture right here for someone else out there.
“A concise poem about our work as stated elow
A place without being
a thought without thinking
creatively, two dimensions
suspended animation
possibly a perfect imitation
of what was then to see.
A frozen memory in synthetic colour
or black and white instead,
fantasy dreams in magazines
become imbedded inside my head.
Artistic views
surrealistic hues,
a photographer’s instinctive eye:
for he does as he pleases
up to that point he releases,
then develops a visual high.
- M R Abrahams
Some of the gear we use at William Stone Fine Art are listed here:
Some of our latest work & more!
Embedded galleries within a gallery on various aspects of Photography:
There are other aspects closely related to photography that we do embark on:
All prints though us is put through a rigorous set of quality control standards long before we ever ship it to your front door. We only create gallery-quality images, and you'll receive your print in perfect condition with a lifetime guarantee.
All images on Flickr have been specifically published in a lower grade quality to amber our copyright being infringed. We have 4096x pixel full sized quality on all our photos and any of them could be ordered in high grade museum quality grade and a discount applied if the voucher WS-100 is used. Please contact us:
We do plan future trips and do catalogue our past ones, if you believe there is a beautiful place we have missed, and we are sure there must be many, please do let us know and we will investigate.
In our galleries you will find some amazing fine art photography for sale as limited edition and open edition, gallery quality prints. Only the finest materials and archival methods are used to produce these stunning photographic works of art.
We want to thank you for your interest in our work and thanks for visiting our work on Flickr, we do appreciate you and the contributions you make in furthering our interest in photography and on social media in general, we are mostly out in the field or at an event making people feel luxurious about themselves.
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