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Portraiture is a window to the soul. - Anonymous
For my this challenge, Ari, who goes by the name of Lord Nikon 12, His challenge was,
"I am having a great time going through your stream. You take so many beautiful photos, but I don't see any people :(
My challenge to you is to take some portraits and maybe start a 100-strangers project. After that, go wild!".
I had so many ideas for this challenge, but for some reason or another, none of them came thru due to my timing or the people I wanted to take portraits of.. Anyhow, I always wanted to learn the in-camera multiple exposure setting. This was the perfect opportunity for me to do that. This is the portrait of my mum who has come to stay with us.
The tree in this picture is a very old, tall tree right across my house.. I see it change every season..but it still weathers all the changes and still stands tall and majestic.. This gave me an idea to portray my mum and the tree together.. Mum has been a steady rock in my life. She has weathered many many changes in her life lately, but she still stands tall and weathers anything that comes her way with a smile on her face..
Ari, I hope you like this portrait of my mum.. and I am hoping that I find courage to start the 100 strangers project like you suggested sooner than later.. :)
Thanks again for the challenge. It was fun learning a new technique. I have to add that this is not an in-camera shot. Somehow when I downloaded them, they all had a very strong pink tint to them. I have no idea why. Will need to figure that out. However, it is a fun technique and Ari, I hope to see you soon again!
Single grided spot high above camera right, bare strobe behind model shooting through smoke (fog machine)
Model: Billy Brayshaw
This photo was taken last week also in the abandoned airplane hanger. Not as satisfied with this one but the upside newspaper that ironically says "get smart" tells a story. Canon 430EXII shot through 22in. Beauty dish with grid at full power. Canon 430EXII shot through home made snoot pointed at the newspaper at 1/64th power. Tamron 18-200mm
After seeing a mention by Stephen Downes of a presentation he did for the 2023 Open Education Conference called Open Learning in the Fediverse which is now, thanks to Dr Tesla, the hot topic.
For some reason I felt an urge to remix the opening credits to a favorite show when I was a kid, Get Smart.
Okay, there is a low resolution image in Wikimedia Commons declared as fair use, for which my use here is likely not a qualifier. Hmmm, How about a case of parody? To the copyright holders, if anything, my use might offer more people to look up this classic show, watch, and appreciate what a treasure it was. My use is not o steal or take away from Get Smart but to honor it.
Who owns popular culture? The rules are not written into law, so my remix is likely the most legal. But I will roll the dice.
My source was a screen grab from the YouTube video www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ6gdRfBW6c where I used Photoshop to copy brush out the SMART letters, and replicate with a font guess (Georgia) for the words "Federated".
Is this changed enough from the original? Leave it to the lawyers.
Buzz (Curiosity Thrills) ain't feeling 100% at the moment so please send some positive vibes to him. 3rd June 2014 Stafford UK
This is the "Get Pushed" challenge issued by syahrel azha hashim with the theme of "Lightbulb". I was given the freedom to shoot anything, but it had to include a lightbulb. Here's my take...
With the fresnel lens, this 1 kilowatt bulb produces a beam visible under favorable conditions up to 15 miles away. I really liked the glow from this angle. The shot in the comments, you can see that it has a completely different glow.
This lightbulb resides at the Point Piños Lighthouse located on the northern most tip of the Monterey Peninsula. This marks the entrance to Monterey Bay and a definite hazard to the Mariner. The stone lighthouse was put into service in February 1, 1855. Everything from the building, lenses and prisms are original. It is the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the west coast and is listed on the national register of historic places.
He had a wander around in the garden for a while and then decided to take a closer look at me. He jumped up onto this little pine border edging and gazed at me fluttering his little wings expectantly, but to no avail as I had nothing on me to give him. He was about 4ft away from me at this point :)
Printed on vintage maps from the United Kingdom in an edition of 220. Each print is different and unique.
Available for purchase at Keep Calm Gallery!
The Barb City Stompers played at Cornfest this year. While I'm all for trains, this was not the ideal location to put the band as they played at CornFest this year. Despite the engineer laying on the horn loud and proud, without missing a beat...the band played on.
Blythe Physical Challenge #36--Blythe and Books
Audrey is rising up--straight to the top: and it took her a while to get to the top of all those 12-inch stairs! Scrawny to Brawny all the way.
Real serious.
My first white lens. My first Minolta G lens. My first seriously $*@(*'ing awesome lens. Ever.
:D
Ladies and gentlemen, say hi to my Minolta 80-200 f.28 HS APO! Woohoo!
Strobist info: Quantaray PZ1 at 1/4 shot through umbrella high above camera left; triggered through Cactus V4
...and this also brings f2.8 across my entire range from 17mm to 200mm. :D
Getting into it: time for the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Three packs of stinky, gooey concoctions of herbs and whatnot are applied to different areas of my two legs. They are left on for four hours. After they have been taken off, the pain in each area has increased dramatically. Understandably, I asked them not to do that again.
They said someday you’ll find
All who love are blind
Oh, when your heart’s on fire
You must realize
Smoke gets in your eyes
Nat King Cole - Smoke Get's In Your Eyes...
Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Louis Armstrong - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
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son tutte belle, quindi, scegliete la versione che più vi piace.
Buon Ascolto e Buona sera Amici
Dress : WERTINA - Cynthia Lace Dress - Mesh (Color Me Project Group Gift, Free)
Pose & Prop : andika poses - [getting into you] (Group Gift, Free)
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